cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dualisms
Etymology: From dual + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: By breaking free of it, historians could shed the dualisms that now entrap them, and escape the declensionism - the longing for the lost alternative
ref: 2002, Melvyn Stokes, The state of U.S. history, page 74:
glosses: Duality; the condition of being double.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The view that the world consists of, or is explicable in terms of, two fundamental principles, such as mind and matter or good and evil.
examples: text: The same conflict between the monism of temporal theorists and the dualism of ecclesiastical thinkers—the same opposition of organic to symbiotic union—occurred in the ninth century.
ref: 1964, Karl F. Morrison, Two Kingdoms: Ecclesiology in Carolingian Political Thought, Princeton University Press, page 4:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The belief that the world is ruled by a pair of antagonistic forces, such as good and evil; the belief that man has two basic natures, the physical and the spiritual.
qualifier: international law
glosses: The legal doctrine that international law must be transposed into domestic law to have effect.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and having opposite chemical or electrical affinities.
Derived terms: antidualism
Cartesian dualism
Gelasian dualism
German dualism
predicate dualism
property dualism
substance dualism
Related terms: dual
duality
monism
nondualism
malign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mə-līn'
ipa: /məˈlaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: more malign
form: most malign
Etymology: From Middle English maligne, from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from malus (“bad”) + genus (“sort, kind”). Compare benign.
Senses: examples: text: Witchcraft may be by operation of malign spirits.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: It may be true that such running is exceptional rather than normal; there are still innumerable checks of one kind or another, many of them, alas, directly or indirectly the result of engine failures; and bad coal has often a malign influence.
ref: 1951 February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 119:
glosses: Evil or malignant in disposition, nature, intent or influence.
examples: text: He was sure they [the stars] were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.
ref: 1891, Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge:
glosses: Malevolent.
examples: text: a malign ulcer
text: malign ulcers
ref: 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Seditions and Troubles”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Malignant.
Derived terms: malignancy
maligner
malignify
malignly
malignment
unmalign
Related terms: malignant
malign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mə-līn'
ipa: /məˈlaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: maligns
form: maligning
form: maligned
form: maligned
Etymology: From Middle English maligne, from Old French maligne, from Latin malignus, from malus (“bad”) + genus (“sort, kind”). Compare benign.
Senses: examples: text: To be envied and shot at; to be maligned standing, and to be despised falling.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
text: The obvious joy of England's players and supporters after that dramatic finale was another indicator that the Uefa Nations League, mocked and maligned at its inception, is capturing the public's imagination.
ref: 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport:
text: Yet, even as Democratic party leadership has decried this mass deportation plan and even as the bill maligns Democrats as victimizing Americans through its policy of “open borders,” 48 Democratic members of Congress voted for this GOP-backed bill.
ref: 2025 January 19, Heba Gowayed, “The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make defamatory statements about; to slander or traduce.
examples: text: The people practice what mischiefs and villainies they will against private men, whom they malign by stealing their goods, or murdering them.
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC:
glosses: To treat with malice; to show hatred toward; to abuse; to wrong.
defamatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfæmətɹi/
ipa: /dɪˈfæməˌtɔɹi/
Forms: form: more defamatory
form: most defamatory
Etymology: From Middle French diffamatoire (altered after the prefix de-), from Medieval Latin diffāmātōrius.
Senses: examples: text: defamatory statement
text: defamatory allegation
text: sue for defamatory comments
text: The journalist sued for defamatory remarks.
glosses: Damaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
Synonyms: word: defamatory
word: slanderous
word: scurrilous
word: libelous
word: calumnious
word: injurious
Derived terms: defamatorily
defamatoriness
nondefamatory
Related terms: word: defamation
word: slander
word: defame
word: offend
cloture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klō'chûr
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.tjʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: clotures
form: clôture
Etymology: Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure.
Senses: examples: text: Now, a filibuster typically begins when a Senator or group of Senators signals their intent to filibuster – which can be done by a private conversation with the majority leader or by quietly placing a bill or nomination on hold. Given the modern Senate's scarce floor time, this threat is usually enough to table the disputed issue until the dissenting Senators cave or until there are definitely enough votes to invoke cloture.
ref: 2010 April 22, Mimi Murray Digby Marziani, Diana Lee, “Statement for the Record, Brennan Center for Justice, New York, NY”, in Examining the Filibuster: Hearings before the Committee on Rules and Administration, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, April 22, 2010, May 19, 2010, June 23, 2010, July 28, 2010, and September 22 and 29, 2010 (S. Hrg. 111-706), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 112:
topics: government
law
politics
glosses: In legislative assemblies that permit unlimited debate (that is, a filibuster): a motion, procedure or rule by which debate is ended so that a vote may be taken on the matter. For example, in the United States Senate, a three-fifths majority vote of the body is required to invoke cloture and terminate debate.
Synonyms: closure
Related terms: claustrophobia
cloister
cloture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: klō'chûr
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɝ/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.tjʊə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: clotures
form: cloturing
form: clotured
form: clotured
Etymology: Borrowed from French clôture (“closure”). Doublet of closure and clausure.
Senses: glosses: To end legislative debate by this means.
old penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old pence
form: old pennies
Etymology: Retronym for penny to avoid confusion with the new penny.
Senses: glosses: The pre-decimalisation United Kingdom penny, ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling. Symbol: d
glosses: The pre-decimalisation Irish penny, ¹⁄₂₄₀ of an Irish pound. Symbol: d
glosses: A coin worth one old penny.
Related terms: new penny
old money
grackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹækl̩/
rhymes: -ækəl
Forms: form: grackles
form: grakle
Etymology: From translingual Gracula, from Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).
Senses: examples: text: Outside, a gang of grackles combed the landscaped lawn like a homicide squad dragging a field for evidence.
ref: 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 164:
glosses: Any of several passerine birds of the genera Quiscalus, Hypopyrrhus, Lampropsar and Macroagelaius, of the Americas, having iridescent plumage.
glosses: Any of several Asian myna birds of the genus Gracula.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Quiscalus major
word: boat-tailed grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus lugubris
word: Carib grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus quiscala
word: common grackle
taxonomic: Macroagelaius imthurni
word: golden-tufted grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus niger
word: greater Antillean grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus mexicanus
word: great-tailed grackle
taxonomic: Macroagelaius spp.
word: mountain grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus nicaraguensis
word: Nicaraguan grackle
taxonomic: Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster
word: red-bellied grackle
taxonomic: Quiscalus palustris
word: slender-billed grackle
taxonomic: Lampropsar tanagrinus
word: velvet-fronted grackle
myna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: mynas
form: mino
form: mynah
form: mina
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).
Senses: glosses: One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.
Derived terms: apo myna
Bali myna
bank myna
bare-eyed myna
collared myna
common hill myna
common myna
crested myna
enggano hill myna
fiery-browed myna
finch-billed myna
golden-crested myna
golden myna
great myna
helmeted myna
Indian myna
Javan myna
jungle myna
long-crested myna
long-tailed myna
nias hill myna
pale-bellied myna
pied myna
southern hill myna
Sri Lanka hill myna
Sulawesi myna
white-necked myna
white-vented myna
yellow-faced myna
-algia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -algy
Etymology: From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
Senses: glosses: pain, suffering
Synonyms: -dynia
-odynia
Related terms: analgesia
analgesic
algesia
algo-
transcriptase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcriptases
Etymology: From transcript + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymerase that catalyzes the transcription of DNA to RNA.
Derived terms: reverse transcriptase
retrotranscriptase
reverse transcriptase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse transcriptases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymerase that catalyzes the formation of DNA from an RNA template.
Related terms: reverse transcription
polymerase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymerases
Etymology: From polymer + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.
Derived terms: copolymerase
depolymerase
DNA polymerase
exopolymerase
polony
polyadenylribosylpolymerase
polymerase chain reaction
polymerasic
RNA polymerase
Taq polymerase
xenopolymerase
Related terms: reverse transcriptase
transcriptase
messenger RNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: messenger RNAs
Senses: examples: text: In the past, RNA did not get this kind of respect. The central dogma of biology has been that DNA makes messenger RNA, messenger RNA makes proteins, and proteins do everything else that needs to be done in a living cell.
ref: 2006 June 20, Nicholas Wade, “DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: mRNA
coordinate_terms: transfer RNA
glosses: RNA that encodes and carries information from DNA during transcription to sites of protein synthesis to undergo translation in order to yield a protein.
synthesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/
Forms: form: synthesizes
form: synthesizing
form: synthesized
form: synthesized
form: synthesise
Etymology: From synthesis + -ize. First attested in 1830.
Senses: glosses: To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
glosses: To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
raw_tags: of two or more things
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To be produced by chemical synthesis.
raw_tags: of a substance
Derived terms: electrosynthesize
missynthesize
neosynthesize
osteosynthesize
oversynthesize
photosynthesize
radiosynthesize
resynthesize
semisynthesize
synthesist
synthesizability
synthesizable
synthesization
synthesizer
synthetist
claw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /klɔ/
ipa: /klɑ/
ipa: /klɔː/
rhymes: -ɔː
Forms: form: claws
Etymology: From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish klo, Norwegian klo, and Swedish klo.
Senses: coordinate_terms: nail
glosses: A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
glosses: A foot equipped with such.
glosses: The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
glosses: A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
glosses: A human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip.
examples: text: a narrow base, as the petals of a Rose, where the claw is very short
ref: 1857, Asa Gray, First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: The act of catching a ball overhand.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tree with one internal vertex and three leaves.
Derived terms: bear claw
beclaw
cat-claw
catclaw
cat's claw
clawbed
claw clip
claw crane
clawer
clawfoot
clawfooted
claw frog
clawful
claw hammer
claw-hammer coat
clawhand
clawless
clawlike
claw machine
claw ring
claw sickness
clawsome
claw toe
claw tool
clawy
crab claw
declaw
Devil's claw
devil's claw
dew claw
foreclaw
get one's claws into
hind claw
lobster claw
longclaw
Ravenclaw
red in tooth and claw
tack claw
tiger's claw
toilet claw
tooth and claw
wolf's-claw
get one's claws into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's claws into
form: getting one's claws into
form: got one's claws into
form: got one's claws into
form: gotten one's claws into
Senses: examples: text: Once that bank gets its claws into you, it doesn't let go easily.
synonyms: get one's hooks into
glosses: To have a controlling influence over.
Related terms: get one's claws on
get one's hands on
grumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: grumpier
form: grumpiest
Etymology: From grump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The old man was grumpy because he couldn’t find his glasses.
glosses: Dissatisfied and irritable.
Synonyms: cantankerous
crabby
cranky
grouchy
surly
truculent
Derived terms: grumpily
grumpiness
grumpish
grumpy Gus
grumpy pants
ungrumpy
grumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹʌmpi/
rhymes: -ʌmpi
Forms: form: grumpies
Etymology: From grump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "Bunch of grumpies, always scowling and muttering," complained the new employee.
"Dear me, I'm afraid you'll find the same type of people here," the foreman responded.
ref: 2013, David Leonhardt, 9 Habits of Happiness (page 208)
glosses: A dissatisfied and irritable person.
astronomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more astronomically
form: most astronomically
Etymology: From astronomical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to astronomy.
examples: text: The calculated answer was astronomically large.
qualifier: degree
glosses: In the extreme, very (typically very large).
astrometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹɒmətɹi/
Forms: form: astrometries
Etymology: From astro- + -metry.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of celestial bodies, particularly stars.
Derived terms: spectroastrometry
Related terms: astrometric
astrometrician
transduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transduces
form: transducing
form: transduced
form: transduced
Etymology: 1949, back-formation from transducer, from Latin trānsdūcō, from Latin trans (“across”, preposition) + dūcō (“lead, guide”).
Senses: examples: text: Five different types of sensory receptors are classified according to the energy they transduce in creating the different senses. These include mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, photoreceptors, thermoreceptors, and electroreceptors.
ref: 2008, Arlan W. Fuhr, The Activator Method, →ISBN:
glosses: To convert energy from one form to another
examples: text: After the transducing phage DNA is introduced into the recipient cell genome, the cell acquires, in addition to phage genes, genetic information that originated from the phage's previous host. Thus, in specialized transduction, the phage serves as a vector for transferring genes from one cell to another; only cellular genes that are close to the viral genome integration site are transducible by this mechanism.
ref: 1991, Maxine Singer, Paul Berg, Genes And Genomes, →ISBN:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To transfer or copy genetic material from one cell or virus into another.
examples: text: Much as computers must transduce input information, the nervous system must transduce sensory information before it can be analyzed internally.
ref: 2003, L. Donald Partridge, Nervous System Actions and Interactions: Concepts in Neurophysiology, →ISBN:
topics: information
glosses: To transfer or convert information from one form or medium to another.
Related terms: traduce
transducer
transductant
transduction
transductor
bacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [bækˈtɪəɹiəɫ]
Etymology: From bacteria + -al.
Senses: examples: text: [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
ref: 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
Derived terms: abacterial
acidobacterial
actinobacterial
agrobacterial
alphaproteobacterial
antibacterial
archaebacterial
arcobacterial
arthrobacterial
azotobacterial
bacterial flora
bacterialization
bacterially
bacterial meningitis
bacterial wetwood
betaproteobacterial
bifibacterial
bifidobacterial
brevibacterial
campylobacterial
coccobacterial
corynebacterial
curvibacterial
cyanobacterial
deltaproteobacterial
endobacterial
enterobacterial
epibacterial
eubacterial
extrabacterial
flavobacterial
fusobacterial
gammaproteobacterial
halobacterial
heliobacterial
interbacterial
intrabacterial
janthinobacterial
magnetobacterial
megabacterial
microbacterial
monobacterial
multibacterial
mycobacterial
myobacterial
myxobacterial
nanobacterial
nitrobacterial
nonbacterial
panbacterial
paucibacterial
peribacterial
photobacterial
phytobacterial
polybacterial
poribacterial
propionibacterial
proteobacterial
protobacterial
rhizobacterial
roseobacterial
sphingobacterial
subbacterial
ultramicrobacterial
zetaproteobacterial
Related terms: bacterio-
bacterio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: bacter-
form: bacteri-
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
synonyms: -bacter
glosses: bacteria
Derived terms: bacteriocin
bacteriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækˌtɪəɹ.ɪˈɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: bacteriologies
Etymology: From bacterio- + -ology.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific study of bacteria, especially in relation to disease and agriculture.
Derived terms: astrobacteriology
cyanobacteriology
cytobacteriology
mycobacteriology
phytobacteriology
xenobacteriology
Related terms: bacteriological
bacteriologist
microbiology
microbiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)bʌɪˈɒlədʒi/
Etymology: From micro- + biology.
Senses: examples: Holonyms: biology, bioscience
topics: biology
natural-sciences
related: word: mbio
hypernyms: biology
bioscience
glosses: The branch of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and other living organisms.
Synonyms: word: microbiology
Meronyms: word: virology
word: mycology
word: parasitology
word: bacteriology
Derived terms: astromicrobiology
electromicrobiology
geomicrobiology
palaeomicrobiology
paleomicrobiology
sociomicrobiology
soil microbiology
xenomicrobiology
Related terms: word: microbiologically
word: microbiologic
word: microbiological
word: microbiologist
word: molecular biologist
word: molecular biology
word: microorganism
word: microbe
word: bacterium
word: virus
word: mucus
word: parasite
enamoured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈnæməd/
Forms: form: more enamoured
form: most enamoured
Senses: glosses: UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada spelling of enamored.
Synonyms: head over heels
twitterpated
Derived terms: enamouredness
overenamoured
unenamoured
enamoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈnæməd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enamour
transductant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transductants
Senses: glosses: A bacterial cell into which genetic material has been transduced.
Derived terms: cotransductant
transduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænsˈdʌkʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Forms: form: transductions
Etymology: 1650s, Latin transductionem, form of Latin trānsdūcō (“lead across”). By surface analysis, transduce + -tion.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another, typically between bacterial cells, and typically via a bacteriophage or pilus.
glosses: The process whereby a transducer converts energy from one form to another.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The conversion of a stimulus from one form to another.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The conversion of energy (especially light energy) into another form, especially in a biological process such as photosynthesis or in a transducer.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Particularly in the discipline of artificial intelligence, a form of inference, according to which the response appropriate to a particular known case, also is appropriate to another particular case diagnosed to be functionally identical. This contrasts with induction, in which general rules derived from past observations are applied to future cases as a class (compare also analogy).
Derived terms: autotransduction
chemotransduction
cotransduction
mechanotransduction
osmotransduction
phototransduction
posttransduction
pretransduction
pseudotransduction
retransduction
retrotransduction
signal transduction
thermotransduction
transductional
trigine
transduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænsˈdʌkʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Forms: form: transductions
Etymology: Blend of transformation + reduction.
Senses: examples: text: Instead of applying a transduction method only once, we can apply different transduction methods to an initial network in sequence. In each sequence, different or identical transduction methods can be applied in different orders. This usually leads to many different final networks.
ref: 2003, Wai-Kai Chen, Logic Design, →ISBN:
topics: arts
design
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The improvement of an electronic logic network by reduction of redundant components in an initial version, using an established pruning procedure, then applying permissible functions for transformation of the network into a workable form. Thereafter the transformation and reduction may be repeated till no worthwhile further improvement results.
transducer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /trænzˈdjuːsə(ɹ)/
ipa: /trænzˈdjuːsɚ/
Forms: form: transducers
Etymology: 1924, Latin trānsdūcō + -er. By surface analysis, transduce + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that converts energy from one form into another.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A state machine that generates output based on a given input.
Related terms: word: transduce
word: transduction
word: inducer
word: transformer
word: transponder
transearth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + earth.
Senses: examples: text: After the Apollo 13 accident, the transearth injection burn shortened the return time by about 9 hours.
glosses: Towards the earth from the moon or another planet.
raw_tags: of a spaceflight or trajectory
transearth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transearths
form: transearthing
form: transearthed
form: transearthed
Etymology: From trans- + earth.
Senses: examples: text: As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.
ref: 1904, Owen Felltham, William Henry Oliphant Smeaton, Resolves:
glosses: To transplant
Related terms: translunar
cislunar
spaceflight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaceflights
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of space flight.
cummingtonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.ɪŋ.təˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: cummingtonites
Etymology: From Cummington + -ite, since it was originally discovered in Cummington, Massachusetts.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral, magnesium-iron silicate hydroxide, (Mg,Fe)₇Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂.
Derived terms: manganocummingtonite
arsole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).soʊl/
Forms: form: arsoles
Etymology: From arsenic + -ole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound of arsenic, C₄H₅As; any substituted form of this compound
Derived terms: diarsole
convertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/
ipa: /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbəl
Forms: form: more convertible
form: most convertible
Etymology: From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VI, Two Centuries”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be exchanged for specie.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
examples: text: The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
ref: 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be turned, especially
Able to be turned in a different direction.
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be turned, especially
Able to be turned to a different purpose.
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be turned, especially
Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
glosses: Able to be converted
Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
Able to be easily digested.
Synonyms: sense: able to be exchanged
word: equivalent
sense: able to be exchanged
word: interchangeable
sense: able to be exchanged
word: swappable
sense: able to be exchanged
english: of words
translation: of words
word: synonymous
Derived terms: convertible husbandry
convertible land
convertible mark
convertibleness
convertible pants
convertible security
convertibly
interconvertible
nonconvertible
photoconvertible
reconvertible
semiconvertible
unconvertible
convertible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/
ipa: /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbəl
Forms: form: convertibles
Etymology: From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Interchangeable things or terms.
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
Synonyms: sense: car with removable roof
word: cabriolet
sense: car with removable roof
english: used of European cars
translation: used of European cars
word: cabrio
sense: car with removable roof
word: drophead
sense: car with removable roof
word: landau
sense: car with removable roof
word: roadster
sense: car with removable roof
word: drop
sense: car with removable roof
word: drop top
Related terms: landaulet
CBIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of content-based image retrieval.
Synonyms: QBIC
CBVIR
Derived terms: CBIRS
QBIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QBICs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of query by image content.
Synonyms: CBIR
CBVIR
CBVIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of content-based visual image retrieval.
Synonyms: CBIR
QBIC
piston rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piston rods
Senses: examples: text: The cylinder barrels are lubricated by non-atomised feeds introduced at top and bottom. The remaining non-atomised feeds are to the piston rod packing and the valve spindle rear bush.
ref: 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 211:
glosses: A rod or bar in an engine that connects a piston to a crosshead.
Related terms: connecting rod
con rod
con-rod
piston ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piston rings
Senses: glosses: A ring or seal that fits around a piston, sealing between the piston and the bore in which it slides.
private parts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And what was it only one of the smutty yankee pictures Terry borrows off of Corny Kelleher. Secrets for enlarging your private parts.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: privy parts
word: privates
word: danger zone
word: down there
word: genital organs
word: genitalia
word: genitals
word: genitors
word: intimate parts
word: junk
word: nethers
word: no-no spot
word: pee-pee
word: private parts
word: privates
word: pudenda
word: reproductive organs
word: sex organs
word: sweet spot
word: undercarriage
word: underparts
word: weapon
word: wee-wee
glosses: Those parts of the human body commonly expected to be covered by clothing when in public; especially, the pubic area.
genital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/
Etymology: From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to biological reproduction.
examples: text: In countless Hollywood movies we see the story of two soldiers or sailors on leave; for them the pursuit of women is simply a way of relieving a genital pressure.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 193:
glosses: Of or relating to the genitalia.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to psychosexual development during puberty.
Derived terms: abdominogenital
adiposogenital
adrenogenital
agenital
androgenital
anogenital
bigenital
circumgenital
crurogenital
extragenital
faciodigitogenital
faciogenital
genital cord
genital cutting
genitaled
genital herpes
genitalic
genitality
genitalization
genitalize
genitalless
genitally
genital mutilation
genitalness
genital organ
genital tubercle
genital wart
genitorture
hand-foot-genital syndrome
heterogenital
homogenital
intergenital
intragenital
male genital mutilation
male genital mutilator
nongenital
oculobuccogenital
oculogenital
orogenital
paragenital
perigenital
persistent genital arousal disorder
postgenital
pregenital
rectogenital
restless genital syndrome
subgenital
unigenital
ureterogenital
urethrogenital
urinogenital
urogenital
Related terms: female genital mutilation
genital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnətəl/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪtəl/
Forms: form: genitals
form: genitalia
Etymology: From Middle English genital, from Latin genitalis (“of or belonging to generation”), from genitus, past participle of gignō (“to beget, generate”); see genus.
Senses: examples: text: ( b ) the masturbation [...] served as evidence that his genital was not injured ("fixing feet")
ref: 1961, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: David told of his fears of castration and his concern that his genital was not as large as another boy's on the ward, and perhaps would never be.
ref: 1967, Ruth G. Newman, Marjorie M. Keith, The School-centered Life Space Interview, Six Papers:
text: […] the anxiety and distress that his genital was dirty, disgusting and dangerous to his mother (myself); the dread of the bad internalized penis and his own faeces and urine.
ref: 2013, Susan Isaacs, Childhood and After: Some Essays and Clinical Studies, Routledge, →ISBN, page 164:
glosses: A genital organ.
Related terms: genitalia
whinge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: h
enpr: wĭnj
note: h
enpr: wĭnZH
ipa: /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: whinges
form: whingeing
form: whinging
form: whinged
form: whinged
form: winge
form: quhynge
Etymology: From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).
Senses: examples: text: Argh! He has been whinging about it all night, even though he knows there's nothing we can do.
text: I know it won't help but sometimes it feels better to whinge about the things that annoy me.
text: "'D' ye hear what's come ower ye now,' continued the virago, 'ye whingeing Whig carles? D'ye hear wha's coming to cow yer cracks?"
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
text: You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don’t whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette’s.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Mostly, they were wingeing about the lousy cook and the same thing served too often
ref: 1992, Sky Phillips, Secret mission to Melbourne, November, 1941, page 45:
text: His wife will winge her bloody head off, but Nev will come good.
ref: 1993, Michael Fisher, The Nightmare Man, page 169:
text: “I try to write something that is amusing,” says [Kate] Spicer. “So much of the stuff written about sex is just whingeing, the I'm-not-getting-enough-orgasms kind of thing. It makes women sound as though they can't have fun in bed.”
ref: 1995 October 1, Nick Walker, quoting Kate Spicer, “Women and Men: All mouth and no trousers”, in The Independent:
text: "I'm miserable," Sam proclaimed, plodding behind with his shoelace flapping. "Nobody ever gives me butter-pies when I need them." / "Shut up," said Jonathan. "Stop wingeing."
ref: 2002, Diana Wynne Jones, A Tale of Time City, page 41:
text: "You know the problem these days with young people? Get them to carry a 500-pound bomb and within 30 seconds they're making noises," he says, imitating a whingeing sound.
ref: 2012 December 1, John Lyons, “Action stations as sea giants stay vigilant on the frontline”, in The Australian:
glosses: To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
whinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: h
enpr: wĭnj
note: h
enpr: wĭnZH
ipa: /(h)wɪnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ɪndʒ
Forms: form: whinges
form: winge
form: quhynge
Etymology: From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).
Senses: examples: text: Her whinges grew even shriller and more annoying the longer we had to listen to them.
glosses: A cry.
examples: text: I know you don't like it, but your whinges won't solve the problem!
glosses: A peevish complaint.
moronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moronic acids
Etymology: From morolic acid (the exocyclic hydroxy form), from mora (“tree of genus Mora”), morolic acid having been extracted from the species Mora excelsa.
Senses: examples: 2001, J. L. C. H. van Valkenburg, Ludivina S. De Padua, N. Bunyapraphatsara, Roeland Hendrikus Maria Julien Lemmens, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, Part 2, page 471,
Two major anti-HSV compounds, moronic acid and betulonic acid, were isolated from the herbal extract using ethyl acetate at pH 10. Moronic acid was quantitatively the major anti-HSV compound in the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction.
2008, Amanda J. Norbutus, thesis, Technical Investigation of the Materials and Methods Utilized in a Copy of a 17ᵗʰ Century Dutch Genre Painting: Gerrit Dou's Man Interrupted at His Writing (1635), page 23,
However, a previous analysis of Steen's Supper at Emmaeus revealed that his varnish contains more moronic acid than other 17ᵗʰ century varnishes.⁴⁹
2012, Najeeb A. Shirwany, Ming-Hui Zou, The Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Endothelial Cell Dysfunction and Vascular Disease, Jonathon W. Homeister, Monte S, Willis (editors), Molecular and Translational Vascular Medicine, page 118,
Synthetic inhibitors that are widely used in experimental studies are reversible peptide aldehyde inhibitors (e.g., MG132), irreversible moronic acid inhibitors (e.g., PS-341), and vinyl sulfone inhibitors (e.g., NLVS) [78].
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A triterpenoid organic acid that is found in Pistacia resin.
Synonyms: sense: triterpenoid organic acid
word: ambronic acid
triterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triterpenoids
Etymology: From tri- + terpenoid or triterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a terpenoid having a C₃₀ skeleton
triterpenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + terpenoid or triterpene + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or relating to a triterpene or triterpenoid
transect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænˈsɛkt/
ipa: /tɹɑːnˈsɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: transects
form: transecting
form: transected
form: transected
Senses: glosses: To divide something by cutting transversely.
Related terms: transection
transect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænˈsɛkt/
ipa: /tɹɑːnˈsɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: transects
Senses: examples: text: The AOT methodology employs the concept of a ‘transect’, the essential idea of which is to collect data taken along a line or series of lines that cross a certain space. Collecting data via transects is a commonplace in biology, being regularly used for such purposes as monitoring butterfly numbers or estimating the size of bird populations. But transects have also been utilised in a large variety of arenas, including surveying the contents of Amerindian earthen mounds, determining levels of anti-rabies vaccinations in village dogs, and examining ecological factors under the canopy of trees growing in agricultural areas.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:
glosses: A path along which a researcher moves to count and record observations or collect data.
Derived terms: beach transect
Related terms: quadrat
transverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹanzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹansˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnsˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹænsˈvɝs/
ipa: /tɹænzˈvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹanz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːnz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹans.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːns.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
Senses: examples: text: The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.
ref: 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:
text: Unlike the older trains, the new units have walk-through carriages and longitudinal rather than transverse seating.
ref: 2023 February 22, Paul Stephen, “TfL reveals first of new B23s for Docklands Light Railway”, in RAIL, number 977, page 12:
antonyms: longitudinal
glosses: Situated or lying across; side to side, relative to some defined "forward" direction; perpendicular or slanted relative to the "forward" direction; identified with movement across areas.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Made at right angles to the long axis of the body.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: (of an intersection) Not tangent, so that a nondegenerate angle is formed between the two things intersecting. (For the general definition, see Transversality (mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.)
glosses: Not in direct line of descent; collateral.
Derived terms: costotransverse
intertransverse
nontransverse
obliquotransverse
occipitotransverse
pretransverse
sacrotransverse
subtransverse
transverse cervical artery
transverse colon
transverse facial artery
transverse flow effect
transverse flute
transversely
transverseness
transverse plane
transverse process
transverse relaxation time
transverse sinus
transverse tubule
transverse wave
transversity
transverso-
transvers-
Related terms: transversal
transversion
transverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹanzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹansˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnsˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹænsˈvɝs/
ipa: /tɹænzˈvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹanz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːnz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹans.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːns.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: transverses
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
Senses: glosses: Anything that is transverse or athwart, such as a road or a ship's web frame.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The longer, or transverse, axis of an ellipse.
transverse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹanzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnzˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹansˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹɑːnsˈvɜːs/
ipa: /tɹænsˈvɝs/
ipa: /tɹænzˈvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
other: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹanz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːnz.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹans.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑːns.vɜːs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænsˌvɝs/
ipa: /ˈtɹænzˌvɝs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: transverses
form: transversing
form: transversed
form: transversed
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Latin trānsversus (“turned across; going or lying across or crosswise”). Doublet of transversal.
Senses: glosses: To lie or run across; to cross.
glosses: To traverse or thwart.
examples: text: And so long shall her censures, when justly passed, have their effect: how then can they be altered or transversed, suspended or superseded, by a temporal government, that must vanish and come to nothing?
ref: 1702, Charles Leslie, The Case of the Regale and of the Pontificate Stated, page 226:
glosses: To overturn.
examples: text: In love, it is said, all stratagems are fair, and many little ladies transverse the axiom by applying it to discover the secrets of their friends.
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 13, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, page 68:
glosses: To alter or transform.
examples: text: Bayes: Why, thus, Sir; nothing so easy when understood; I take a book in my hand, either at home or elsewhere, for that's all one, if there be any wit in't, as there is no book but has some, I transverse it; that is, if it be prose, put it into verse, (but that takes up some time) and if it be verse, put it into prose.
ref: 1671, George Villiers, The Rehearsal, published 1770, act 1, scene 1, page 12:
glosses: To change from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
cryogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹaɪoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
ipa: /ˌkɹaɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more cryogenic
form: most cryogenic
Etymology: From cryo- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Quick as a mongoose, the man with the glass eye darts in, yanks the aluminum case out of the cryogenic cylinder, tosses it to Y.T.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 179:
glosses: Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
Derived terms: cryogenically
cryogenicist
cryogenic liquid
noncryogenic
Related terms: cryogen
cryogenics
cryonic
cryogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cryogenically
form: most cryogenically
Etymology: From cryogenic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: carried out at very low temperatures, near absolute zero.
cryogenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryogen + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures.
glosses: The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena.
Derived terms: cryogenic
cryogen
Related terms: cryo-
-genic
-ics
cryonics