cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bona fides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈboʊnəfaɪdz/
ipa: /ˈbɑnəfaɪdz/
ipa: /ˌboʊnə ˈfaɪdiz/
Etymology: From Latin bona (nominative feminine singular of bonus (“good”)) + fidēs (“faith”).
Senses: glosses: Sincerity, good faith.
examples: text: […] but my note had evidently stung him, and I had a brusque message in which he said that if I wished him to believe in my “bona-fides” (whatever he may have meant by that), I would return the money which I had had during the time that I was with him at Bradfield.
ref: 1895, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters: […], London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: He sat down at a table and wrote to my dictation. The gist of it was that if a man called Twisdon (I thought I had better stick to that name) turned up before June 15th he was to entreat him kindly. He said Twisdon would prove his bona fides by passing the word “Black Stone” and whistling “Annie Laurie”.
ref: 1915 August–September, John Buchan, chapter IV, in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published October 1915, →OCLC:
text: “I have been advised that this nameless agent is in a position to establish his bona fides at any time, as he bears a number of these cards. You see, Chief Inspector, I am frank with you.”
ref: 1919, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXIV, in Dope:
text: If any railway official, policeman, or member of the Forces on duty, requests the discontinuance of any particular form of observation or note-taking, it is clearly right to give immediate compliance, especially when it is borne in mind that public authorities now have very wide powers to hold members of the general public in custody while inquiries are being conducted as to their bona fides.
ref: 1940 July, “Notes and News: The appearance of Evil—A Warning to Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, page 418:
text: There followed standard questions to establish Carter’s bona fides, his length of experience and seniority.
ref: 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 65:
glosses: Credentials that authenticate a person's good standing or reputation.
Related terms: bona fide
goodwill
make one's bones
synchrotron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkɹə(ʊ)tɹɒn/
Forms: form: synchrotrons
Etymology: From synchro- + -tron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of cyclotron in which charged particles are accelerated by an electric field that is synchronized with a magnetic field that keeps them in a circular path.
Derived terms: synchrotronic
synchrotron light
synchrotron radiation
synchrotron radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The electromagnetic radiation emitted by the acceleration of relativistic charged particles in a synchrotron or under natural conditions approximating those of a synchrotron.
Synonyms: synchrotron light
Related terms: bremsstrahlung
synchrotron light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: synchrotron radiation
complex analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of mathematics that studies holomorphic functions.
bremsstrahlung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛm.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹɛms.ʃtrɑ.ləŋ/
ipa: /ˈbɹɛm.strɑ.ləŋ/
ipa: /-lʊŋ/
ipa: /-lʌŋ/
Forms: form: bremsstrahlungs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bremsstrahlung (“braking or deceleration radiation”), which had been coined in German by Arnold Sommerfeld from bremsen (“to brake”) + Strahlung (“radiation”) in 1909, and was first used in English by Arthur Edward Ruark and Harold Urey in 1930.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The electromagnetic radiation produced by the deceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when it is deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus.
wikipedia: Arnold Sommerfeld
Arthur Edward Ruark
Harold Urey
Derived terms: beamstrahlung
gluonstrahlung
Related terms: synchrotron radiation
Nordtvedt effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nordtvedt effects
Etymology: Named after Kenneth Nordtvedt
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A test of the strong equivalence principle of general relativity that relies on detecting polarization in the orbit of the moon in the direction of the sun.
wikipedia: Kenneth Nordtvedt
strong equivalence principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the principle that the laws of gravity are independent of velocity and position
Related terms: Einstein equivalence principle
equivalence principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalence principles
Senses: qualifier: relativity
glosses: any of several principles, concerned with the uniformity of physical measurements in different frames of reference
frame of reference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frames of reference
Senses: examples: text: Anyone with an unsubverted or cleansed frame of reference likely couldn't bear seeing such mistreatment and violence.
text: When Kafka’s novels are analyzed with the autistic frame of reference in mind the behavior of his protagonists make more sense and will reveal that Kafka’s protagonists focus on external behavioral cues which are guided by Kafka’s education and mindset of a lawyer.
ref: 2017 May 16, Jerry Stuger, “Kafka and Autism. The Undisclosed Logic Behind Kafka’s Work”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, volume 47, →DOI, pages 2336–2347:
glosses: A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: reference frame
glosses: A set of axes which enable an observer to measure the position and motion of all bodies in some system relative to the reference frame.
Derived terms: inertial frame of reference
Related terms: relativity
inertial frame of reference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inertial frames of reference
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A frame of reference that is stationary relative to a body moving at constant velocity and on which no force is being exerted.
megadeath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛɡədɛθ/
ipa: /ˈmɛɡəˌdɛθ/
Forms: form: megadeaths
Etymology: PIE word
 *méǵh₂s
From mega- (prefix meaning ‘one million; very large, great’) + death.
Senses: synonyms: megacorpse
coordinate_terms: gigadeath
glosses: One million deaths, especially as a unit of measure for estimating deaths due to nuclear warfare.
glosses: The deaths of a very large number of people; a massacre, a slaughter.
Related terms: megadestruction
megaton
unit of measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: units of measure
Senses: synonyms: unit of measurement
unit
UOM
glosses: Any standardized, reproducible unit that can be used to measure any physical property.
Related terms: centimetre-gram-second
metre-kilogram-second
metric system
SI
blem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blem
form: most blem
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of blemished sometimes used on online auction sites.
blem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blems
Senses: examples: text: They're all blems. They're from the dumpster behind an apple-waxing plant in Washington State.
ref: 1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, page 6:
glosses: A blemished item.
blem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [blɛm]
Forms: form: blems
Senses: examples: text: Give up the name, I pattern them / Why you der life, your smoking blem
ref: 2018 October 26, “Bars at the Sesh”, J.B2 aka Mr.Affiliate (lyrics), Farrokh Beats (music), 0:23:
text: I pop my cherry on the opp block, holding a four-ten, / corn for days, corn for them, / can’t single, we out like blem, / been bad since when, / [incomprehensible or probably censored] back then, / now I am tryna lurk with friend plus skeng
ref: 2019 July 29, “Trips”, #CGE Mobz X TT X S13 (lyrics), SK-Beats (music), 1:31:
text: Opps don’t come borne no more, swear the opp boys deny their ends / Dem man der get high off on blem then give verbal online with friends
ref: 2020 May 13, “Respawn”, Cillian (lyrics), 1:27:
text: Watched his world dissolve in his hands / Tried to roll a blem then put his head between his knees
ref: 2020, Arlo Parks, Gianluca Buccellati, “Caroline”, in Collapsed in Sunbeams, performed by Arlo Parks:
glosses: A cigarette, spliff or another intoxicant preparation for smoking.
blem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [blɛm]
Forms: form: blems
form: blemming
form: blemmed
form: blemmed
Senses: examples: text: And anyone of dem can curse, and we send shot
And we send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get blem
We send shot pon dem anyone of dem can get qweng
ref: 2019 February 19, Lowkey (OFB), “Hold Dem”, 1:03–1:04:
glosses: Alternative form of blam (“to shoot”).
onomastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪk/
ipa: /ˌɑː.noʊˈmæs.tɪk/
ipa: /ˌɑː.nəˈmæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós).
Senses: examples: text: The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.
ref: 2013, David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno, page 403:
glosses: Of or relating to a personal or place name.
glosses: Of or relating to onomastics.
Derived terms: onomastically
onomastics
Related terms: onomastician
onomastician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onomasticians
Etymology: From onomastic + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: onomasiologist
onomast
onomatologist
coordinate_terms: nomenclaturist
glosses: A person who studies onomastics; one who studies or researches names.
Related terms: onomasiology
onomastic
onomasticon
onomatology
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeic
onomatopoetic
luster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌstɚ/
rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lusters
form: lustering
form: lustered
form: lustered
form: lustre
Etymology: From Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from Old Italian lustrare (“brighten”), from Latin lūstrō (“to purify, to brighten”), from Latin lūstrum (“purification ritual”).
Senses: examples: text: What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks!
ref: 1729, Richard Savage, The Wanderer, Sect. iii, l. 326
glosses: To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
glosses: To gain luster, to become lustrous.
examples: text: Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion.
ref: 1644, John Maxwell, Sacro-Sancta Regum Majestas, page 17:
glosses: To give luster, particularly
To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.
examples: text: Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter’s snow, distant in time as well as space.
ref: 1985, Nadine Gordimer, “Sins of the Third Age”, in Something Out There, Penguin, page 69:
glosses: To give luster, particularly
To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.
glosses: To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
glosses: Synonym of lustrate, particularly
Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew.
synonyms: word: purify
word: to ritually cleanse or renew
glosses: Synonym of lustrate, particularly
Synonym of look, to look over, to survey.
synonyms: word: look
word: to look over
word: to survey
Synonyms: sense: to give luster to
word: lustrate
Derived terms: lustered
lustering
luster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌstɚ/
rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lusters
form: lustre
Etymology: From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum.
Senses: examples: text: ...thritty yere of vj. lustres...
ref: 1387, Ranulph Higden, translated by John de Trevisa, Polychronicon, volume VIII, page 29:
text: Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it; upon whose authority, for many following lusters, it was much debased and quite out of request […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:
glosses: Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
luster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌstɚ/
rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lusters
Etymology: From lust + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether?
ref: 1591, John Lyly, Endimion, sig. E4v
roman: Geron Lusters, but not Louers.
text: ...a luster after power...
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, volume III, page 124:
text: 1867–1872, Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Testimonies against the Jews
Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind […] shall obtain the kingdom of God.
glosses: One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.
luster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌstɚ/
rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lusters
form: lustre
Etymology: From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”).
Senses: examples: text: ...But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam,
 He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame...
ref: c. 1615, Homer, translated by George Chapman, Odysses, 2nd edition, page 159:
glosses: Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
synonyms: word: den
extra: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals
frame dragging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The bending out of shape of space and time near a rotating body, as predicted by general relativity.
Synonyms: gravitomagnetism
Lense-Thirring effect
bedridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/
Forms: form: bed-ridden
Etymology: From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.
Senses: examples: text: the estate of a bedridden old gentleman
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
Synonyms: sense: confined to bed
word: bedfast
sense: confined to bed
word: bedbound
Derived terms: bedriddenness
geodetic effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the change in the spin of a gyroscope as it moves through curved spacetime
geodetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈdɛt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to geodesy; geodesic.
Derived terms: astrogeodetic
geodetically
geodetic effect
in the long run
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.
ref: 1923, John Maynard Keynes, chapter 3, in A Tract on Monetary Reform, page 80:
text: If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
ref: 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, page 111:
glosses: After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
Synonyms: in the long term
Related terms: word: long term
word: long-term
word: short term
word: short-term
Venus fly trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Venus fly traps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Venus flytrap.
nare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nâr
ipa: /nɛə/
ipa: /nɛː/
ipa: /nɛəɹ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nares
Senses: examples: text: There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A nostril
Derived terms: narial
Mach's principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after German physicist Ernst Mach, to whom the hypothesis is often attributed. Coined by Albert Einstein, who sought to incorporate the hypothesis into his theory of general relativity.
Senses: examples: text: We now discuss a theory of gravitation and cosmology which is perhaps more strongly rooted in Mach's principle than any other theory discussed so far.
ref: 1988, J. V. Narlikar, A. K. Kembhavi, “Nonstandard Cosmologies”, in Vittorio Canuto, Bruce G. Elmegreen, editors, Handbook of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics, Volume II: Galaxies and Cosmology, Gordon and Breach, page 390:
text: Thus, in any case, quantum theory is based on an absolute space-time picture and, therefore, in these formulations Mach's principle is not fulfiled.^([sic]) The following important question arises: Can quantum phenomena be treated in accordance with Mach's principle?
ref: 1995, Wolfram Schommers, Symbols, Pictures and Quantum Reality, World Scientific, page 94:
text: This is most famously embodied in Mach's Principle (so named by Einstein), which in its simplest form states that 'mass there influences inertia here'. More formally, it says that inertia is causally determined by the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe.
ref: 2010, David S. Oderberg, “‘Whatever is Changing is Being Changed by Something Else’: A Reappraisal of Premise One of the First Way”, in John Cottingham, Peter Hacker, editors, Mind, Method, and Morality, Oxford University Press, page 152:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Mach's conjecture
glosses: The principle that the inertia of a body arises from its relation to the totality of all other bodies in the universe.
wikipedia: Albert Einstein
Ernst Mach
planer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: plānʹər
ipa: /ˈpleɪ̯n.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɫeɪ̯n.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈpleɪ̯n.ə/
homophone: plainer
homophone: planar
rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: planers
Etymology: From Middle English planer, planere, equivalent to plane + -er.
Senses: topics: arts
business
carpentry
construction
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
manufacturing
woodworking
glosses: A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed.
glosses: A person employed to use this kind of woodworking tool.
examples: text: Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
examples: text: the compositor "planes down" the "forme," to make a the surface of the type stand flat and even, by blows of the mallet upon a piece of smooth wood laid upon the pages, called, from its use, "a planer;" and it is then ready for the pressman
ref: 1825, Thomas Curson Hansard, Typographia, an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
Synonyms: plane
thickness planer
Derived terms: panel planer
Related terms: planner
no-planer
planer tree
planer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: plānʹər
ipa: /ˈpleɪ̯n.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈpɫeɪ̯n.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈpleɪ̯n.ə/
homophone: plainer
homophone: planar
rhymes: -eɪnə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of plane: more plane
severalty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: severalties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The sole ownership of property by someone.
examples: text: […] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes.
ref: 1846, George Spence, The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (page 545)
glosses: The quality of being several or separate.
satirically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more satirically
form: most satirically
Etymology: From satiric + -ally or satirical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a satiric manner.
satiric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪɹɪk
Forms: form: more satiric
form: most satiric
form: satirick
form: satirique
Etymology: From Middle French satirique, from Late Latin satiricus.
Senses: synonyms: satirical
glosses: Of or pertaining to satire.
rhyolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/
/ˈɹaɪ.oʊˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: rhyolites
Etymology: Coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen as German Rhyolith, from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) (modified to + -lite).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: liparite
quartz-trachyte
glosses: An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture.
wikipedia: Ferdinand von Richthofen
Derived terms: rhyolitic
quadrupole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrupoles
Etymology: From quadru- + pole.
Senses: examples: text: Consider a linear quadrupole consisting of a point charge of strength 2q at the origin and point charges of strength —q at (0, 0, a) and (0, 0, —a).
ref: 1975, David M. Cook, The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, page 123:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
Derived terms: nuclear quadrupole resonance
Related terms: quadrupolar
octupole
quadripole
zzz
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [zːːː]
other: [ʩ𐞪]
Etymology: Conventionalized sound of snoring.
Senses: glosses: A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.
zzz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [zːːː]
other: [ʩ𐞪]
Forms: form: zzzs
form: zzzing
form: zzzed
form: zzzed
Etymology: Conventionalized sound of snoring.
Senses: examples: text: He lay back on his pillow, made a faint zzzing sound that ceased, and presently and quite quietly he died — greatly comforted by my assurance.
ref: 1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay, page 461:
text: He zzzed for a long time, bobbing back and forth, and then he let us go, pointing to two empty seats across the aisle and motioning for us to sit down.
ref: 1996, Charlotte Abrams, The Silents, page 42:
glosses: To sleep or snore.
Related terms: catch some z's
zed
z's
Z's
zzzing
zzzs
catch some zs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches some zs
form: catching some zs
form: caught some zs
form: caught some zs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catch some z's.
quantum gravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A branch of theoretical physics aiming to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity.
synonyms: quantum gravitation
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: The gravitational force modeled as a quantum field.
Derived terms: loop quantum gravity
quantum graphity
haven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪvən/
rhymes: -eɪvən
Forms: form: havens
Etymology: From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.
Senses: examples: ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act XIII, scene what ſhipping, and what ladings in our hauen,]:
text: And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;
ref: 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “"Break, break, break,"”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 229:
qualifier: literal
glosses: A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.
examples: text: Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world.
ref: 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:
synonyms: refuge
sanctuary
zoar
glosses: A safe place.
glosses: A peaceful or tranquil place.
Derived terms: Barrow Haven
Broad Haven
Brookhaven
East Haven
Fairhaven
Grand Haven
havenage
havener
havenless
havenlike
havenward
havenwards
Little Haven
Littlehaven
Lock Haven
Milford Haven
Moore Haven
New Haven
Peacehaven
Rest Haven
safehaven
safe haven
Shell Haven
South Haven
tax haven
Thames Haven
The Havens
West Haven
Winter Haven
haven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪvən/
rhymes: -eɪvən
Forms: form: havens
form: havening
form: havened
form: havened
Etymology: From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.
Senses: glosses: To put into, or provide with a haven.
haven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪvən/
rhymes: -eɪvən
Etymology: From Middle English haven; equivalent to have + -en (plural simple present ending).
Senses: examples: text: And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte.
ref: 1540, Thomas [Cranmer], “A Prologue or Preface […]”, in The Byble in Englyshe, […] (Great Bible), [2nd edition], [London]: […] Edward whytchurche, signature [i], verso:
text: For Lord, what charity hauen such men of religion, that knowen how they mowen against and sinne, and fleen awat from their brethren that bene more vncunning then they ben, and suffren thē to trauelen in the world withouten their councel as beastes?
ref: 1570, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, page 517:
text: The craftie Badger, the Watry Otter / Whome Howndes purſue, till they hauen got her / Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice.
ref: 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature G, recto:
glosses: plural simple present of have
profundity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prəfŭn′dĭtē
ipa: /pɹəˈfʌndɪti/
rhymes: -ɪti
Forms: form: profundities
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English profundite, from Middle French profondite or its etymon Latin profunditās; by surface analysis, prof(o)und + ity. Compare profoundness.
Senses: examples: text: The situation's profundity escaped most observers.
synonyms: profoundness
glosses: The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
examples: text: Unfortunately, Andrew's colossal ego means people miss his profundity.
text: Also, he had legs which seemed to begin almost at his chest—or, rather, at his chin! Yet, for all his air of peacock-like conceit, his clothes sagged a little, and his face wore a sheepish air which might have passed for profundity.
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, chapter VI, in The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth^(https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Gambler_(1867)/VI):
synonyms: profoundness
glosses: Deep intellect or insight.
examples: text: I delved the abyssal profundities of Neptune's realm.
glosses: A great depth; a deep place.
glosses: Depth; the state of possessing great downwards extent.
Synonyms: profoundness
amplifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ.ɚ]
ipa: /ˈæm.plə.faɪɹ/
ipa: [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪɹ]
ipa: /ˈæm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈeːm.plə.fɑɪ.ə/
rhymes: -aɪ.ə(ɹ)
Forms: form: amplifiers
Etymology: From amplify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity.
ref: 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
glosses: A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
Derived terms: bioamplifier
Darlington amplifier
error amplifier
linear amplifier
microamplifier
multiamplifier
parametric amplifier
photoamplifier
power amplifier
preamplifier
pre-amplifier
push-pull amplifier
radio amplifier
sense amplifier
tube amplifier
valve amplifier
Related terms: ample
amplifiable
amplification
amplificatory
amplify
amplifying glass
amplitude
gain
comparator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparators
Senses: glosses: Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
glosses: An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
examples: text: The applicant is therefore complaining not of a lack of action but rather of the decision of the local authority to reduce the care package that it had hitherto been making available to her. As such, a more appropriate comparator would be the case of Watts v. The United Kingdom (dec.), no. 53586/09 of 4 May 2010, in which the Court was content to proceed on the basis that a decision to close the care home where the elderly applicant was resident and to transfer her to another home constituted an interference with her rights under Article 8.
ref: 2014 May 20, European Court of Human Rights, McDonald v. The United Kingdom, number 4241/12, marginal 48:
text: Roxanne Khazarian (“Plaintiff”) moved to compel discovery from Gerald Metals, LLC and Metals Trading Corp (“Defendants”), seeking the personnel file of Gary Lerner, an employee of Defendants. […] Defendants object to the production of these documents on the grounds that Mr. Lerner is not an appropriate comparator for Ms. Khazarian and his personnel file is therefore irrelevant.
ref: 2017 September 11, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Roxanne Khazarian vs. Gerald Metals, LLC, Metals Trading Corp., Gerald Holdings, LLC, Craig Dean, and Dan Gamez, numbers 3:16-cv-01762(VAB):
topics: law
glosses: Anything that serves comparison.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.
Synonyms: dial gauge
dial indicator
indicator
Derived terms: stereocomparator
conductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conductances
Etymology: From conduct + -ance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.
Derived terms: electrical conductance
heat conductance
magnetoconductance
microconductance
photoconductance
semiconductance
subconductance
thermal conductance
thermoconductance
transconductance
Related terms: word: conductivity
english: SI unit of conductance
translation: SI unit of conductance
word: siemens
word: admittance
word: susceptance
conductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conductivities
Etymology: From conductive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The reciprocal of resistivity
Derived terms: electroconductivity
heat conductivity
hydraulic conductivity
hyperconductivity
magnetoconductivity
nonconductivity
osseoconductivity
paraconductivity
photoconductivity
pyroconductivity
semiconductivity
superconductivity
thermal conductivity
thermoconductivity
Related terms: conductance
permeability
impedance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪmˈpiːdn̩s]
ipa: [ɪmˈpidn̩s]
ipa: [ɪmˈpiːdn̩s]
Forms: form: impedances
Etymology: From impede + -ance. In sense 2 and sense 3 it was coined by English mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1886.
Senses: examples: text: Faithful yielding is therefore a display of love before God by preparing to respond to his Call to Arms, even though He may not send us into the front lines of battle if some disability or impedance of Satan prevents us from action […]
ref: 2012, R. Crafton Gibbs, Spirit Growth: Logos 2, Vol. 2, of Writing God's Book of Life, page 31:
glosses: The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain
a measure of opposition to motion of something subjected to a force; the ratio of force to velocity treated as complex quantities.
raw_tags: with “mechanical”
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain
the ratio of sound pressure to volume flow rate treated as complex quantities.
raw_tags: with “acoustic” or “sound”
Derived terms: acoustic impedance
bioimpedance
cardioimpedance
characteristic impedance
electrical impedance tomography
image impedance
immittance
impedance coil
impedancemetry
impedance mismatch
impedance of free space
impedance plethysmography
magnetoimpedance
microimpedance
photoimpedance
radiation impedance
tuboimpedance
Related terms: impediment
isolator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isolators
Etymology: From isolate + -or.
Senses: glosses: An electrical device that detects short circuits and isolates them.
examples: text: The term ‘Isolator’ as used in the Pharmaceutical Industry covers a variety of pieces of equipment. One group has the main objective of providing containment for the handling of dangerous materials either aseptically or not. Another group has the main objective of providing a microbiologically controlled environment within which aseptic operations can be carried out.
ref: 2007, PHARMACEUTICAL INSPECTION CO-OPERATION SCHEME, ISOLATORS USED FOR ASEPTIC PROCESSING AND STERILITY TESTING, Recommendation, picscheme.org, p.1
text: The use of isolator technology to minimize human interventions in processing areas may result in a significant decrease in the risk of microbial contamination of aseptically manufactured products from the environment. There are many possible designs of isolators and transfer devices .
ref: 2011, WHO, Annex 6: WHO good manufacturing practices for sterile pharmaceutical products, WHO Technical Report Series, No. 961, 2011, who.int, p.18
glosses: A device that isolates something from the surrounding environment to keep it sterile.
examples: 2009, Official Journal of the European Union, DIRECTIVE 2009/41/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms, DIRECTIVES, eur-lex.europa.eu
Filters on isolators or isolated room. Isolators: transparent boxes where small animals are contained within or outside a cage; for large animals, isolated rooms may be more appropriate.
glosses: A transparent box for holding small live animals.
Derived terms: microisolator
optoisolator
photoisolator
Related terms: insular
insulate
insulation
insulator
isolatable
isolate
isolated
isolating
isolation
isolationism
isolative
resistivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resistivities
Etymology: From resistive + -ity.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: The reciprocal of thermal conductivity, having SI unit: m K W⁻¹
Derived terms: elastoresistivity
magnetoresistivity
piezoresistivity
transresistivity
volume resistivity
short circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short circuits
form: short-circuit
Etymology: short + circuit
Senses: topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it.
Synonyms: short
logic analyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logic analyzers
Senses: glosses: A device used to test and diagnose digital electronic systems.
microprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microprocessors
form: micro-processor
Etymology: From micro- + processor.
Senses: examples: text: When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack.
ref: 1992, Michael A. Miller, The 68000 Microprocessor Family: Architecture, Programming, and Applications, page 47:
text: When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.
ref: 2007, Uwe Meyer-Baese, “Microprocessor Design”, in Digital Signal Processing with Field Programmable Gate Arrays, 3rd edition, Berlin: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 537:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip).
Related terms: nanoprocessor
integrated circuit
microchip
multimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multimeters
Etymology: From multi- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.
ref: 2017 October 24, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 4:
text: A basic hands-on kit that introduces you to good soldering techniques while working on state-of-the-art printed circuit board circuits. You will learn the basics of digital multimeters and circuit troubleshooting.
ref: 2018 January 24, “Toy Catalog”, in Elenco, number 38, page 52:
synonyms: multitester
Avometer
VOM
voltohmmeter
glosses: An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter.
Avometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Avometers
Senses: qualifier: mostly British?
glosses: a highly accurate multimeter having a deadbeat needle and anti-parallax mirror
deadbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdbiːt/
Forms: form: deadbeats
form: dead beat
form: dead-beat
Etymology: From dead + beat.
Senses: examples: 2016 Eric Andrew-Gee Why and how Ontarians change their names in the 21st century The Globe and Mail
With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats.
glosses: A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support.
glosses: A person who defaults on debts.
Synonyms: sense: lazy person
word: idler
sense: person who defaults on debts
word: shirker
sense: person who defaults on debts
word: welcher
deadbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdbiːt/
Forms: form: dead beat
form: dead-beat
Etymology: From dead + beat.
Senses: glosses: Having a damped needle that stops without oscillation.
raw_tags: of an instrument
glosses: Defaulting on one's debts.
glosses: Defeated or exhausted.
glosses: Lazy or irresponsible.
glosses: Dead tired.
Derived terms: deadbeat dad
deadbeat mom
printed circuit board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: printed circuit boards
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: word: PCB
glosses: A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect by means of copper pathways, often called traces.
Related terms: circuit board
printed circuit
reactance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reactances
Etymology: From react + -ance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: electrics
glosses: The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X.
glosses: A similar effect in magnetism.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms.
Derived terms: reactance coil
spectrum analyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectrum analyzers
form: spectrum analyser
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic device that displays the frequency spectrum of an electrical, optical or acoustic waveform.
thyristor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: thyristors
Etymology: Blend of thyratron (1930) + transistor (1947). First attested c. 1965, as an alternative name for the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) developed in the late 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: In calling it a "Thyristor", Mr. Warder was following a growing practice which takes account of the fact that in years to come the controlled rectifier may be made of other materials than silicon.
ref: 1963 November, “A "Second Generation" in traction”, in Modern Railways, page 290:
text: Figure 1.4 shows a modern thyristor encapsulated in a presspack housing and Figure 1.5 illustrates a typical interdigitated gate geometry in a high-power thyristor; the black areas indicate silicon ( Si0₂ ) and the white areas the Al metallisation.
ref: 1998, J. Arrillaga, High Voltage Direct Current Transmission, page 6:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A semiconductor diode having an extra "gate" terminal to switch it on.
wikipedia: Silicon Controlled Rectifier
varistor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛəˈɹɪstə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: varistors
Etymology: Blend of variable + resistor
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.
Related terms: photoresistor
thermistor
resistor
planed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
homophone: plained
Derived terms: unplaned
planed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
homophone: plained
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plane
scoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skəʊpt/
ipa: /skoʊpt/
rhymes: -əʊpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scope
scoped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /skəʊpt/
ipa: /skoʊpt/
rhymes: -əʊpt
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Limited to a particular scope.
Derived terms: block-scoped
lexically scoped
scoped enumeration
statically scoped
scraped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrape
scrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It may not be known generally that the tenders of the scrapped engines of this class were found to be in too good a condition to be broken up, and are now attached to Class "J15" 0-6-0 goods.
ref: 1948 November and December, Reginald H. Coe, “The Holden 2-4-0 Locomotives of the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 366:
glosses: simple past and past participle of scrap
scrapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of scraped.
Sun.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sunday.
parmi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parmis
Etymology: Etymology tree
English parmigiana
English parmi
From parmigiana.
Senses: glosses: A chicken parmigiana.