cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
puppet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭpʹĭt
ipa: /ˈpʌpɪt/
rhymes: -ʌpɪt
Forms: form: puppets
Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
Senses: glosses: Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
examples: text: These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose
ref: 1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
text: Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209:
glosses: A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
glosses: A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Synonyms: sense: a person directed by another
english: with reference to organ grinders
translation: with reference to organ grinders
word: monkey
Derived terms: finger puppet
fuckpuppet
glove puppet
hand puppet
happy puppet syndrome
meat puppet
puppet army
puppeteer
puppet government
puppet leader
puppetman
puppetmaster
puppet regime
puppet ruler
puppetry
puppet show
puppet state
puppet valve
shadow puppet
sock puppet
Related terms: marionette
muppet
puppy
puppet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭpʹĭt
ipa: /ˈpʌpɪt/
rhymes: -ʌpɪt
Forms: form: puppets
form: puppeting
form: puppeted
form: puppeted
Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
Senses: glosses: To control or manipulate like a puppet.
ladle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.dəl/
rhymes: -eɪdəl
Forms: form: ladles
Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take off with ladles.
ref: 1680, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Notes about the Producibleness of Chemical Principles:
glosses: A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
glosses: The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
glosses: An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
glosses: A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Synonyms: dipper
Coordinate terms: serving spoon
Derived terms: beladle
bull ladle
frying ladle
ladleful
ladle furnace
ladleman
ladler
spoodle
toddy ladle
ladle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.dəl/
rhymes: -eɪdəl
Forms: form: ladles
form: ladling
form: ladled
form: ladled
Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.
text: The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.
glosses: To pour or serve something with a ladle.
silverware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlvə(ɹ)ˌwɛə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: silverwares
Etymology: From silver + -ware.
Senses: synonyms: silvercraft
glosses: Anything manufactured from silver.
glosses: Anything with a silvery colour.
synonyms: word: cutlery
word: flatware
glosses: Knives, forks and spoons.
examples: text: February 2008, BBC Sport - Ramos takes centre stage
How different it was at Wembley as Ramos confirmed his reputation as a relentless pursuer of silverware by giving Spurs their first trophy in nine years.
text: The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005.
ref: 2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Trophies, success in a competition.
Synonyms: cutlery
cutlery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌt.lə.ɹi/
note: foot-strut split
ipa: /ˈkʊt.lə.ɹi/
Forms: form: cutleries
Etymology: From Middle English cotellerie, cutleri (“the cutler’s art or craft”), from Old French coutelerie (modern French coutellerie).
Senses: examples: text: Proper maintenance of your cutlery will keep the blades from dulling.
glosses: Sharp cutting utensils.
examples: text: a cutlery set
text: This cutlery comes from Normandy, France.
synonyms: flatware
silverware
glosses: Eating or serving utensils such as knives, forks, and spoons.
glosses: The business of a cutler.
Synonyms: word: cutlery
word: cutleryware
word: silverware
word: flatware
word: feastware
Hypernyms: word: kitchenware
Hyponyms: word: knife
word: fork
word: spoon
word: tablespoon
word: teaspoon
word: chopstick
Derived terms: cutleryware
Related terms: word: cutlass
word: cutler
word: :Category:Cutlery
racist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/
ipa: /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/
rhymes: -eɪsɪst
Forms: form: racists
Etymology: 1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892).
Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: I don't blame racists, sexists, lookists, or any other “ists” for what they personify and perpetuate. They are mere hostages of their egos.
ref: 2007, Fran Harris, Will the REAL You Please Stand Up?:
text: Almost all the students I interviewed and worked with in group-facilitated discussions resisted being called a racist. This label was just too painful and for most students would not be accepted.
ref: 2009, Shirley R. Steinberg, Diversity and Multiculturalism: A Reader, page 104:
text: Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.
ref: 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:
glosses: A person who believes in or supports racism; a person who believes that a particular race is superior to others, or who discriminates against other races.
Hypernyms: supremacist
Hyponyms: Jim Crower
Jim Crowist
white supremacist
whitist
black supremacist
Derived terms: antiracist
archracist
cryptoracist
hyperracist
neoracist
nonracist
postracist
proracist
proto-racist
pseudoracist
quasiracist
reverse racist
scientific racist
semiracist
socio-racist
superracist
ultraracist
racist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪ.sɪst/
ipa: /ˈɹæɪ.sɪst/
rhymes: -eɪsɪst
Forms: form: more racist
form: most racist
Etymology: 1932 (noun), 1938 (adjective). Formed from racism (1928), paralleling French raciste (1892).
Replaced older racialist (1910). Equivalent to race + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: I'm pretty sure I'm flunking math because my teacher is racist against Latinos.
ref: 2007 April 24, “George Can't Let Sleeping Mexicans Lie”, in George Lopez, season 6, episode 15, spoken by Max Lopez (Luis Armand Garcia):
glosses: Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to racism.
examples: text: They don't allow Muslims and gays to join the club? That's racist!
text: Oh oh.. the term 'Neo-Nazi'.. just a few days ago, I heard a few girls sitting next to my table talking about this guy who was racist against females and call them 'femine-Nazi' (sp?)
ref: 1996 November 14, Julie Wang, “TC Yang's talent”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet):
text: Could it be the hate-filled content and the racist attitudes towards women and homosexuals?
ref: 1998 April 22, Keri Lynn Sweeney, “Give it up, forger...this is very dull”, in alt.adoption (Usenet):
text: so you are racist against gay ppl? I didnt know cable co's hired racist ppl!
ref: 2000 August 12, Joe, “Who's Gary Tait anyways”, in alt.cable-tv (Usenet):
text: People are racist against the sick and injured
ref: 2004, Perth Desperado, One Aussie's Endeavours, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 191:
text: Amber went thoughtful. I wondered if she was racist against lesbian people.
ref: 2011, Michelle Tea, Rose of No Man's Land, Anchor Canada, →ISBN:
text: The guy said the remark sarcastically, as if he was racist against homosexuals.
ref: 2013, Travis Waker, The Perfect Game: A Daniel Willis Novel, Booktango, →ISBN:
glosses: Discriminatory.
Synonyms: word: rayciss
word: bigoted
Related terms: antiracism
bigot
ethnocentrist
pseudoracism
racism
xenophobe
hooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhʊk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hookers
Etymology: From hook (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, hooks.
examples: text: Hooker Dylan Hartley was sent to the sin-bin after yet another infringement at the breakdown and, on the stroke of half-time, Georgia's territorial advantage finally told when number eight Basilaia surged over from the base of the scrum for a try next to the posts.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
examples: text: I once saw Hassett drop England opening batsman and compulsive hooker, Cyril Washbrook, twice in succession at deep fine leg.
ref: 1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 32:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batsman or batswoman adept at or fond of playing hook shots.
glosses: A crocheter.
examples: text: We regard the first seven seconds of a television commercial as the most critical or crucial in the whole unit — the "Do or Die Seven" — the "moment of decision" or the "hooker", if you will, when we must capture the attention of the viewer, get him involved in the action, […]
ref: 1966, Charles Anthony Wainwright, The Television Copywriter, page 39:
glosses: Synonym of hook (“attention-grabbing element of a creative work”).
synonyms: word: hook
extra: attention-grabbing element of a creative work
examples: text: They are sure to be clyd in the night by the angler, or hooker, or such like pilferers that liue upon the spoyle of other poore people.
ref: c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
text: Suffer none, from far or near, / With their rights to interfere; / No strange Abram, Ruffler crack— / Hooker of another pack—
ref: 1834, William Harrison Ainsworth, Rookwood, volume 2, Oath of the Canting Crew, page 339:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A thief who uses a pole with a hook on the end to steal goods.
Synonyms: sense: thief
word: angler
sense: thief
word: nuthook
Derived terms: hooker-in
hooker-on
left hooker
text hooker
Related terms: Hooker
hooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhʊk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hookers
Etymology: Unknown. The "prostitute" sense is the subject of a folk etymology connecting it to General Hooker of the American Civil War, but the earliest known use dates to 1835, decades before the war. Less implausibly, it has also been connected to a coastal feature called a hook (“A spit or narrow cape of sand or gravel turned landward at the outer end, such as Sandy Hook in New Jersey, Red Hook in New York”) in the ports of New York and Baltimore. Carefully learned inference is not conclusive. See this essay, pp 105ff.
Senses: examples: text: All my life, been hustling / And tonight is my appraisal / 'Cause I'm a hooker selling songs / And my pimp's a record label
ref: 2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked, performed by Panic! at the Disco:
glosses: A prostitute.
examples: text: Emily had cut short these 3 A.M. glooms with a hooker of bourbon.
ref: 1993, Herman Wouk, The Hope (novel), page 675:
qualifier: 1920s to 1940s
glosses: An imprecise measure of alcoholic drink; a "slug" (of gin), or an overlarge gulp.
Derived terms: hookerish
sweat like a hooker in church
with blackjack and hookers
hooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhʊk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hookers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hookah.
hooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊk.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhʊk.ɚ/
rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hookers
Etymology: From Dutch hoeker, an alteration of Middle Dutch hoecboot, from hoec + boot.
Senses: examples: text: In England there are Brighton Beach boats, Centre-board sloops, Pollywogs, Lough Erne yachts, Unas, New Brighton sailing-boats, yachts of the Norfolk Broads, Itchen, Clyde sailing and Keystone boats, Penzance luggers, Cobbles, Galways, Hookers and Pookhauns […]
ref: 1884, James Douglas Jerrold Kelley, American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races, page 161:
synonyms: Galway
Galway hooker
glosses: A small fishing boat.
examples: text: [T]he poor Flash is gone, and there is an end of it. Poor old hooker. Hey, Almayer? You made a voyage or two with me. Wasn’t she a sweet craft?
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part III, pages 182–183:
text: […] for there was scarce one of us that thought the old hooker would weather so long and hard a blow. We were mighty fortunate to come through it so handily.
ref: 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any antiquated craft.
spinach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/
ipa: /ˈspɪnɪd͡ʒ/
note: Indic
ipa: /spɪˈnætʃ/
rhymes: -ɪnɪtʃ
rhymes: -ɪnɪdʒ
Forms: form: spinaches
form: spinage
form: spinnach
Etymology: From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Classical Persian اسپناخ (ispanāx, ispināx).
Senses: examples: text: Another option is to wash spinach and other leafy greens thoroughly in running water before eating them.
ref: 2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN:
glosses: A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
glosses: Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleraceae is or resemble it in some way.
Derived terms: english: various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species
translation: various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species
word: African spinach
taxonomic: Tetragonia tetragonioides
word: Botany Bay spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: buffalo spinach
taxonomic: Emex australis
word: Cape spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: Ceylon spinach
taxonomic: Amaranthus dubius
word: Chinese spinach
taxonomic: Gynura nepalensis
word: cholesterol spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: climbing spinach (vine spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: creeping spinach
taxonomic: Claytonia perfoliata
alt: syn. Montia perfoliata
word: Cuban spinach
word: dark spinach
word: Egyptian spinach
taxonomic: Chenopodium rubrum
word: French spinach
word: gammon and spinach
taxonomic: Blitum bonus-henricus
alt: syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus
word: Lincolnshire spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: Malabar spinach
taxonomic: Gynura nepalensis
word: Mollucan spinach
taxonomic: Atriplex hortensis
word: mountain spinach
taxonomic: Brassica juncea
word: mustard spinach
taxonomic: Cleome serrulata
word: Navajo spinach
taxonomic: Tetragonia tetragonioides
alt: syn. Tetragonia expansa
word: New Zealand spinach
taxonomic: Gynura bicolor
word: Okinawan spinach
taxonomic: Beta vulgaris
word: perpetual spinach
alt: Amaranthus dubius; Trianthema triquetra
word: red spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: red vine spinach
word: sand and spinach
word: sissoo spinach
taxonomic: Alternanthera sessilis
alt: syn. Alternanthera sissoo
word: Sissoo spinach
taxonomic: Beta vulgaris
word: spinach beet
word: spinach dip
taxonomic: Rumex acetosa
word: spinach dock
word: spinach mustard
taxonomic: Chenopodium capitatum
word: strawberry spinach
taxonomic: Cnidoscolus chayamansa
word: tree spinach
taxonomic: Basella alba
word: vine spinach
taxonomic: Ipomoea aquatica
word: water spinach
english: various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species
translation: various nightshade, legume, and Cucurbitaceae species
word: wild spinach
Related terms: Popeye
shah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: shahs
form: schah
form: šâh
form: šāh
form: shāh
form: s̲h̲āh
Etymology: From Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāh), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /⁠xšāyaθiya⁠/). Doublet of check. More at chess.
Senses: examples: text: We had a cordial welcome in Tehran from the shah and Empress Farah, a delightful banquet, and adequate time to discuss the Middle East and nuclear power affairs with the shah.
ref: 2011 [1977 December 31], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 156:
glosses: A king of Persia or Iran.
glosses: A supreme ruler in some West Asian, Central Asian or South Asian nations.
Derived terms: shahdom
Related terms: shahanshah
shahbanu
shahi
Shahmukhi
shahzada
shah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: shahs
form: shahy
form: shahiv
Etymology: From Ukrainian шаг (šah).
Senses: glosses: A Ukrainian monetary unit.
stage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: stages
form: staging
form: staged
form: staged
Etymology: From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.
Senses: examples: text: The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice".
glosses: To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
examples: text: The salesman's demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective.
glosses: To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
examples: text: The workers staged a strike.
text: A protest will be staged in the public square on Monday.
text: But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.
ref: 1955 February, T. B. Sands, “The Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 79:
glosses: To orchestrate; to carry out.
examples: text: We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag.
text: to stage data to be written at a later time
glosses: To place in position to prepare for use.
examples: text: One method of documenting a wound is as follows: (1) stage the ulcer, time present, setting where occurred; (2) describe the location anatomically; (3) measure ulcer in centimeters (length × width × base); […]
ref: 2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, page 940:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
examples: text: In Kerbal Space Program, you stage away used-up parts of your rocket by hitting the spacebar.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
glosses: To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
Synonyms: sense: demonstrate in a deceptive manner
word: fake
Derived terms: hot-stage
stage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
ipa: /stɑːʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
ipa: /steɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: stages
Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).
Senses: examples: text: It doesn’t matter that recent reporting on the stage economy of Copenhagen […] has revealed a pattern of abuse and dangerous working conditions for unpaid interns. In “The Bear,” the stage is a dream: Marcus’s tasks are simply to learn from a skilled but kind and patient mentor, to get out and about and feel inspired, and to come up with some new dishes of his own.
ref: 2023 June 23, Tejal Rao, “‘The Bear’ Finds Optimism in the Dysfunctional World of Hospitality”, in The New York Times:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
Related terms: stagiaire
stage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /steɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
ipa: /stɑːʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
ipa: /steɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: stages
form: staging
form: staged
form: staged
Etymology: Borrowed from French stage (“internship”).
Senses: examples: text: I’ve been chosen to stage at Coloniál, the Michelin-starred restaurant that I will one day lie about running. Stage is restaurant-speak for free labor, but I’m unconcerned.
ref: 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 36:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
chessboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chessboards
form: chess board
Etymology: From chess + board.
Senses: examples: text: If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 4:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The square board used in the game of chess, subdivided into eight rows of eight squares each, the squares in each row and column being of alternating colours.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A mathematical construction based on this pattern of squares
Derived terms: chessboard distance
chessboardlike
Croatian chessboard
wheat and chessboard problem
Related terms: chess
checkerboard
chequerboard
draughtsboard
gameboard
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).
Senses: examples: text: They stuck a block of wood under it as a prop.
glosses: An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: The player on either side of the hooker in a scrum.
glosses: Any of the seashells in the game of props.
Derived terms: acrow prop
book prop
clothes-prop
clothes prop
pit prop
prop bet
prop blast
prop-jet
prop shaft
prop vowel
prop wash
shot prop
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
form: propping
form: propped
form: propped
Etymology: From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).
Senses: examples: text: Try using a phone book to prop up the table where the foot is missing.
glosses: To support or shore up something.
glosses: To play rugby in the prop position.
glosses: To position the feet of (a person) while sitting, lying down, or reclining so that the knees are elevated at a higher level.
raw_tags: with "up" - see prop up
glosses: To stop suddenly or unexpectedly; derived from the situation where a horse might suddenly halt of its own accord, digging its front hooves into the ground to brace itself from forward movement, potentially unseating its rider.
examples: text: We used to go out into the roads (highway robbery) between races, and if we met an ‘old bloke’ (man) we ‘propped him’ (knocked him down), and robbed him.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: To knock (a person) down.
Derived terms: prop forward
prop up the bar
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: Clipping of property.
Senses: examples: text: They used the trophy as a prop in the movie.
topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: An item placed on a stage or set to create a scene or scenario in which actors perform.
examples: text: You can use props in a literal way to enhance the story, such as shooting a woodworker amidst woodworking tools.
ref: 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: An item placed within an advertisement in order to suggest a style of living etc.
Derived terms: prop comedian
prop comedy
prop comic
prop gun
prop master
prop sword
theatrical prop
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: Clipping of propeller.
Senses: glosses: The propeller of an aircraft or boat.
Derived terms: propshaft
propwash
turboprop
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
form: propping
form: propped
form: propped
Etymology: Clipping of propeller.
Senses: glosses: To manually start the engine of a propeller-driven aircraft with no electric starter by pulling vigorously on one of the propeller blades using the hands, so that the propeller can catch ignition.
Derived terms: propwash
warm prop
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: Clipping of proposition.
Senses: glosses: A proposition, especially on an election-day ballot.
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: Clipping of propellant.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: propellant (“rocket fuel”)
Derived terms: monoprop
biprop
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: Clipping of proposition player.
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Etymology: Clipping of propagation.
Senses: glosses: A part of a plant reared for its multiplication.
Related terms: proplifting
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology: Clipping of testosterone propionate.
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: test prop
glosses: Testosterone propionate.
prop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒp/
note: of Canada
ipa: /pɹɑp/
note: of the US
ipa: /pɹɒp/
ipa: /pɹɔp/
ipa: /pɹɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: props
Senses: examples: text: There was some good counter hits, and then Foster received a prop on the nose which drew the claret.
ref: 1899, Eden Phillpotts, The Human Boy Again:
glosses: A blow; the act of striking someone.
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: A scarf pin.
game show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game shows
form: gameshow
Senses: topics: broadcasting
games
media
glosses: A radio or television program that involves members of the public or celebrities, whether as individuals or as part of a team, playing a game, especially one involving the answering of quiz questions, for cash or prizes.
Related terms: quiz show
yottasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yottaseconds
Etymology: From yotta- + second.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond
text: Trades Descriptions Act... "always on" presumably means 100.00 % uptime for the rest of infinity with nary a yottasecond's downtime.
ref: 2000 October 31, Joe Harrison <joe.harrison@ANT15P4M.teamware.co.uk>, “Re: Bt openworld limitations .. post `em here”, in uk.telecom.broadband (Usenet), message-ID <8tms8c$2arb$1@news.icl.se>:
text: Basically, I want yottaseconds and yoctoyears calculated with the same datatype for normal time.
ref: 2009 February 20, Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>, “Re: r25445 - docs/Perl6/Spec/S32-setting-library”, in perl.perl6.language (Usenet), message-ID <20090220171124.GA18585@wall.org>:
text: 12.7 furlongs per fortnight in parsecs per yottasecond
ref: 2009 April 3, <timewarp2008@yahoo.com>, “Re: The first rule of marriage”, in soc.religion.quaker,alt.stupidity (Usenet), message-ID <3ff2d63e-89dd-4c2d-bf14-995ec7088b92@y13g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Ys
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10²⁴ seconds. Symbol: Ys. (= quadrillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole)
zettasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettaseconds
Etymology: From zetta- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Zs
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10²¹ seconds. Symbol: Zs. (= trillions of years, a hypothetical time span that is meaningless except in speculative contexts such as theoretical physics, philosophy, religion, and humorous hyperbole)
exasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exaseconds
Etymology: From exa- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Es
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: Es. (= 31 709 800 000 years, which is more time than has elapsed in the Universe, that is, since the Big Bang [about 13 800 000 000 years].)
petasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.təˌsɛk.ənd/
Forms: form: petaseconds
Etymology: From peta- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Ps
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: Ps. (= 31 709 800 years)
terasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teraseconds
Etymology: From tera- + second.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium
text: The solar system has been in existence for about 150000 teraseconds and may well remain in existence without major change for 500000 additional teraseconds.
ref: 1977, Isaac Asimov, Asimov on numbers:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Ts
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹² seconds. Symbol: Ts. (= 31709.8 years)
gigasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigaseconds
Etymology: From giga- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Gs
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁹ seconds. Symbol: Gs. (= 31.7098 years)
megasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaseconds
Etymology: From mega- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:Ms
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁶ seconds. Symbol: Ms. (= 11.5741 days)
kilosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiloseconds
Etymology: From kilo- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:ks
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10³ seconds. Symbol: ks. (= 16.666̄̄ minutes)
hectosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hectoseconds
Etymology: From hecto- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute
related: word: mul:hs
glosses: (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10² seconds. Symbol: hs. (= 00:01:40 = 1.666̄̄ minutes)
decasecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛkəsɛkənd/
Forms: form: decaseconds
Etymology: From deca- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second
1968, Title: Narrow-Band Decasecond Emissions from Jupiter Authors: Riihimaa, JJ Journal: Astrophysical Letters, Vol. 2, p.59 Publication Date: 00/1968 Origin: ... http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1968ApL.....2...59R
methods for electrostimulating two neocortical zones Excerpt: Changes in the oscillations of the decasecond and minute waves of superslow activity in the 0 to 1 Hz range were compared using various techniques for electrostimulating neocortical zones in rabbits with gold electrodes chronically implanted in structures of the ... Publication: Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology Authors: Yu. S. Borodkin, I. A. Lapina, Yu. L. Gogolitsyn Publisher: Springer New York Issue: Volume 14, Number 5 Pages: 373 - 379
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:das
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹ seconds. Symbol: das
decisecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪˌsɛkənd/
Forms: form: deciseconds
Etymology: From deci- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:ds
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹ seconds. Symbol: ds
centisecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centiseconds
Etymology: From centi- + second, modelled on French centiseconde.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:cs
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻² seconds. Symbol: cs
microsecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microseconds
Etymology: From micro- + second.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond
text: He'd be on her ass in a microsecond, revoke her letters testamentary, they'd call her names, proclaim her through all Orange County as a redistributionist and pinko, slip the old man from Warpe, Wistfull, Kubitschek and McMingus in as administrator de bonis non and so much baby for code, constellations, shadow-legatees.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 6, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 136:
text: The data word processor 606 handles the in-flow and out-flow of byte-oriented input/output data and interleaved signals at a rate of, for example, 500 kilobytes per second. Instruction processing rates of four to eight per microsecond are required for such a data flow.
ref: 1969, Harold R. Dell, HIGH-DENSITY PERMANENT DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, US Patent 3638185:
text: O₂^(•−) and OH^• are highly unstable (half-life at the level of microseconds and nanoseconds, respectively) and cannot cross membrane, while H₂O₂, though not a free radical but a ROS, is relatively stable (half-life around 1 ms) (Møller et al. 2007) and can cross membranes through aquaporins.
ref: 2015, Rup Kumar Kar, “ROS Signaling: Relevance with Site of Production and Metabolism of ROS”, in Dharmendra K. Gupta, José M. Palma, Francisco J. Corpas, editors, Reactive Oxygen Species and Oxidative Damage in Plants Under Stress, Springer, →ISBN, page 117:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:μs
word: mul:μsec
word: mul:us
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ seconds. Symbol: μs
Derived terms: millimicrosecond
submicrosecond
femtosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtoseconds
Etymology: From femto- + second.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond
text: Sheldon Cooper: My hair is growing at the rate of 4.6 yoctometers per femtosecond.
ref: 2012, Mark Cendrowski, The Big Bang Theory, Season 5, Episode 18, "The Werewolf Transformation"
text: The observation and manipulation of electron dynamics in matter call for attosecond light pulses, routinely available from high-order harmonic generation driven by few-femtosecond lasers.
ref: 2017, D. E. Rivas, A. Borot, D. E. Cardenas, G. Marcus, X. Gu, D. Herrmann, J. Xu, J. Tan, D. Kormin, G. Ma, W. Dallari, G. D. Tsakiris, I. B. Földes, S.-w. Chou, M. Weidman, B. Bergues, T. Wittmann, H. Schröder, P. Tzallas, D. Charalambidis, O. Razskazovskaya, V. Pervak, F. Krausz, L. Veisz, “Next Generation Driver for Attosecond and Laser-plasma Physics”, in Scientific Reports, volume 7, →DOI:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:fs
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁵ seconds. Symbol: fs
Derived terms: subfemtosecond
attosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attoseconds
Etymology: From atto- + second.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond
text: I can think at the speed of light, I can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond, I can run faster than time. What do I see when I run across the country, Superman? I see everything. And everyone.
ref: 2011, Barry Allen, Superman 709:
text: The observation and manipulation of electron dynamics in matter call for attosecond light pulses, routinely available from high-order harmonic generation driven by few-femtosecond lasers.
ref: 2017, D. E. Rivas, A. Borot, D. E. Cardenas, G. Marcus, X. Gu, D. Herrmann, J. Xu, J. Tan, D. Kormin, G. Ma, W. Dallari, G. D. Tsakiris, I. B. Földes, S.-w. Chou, M. Weidman, B. Bergues, T. Wittmann, H. Schröder, P. Tzallas, D. Charalambidis, O. Razskazovskaya, V. Pervak, F. Krausz, L. Veisz, “Next Generation Driver for Attosecond and Laser-plasma Physics”, in Scientific Reports, volume 7, →DOI:
text: Given the scales on which technology has operated in the first quarter of the 21st century, from lasers that flash for just a few attoseconds to the total amount of digital data in the world pushing past 160 zettabytes, it feels as if we may have let things lie for too long. I don't know if the future will have quettabit computer networks or rontometer-scale wormholes, but I'm pretty sure the large and small of it will be hella weird.
ref: 2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider:
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:as
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: as
zeptosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeptoseconds
Etymology: From zepto- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:zs
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²¹ seconds. Symbol: zs
yoctosecond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoctoseconds
Etymology: From yocto- + second.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond
topics: metrology
related: word: mul:ys
glosses: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻²⁴ seconds. Symbol: ys