cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
teleology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtiː.liˈɒ.lə.dʒi/
Forms: form: teleologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “purpose”), genitive τέλεος (téleos), and λόγος (lógos, “word, speech, discourse”).
Senses: examples: text: The received intellectual tradition has it that, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, revolutionary philosophers began to curtail and reject the teleology of the medieval and scholastic Aristotelians, abandoning final causes in favor of a purely mechanistic model of the Universe.
ref: 2008, Monte Ransom Johnson, Aristotle on Teleology:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The study of the purpose or design of natural occurrences.
examples: text: In short, what every student of biology knows – that within nature there is a teleology having to do with the survival of the species which underpins the distinction between the two sexes and produces between them a natural affinity for one another – no surgeon who knows what is good for him may now say.
ref: 2011, Paul A. Rahe, Truths You Cannot Utter:
glosses: An instance of such a design or purpose, usually in natural phenomena.
glosses: The use of a purpose or design rather than the laws of nature to explain an occurrence.
Related terms: dysteleology
teleologic
teleological
teleologically
teleologist
teleophobia
sinecure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sī′nĭ-kyo͝or′
enpr: sĭn′ĭ-kyo͝or′
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
Forms: form: sinecures
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
Senses: examples: text: Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 14, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson.
ref: 1851, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume III, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 35:
text: His prospects consisted of a hope that if he kept up appearances somebody would do something for him. The something appeared vaguely to his imagination as a private secretaryship or a sinecure of some sort.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion. Sequel: What Happened Afterwards.”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page 196:
text: With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.
ref: 1954 September, 'South Western', “Shawford Junction Signalbox”, in Railway Magazine, page 604:
text: In the ADF, while the numbers vary between the individual services and the reserves, employment is no comfortable sinecure for any personnel and thus does not appeal to many people, male or female, especially under current pay scales.
ref: 2009, Michael O'Connor, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 25
text: However, by the time of World War II (if not before), politics, at least in the federal sphere, was no longer regarded as sinecure for well-intentioned part-timers.
ref: 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 28
synonyms: bankers' hours
cushy number
glosses: A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job.
glosses: An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls.
Derived terms: sinecural
sinecurism
sinecurist
Related terms: curate
sinecure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sī′nĭ-kyo͝or′
enpr: sĭn′ĭ-kyo͝or′
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
Senses: examples: text: By the act of union (1800), the offices of Irish secretary, a sinecure post, and lord lieutenant's secretary were combined.
ref: 2006, Desmond Keenan, Post-Famine Ireland: Social Structure: Ireland as It Really Was, page 184:
glosses: Requiring no work for an ample reward.
examples: text: The old man hastily pulled down his spectacles from their sinecure office on his forehead, and looked at her with an expression of most angry amazement.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 157:
glosses: Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose.
sinecure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sī′nĭ-kyo͝or′
enpr: sĭn′ĭ-kyo͝or′
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/
ipa: /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/
Forms: form: sinecures
form: sinecuring
form: sinecured
form: sinecured
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin sine cūrā (literally “without care”), ellipsis of beneficium sine cūrā (“benefice without cure [of souls, i.e. the office of a curate]”), formed from Medieval Latin sine (“without”) + cūrā (“care, charge, cure”).
Senses: glosses: To put or place in a sinecure.
perdition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: perditions
Etymology: From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“I destroy, I lose”).
Senses: examples: text: I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed
ref: 2009, Behemoth, Ov Fire and the Void:
glosses: Eternal damnation.
glosses: Hell.
examples: text: Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
glosses: Absolute ruin; downfall.
Synonyms: abyss
Hades
inferno
netherworld
underworld
hell
Derived terms: perditionable
perditious
snowblower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnoʊˌbloʊɚ/
Forms: form: snowblowers
form: snow blower
form: snow-blower
Etymology: From snow + blower.
Senses: glosses: A motorized vehicle that picks up snow off the ground and blows it to one side in order to clear a path.
Synonyms: snowthrower
blackboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblækbɔɹd/
ipa: /ˈblækboɹd/
ipa: /ˈblækbɔːd/
rhymes: -ækbɔː(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ækboɹd
Forms: form: blackboards
Etymology: From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.
Senses: examples: text: Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
ref: 2012 March 23, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106:
glosses: A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
Hypernyms: writing board
Derived terms: blackboard bold
blackboard jungle
Related terms: chalkboard
greenboard
whiteboard
blackboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblækbɔɹd/
ipa: /ˈblækboɹd/
ipa: /ˈblækbɔːd/
rhymes: -ækbɔː(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ækboɹd
Forms: form: blackboards
form: blackboarding
form: blackboarded
form: blackboarded
Etymology: From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.
Senses: glosses: To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
whiteboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wītbôd
ipa: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/
enpr: wītbôrd
ipa: /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/
Forms: form: whiteboards
Etymology: From white + board, modelled on blackboard.
Senses: examples: text: 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
Mark Miller gave himself up to Xanadu's pull and rejoined the project full time. The new Xanadu site on Palo Alto's California Avenue was remodeled to resemble the environment at Xerox PARC. The programmers' offices opened onto a large common space, and the walls were covered with white board, which quickly became a tangle of multicolored lines, words, circles, and squiggles.
text: Discussion turns to the station whiteboard, which even has its own Twitter page. It's been in place for a number of years and is located right in the middle of the concourse. It's used to provide service information, upcoming alterations and event advice. There is also a 'Chuckle of the Day'.
ref: 2020 December 30, Richard Clinnick, “Greater Anglia strikes again...”, in Rail, page 43:
glosses: A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.
Derived terms: e-whiteboard
interactive whiteboard
whiteboard marker
whiteboard pen
Related terms: blackboard
chalkboard
imageboard
whiteboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wītbôd
ipa: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/
enpr: wītbôrd
ipa: /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/
Forms: form: whiteboards
form: whiteboarding
form: whiteboarded
form: whiteboarded
Etymology: From white + board, modelled on blackboard.
Senses: glosses: To use a whiteboard, to write on a writeboard
epiphany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɪfəni/
ipa: /ɪˈpɪfni/
ipa: /ɛˈpɪfəni/
Forms: form: epiphanies
Etymology: From Middle English epiphanie, from Old French epyphanie, from Late Latin epiphania, from Ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “manifestation, striking appearance”), from ἐπιφαίνω (epiphaínō, “I appear, display”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”). English Epiphany (of Christ) since the 14th century, generic use since the 17th century.
Senses: examples: text: It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be.
text: Instead of examining institutions and classes, structures of economic production and social control, one had to think about “moments”—moments of love, hate, poetry, frustration, action, surrender, delight, humiliation, justice, cruelty, resignation, surprise, disgust, resentment, self-loathing, pity, fury, peace of mind—those tiny epiphanies, Lefebvre said, in which the absolute possibilities and temporal limits of anyone's existence were revealed.
ref: 1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009:
text: But after spending most of my pocket money to get those developed, I had an epiphany: I was never going to be a professional photographer. My pictures were god-awful. I put the camera away.
ref: 2013, Chris Hadfield, chapter 11, in An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
text: Between the gaps, I was swimming laps / Got close to some epiphany / I'll convince a friend to join deep ends / Have your toes touch the lack of cement
ref: 2021, “Amoeba”, performed by Clairo:
text: The logic of the standard biography—a formative event leads to an epiphany that creates the great man—doesn’t quite work when the greatness doesn’t have much to do with the man at all.
ref: 2023 May 9, Jay Caspian Kang, “Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth”, in The New Yorker:
synonyms: aha moment
enlightenment
nirvana
satori
glosses: An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder.
examples: text: The ithyphallic bird-man is the climactic, ecstatic, instantaneous male principle confronting the enormous, slow, bovine, and enduring principle of the eternal feminine in her epiphany as the bison.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 129:
synonyms: theophany
glosses: A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany.
Derived terms: epiphanal
epiphanic
epiphanous
epiphany cake
epiphanylike
sleepiphany
Related terms: sense: Christian celebration
word: Epiphany
word: Advent
word: Christmas
word: eureka
word: Twelve Days of Christmas
coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]
ipa: [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t]
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/
rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: more coefficient
form: most coefficient
form: coëfficient
Etymology: From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.
Senses: examples: text: And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;
ref: 1850, August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ..., page 13:
text: Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.
ref: 2005, Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music, page 12:
glosses: Cooperating.
Derived terms: coefficiently
eigencoefficient
piezocoefficient
coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]
ipa: [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t]
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/
rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: coefficients
form: coëfficient
Etymology: From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: constant
factor
glosses: A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
examples: text: Notice that many of the terms of the matrices [Sᵉ] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [Sᵉ] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by Kᵣₛᵉ.
ref: 2016, Anthony E. Armenàkas, Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity, CRC Press, page 681:
text: Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.
ref: 2004, Frédérique Oggier, Emanuele Viterbo, Algebraic Number Theory and Code Design for Rayleigh Fading Channels, Now Publishers Inc, page 17:
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: entry
term
glosses: An entry of a matrix.
examples: Near-synonym: constant
hypernyms: factor
glosses: A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
Hyponyms: absorption coefficient
austausch coefficient
ballistic coefficient
binomial coefficient
block coefficient
Bunsen coefficient
Clebsch-Gordan coefficient
clustering coefficient
coefficient of alienation
coefficient of determination
coefficient of friction
coefficient of nondetermination
coefficient of restitution
coefficient of thermal expansion
correlation coefficient
Dice coefficient
drag coefficient
elasticity coefficient
exchange coefficient
Fourier coefficient
Gini coefficient
Hall coefficient
Jaccard coefficient
Kendall rank correlation coefficient
midship coefficient
partition coefficient
prismatic coefficient
Seebeck coefficient
Sørensen-Dice coefficient
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Steinmetz coefficient
temperature coefficient
urotoxic coefficient
void coefficient
waterplane coefficient
Derived terms: coefficient matrix
coefficientwise
constant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'stənt
ipa: /ˈkɒnstənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑnstənt/
Forms: form: constants
Etymology: From Middle English constant, from Old French constant, from Latin constantem, accusative of constans, from cōnstāre (“to stand firm”). Displaced native Old English singal.
Senses: glosses: That which is permanent or invariable.
examples: text: We also establish that constants are local extremizers of the Tomas-Stein adjoint restriction inequality as well as of another inequality appearing in the program..
ref: 2015, Emanuel Carneiro, Damiano Foschi, Diogo Oliveira e Silva, Christoph Thiele, “A sharp trilinear inequality related to Fourier restriction on the circle”, in arXiv:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
examples: text: Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).
ref: 2015, Lenny H.E. Winkel et al., “Selenium Cycling Across Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interfaces: A Critical Review”, in Nutrients, volume 7, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
Derived terms: absolute constant
acid dissociation constant
Apéry's constant
Archimedes' constant
Avogadro constant
Avogadro's constant
Boltzmann constant
Boltzmann's constant
Brun's constant
Catalan's constant
Chaitin's constant
Champernowne constant
constant function
constant of integration
constant problem
Conway's constant
Copeland-Erdős constant
cosmological constant
Coulomb's constant
de Bruijn-Newman constant
decay constant
dielectric constant
Dirac constant
Dirac's constant
Einstein constant
Einstein's constant
equilibrium constant
Euler-Mascheroni constant
Feigenbaum constant
fine-structure constant
fine structure constant
Fransén-Robinson constant
fundamental constant
gas constant
Gelfond's constant
gravitational constant
Henry's law constant
Hubble constant
Hubble's constant
Landau-Ramanujan constant
lattice constant
Legendre's constant
Lizardman's Constant
logical constant
Ludolph's constant
Madelung constant
magic constant
Marchetti's constant
Napier's constant
physical constant
Planck constant
Planck's constant
propagation constant
propositional constant
Ramanujan's constant
rate constant
reaction rate constant
Rydberg constant
screening constant
separation constant
shielding constant
sofa constant
solar constant
Sommerfeld's constant
spring constant
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Stieltjes constant
symbolic constant
time constant
Verdet constant
Related terms: word: constantly
alt: n
word: constancy
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: literal
operand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒpəɹænd/
ipa: /ˈɑpəˌɹænd/
ipa: /ˌɑpəˈɹænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Forms: form: operands
Etymology: From Late Latin operandum. Doublet of operandum.
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:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
vector
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛktə/
enpr: vĕk'tər
ipa: /ˈvɛktɚ/
rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)
Forms: form: vectors
form: vectoring
form: vectored
form: vectored
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“I carry, I transport, I bear”), also ultimately the root of English vehicle.
The “person or entity that passes along an urban legend or other meme” sense derives from the disease sense.
The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Senses: examples: text: […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby.
ref: 1994, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Tendencies:
glosses: To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
Derived terms: thrust vectoring
scalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having magnitude but not direction.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array).
examples: text: However, it can be expected that 'scale-similarity' models of this form will be inadequate for describing non-equilibrium scalar fields resulting, for example, from non-equilibrium inlet flow conditions.
ref: 2003, Rodney O. Fox, Computational Models for Turbulent Reacting Flows:
text: Scalar thickening is useful for understanding the propensity of scales to coalesce in certain times and places, or even how a particular scale provides conditions for other forms of scalar production.
ref: 2015, Raymond L Bryant, The International Handbook of Political Ecology, page 504:
glosses: Of, or relating to scale.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of or pertaining to a musical scale.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0).
examples: text: Spector (2006, 2007) suggests to derive this inference as a scalar implicature.
ref: 2014, Salvatore Pistoia Reda, Pragmatics, Semantics and the Case of Scalar Implicatures:
text: Also, the scalar meaning in both sentences is not sensitive to context, because the truth value of the sentences does not change depending on context.
ref: 2018, Osamu Sawada, Pragmatic Aspects of Scalar Modifiers, page 26:
text: In Mandarin Chinese, the same sentence containing a numeral-classifier phrase as a negative polarity item can be employed for two types of scalar inferences based on either the numeral or the noun.
ref: 2019, Penka Stateva, Anne Reboul, Scalar Implicatures, page 8:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured.
Derived terms: electroscalar
graviscalar
hyperscalar
interscalar
intrascalar
isoscalar
macroscalar
multiscalar
nonscalar
scalar boson
scalar curl
scalar field
scalar function
scalarize
scalarly
scalar multiplication
scalaron
scalar product
scalar triple product
scalar-valued
scalarwise
subscalar
superscalar
Related terms: nondimensional
scalar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: scalars
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scālāris, adjectival form from scāla (“a flight of steps, stairs, staircase, ladder, scale”), for *scadla, from scandere (“to climb”); compare scale. The mathematics sense was coined by Irish mathematician and astronomer William Rowan Hamilton in 1846.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A quantity that has magnitude but not direction; compare vector.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.
Coordinate terms: vector
Derived terms: pseudoscalar
polynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/
ipa: /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/
Forms: form: polynomials
Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated.
ref: 1999, William Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, Mathematical Association of America, published 1999, page 116:
text: Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.
ref: 2016, Grigoriy Blekherman, Daniel Plaumann, Rainer Sinn, Cynthia Vinzant, “Low-Rank Sum-of-Squares Representations on Varieties of Minimal Degree”, in arXiv:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An expression consisting of a sum of a finite number of terms, each term being the product of a constant coefficient and one or more variables raised to a non-negative integer power, such as a_nxⁿ+a_n-1xⁿ⁻¹+...+a_0x⁰.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms.
Hyponyms: binomial
homogeneous polynomial
monomial
trinomial
quadrinomial
quantic
polynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/
ipa: /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/
Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial.
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Able to be described or limited by a polynomial.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Of a polynomial name or entity.
Derived terms: Abel polynomial
Alexander-Conway polynomial
Alexander polynomial
all-one polynomial
Bell polynomial
Bernoulli polynomial
Bernstein basis polynomial
Boas-Buck polynomial
characteristic polynomial
complementary nondeterministic polynomial
Conway-Alexander polynomial
Conway polynomial
cyclotomic polynomial
Dickson polynomial
eigenpolynomial
elementary symmetric polynomial
Fibonacci polynomial
Hermite polynomial
homogenous polynomial
hyperbolic polynomial
Jacobi polynomial
Jones polynomial
Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial
Lagrange polynomial
Laguerre polynomial
Laurent polynomial
Legendre polynomial
Lucas polynomial
Macdonald polynomial
Maclaurin polynomial
minimal polynomial
Mittag-Leffler polynomial
Narumi polynomial
nonpolynomial
nonuniform polynomial time
Pidduck polynomial
polynomial algebra
polynomial basis
polynomial complexity
polynomial equation
polynomial form
polynomial function
polynomial interpolation
polynomialism
polynomialist
polynomiality
polynomially
polynomial reduction
polynomial ring
polynomial sequence
polynomial time
polynomial time-reduction
polynomial-time reduction
polynomiography
posynomial
primitive polynomial
pseudopolynomial
pseudo-polynomial time
quasipolynomial
rook polynomial
separable polynomial
subpolynomial
superpolynomial
symmetric polynomial
Taylor polynomial
Taylor's polynomial
Touchard polynomial
ultrapolynomial
Zhegalkin polynomial
scalar product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scalar products
Etymology: Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The product of two vectors computed as the sum of the corresponding elements of the vectors, or, equivalently, as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the cosine of the angle between their directions.
Synonyms: dot product
Related terms: ·
inner product
vector product
vector product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vector products
Etymology: Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a vector with the size given by the product of two vectors computed as the product of the magnitudes of the vectors and the sine of the angle between their directions, and directed perpendicular to the given two vectors, with positive orientation.
Synonyms: cross product
Related terms: scalar product
cross product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross products
Etymology: Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881.
Senses: examples: text: The cross product can be derived like so: given a pair of vectors #92;xi and #92;eta, solve for a vector #92;zeta which is perpendicular to both #92;xi and #92;eta, i.e., whose dot product with both #92;xi and #92;eta is zero.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A vector product.
Derived terms: bicrossproduct
dot product
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dot products
Etymology: In reference to the symbol · used to denote the operation.
Senses: topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A scalar product.
Hypernyms: inner product
Abu Dhabi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/
ipa: /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/
ipa: /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/
Forms: form: Abu Zabi
form: Abu Zaby
form: Abū Ẓaby
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”).
Senses: examples: text: Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.”
ref: 2025 May 11, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abbas Al Lawati, “Trump is visiting three of the world’s richest nations. Here’s what’s on their wish list”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate.
holonyms: United Arab Emirates
glosses: An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
Derived terms: Abu Dhabian
Accra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɑ/
ipa: /ˈæk.ɹə/
rhymes: -ɑ
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Ghana.
Derived terms: topics: region
location
word: Greater Accra
Addis Ababa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/
Forms: form: Addis Abeba
Etymology: From Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Ethiopia.
Synonyms: sense: nicknames
word: City of Humans
sense: nicknames
word: Adisaba
sense: nicknames
word: Sheger
sense: nicknames
word: Adu
sense: nicknames
word: Adu Genet
Derived terms: Addis Ababan
Algiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈdʒɪə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Etymology: From French Alger, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”), plural of جَزِيرَة (jazīra, “island”), referring to the several small islands that once existed in the Bay of Algiers. Doublet of Algeria and Algeciras.
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Algeria.
glosses: A province of Algeria.
Derived terms: algerine
Baghdad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæɡˈdæd/
ipa: /ˈbæɡdæd/
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: Bagdad
form: Bagdat
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād) (see there for more). Doublet of Bhagadatta.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Iraq.
glosses: A governorate of Iraq.
Derived terms: Baghdad Bob
Baghdad boil
Baghdad by the Bay
Baghdadi
Baghdadian
Related terms: Bagadates
Bali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
Etymology: Borrowed from Balinese Bali, possibly from Sanskrit बलि-द्वीप (bali-dvīpa, “island of offerings”) or Sanskrit वली-द्वीप (valī-dvīpa, “island of waves”). Or from Sanskrit वली (valī) or Sanskrit वलि (vali) and from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa). Cf. Java.
Senses: glosses: A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali.
examples: text: Riding along the busy, narrow roads of Bali on her scooter with the sun illuminating her face, Victoria Kjos has a clear destination in sight — the beach.
ref: 2025 July 31, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “‘Everyone I know in the US who has a conscience wants to leave’: Why this American woman relocated to Bali”, in CNN:
holonyms: Lesser Sunda Islands
glosses: An island of Indonesia, just east of Java.
Derived terms: Bali Aga
Bali myna
Balinese
Bali tiger
Bali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
enpr: bäʹlēʹ
ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
Forms: form: Pa-li
form: Pali
Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ).
Senses: examples: text: Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.
ref: [1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
text: He roused Max from his Taipei hotel suite to tell him the change in plans and to meet the Oregon at the Bali District piers the following day.
ref: 2013, Clive Cussler, Mirage (The Oregon Files) (Fiction), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 350:
text: New Taipei City’s Bali District (八里, across the river from Tamsui) isn’t a place that immediately springs to mind for tourist attractions.
ref: 2017 December 15, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Best of Bali”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2017, Features, page 13:
glosses: A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Bali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
enpr: bäʹlēʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Uneapa bali (“to not be”).
Senses: glosses: An island of Papua New Guinea.
glosses: The Uneapa language spoken on that island.
Bali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
enpr: bäʹlēʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَلِي (balī).
Senses: glosses: An Arab tribe of Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Bali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːli/
enpr: bäʹlē
homophone: barley (non-rhotic)
rhymes: -ɑːli
enpr: bäʹlēʹ
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Pali.
Bangkok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæŋˈkɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: Bankok
form: Bancock
form: Bangkock
Etymology: From Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk).
Senses: examples: text: The Bangkok government indicated real concern over the developments in Communist China’s Yunnan province. Thai officials were afraid that Sibsongpanna would be a center where pro-Communist Thai in Southeast Asia would go and where subversive agitation could be directed against outside legitimate governments.
ref: 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263:
text: Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
ref: 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of Thailand.
glosses: The government of Thailand.
Synonyms: alt: endonym
word: Krung Thep
word: Krungthep
english: official since 1972
translation: official since 1972
word: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Derived terms: Bangkoker
Bangkokian
Barcelona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/
ipa: /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/
ipa: /ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Forms: form: Barcelonia
Etymology: Ultimately borrowed from Catalan Barcelona.
Senses: examples: text: Sarah Harvey, an NHS worker from Brighton, was also told by Vodafone that she had to pay a £5,800 bill run up after she was hit on the head by a cyclist, again in Barcelona this summer.
ref: 2014 November 22, Miles Brignall, “Victory against Vodafone for schoolteacher billed £15,000”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.
glosses: A province of Catalonia, Spain.
glosses: A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
glosses: A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Solsona, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A municipality of Sorsogon, Philippines.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.
glosses: Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Lingig, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: The capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
Derived terms: Barcelonan
Barcelonian
Basel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːzəl/
Forms: form: Basle
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A former canton in northwestern Switzerland.
Related terms: Basel-Stadt
Basel-Landschaft
Belfast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛl.fæst/
ipa: /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/
rhymes: -ɛlfɑːst
rhymes: -ɛlfæst
Etymology: From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”).
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in California; named for the city in Maine.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Georgia.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Waldo County, Maine.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A township in Minnesota.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Missouri.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in Nebraska.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A town in New York.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Clermont County, Ohio.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A ghost town in Licking County, Ohio.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
A census-designated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
Derived terms: Belfast confetti
Belfast sink
Berlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈlɪn/
ipa: /bɜːˈlɪn/
ipa: /bɛə̯ˈlɪn/
ipa: [bɚˈlɪn]
rhymes: -ɪn
ipa: /ˈbɜː.lɪn/
ipa: /ˈbɝ.lɪn/
enpr: bûrʹlĭn
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)lɪn
Forms: form: Berlins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Berlin.
Senses: examples: text: Are you not aware that the single worsted that Berlin is made of, is very different from that that is made into stockings?
ref: 1812, Parliamentary Papers, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 96:
text: Berlin and other kinds of Lamb's Wool and Worsted of the finest colours and in the brightest shades; […]
ref: 1843, Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy, page 5:
text: Fine mixed "Berlins" shoddy
ref: 1912, United States. Tariff Board, Wool and Manufactures of Wool (page 71)
glosses: Short for Berlin worsted
Derived terms: Berlin shop
Berlin work
Cairo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: of Egypt
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/
rhymes: -aɪɹəʊ
homophone: chiro
note: US towns and cities
ipa: /kɛɹ.oʊ/
note: US towns and cities
ipa: /keɪ.ɹoʊ/
Forms: form: Caherah
form: Al-Caherah
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira)
Senses: examples: text: Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page.
ref: 2011 December 31, “Syrian opposition group: More than 5,800 died in 2011”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of Egypt.
glosses: A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Grady County, Georgia.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Alexander County, Illinois.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A village in Randolph County, Missouri.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A village in Hall County, Nebraska.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Greene County, New York.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A village in Allen County, Ohio.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A small unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crockett County, Tennessee.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee.
glosses: Several places in the United States:
A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
glosses: A community in the township of Dawn-Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.
Synonyms: sense: capital of Egypt
word: Fustat
sense: capital of Egypt
word: Fostat
Derived terms: Grand Cairo
Related terms: Cairene
Cape of Good Hope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cape of Good Hope
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Cabo da Boa Esperança.
Senses: glosses: A headland in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town.
Related terms: Cape Province
Cape Town
Cape Town
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪp ˌtaʊn/
Senses: glosses: The legislative capital of South Africa.
Coordinate terms: Bloemfontein
Pretoria
Derived terms: Capetonian
Related terms: Kapenaar
Caracas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹɑːkəs/
Etymology: From Spanish Caracas. Named after the Caraca tribe.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Venezuela.
wikipedia: Caracas
Related terms: word: Caracasian
Central America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛntɹəl əˈmɛɹɪkə/
Senses: glosses: A continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America.
Synonyms: Mesoamerica
Hypernyms: Middle America
North America
Related terms: Latin America
Channel Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃænəl ˌaɪləndz/
Senses: glosses: A group of islands of the Duchy of Normandy in the English Channel: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Lihou, Jethou and Burhou.
glosses: A group of islands off the coast of California, United States: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, San Nicolas, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina, San Clemente.
Derived terms: Channel
Channel Island English
Channel Islander
Channel-Port aux Basques
Cologne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈloʊn/
rhymes: -oʊn
ipa: /ˈkʊlɛn/
ipa: /ˈkʊlɪn/
Forms: form: Collen
form: Cologn
form: Köln
Etymology: From Middle English Coloyne, from Old French Cologne, from Latin Colōnia Agrippīna (“Agrippine Colony”), a settlement named after Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; colōnia (“colony”) comes from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from verb colo, colere (“till, cultivate, worship”). Doublet of Colonia, colony, and Köln, from German.
Senses: glosses: The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
glosses: A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
Derived terms: Cologner
Copenhagen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən/
ipa: /ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən/
ipa: /ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/
ipa: /ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/
rhymes: -eɪɡən
Etymology: From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. Compare Hague).
Senses: examples: text: In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.
ref: 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of Denmark.
glosses: The Danish government.
glosses: A municipality (Copenhagen Municipality) in the city of Copenhagen, Denmark.
glosses: One of the former counties of Denmark.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: A village in the town of Denmark, Lewis County, New York, United States.
glosses: A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A children's game in which one player is enclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.
Derived terms: Copenhagen blue
Copenhagener
Copenhagen interpretation
Copenhagenism
Copenhagenist
Copenhagenization
Copenhagen left
Copenhagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊpənˌheɪɡən/
ipa: /ˈkoʊpənˌhɑɡən/
ipa: /ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən/
ipa: /ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːɡən/
rhymes: -eɪɡən
Forms: form: Copenhagens
Etymology: From Low German Kopenhagen, a calque (perhaps modified by folk etymology) of Danish København. Compare Hague).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
Crete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Senses: glosses: An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.
glosses: One of the thirteen regions (peripheries) of Greece, consisting of Chania, Iraklion, Lasithi and Rethymno.
Related terms: Cretan
syncretism
Crete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: Cretes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).
Senses: glosses: A Cretan.
Related terms: Attica
Central Greece
Central Macedonia
East Macedonia and Thrace
Epirus
Ionian Islands
North Aegean
Peloponnese
South Aegean
Thessaly
West Greece
West Macedonia