cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
redeemer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redeemers
Etymology: From Middle English redemer, redemar, equivalent to redeem + -er.
Senses: examples: text: However there is little doubt that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look for the coming of a great 'redeemer.'
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 137:
text: But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 23:
text: With no experience in management, little knowledge of life in Scottish football, a dressing room to gut and replace, Gerrard is now cast in the role of Rangers' great redeemer. Whatever fate befalls him, this will not be dull.
ref: 2018 May 4, Tom English, “Steven Gerrard: A 'seriously clever or recklessly stupid' Rangers appointment”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: One who redeems; one who provides redemption.
Redeemer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Redeemer
Senses: glosses: honorific title for Jesus Christ
tactical air commander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tactical air commanders
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The shore-based officer (aviator) responsible to the landing force commander for control and coordination of air operations within the landing force commander's area of operations when control of these operations is passed ashore.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: One of these officers.
Related terms: Navy TACC
tactical air control center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tactical air control centers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The principal air operations installation (ship-based) from which all aircraft and air warning functions of tactical air operations are controlled. Also called Navy TACC.
Related terms: Marine TACC
DIU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dhaka International University (a university in Dhaka, Bangladesh).
glosses: Initialism of Daffodil International University (a university in Dhaka, Bangladesh).
glosses: Initialism of Defense Innovation Unit.
glosses: Initialism of Down-with-Imperialism Union.
elastic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastic energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy stored in a system when it is distorted or deformed; the classic example is that of a coiled spring
electric energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
glosses: Electrical energy.
electromagnetic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromagnetic energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy of an electric or magnetic field.
electrostatic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrostatic energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy of a system of separated electric charges.
excitation energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excitation energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy needed to change something from the ground state to any particular excited state
narwhale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narwhales
Senses: examples: text: Oh, the believing is hard to be doing, because that was so incredible! We met so many celebrities in midair! And the part with the narwhale was so illegal.
ref: 2006 July 3, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Weclome Back”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Strong Bad (Matthew Chapman):
glosses: Alternative spelling of narwhal.
tringle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: tringles
Etymology: Borrowed from French tringle (“rod”).
Senses: glosses: A curtain rod for a bedstead.
glosses: A small moulding of rectangular cross section, in a Doric triglyph, etc.
glosses: A strip of wood at the edge of a gun platform to turn the recoil of the truck.
ski boot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski boots
Senses: glosses: Specialized footwear used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis using ski bindings.
hundial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hundials
Senses: glosses: A collection box used in Hindu temples.
time flies
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Calque of Latin tempus fugit.
Senses: examples: text: Time flies when you're having fun.
synonyms: tempus fugit
glosses: Time passes quickly.
Related terms: the clock is ticking
timeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timeful
form: most timeful
Etymology: From Middle English tymeful; equivalent to time + -ful.
Senses: glosses: At the due time; seasonable.
Synonyms: opportune
timely
Derived terms: timefully
timefulness
Related terms: timeless
time-invariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more time-invariant
form: most time-invariant
Senses: glosses: That does not vary over time.
Derived terms: time-invariant network
time-invariant system
Related terms: time-independent
timelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timelike
form: most timelike
form: time-like
Etymology: From time + -like.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: (of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.
Derived terms: closed timelike curve
future directed timelike vector
past directed timelike vector
timelike component
timelike congruence
timelikeness
timelike path
timelike vector field
Related terms: lightlike
spacelike
time-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more time-like
form: most time-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of timelike.
time-limit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-limits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time limit.
time-limit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-limits
form: time-limiting
form: time-limited
form: time-limited
Senses: glosses: To set a time limit on.
quadriceps tendon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadriceps tendons
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In human anatomy, a tendon that connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh.
caffé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caffés
Senses: examples: text: Civita Vecchia is a clean looking and thriving town, though the unworthy descendants of the conquerors of the world are too much given to card playing in caffés.
ref: 1848, Thomas Beare, A Forced March from my Home in Old England, to my Home in the Regiment, Columbian Press, page 72
text: Here, in a caffé, amongst a number of persons, sat a handsome-looking, hazel-eyed derwish, […]
ref: 1938, Nathanael Burton, Narrative of a Voyage from Liverpool to Alexandria, John Yates, page 208:
text: […]: leaflets are being distributed in caffés, and attempts have been made to incite workers in out streets!
ref: 1978, Anwar El Sadat, The Public Diary of President Sadat, page 151:
text: I sat alone in the caffé and enjoyed my Negroni while surveying the interior of the caffé and its blue marine motif […]
ref: 2003, Deanna G. Wolff, The Girl's Guide to Travelling Solo, Trafford Publishing, page 80:
glosses: Alternative form of caffè.
time of arrival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: times of arrival
Senses: synonyms: arrival time
coordinate_terms: departure time
time of departure
glosses: The time when someone or something, especially a train, bus, or other public conveyance, is expected to arrive; the time when it does in fact arrive.
glosses: The instant when a radio signal emanating from a transmitter reaches a remote receiver.
Derived terms: estimated time of arrival
time-of-arrival technique
Chalcese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chalchese
Senses: examples: text: In order to provide victims for the ſolemn coronation of their kings, the Mexicans uſed to quarrel with ſome neighbouring nation, and ſlaughter their priſoners. This was now the fate of the Chalcheſe.
ref: 1782, review of Storia antica del Messico, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, vol. 54, page 144
text: Itzcoatl died in 1436, at an advanced age, and Montezuma was called to the throne; one of the first acts of his reign was to build an immense temple, and he was no sooner placed on the imperial seat, than he was called to a war between the Chalcese and the Tezcucans
ref: 1818, R. H. Bonnycastle, Spanish America, volume 1, page 111:
text: The Chalchese immediately fell on the Mexicans, and they were all destroyed.
ref: 1827, John Ranking, Historical Researches on the Conquest of Peru, Mexico, Bogota, Natchez, and Talomeco, page 308:
glosses: The people of Chalco.
Synonyms: Chalca
Chalcas
Chalcans
time-of-flight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used attributively to describe various processes, devices, etc, that use the time an object or light takes to travel a certain distance. See Derived terms.
Derived terms: time-of-flight detector
time-of-flight mass spectrometry
time-of-flight mass spectroscopy
time-of-flight method
time of pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: times of pitch
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The moment when the pitcher begins the motion of pitching the ball and, by the rules of the game, has committed himself to throwing the pitch.
Derived terms: time-of-pitch base
time of year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: times of year
Senses: examples: text: It'll be freezing in Canada at this time of year.
text: It's that time of year again... when we start to hear the dreaded 'C' word being uttered more frequently on TV adverts (that's Christmas, by the way).
ref: 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 70:
glosses: A particular period in the year.
Synonyms: season
time of the year
Derived terms: time of year animation
butter knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butter knives
form: butterknife
Senses: synonyms: butter spreader
glosses: A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.
Derived terms: master butter knife
sharp as a butter knife
timous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timous
form: most timous
Senses: examples: text: Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently.
ref: 1956 April, K. H. Rudolph, “Fun with "'Bradshaw"”, in Railway Magazine, page 253:
glosses: Alternative spelling of timeous.
time preference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time preferences
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A measure of the preference a consumer has for immediate enjoyment rather than enjoyment at a future time.
Derived terms: time-preference theory of interest
murrey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɹi/
homophone: Moray
homophone: Murray
rhymes: -ʌɹi
Forms: form: murreys
Etymology: From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).
Senses: glosses: The mulberry fruit.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple).
murrey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌɹi/
homophone: Moray
homophone: Murray
rhymes: -ʌɹi
Etymology: From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”).
Senses: examples: text: This coat continued to button, up the front, with nine buttons, various now in shape, and colour, but without exception of such exceptional size as to remain, once buttoned, buttoned. Aloft in the flowerhole brooded the remains of a factitious murrey chrysanthemum.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Of a mulberry colour.
exits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exit
exits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Income, returns, revenue.
exits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exit
snuffly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snuffly
form: most snuffly
Etymology: From snuffle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Given to sniffling, to making snuffling noises.
Fermi energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fermi energies
Etymology: For Enrico Fermi Italian physicist
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The highest energy of a particle that is part of a many-particle system of identical fermions in its ground state.
flexitime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flexitimes
form: flexi time
form: flexi-time
form: flextime
form: flex-time
Etymology: From flexi(ble) + time.
Senses: examples: text: Even if the company rule book says that flexitime is allowed, those who work from home are seen as uncommitted to the team.
ref: 2011 November 5, “Land of the wasted talent”, in The Economist:
topics: business
synonyms: flexible time
glide time
qualifier: human resources
glosses: An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
Derived terms: flexitimer
Related terms: flexi-leave
job-sharing
free energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The energy available in a particular chemical system to do useful work. In more detail:
Helmholtz free energy, A: the internal energy of a system minus the product of its entropy and absolute temperature.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The energy available in a particular chemical system to do useful work. In more detail:
Gibbs free energy, G: the enthalpy of a system minus the product of its entropy and absolute temperature.
examples: text: free energy suppression
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, energy.
Synonyms: exergy
Hypernyms: energy
Hyponyms: Gibbs free energy
Helmholtz free energy
Derived terms: standard free energy change
standard free energy of formation
Gibbs free energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist.
Senses: examples: ΔG=ΔH-TΔS and G=H-TS where G is Gibbs free energy, H is enthalpy, T is temperature, and S is entropy.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure.
wikipedia: Josiah Willard Gibbs
Related terms: Helmholtz free energy
Gibbs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪbz/
rhymes: -ɪbz
Etymology: From Gibb + -s.
Senses: examples: text: On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favorable general election matchup. (Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in November.)
ref: 2022 August 5, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Meijer says returning to Biden-Trump in 2024 would be ‘pretty sad commentary’ on country”, in CNN:
glosses: An English patronymic surname from Gibb (Gilbert).
glosses: A village in Adair County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
Derived terms: Gibbs algorithm
Gibbs-Donnan effect
Gibbs-Thomson effect
Gibbs-Thomson equation
Xia-Gibbs syndrome
Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit
Gibbs Cay
Gibbs-Marangoni effect
Gibbs free energy
Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
Gibbs measure
Gibbs phenomenon
Gibbs sampler
Gibbs sampling
Gibbs state
Gibb
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from a Middle English diminutive of the name Gilbert
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Derived terms: Gibbs
impact energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impact energies
Senses: qualifier: materials science
glosses: The energy needed to fracture a material under standard conditions.
interfacial energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interfacial energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy equal to the surface tension at an interface.
Synonyms: surface energy
surface energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface energies
Senses: glosses: interfacial energy
interfacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interface + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an interface.
Derived terms: interfacial angle
interfacial canal
interfacial energy
interfacial layer
interfacially
interfacial polarization
noninterfacial
ionization energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionization energies
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy needed to remove an electron from an atom or molecule to infinity
Synonyms: ionization potential
lattice energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lattice energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy required to separate the ions of an ionic solid (especially a crystal) to infinity
jupon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒu.pɒn/
ipa: /d͡ʒuˈpɒn/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒu.pɑn/
ipa: /d͡ʒuˈpɑn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Forms: form: jupons
form: juppon
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English jupoun, jupon, from Middle French jupon.
Senses: examples: text: Some wore coat armour, imitating scale,
And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail;
Some wore a breastplate and a light juppon,
Their horses clothed with rich caparison;
ref: 1700, John Dryden, Palamon and Arcite, Book III:
text: He climbed three marble steps, crossed the terrace and entered a dim foyer, where a chamberlain silently helped him from his helmet, his jupon and his chain cuirass.
ref: 1983, Jack Vance, chapter 26, in Lyonesse:
glosses: A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour.
glosses: A petticoat.
luminous energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luminous energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The radiant energy of the visible portion of a spectrum of light
Synonyms: quantity of light
Related terms: lumen second
SI unit of measurement
luminous flux
magnetic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The potential energy of a magnetic field.
retcon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/
Forms: form: retcons
Etymology: A blend of retroactive + continuity. The term retroactive continuity was popularized by comics writer Roy Thomas, who was known for writing superhero comic books set decades in the past such as All-Star Squadron, and attributes it to an anonymous source.
Senses: examples: text: TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots?
ref: 2003, Glen Cadigan, The Legion Companion, page 152:
text: Fans talk of retcon—retroactive continuity—giving information that explains an earlier event, especially seeming plot contradictions or lacunae.
ref: 2005, Rhonda Wilcox, Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, page 9:
text: It's a little trick called retcon, short for "retroactive continuity," […]
Yet I'm unsure even Millar is fully aware of the power given him by the retcon.
ref: 2006, Glenn Yeffeth, editor, The Man from Krypton: A Closer Look at Superman, page 155:
glosses: A fictional setting in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it.
retcon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/
Forms: form: retcons
form: retconning
form: retconned
form: retconned
Etymology: A blend of retroactive + continuity. The term retroactive continuity was popularized by comics writer Roy Thomas, who was known for writing superhero comic books set decades in the past such as All-Star Squadron, and attributes it to an anonymous source.
Senses: examples: text: While ‘retconning' the scripts, I came up with a number of theories that throw new light on the Doctor, his past, and various other elements[…]
ref: 2003, Jean-Marc Lofficier, The Nth Doctor, page 5:
text: A lot of people were like, "Oh, they just retconned their own continuity. They should have used Kyle. I don't like that." So we just threw Kyle in there to say, "No, no, Kyle's still there. He still exists in the animated universe; he's just not stationed on Earth at the moment, regularly."
ref: 2004, Eric Nolen-Weathington, Modern Masters Volume 3: Bruce Timm, page 79:
text: Retroactive continuity (aka retconning), would reveal that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are also Magneto's children, showing that this was a guy who was really committed to his cause
ref: 2006, Len Wein, ed., The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium 92
text: Luthor appeared a handful of times, Gary "retconned" the Toyman and created Terra-Man, and Superman would get a worthy opponent whenever Len Wein did a fill-in.
ref: 2006, Michael Eury, Daniel (CON) Best, Glen (CON) Cadigan, Mike (CON) Esposito, David (CON) Mandel, The Krypton Companion, p. 157
text: There’s a note of wistful, wishful thinking in all this retconning of reality — would that we could write a time jump into our own scripts!
ref: 2022 January 7, James Poniewozik, “Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To employ such a device.
Related terms: reboot
Joss
mass energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass energies
form: mass-energy
Senses: examples: text: Even a minuscule quantity of matter contains an incredible amount of mass energy.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy present in an object because of its mass
Related terms: E=mc²
time-scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-scales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time scale.
time-serving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timeserving
Senses: glosses: Opportunism.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The functionality of a timeserver.
Derived terms: timeservingness
time-servingness
time-serving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more time-serving
form: most time-serving
form: timeserving
Senses: examples: text: And the man who had just been engaged in the most time-serving neglect of former, and a most cringing anticipation of new patrons, became forthwith the kind and hospitable host of strangers who had no claim upon him beyond their own isolated situation.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 85:
text: Harding brought with him a timeserving pal from The Times called Keith Blackmore, who was equally a stranger to broadcasting.
ref: 2016 November, Jonathan Meades, “Inside Job”, in Literary Review:
glosses: Opportunistic; conforming to the status quo in order to serve one's own interests.
timeserving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timeservings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time-serving.
timeserving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timeserving
form: most timeserving
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time-serving.
time slice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪmslaɪs/
Forms: form: time slices
form: timeslice
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: time quantum
hypernyms: time interval
period
coordinate_terms: timeslot
glosses: The period of time for which a process is allowed to run in a preemptive multitasking system.
Derived terms: time-slicing
Related terms: time slot
time spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of calendar spread.
synonyms: word: calendar spread
Derived terms: time spread strategy
calendar spread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calendar spreads
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: horizontal spread
time spread
coordinate_terms: diagonal spread
vertical spread
glosses: An options strategy or position involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike price but with different expiration dates.
time-stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-stamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of timestamp.
time-stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: time-stamps
form: time-stamping
form: time-stamped
form: time-stamped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of timestamp (verb)
time standard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time standards
Senses: glosses: An agreed method of measuring time; a specification or standard of either the rate at which time passes, or of points in time, or of both.
Derived terms: primary time standard
time-traveler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: time-travelers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time-traveller.
timewave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timewaves
Etymology: From time + wave.
Senses: glosses: In novelty theory, a graph of novelty plotted against time.
Derived terms: timewave zero
novelty theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From novelty + theory.
Senses: glosses: A theory developed by Terence McKenna that aims to describe "novelty" in the universe based on a combination of numerology and mathematics, and supposed fractal patterns in the I Ching.
repoussoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹəpuˈswɑɹ/
Forms: form: repoussoirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French repoussoir.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: The use of an object such as a curtain extremely close up to the picture plane in a painting. This originates from Baroque paintings and is used to create depth
time-weighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: calculated from selected discrete values over a specified time period
raw_tags: of a value
Derived terms: time-weighted average
time-weighted rate of return
time-weighted return
determinative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: determinatives
Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: taxogram
coordinate_terms: classifier
rebus
glosses: An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: determiner
glosses: A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
Derived terms: phonetic determinative
Related terms: article
demonstrative
determinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more determinative
form: most determinative
Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif.
Senses: glosses: That determines something.
examples: text: When assigning custody, the preference of the child will be considered, but it is not determinative.
text: This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.
ref: 1905 January 21, Ch. Kent, opinion, New York Foundling Hospital v. Gatti, Arizona [Territorial] Supreme Court, as reported in, 1907, The Lawyers Reports Annotated, new series, volume 7, page 313 http://books.google.com/books?id=N6m2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA313&dq=determinative
text: It is therefore clear that, even in adoption cases where it might play a more important role, race is not a determinative factor and its importance will depend greatly on the facts.
ref: 2001, Michel Bastarache, “Van de Perre v. Edwards”, in CanLii:
text: An entity does not automatically conclude that any observed transaction price is determinative of fair value.
ref: 2009 July, International Accounting Standards Board, Financial Instruments, →ISBN, page 617:
topics: law
coordinate_terms: dispositive#Adjective
glosses: Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law).
Derived terms: determinatively
determinativeness
nondeterminative
determinatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of determinative
vacume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of vacuum.
vacumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vacume
Dniepr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dniepr
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dnieper.
tract home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tract homes
Senses: examples: text: True, there were a dismaying number of these in Rockland County, and each year brought more as high-rise condominiums and $2 million tract homes were being constructed along the scenic river or gouged out of rolling farmland.
ref: 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age : A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 63:
text: They were referring, of course, to that vast expanse of tract homes and backyard barbecues that is the San Fernando Valley.
ref: 2002 April 20, Joseph Kahn, “San Fernando Valley Looks To a Life After Los Angeles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A tract house.
half sovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half sovereigns
Senses: coordinate_terms: quarter sovereign
sovereign
glosses: A former British gold coin having a value of ten shillings.
Related terms: half crown
Esperanza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
Related terms: Esperanza Ibaba
Esperanza Ilaya
La Esperanza
New Esperanza
cheesemonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesemongers
Etymology: From cheese + monger.
Senses: glosses: Someone who sells cheese.
Synonyms: fromager
Derived terms: cheesemongeress
cheesemongery
Related terms: monger
cheese
cheesemaker
cheesemaking
cheeseman
Cheesemongers
cheesewoman
cheesemongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheesemonger
tuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuits
Etymology: A pun on get around to it, reanalyzing it as get a round tuit.
Senses: examples: text: THIS IS A TUIT
ref: 1996 October 6, Colin Douthwaite <cfbd@southern.co.nz>, "Tuit", message-ID <538pjq$nn1@orm.southern.co.nz>, rec.humor, Usenet http://google.com/group/rec.humor/msg/acb923e94a1dc471
text: My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
ref: 2000 December 7, Joe Zeff <the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.org>, "Tuit Update", message-ID <3a2ed57b.471201@news.earthlink.net>, alt.sysadmin.recovery, Usenet http://google.com/group/alt.sysadmin.recovery/msg/bf943259ce3422cd
text: 1926-38 and 1939 manuals will be re-posted when my TUIT is round enough.
ref: 2002 Mat 25, Scott W. Harvey <fromrarp@scottharvey.com>, "1953 BEITMAN MANUAL NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD", message-ID <3cf2b4de.159435990@enews.newsguy.com>, rec.antiques.radio+phono, Usenet http://google.com/group/rec.antiques.radio+phono/msg/de81689394ef1ed2
glosses: Synonym of round tuit.
synonyms: word: round tuit
residua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ə/
/ɹɪ-/
/-ˈzɪ.dʒu.ə/
Senses: glosses: plural of residuum
Toraja-Sa'dan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unwritten South Sulawesi language spoken in southwestern Sulawesi Island in Indonesia.
Synonyms: Torajanese
Related terms: Torajan
Torajanese
sda ⁠
4-6-0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 4-6-0s
Senses: examples: text: Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of any banking engine.
ref: 1953 November 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
text: The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
ref: 1960 February 24, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
text: There are 105 D.B. Type "23" engines and they were intended to replace the famous Prussian "P8" class 4-6-0s (Type "38"), but dieselisation prevented further construction and they are greatly outnumbered by the thousand or so "P8s" which are still in service and which can be seen on a great variety of duties.
ref: 1960 September 24, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railways: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:
glosses: Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by three sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels.
Synonyms: ten-wheeler
Cadillac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædɪlæk/
ipa: /ˈkædəˌlæk/
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac.
Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Senses: glosses: A brand of luxury automobile (founded as an independent but since 1909 a marque of General Motors).
glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: A placename
An urban area of Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename
A commune of Gironde department, France.
glosses: A placename
A city, the county seat of Wexford County, Michigan, United States. Former name: Clam Lake.
glosses: A placename
A mountain in Maine.
Derived terms: Cadillac converter
Cadillac-en-Fronsadais
Cadillac Mountain
Cadillac of poker
Cadillac plan
Cadillac problem
Cadillac tax
Lake Cadillac
Cadillac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædɪlæk/
ipa: /ˈkædəˌlæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: more Cadillac
form: most Cadillac
Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac.
Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Senses: examples: text: Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of worms.
ref: WKRP in Cincinnati
glosses: Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac)
Derived terms: Cadillac plan
Cadillac tax
Cadillac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædɪlæk/
ipa: /ˈkædəˌlæk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: Cadillacs
Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac.
Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.
Senses: examples: text: the Cadillac of [product category]
text: the Cadillac of microwave ovens
text: She cryin poor mouth but she pull up in a brand new Cadillac? Who fallin for that?
text: a parking lot full of Cadillacs, Lexuses, and BMWs
coordinate_terms: Lexus
Buick
Chrysler
glosses: An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Catillac. A large variety of cooking pear.
champagne flute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champagne flutes
Senses: glosses: A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the drinker's hand from warming the champagne while retaining its carbonation.
Synonyms: champagne glass
champagne flutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champagne flute
southwestern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: south-western
Etymology: From Middle English southwesterne, from Old English sūþwesterne, equivalent to south + western.
Senses: examples: text: Locals think southwestern sunsets are the most beautiful.
text: In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).
ref: 2023 May 18, Reuters, “Chipmakers look to Japan as worries about China grow”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the southwest.
categorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of categorize
categorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more categorized
form: most categorized
Senses: examples: text: All of my records are categorized.
glosses: The characteristic of having been placed or sorted in a category or categories.
Derived terms: bicategorized
noncategorized
indicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indicator
fibers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiber
bronchioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchiole
combinational circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combinational circuits
Senses: examples: text: For a combinational circuit, the input (Shannon) entropy is the joint entropy of its input bits, the output entropy is the joint entropy of its output bits, and the output entropy is always less than or equal to the input entropy, even if the quantity of output bits is larger than the quantity of input bits.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A switching circuit whose output is determined solely by some combination of its concurrent inputs.
Related terms: combinational logic
sequential circuit
hypernyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypernym
grabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹæbz/
rhymes: -æbz
Senses: glosses: plural of grab
grabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹæbz/
rhymes: -æbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of grab
duplicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of duplicate
transitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transitive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The verb 'walk' can be used transitively.
glosses: In a transitive manner.
transitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From transitive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir.
ref: 1971, Yogananda, Self-realization Magazine:
glosses: The quality of being transitive.
adjective phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjective phrases
form: adjectival phrase
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: phrase
coordinate_terms: word: adjective clause[relative clause]]>
word: ;
english: other phrase types
translation: other phrase types
word: adverbial phrase
word: conjunctional phrase
word: interjectional phrase
word: noun phrase
word: phrasal preposition
word: prepositional phrase
word: pronominal phrase
word: verb phrase
glosses: A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it.
adverbial phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adverbial phrases
form: adverb phrase
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.
Coordinate terms: word: phrase
word: conjunctional phrase
word: interjectional phrase
word: phrase
word: phrasal preposition
word: pronominal phrase
word: phrase
adjective phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjectival phrases
Senses: glosses: plural of adjective phrase
adverbial phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adverbial phrase
adverb phrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adverb phrases
Senses: glosses: An adverbial phrase.
adverb phrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adverb phrase Alternate name for adverbial phrases.
conveners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convener
convenors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convenor
wolder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wolders
Etymology: From wold + -er.
Senses: glosses: A wold dweller, especially an inhabitant of the Yorkshire Wolds.
wolder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wold + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wold: more wold
what goes around comes around
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: what go round come round
form: what goes round comes round
form: what comes around goes around
Etymology: First attested in the 1950s in sense 1, originally in African-American English.
Senses: examples: text: So lonely in your bed / Does breakin' me make you feel good? / Guess you don't understand / What goes around, comes around
ref: 2020, Ava Max, Madison Love, Måns Wredenberg, Noonie Bao, Cirkut, Linus Wiklund, “Who's Laughing Now”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
glosses: A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
examples: text: Unfortunately, the main proposal in the current XML era bears a striking resemblance to the CODASYL proposal from the early 1970’s, which failed because of its complexity. Hence, the current era is replaying history, and “what goes around comes around”. Hopefully the next era will be smarter.
ref: 2005, Michael Stonebraker, Joseph M. Hellerstein, “What Goes Around Comes Around”, in Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker, editors, Readings in Database Systems, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 2:
text: The most important one is the end of the Ajax hype. I’m not sure when it will happen, but I know that it will. What goes around comes around—what once was cool and modern will become old hat and boring.
ref: 2006, Peter-Paul Koch, “Afterword”, in ppk on JavaScript, →ISBN:
text: Equally, what goes around, comes around. When it comes to investment theories, nothing new under the sun exists because ideas go stale and then get reinvented.
ref: 2015, Tony Levene, Investing for Dummies, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: Things repeat in cycles.
Related terms: word: bite in the arse
word: bite in the ass
word: boomerang
word: circular firing squad
word: come back to bite
word: come back to haunt
word: come full circle
word: fuck around and find out
word: golden rule
word: history repeats itself
word: karma
word: old sins have long shadows
word: play stupid games, win stupid prizes
word: reap what one sows
word: skeleton in the closet
word: sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
word: the chickens come home to roost
infeasibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infeasibilities
Etymology: From in- + feasibility.
Senses: synonyms: nonfeasibility
unfeasibility
unrealizability
antonyms: feasibility
realizability
realizableness
coordinate_terms: impossibility
glosses: The state of being infeasible or impractical.
Related terms: feasible
muzzle energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muzzle energies
Senses: glosses: The kinetic energy of a projectile at the point of emergence from the muzzle of a gun
Related terms: muzzle velocity
pairing energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pairing energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The extra binding energy associated with pairs of nucleons of the same kind; this results in nuclei having odd numbers of protons or neutrons having a lower binding energy and being less stable (than those with even numbers)
particle energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particle energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The sum of a particle's potential energy and kinetic energy
primary energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary energies
Senses: glosses: Energy in a form that has not been processed or is not processed before use.
Coordinate terms: secondary energy
secondary energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary energies
Senses: glosses: Energy contained in a fuel, electricity, or similar carrier of energy derived from some a primary energy source.
Coordinate terms: primary energy
radio energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy transmitted by radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation
recombination energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recombination energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy released when two oppositely charged fragments of an atom or molecule recombine to form a neutral compound
resonance energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resonance energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The characteristic energy at which the amplitude of a system undergoing resonance is enhanced.
Related terms: resonance frequency
rest energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rest energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy of the mass component of a body at rest; equal to the product of its rest mass and the square of the speed of light
rotational energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotational energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The kinetic energy of a rotating rigid body otherwise at rest.
separation energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: separation energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy needed to remove a nucleon or other particle from a nucleus
Synonyms: binding energy
sound energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy present in a sound wave
Synonyms: acoustic energy
acoustic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acoustic energies
Senses: glosses: sound energy