cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scallion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən]
ipa: [ˈskæ.ljn̩]
Forms: form: scallions
form: scullion
Etymology: From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn).
Senses: glosses: A spring onion, Allium fistulosum.
glosses: Any of various similar members of the genus Allium.
glosses: Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb.
glosses: A leek.
Synonyms: spring onion
green onion
Derived terms: scallion pancake
Related terms: chive
shallot
spring onion
tomogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomograms
Etymology: From tomo- + -gram.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomogram.
glosses: A two-dimensional image produced by tomography, representing a slice or section through a three-dimensional object.
Derived terms: tomography
tomography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈmɒɡɹəfi/
ipa: /təˈmɑɡɹəfi/
ipa: /təˈmɔɡɹəfi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: tomographies
Etymology: From tomo- + -graphy.
Senses: hypernyms: imaging#Noun
glosses: Imaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning.
Derived terms: angiotomography
computed axial tomography
computed tomography
cryotomography
cryptotomography
echotomography
electrical impedance tomography
electrotomography
heliotomography
holotomography
magnetic resonance tomography
microtomography
nanotomography
optical coherence tomography
positron emission tomography
positron-emission tomography
process tomography
quantum process tomography
quantum state tomography
quantum tomography
Related terms: word: tomogram
word: tomographer
word: tomographic
word: tomographically
word: tomosynthesis
mick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: micks
Etymology: From a common Irish name Michael.
Senses: glosses: An Irishman.
glosses: A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent.
mick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: more mick
form: most mick
Etymology: Abbreviation of Mickey Mouse.
Senses: examples: text: Geology is so mick - half the jocks are in it.
glosses: Easy.
Nihongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese Nihongo, the romaji of 日本語(にほんご) (nihongo).
Senses: qualifier: rare except in the Philippines
glosses: Synonym of Japanese: the Japanese language.
synonyms: word: Japanese
extra: the Japanese language
Derived terms: Nihonglish
electromagnetic induction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromagnetic inductions
Senses: glosses: The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux.
grill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: grills
form: grillz
topics: jewelry
lifestyle
form: grille
Etymology: 1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
Senses: glosses: A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
examples: text: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
glosses: On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
glosses: A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
examples: text: I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
glosses: A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
examples: text: a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills
glosses: Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
examples: text: These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.
text: Everyone's meeting at the new grill in town! And everyone's having a real good time! They're drinking frozen blue Margaritas. Munching on Cajun popcorn shrimp. Laughing with old friends and getting to know new ones.
ref: 1986, New York, volume 19, part 5, page 385:
glosses: A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
examples: text: Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.
ref: 2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 213:
synonyms: fronts
golds
glosses: A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
glosses: The front teeth regarded collectively.
examples: text: r u a grill?
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of girl.
Derived terms: bacon grill
chargrill
get on someone's grill
get up in someone's grill
grillbilly
grillery
grilling
grillmaster
grillsteak
grillware
grillwork
mixed grill
grill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: grills
form: grilling
form: grilled
form: grilled
form: grille
Etymology: 1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.
Senses: examples: text: Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
synonyms: word: cook
word: do
glosses: To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
examples: text: Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
glosses: To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
examples: text: The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
text: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
text: The white cop grilled me. He was tall, but had a stomach like a pregnant woman. The other two were brothers, and they looked like they just didn't wanna be standing there.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 148:
glosses: To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
examples: text: He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]
ref: 1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work:
glosses: To feel very hot; to swelter.
glosses: To stamp or mark with a grill.
glosses: To stare at.
Derived terms: chargrill
grillable
grill up
pregrill
grill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: grills
form: grilling
form: grilled
form: grilled
form: girl
Etymology: From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).
Senses: synonyms: word: instigate
word: affront
word: aggravate
word: anger
word: antagonize
word: awrath
word: burn up
word: cheese off
word: cross
word: embitter
word: envenom
word: gall
word: get
word: get to
word: honk off
word: incense
word: inflame
word: infuriate
word: madden
word: make angry
word: nark
word: offend
word: outrage
word: provoke
word: put out
word: rankle
word: rile
word: piss off
word: roil
word: set off
word: steam
word: tick off
word: get one's back up
word: get someone's dander up
word: get someone's goat
word: get someone's Irish up
word: make someone see red
word: make someone's blood boil
word: put someone's back up
word: raise someone's hackles
word: raise someone's shag
word: rattle someone's cage
word: rub the wrong way
word: ruffle some feathers
word: set up someone's birse
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.
synonyms: word: scare
word: alarm
word: affright
word: appall
word: dismay
word: fray
word: frighten
word: grill
word: give someone the shits
word: harrow
word: horrify
word: make someone's blood run cold
word: mortify
word: petrify
word: scare
word: scare straight
word: scare the bejeebers out of
word: scare the hell out of
word: scare the pants off of
word: scare the shit out of
word: terrorize
word: terrify
word: spook
glosses: To terrify; make tremble.
synonyms: palpitate
quiver
shudder
glosses: To tremble; shiver.
glosses: To snarl; snap.
grill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: griller
form: more grill
form: grillest
form: most grill
Etymology: From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).
Senses: glosses: Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.
grill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: grills
Etymology: From Middle English grille, from Old English *grylla, *griella, from Proto-West Germanic *gralljō.
Senses: glosses: Harm.
interrogate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛɹ.ə.ɡeɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈteɹ.ə.ɡæɪt/
ipa: /ənˈteɹ.ə.ɡæɪt/
Forms: form: interrogates
form: interrogating
form: interrogated
form: interrogated
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
glosses: to question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner
examples: text: to interrogate a database
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: to query; to request information from.
examples: text: Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes.
ref: 2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press:
text: Within the contemporary US context, the construct of childhood innocence is a powerful social myth that structures children’s social relations and culture and informs their rights and status in society. In this article, I interrogate the construct of childhood innocence to examine how it operates as an exclusionary form of social practice.
ref: 2019 February 1, J. C. Garden, “Interrogating innocence: “Childhood” as exclusionary social practice”, in Childhood, volume 26, number 1, page 54:
glosses: to examine critically.
Derived terms: cross-interrogate
interrogatability
interrogatable
interrogatingly
reinterrogate
uninterrogated
Related terms: interrogable
interrogatee
interrogation
interrogative
interrogatively
interrogator
interrogatory
monotheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θɪˈɪstɪk/
ipa: /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)θiːˈɪstɪk/
ipa: /ˌmɑnəθiˈɪstɪk/
Etymology: From mono- + theistic.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Believing in a single god, deity, spirit, etc., especially for an organized religion, faith, or creed.
Derived terms: nonmonotheistic
premonotheistic
Related terms: monotheism
theistic
monotheist
monotheistically
theism
keep one's eyes peeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's eyes peeled
form: keeping one's eyes peeled
form: kept one's eyes peeled
form: kept one's eyes peeled
Etymology: US, 19th century. Peeled probably refers to keeping one's eyelids retracted.
Senses: examples: text: And directly below is our Mesozoic jungle river -- where, if you are lucky, you just may catch a glimpse of a very rare carnivore. Keep your eyes peeled, everyone!
ref: 1990, Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park:
text: lookouts posted to the port and starboard bows keep their eyes peeled for the ghostly outline of approaching traffic.
ref: 2003 November 14, Laura Bly, “Sailing into the past”, in USA Today:
glosses: To be on the alert, to be watchful.
raw_tags: with "for"
Synonyms: sense: to be watchful
word: keep an eye out
sense: to be watchful
word: keep one's eyes open
webography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webographies
Etymology: From Web + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: A bibliography published on the World Wide Web.
glosses: A similar listing of websites.
Mick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Michael.
Mick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: Micks
form: Micky
form: Mickey
Senses: examples: text: The retired Royal Navy officer Tim McCullagh told me that he was often referred to as “Mick”, a derogatory slur for a person of Irish descent.
ref: [2024 February 10, Emma DeSouza, “The most effective cure for Northern Irish unionism? Attitudes in England”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An Irishman.
Derived terms: on the Pat and Mick
Pat and Mick
mutual induction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the production of an electric current in a circuit by a changing current in a nearby one
self-induction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-inductions
Etymology: From self- + induction.
Senses: glosses: Induction in a circuit caused by changes in the circuit itself.
mutual inductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutual inductances
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of the voltage in a circuit to the change in current in a neighboring circuit.
induction coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: induction coils
Senses: glosses: A transformer that produces a high voltage alternating current pulse from a low voltage direct current supply, especially such a device in the starter motor of an automobile.
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pattern, often unstable itself on its own, that stabilizes an unstable pattern's edge(s) without directly touching it by preventing cells that would destabilize it from becoming alive.
shabbat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shabbats
form: shabbatot
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Shabbat.
sabbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabbaths
Senses: examples: text: Far-right activists had organised their protest for the Jewish sabbath in an area with a 40% Jewish population.
ref: 2015 June 30, Harriet Sherwood, “London neo-Nazi rally moved after outcry from Jewish leaders and MPs”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Sabbath.
Derived terms: Buddhist sabbath
sabat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabats
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سَابَاط (sābāṭ).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A roofing structure with the street beneath it in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture, serving to support buildings or to cool pedestrians by maximizing daytime shade and accelerating breezes.
ansa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.sə/
Forms: form: ansae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānsa (“a handle, haft”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The most protruding part of planetary rings as seen from a distance, perceived to project like handles on either side of the disc of the planet.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A loop-shaped structure.
Derived terms: ansa compound
ansamycin
ansate
murha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murhas
Etymology: From Assamese মুঢ়া (murha).
Senses: examples: text: Keramat brought out a murha, a low stool made of woven cane. He squatted on the earth beside me.
ref: 2000, Sanjoy Hazarika, Rites of Passage:
text: There is only a murha in the opposite corner and I do not want to be uncomfortable now. I lower myself into my father's chair.
ref: 2010, Jahnavi Barua, Rebirth, Penguin, page 154:
text: She had recently learned to make cane murhas and now, every evening, when she returned from the market, she would first finish her cooking and then make murhas while Moni finished his studies.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A stool made of woven cane, used in northeast India.
ITN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Independent Television News.
glosses: Initialism of In the Nursery.
ITN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ITNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of insecticide-treated net
ponderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ponderable
form: most ponderable
Etymology: From ponder + -able.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he imponderability of heat did not appear to the philosophers of the eighteenth century to be a sufficient reason for excluding it from the list of chemical elements; and... there was... doubt... whether caloric was ponderable or not.
ref: 1910, E. T. Whittaker, A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, Dublin University Press, published 1910, page 35:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having a detectable amount of matter; having a measurable mass.
glosses: Worthy of note; significant, interesting.
examples: text: The very mother's head you swore by in the dock is a heavier head, crowned with ponderable hair.
ref: 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 77:
glosses: Heavy; ponderous.
Synonyms: sense: having mass
word: massive
sense: worthy of note
word: eminent
word: noteworthy
word: notable
sense: heavy, ponderous
word: hefty
sense: heavy, ponderous
word: massive
sense: heavy, ponderous
word: weighty
Derived terms: imponderable
ponderability
ponderableness
ponderably
Related terms: ponder
ponderous
ponderomotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pondermotive
Senses: glosses: Able to move a weight (or anything having mass)
Derived terms: ponderomotive force
ponderomotively
Related terms: ponderous
electromotive force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromotive forces
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Potential energy (not force) divided by electric charge; measured in volts
Synonyms: EMF
electromotance
potential difference
voltage
Coordinate terms: electric field
electric potential
resistance
inductance
electrochemical potential
magnetomotive force
EMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EMFs
form: emf
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of electromotive force.
examples: text: High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators. […] In the report, the NIEHS concluded that the scientific evidence linking EMF exposures with health risks is weak and that this finding does not warrant aggressive regulatory concern.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, pages 73, 76:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: EM
EMR
EMI
EMC
glosses: Initialism of electromagnetic field.
EMF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: emf
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Eclipse Modeling Framework.
electromotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + motive.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of, relating to, or producing the movement of electrons (an electric current)
Derived terms: counterelectromotive
electromotive force
EMF
photoelectromotive
thermoelectromotive
Related terms: electromotively
electromotivity
electric current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric currents
form: electrical current
Senses: examples: text: An electric current runs through this wire.
topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A net unidirectional movement of electrons, or other charge carriers, caused by a potential difference.
examples: text: The electric current in this wire is 5 A.
text: (iii) Electric current is the flow of _____. (iv) The SI unit of electric current is _____ .
ref: year unknown, S. K. Gupta & Anubhuti Gangal, A Compact And Com. Book Of IIT Foudation Science Phy.&Che.) VII, S. Chand Publishing →ISBN, page 32
text: The electric current is measured by the flow of charge through any cross-section ...
ref: year unknown, V. K Mehta & Rohit Mehta, S. Chand’s Principle Of Physics -XII, S. Chand Publishing →ISBN, page 255
text: From the following table (Table 2), we can see that, as a whole, the former electric field's electric current is smaller, the rare electric field's electric current is larger.
ref: 2010, Keping Yan, Electrostatic Precipitation: 11th International Conference on Electrostatic Precipitation, Hangzhou, 2008, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 316:
text: This cascading effect continues through the whole series of electrodes and provides gains in electric current of the order of 10⁴-10⁸.
ref: 1996, Robert Alexander Walker Johnstone, Malcolm E. Rose, Mass Spectrometry for Chemists and Biochemists, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
topics: electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The net charge that passes through some cross-section of a conducting material (in one direction), per unit time, having the SI unit A (C/s).
Hyponyms: direct current
alternating current
direct current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: direct currents
form: DC
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electric current that always flows in the same direction but may differ in intensity over time.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A constant electric current.
Related terms: alternating current
alternating current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alternating currents
form: AC
form: ac
form: AC
form: a.c.
form: A.C.
form: a-c
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electric current in which the direction of flow of the electrons reverses periodically.
Related terms: direct current
generator
transformer
inverter
periodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From periodic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Put two encasings on a mattress if one must be removed periodically for cleaning.
ref: 2008, Jeffrey C. May, Connie L. May, Jeff May’s Healthy Home Tips, page 124:
glosses: In a manner that is regular or periodic.
examples: text: The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators.
ref: 2025 March 10, Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN:
synonyms: sometimes
occasionally
glosses: intermittently or recurrently.
Derived terms: nanoperiodically
nonperiodically
photoperiodically
inverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɝt.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: inverters
form: invertor
Etymology: From invert + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that inverts, or causes inversion.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A power inverter.
Derived terms: microinverter
nanoinverter
phase inverter
Related terms: rectifier
rectifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛktɪfaɪɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹɛktɪfaɪə/
Forms: form: rectifiers
Etymology: From rectify + -er.
Senses: glosses: Something that rectifies.
glosses: A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
qualifier: artificial neural networks
glosses: The activation function f(x)= max (0,x), where x is the input to a neuron.
Derived terms: mercury arc rectifier
silicon-controlled rectifier
Related terms: inverter
rectifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rectify
rectify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/
Forms: form: rectifies
form: rectifying
form: rectified
form: rectified
Etymology: From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).
Senses: glosses: To heal (an organ or part of the body).
glosses: To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
examples: text: to rectify the crisis
glosses: To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
glosses: To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
examples: text: For thus their Sense informeth them, and herein their Reason cannot Rectifie them; and therefore hopelessly continuing in mistakes, they live and die in their absurdities […]
ref: 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
glosses: To correct (someone who is mistaken).
glosses: To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
glosses: To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
Derived terms: rectifiable
rectifiably
rectification
rectified spirit
rectifier
rectified spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: neutral alcohol
neutral spirit
glosses: An alcoholic spirit that has been purified to or close to the maximum concentration obtainable by using conventional distillation processes, i.e. about 96% by volume.
rectified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rectify
electric field
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɛktɹɪk ˌfild/
ipa: /iˈlɛktɹɪk ˌfild/
Forms: form: electric fields
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A region of space around a charged particle, or between two voltages, which exerts a force on charged objects in its vicinity.
examples: text: In the electric field, for instance, a unique situation obtains in that the central-station industry has never recorded a decrease in annual revenue.
ref: 1925 June 13, “The Recent Rapid Development of Public Utility Enterprises in the United States”, in Arthur Richmond Marsh, editor, The Economic World, volume 29, number 24, Chronicle Publishing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 834, column 1:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see electric, field.
electric potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric potentials
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy per unit charge at a point in a static electric field.
Derived terms: electric potential difference
inductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inductances
Senses: examples: text: The power cable itself has enough inductance to disrupt the digital signal of the video output cable, due to poor shielding.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The property of an electric circuit by which a voltage is induced in it by a changing magnetic field.
examples: text: What is the inductance of that power supply's main inductor?
glosses: The quantity of the resulting electromagnetic flux divided by the current that produces it, measured in henries (SI symbol: H.)
Derived terms: electrical inductance
inductance coil
leakage inductance
mutual inductance
self-inductance
Related terms: generation
electrochemical potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The potential energy in an electric cell or battery.
Related terms: electrode potential
electrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + chemical.
Senses: topics: chemistry
electrochemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity.
topics: chemistry
electrochemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to electricity produced by a chemical reaction, e.g. in a battery.
Derived terms: bioelectrochemical
electrochemical cell
electrochemical equivalent
electrochemical potential
electrochemical series
microelectrochemical
nanoelectrochemical
nonelectrochemical
photoelectrochemical
radioelectrochemical
spectroelectrochemical
Related terms: electrochemistry
electrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrochemicals
Etymology: From electro- + chemical.
Senses: glosses: Any chemical material prepared electrochemically.
noki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nokis
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dassie rat.
synonyms: word: dassie rat
electrochemical cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrochemical cells
Senses: glosses: A container containing an electrolyte and two electrodes; used to produce direct current electricity; one or more of them constitute a battery.
electrolyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛk.tɹəˌlaɪt/
ipa: /əˈlɛk.tɹəˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: electrolytes
Etymology: From electro- + -lyte, from electrolysis. Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1834.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity.
examples: text: Some modern lead-acid batteries are sealed because they never need to have any electrolyte added during their service life.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A solution containing such substances, which therefore also conducts electricity.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of the various ions in such a solution, or (metonymically) their concentration therein.
examples: text: Lab tests to consider under these circumstances include serum electrolytes, serum glucose, and urine protein.
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physiology
sciences
glosses: Any of the various ions in such a solution, or (metonymically) their concentration therein.
Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood, blood serum, or urine.
Derived terms: ampholyte
anolyte
catholyte
hydroelectrolyte
interelectrolyte
oligoelectrolyte
Related terms: dyselectrolytaemia
electrolytic
ionize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ī'-ə-nīz
ipa: /ˈaɪ.ə.naɪz/
Forms: form: ionizes
form: ionizing
form: ionized
form: ionized
form: ionise
Etymology: From ion + -ize.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To dissociate atoms or molecules into electrically charged species; to be thus dissociated.
Derived terms: autoionize
counterionize
deionize
ionizable
ionization
ionizer
ionizing
nonionized
nonionizing
non-ionizing radiation
overionized
photoionize
photoionizing
preionize
reionize
unionized
un-ionized
RPO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
RPO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RPOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of railway post office.
qualifier: data recovery
glosses: Initialism of recovery point objective.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of runs per over.
electric charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric charges
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:Q
word: mul:q
glosses: Any of several quantities related to electricity.
The static electric energy of a charged body.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:Q
word: mul:q
glosses: Any of several quantities related to electricity.
The quantity of unbalanced positive or negative ions in or on an object; measured in coulombs.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:Q
word: mul:q
glosses: Any of several quantities related to electricity.
A quantum number of some subatomic particles which determines their electromagnetic interactions; by convention the electron has an electric charge of −1, the proton +1 and quarks have fractional charge.
RTO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RTOs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of radiotelephone operator.
qualifier: data recovery
glosses: Initialism of recovery time objective.
glosses: Initialism of road traffic officer.
glosses: Initialism of retransmission timeout.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of rejected takeoff.
glosses: Initialism of rent-to-own.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of return to office: an order to lessen the degree of, or cease, working from home.
subatomic particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subatomic particles
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of many units of matter smaller than an atom.
Synonyms: word: subatomic particle
Hyponyms: word: elementary particle
word: fundamental particle
word: proton
word: neutron
word: electron
Related terms: sense: Other articles
word: antiparticle
sense: Other articles
word: baryon
sense: Other articles
word: boson
sense: Other articles
word: electron
sense: Other articles
word: elementary particle
sense: Other articles
word: fermion
sense: Other articles
word: fundamental particle
sense: Other articles
word: hadron
sense: Other articles
word: lepton
sense: Other articles
word: meson
sense: Other articles
word: muon
sense: Other articles
word: neutrino
sense: Other articles
word: neutron
sense: Other articles
word: photon
sense: Other articles
word: pion
sense: Other articles
word: proton
sense: Other articles
word: quark
sense: Other articles
word: tachyon
sense: Other articles
word: tauon
word: :Appendix:Subatomic particles
ara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
Forms: form: aras
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.
Senses: synonyms: blue-and-yellow macaw
blue-and-gold macaw
glosses: The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
ara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
/ˈeɪ.ɹə/
Forms: form: arag
form: arra
Etymology: Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.
Senses: glosses: A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.
ara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
/ˈɑɹə/
/ˈeɪ.ɹə/
/ˈɛɹ.ə/
Forms: form: aras
Etymology: From Japanese あら (ara).
Senses: examples: text: Among the species which are met with on every coast, and during the whole year, are especially [...] the Ara (Niphon Spinosus Schl.), which frequents the coast of Yezo in particular, as is indicated by its other name , Matsumaye-ara. The many-membered genus of the saw-perches (Serranus) which inhabits all tropical and subtropical seas,[…]
ref: 1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192:
glosses: A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).
sphericon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsfɛɹ.ɪ.kɒn/
ipa: /ˈsfɪɹ.ə.kɑn/
Forms: form: sphericons
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A solid constructed by slicing a bicone with 90-degree apices through a plane containing both of them, rotating one half by 90 degrees, and reconnecting them; the resulting shape has a single continuous face, and two edges.
Related terms: urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Sphericon.html
word: Mathworld article on the sphericon
urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20090618093436/http://www.pjroberts.com/sphericon/
word: The Sphericon
psychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪ.kl̩/
ipa: /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/
Etymology: From psychology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: An inkblot test is a method of psychological evaluation.
glosses: Of or pertaining to psychology.
examples: text: I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
text: The film was a dark psychological thriller.
text: In mild cases of hypergonadism prior to puberty, the onset of physical and mood changes may not be abnormally early or significant enough to cause any psychological or long-term physical complications.
ref: 2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline:
glosses: Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
examples: text: Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.
glosses: Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
Derived terms: antipsychological
autopsychological
biopsychological
chronopsychological
cyberpsychological
ecopsychological
ethnopsychological
intrapsychological
metapsychological
neuropsychological
nonpsychological
paedopsychological
palaeopsychological
parapsychological
pathopsychological
physiopsychological
protopsychological
pseudopsychological
psychological autopsy
psychological crisis
psychological hedonism
psychological injury
psychologically
psychological moment
psychological pricing
psychological refractory period
psychological slip
psychological warfare
psychomological
robopsychological
sociopsychological
unpsychological
zoopsychological
drinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drĭngk′ĭng
ipa: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Forms: form: drinkings
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Some say drinking is a vice.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:drinking.
synonyms: potation
glosses: An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
Derived terms: antidrinking
badge drinking
binge drinking
day-drinking
drinking age
drinking bird
drinking culture
drinking-cup
drinking fountain
drinking game
drinking hole
drinking-horn
drinking horn
drinking man's degree
drinking problem
drinking song
drinking-up time
drinking vinegar
easy-drinking
hard-drinking
pre-drinking
relief drinking
vertical drinking
drinking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: drĭngk′ĭng
ipa: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Forms: form: more drinking
form: most drinking
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
Senses: examples: drinking water
glosses: Suitable to drink.
examples: a drinking glass
glosses: Used to drink.
examples: text: Are they a drinking person?
glosses: Addicted to alcohol.
examples: drinking companions
glosses: Pertaining to alcohol consumption, especially in excess.
Derived terms: word: undrinking
drinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: drĭngk′ĭng
ipa: /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹəŋk.əŋ/
ipa: /ˈɖɾɪŋk.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, drink + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drink
Related terms: expenditure
utilisation
collective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.
Senses: examples: text: the collective body of a nation
synonyms: congregated
aggregated
glosses: Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body.
examples: text: Local is his throne […] to fix a point, / A central point, collective of his sons.
ref: 1743, [Edward Young], “Night the Fourth. The Christian Triumph.”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 18:
glosses: Tending to collect; forming a collection.
glosses: Having plurality of origin or authority.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form.
examples: text: critical and collective reason
ref: 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:
glosses: Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.
Derived terms: anticollective
collective action
collective agreement
collective bargaining
collective-bargaining agreement
collective buying
collective call sign
collective fruit
collective investment scheme
collectively
collective memory
collective mode
collectiveness
collective note
collective noun
collective number
collective numeral
collective punishment
collective security
collective species
collective study
collective title
collective unconscious
collective West
collectivism
collectivist
collectivization
hypercollective
noncollective
Related terms: collect
collectible
collection
collectivity
collector
collective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: collectives
Etymology: From Middle French collectif, from Latin collēctīvus, from collēctus, past participle of colligō (“I collect”), from com- (“together”) + legō (“I gather”). Compare French collectif. Doublet of colectivo.
Senses: glosses: A farm owned by a collection of people.
glosses: One of more farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community.
raw_tags: in communist countries
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A collective noun or name.
examples: text: There are, however, a number of contemporary artists and art collectives that have defined their practice precisely around the facilitation of dialogue among diverse communities.
ref: 2005, Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung, Theory in contemporary art since 1985, page 76:
text: Critical Art Ensemble is one of many art collectives operating on the principle that information is power and that it is most effectively made available through a combination of science and aesthetics.
ref: 2006 March 5, Holland Cotter, “The Collective Conscious”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Today’s collectives create together, tour together, exhibit together, live together, survive together, eat together, sleep together, march together, fight together and party together, too.
ref: 2021 October 13, Adam Bradley, “The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A group dedicated to a particular cause or interest.
examples: text: A pilot normally holds the collective stationary until the helicopter stops; however, to get more braking action, lower the collective slightly. Keep in mind that, due to the increased ground friction when the collective is lowered or[…]
ref: 2012, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Helicopter Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-21A, Ravenio Books:
text: Hover height, rate of ascent, and the rate of descent are controlled by using the collective. Helicopter position and the direction of travel are controlled by the cyclic.
ref: 2021 July 27, Federal Aviation Administration, Helicopter Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-21B, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: The flight control used to control a helicopter's ascent or descent.
Derived terms: collective noun
collectivize
thought collective
magnetomotive force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetomotive forces
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The force associated with a magnetic field and that produces magnetic flux; it is the work required to carry a magnetic monopole of unit strength once round a magnetic circuit; measured in ampere-turns.
ampere-turn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampere-turns
Etymology: From ampere + turn.
Senses: glosses: The unit of magnetomotive force.
Related terms: gilbert