nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nail, nayl, Old English næġl, from Proto-West Germanic *nagl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”). Cognates Compare North Frisian Nail (“nail”), Saterland Frisian Nail (“nail”), West Frisian neil, German and Low German Nagel, Dutch and Swedish nagel, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål negl, Norwegian Nynorsk nagl, Finnish naula (“nail”), Estonian nael (“nail”), (compare Irish ionga, Latin unguis, Albanian nyell (“ankle, hard part of a limb”), Lithuanian nagas, Russian нога́ (nogá, “foot, leg”), но́готь (nógotʹ, “nail”), Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Persian ناخن (nâxon), Sanskrit नख (nakhá). Pronunciation: /neɪl/, [neɪ̯ɫ] 1. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). 2. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human). Labels: often, specifically Example: When I'm nervous I bite my nails. 3. The basal thickened portion of the anterior wings of certain hemiptera. 4. The terminal horny plate on the beak of ducks and other allied birds. 5. A spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials. The nail is generally driven through two or more layers of material by means of impacts from a hammer or other device. It is then held in place by friction. Example: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill. 6. A round pedestal on which merchants once carried out their business, such as the four nails outside The Exchange, Bristol. 7. An archaic English unit of length equivalent to ¹⁄₂₀ of an ell or ¹⁄₁₆ of a yard (2+¹⁄₄ inches or 5.715 cm).
Word: nail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English naylen, from Old English næġlan. Pronunciation: /neɪl/, [neɪ̯ɫ] 1. To fix (an object) to another object using a nail. Labels: transitive Example: He nailed the placard to the post. 2. To drive a nail. Labels: intransitive Example: He used the ax head for nailing. 3. To stud or boss with nails, or as if with nails. Labels: transitive Example: The rivets of their arms were nail'd with gold. 4. To catch. Labels: slang Example: I pray you now send me some dub, / A bottle or two to the needy. / I beg you won't bring it yourself, / The harman is at the Old-Bailey; / I'd rather you'd send it behalf, / For, if they twig you they'll nail you. Example: Military Intelligence seems to be on the spot in a quiet sort of way. I just met a G-2 slue-foot and he was a most efficient guy! They're keeping low, I think, until they nail their man. 5. To expose as a sham. Labels: slang, transitive 6. To accomplish (a task) completely and successfully. Labels: slang, transitive Example: I really nailed that test. Example: The chief executive and founder of Meta used his new Threads account to say Twitter had not “nailed” its opportunity to become a mega app and that his copycat version would be “focusing on kindness”. 7. To hit (a target) effectively with some weapon. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Fly-half Ruaridh Jackson departed early with injury but Chris Paterson nailed a penalty from wide out left to give Scotland an early lead, and Jackson's replacement Dan Parks added three more points with a penalty which skimmed over the crossbar. 8. Of a male, to engage in sexual intercourse with. Labels: slang, transitive, vulgar Example: Allison Reynolds: I'm a nymphomaniac. […] The only person I told was my shrink. / Andrew Clark: And what did he do when you told him? / Allison Reynolds: He nailed me. Example: There’s a benefit gala at the Boston Pops tonight, and... well, I’m trying to nail the flautist. 9. To spike, as a cannon. Example: That the Ordinance be not nayled, nor the munition fiered. 10. To nail down: to make certain, or confirm. Labels: transitive 11. To steal. Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive Example: Loud was the laughter at this and other remarks about nailing "stooks" (silk pocket handkerchiefs), "clouts" (cotton ditto), german sausages, &c.
Word: punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”). Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. A hit or strike with one's fist. Labels: countable Example: Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot. 2. A blow from something other than the fist. Labels: countable, rare Example: For in Tashbaan there is only one traffic regulation, which is that everyone who is less important has to get out of the way for everyone who is more important; unless you want a cut from a whip or a punch from the butt end of a spear. 3. Power, strength, energy. Labels: uncountable Example: The tornado is finally losing its punch. Example: Nixon inadvertently took most of the punch out of the Red Scare by trekking to Peking and Moscow. 4. Impact. Labels: uncountable Example: Has your ad copy plenty of punch?
Word: punch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English punchen, partially from Old French ponchonner (“to punch”), from ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick”); and partially from Middle English punchen, a syncopated variant of punischen ("to punish"; see punish). Also influenced by Middle English punchon ("a punch"; see puncheon). Compare also Middle English bunchen, bonchen (“to punch, deliver a blow, pound, beat”). Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. To strike with one's fist. Labels: transitive Example: If she punches me, I'm gonna break her nose. 2. To herd. Labels: transitive 3. To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. Labels: transitive Example: As night watchman he was required to punch a watchman's clock; the stations were scattered all over the place. Example: The patrol clock and punch key system made sure that crewmen completed their patrols. At the far end of his patrol, he used a key to punch his clock and start the return trip. 4. To enter (information) on a device or system. Labels: transitive 5. To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. Labels: transitive Example: He punched a hit into shallow left field. 6. To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) (see also the verb under Etymology 2). Labels: transitive Example: So I punched a hole in the roof, ah-ah, ah-ah Let the flood carry away all my pictures of you 7. To thrust against; to poke. Example: to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow 8. Ellipsis of punch above one's weight, especially, to date somebody more attractive than oneself. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, intransitive, slang 9. To perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation. Labels: transitive 10. To emphasize; to give emphasis to. Labels: transitive Example: Getting a little tired of you punching that word. 11. To light marijuana in a bong. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: We're gonna punch a few cones.
Word: punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”). Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. Labels: countable 2. A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. Labels: countable 3. A hole or opening created with a punch. Labels: countable 4. An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 5. A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
Word: punch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened form of puncheon, from Middle English punchoun, from Old French ponchon (“pointed tool”), from Latin punctio, from punctus, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick”). Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something. 2. To mark a ticket. Example: The guard performs athletic feats in jumping from coach to coach while the train is in motion, taking orders for tickets, punching them on a bell punch in his van, and then returning to distribute them to passengers.
Word: punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Hindi पाँच (pā̃c, “five”)/Urdu پانچ (pānc), because of the drink's original five ingredients (spirits, water, lemon juice, sugar, and spice), from Sanskrit पञ्च (páñca). Doublet of cinque, fin (“five currency units”), finnuf, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, and sengi (“currency”); related to Punjab and Pompeii. Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Punch. Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia.
Word: punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello. Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. A short fat person. Labels: archaic, regional Example: Here I did make the workmen drink, and saw my coach cleaned and oyled; and, staying among poor people there in the alley, did hear them call their fat child Punch, which pleased me mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that is thick and short. Example: The company at the maſquerade on May 13, at the Pantheon, was not ſo numerous as uſual. However, there were ſome very good dreſſes, and the characters well ſupported; in particular a punch, who afforded great entertainment.
Word: punch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps shortened from puncheon (compare German Punze, Punzen (“cask; short fat person or thing”)) or Punchinello. Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃ/, /pʌnʃ/ 1. Short and thickset. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic Example: Taken away from two Grooms on Monday the 16th inſtant, in the great Road that leads to Epping from London in Epping-Foreſt, a little gray punch Stoned Horſe, hath all his paces, thorn mane, bob tailed, marked with I. S. on the near ſhoulder, about 14 hands. Example: They are generally very much prejudiced in favour of their own Race, whoſe Beauty they think conſiſts in having little Eyes ſunk deep in the Head, black thick Brows, a large flat Noſe and Face, and a ſhort punch Shape, eſpecially for the Women; […]
Word: inflammable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/, [ɪnˈflæməbl̩] ~ [ɪɱˈflæməbl̩], /ɪnˈfleə̯məbəl/, /ɪnˈflɛə̯məbəl/ 1. Capable of burning. 2. Easily set on fire. Example: On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the ears and mouth in tongues of fire a foot or more in length. 3. Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed. Labels: figuratively 4. Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation. Labels: nonstandard
Word: inflammable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflæməbəl/, [ɪnˈflæməbl̩] ~ [ɪɱˈflæməbl̩], /ɪnˈfleə̯məbəl/, /ɪnˈflɛə̯məbəl/ 1. Any inflammable substance.
Word: nonflammable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + flammable. 1. Not combustible. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not easily set on fire. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonflammable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + flammable. 1. Any nonflammable substance.
Word: Christmas lights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmas light Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christmas Eve Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Cristemasse eve, from an assumed Old English *Cristes mæsseǣfen. 1. The evening before Christmas Day. 2. The day before Christmas Day. Example: This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve. Example: With trembling fingers did we weave ⁠The holly round the Chrismas hearth; ⁠A rainy cloud possess’d the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve.
Word: fruitcake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːt.keɪk/ 1. A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A crazy or eccentric person. Labels: colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake. Example: One of the loafers kept calling down, "Hey you, Blondie, you like fruitcake kids like that?" 3. A homosexual male. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, slang, uncountable
Word: North Pole Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌnɔːθ.pəʊl/ 1. The Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole; the point which north is oriented towards, and therefore the northernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of 90°). 2. The Magnetic North Pole of Earth. 3. The Geomagnetic North Pole of Earth. 4. The legendary location of Santa's workshop.
Word: North Pole Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌnɔːθ.pəʊl/ 1. A city in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. 2. A hamlet in the town of Wilmington, Essex County, New York, United States.
Word: South Pole Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsaʊθ ˈpəʊl/, /ˌsaʊθ ˈpoʊl/ 1. The Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole; the point which south is oriented towards, and therefore the southernmost point on Earth (having a latitude of -90°). 2. The Magnetic South Pole of Earth. 3. The Geomagnetic South Pole of Earth.
Word: venal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vēna (“vein”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəl/ 1. Venous; pertaining to veins. Labels: archaic, rare
Word: venal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French vénal, from Old French venel, from Latin vēnālis (“for sale”), from vēnum (“something for sale”); compare English vend. Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəl/ 1. For sale; available for purchase. Labels: archaic Example: Because lips libertine and and venal had murmured such words to him, he believed but little in the candour of hers; […]. 2. Of a position, privilege etc.: available for purchase rather than assigned on merit. Example: Thus, regimental commands in the army were – as with the judiciary or the financial bureaucracy – venal posts, which were purchased, bequeathed and sold among the nobility. 3. Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes. 4. Corrupt, mercenary. Example: Though there is a disposition in mankind, to declaim against the corruption and peculation of the present times, as being more venal than formerly; yet, if we look back to different periods, we shall find statesmen and politicians, as selfish and corrupt, […] as those who have lately figured on the political stage.
Word: snowstorm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier snow-storm, snow storm, equivalent to snow + storm. Compare Scots snawstorm (“snowstorm”), Saterland Frisian Sneestoarm (“snowstorm”), West Frisian sniestoarm (“snowstorm”), Dutch sneeuwstorm (“snowstorm”), German Low German Sneestorm (“snowstorm”), German Schneesturm (“snowstorm”), Danish snestorm (“snowstorm”), Swedish snöstorm (“snowstorm”), Icelandic snjóstormur (“snowstorm”). Compare also Middle English storm of snow (“snowstorm”). Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊstɔːm/ 1. Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount. Example: Dined at Melville Castle, whither I went through a snow-storm. 2. A snow globe. Example: As we made our way down, my eye was caught by a snowstorm—one of those little glass balls, with a baby cottage inside.
Word: teleology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly borrowed from French téléologie and from German Teleologie + English -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject). Téléologie and Teleologie are both derived from Late Latin teleologia, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos) (the genitive singular of τέλος (télos, “final cause, purpose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn end-over-end; to revolve around, hence, to dwell, sojourn”)) + Latin -logia (suffix denoting the logical discourse or study of a subject) (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject), from λόγος (lógos, “that which is said or thought; subject matter”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, teleo- (prefix meaning ‘end, goal, purpose’) + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌtiːliˈɒləd͡ʒi/, /ˌtɛ-/, /ˌtɛliˈɑləd͡ʒi/, /ˌti-/ 1. The study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such occurrences being the result of intention instead of prior causes. Labels: uncountable Example: 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. 2. The study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such occurrences being the result of intention instead of prior causes. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Their proposed explanation at the time was riddled with teleology. Example: 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. 3. The belief or theory that a natural occurrence is the result of divine design or intention rather than the laws of nature or science; theoteleology; (countable) a particular belief or theory of this sort. Labels: uncountable
Word: sinecure Part of Speech: noun 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/ 1. A position that requires little to no work, or easy work, but still gives an ample payment; a cushy job. Example: Miss Briggs was not formally dismissed, but her place as companion was a sinecure and a derision […] Example: A lucrative sinecure in the Excise was bestowed on Ferguson. 2. An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. Labels: historical
Word: sinecure Part of Speech: adj 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/ 1. Requiring no work for an ample reward. Labels: not-comparable Example: By the act of union (1800), the offices of Irish secretary, a sinecure post, and lord lieutenant's secretary were combined. 2. Having the appearance of functionality without being of any actual use or purpose. Labels: not-comparable Example: 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.
Word: sinecure Part of Speech: verb 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsɪn.ɪˌkjʊə/, /ˈsaɪ.nəˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɪn.əˌkjʊɹ/, /ˈsɑɪ.nɪˌkjʊə/ 1. To put or place in a sinecure. Labels: transitive
Word: perdition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perdicioun, from Old French perdiciun, from Late Latin perditio, from Latin perdo (“to destroy, to lose”). Pronunciation: /pɜː(ɹ)ˈdɪ.ʃən/ 1. Eternal damnation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I son ov perdition / From sheer nothingness transgressed 2. Hell. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Absolute ruin; downfall. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Their decision to buy stocks just before the crisis led to their perdition.
Word: snowblower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + blower. Pronunciation: /ˈsnoʊˌbloʊɚ/ 1. A motorized vehicle that picks up snow off the ground and blows it to one side in order to clear a path.
Word: blackboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbɔɹd/, /ˈblækboɹd/, /ˈblækbɔːd/ 1. A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard. Example: 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.
Word: blackboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbɔɹd/, /ˈblækboɹd/, /ˈblækbɔːd/ 1. To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
Word: whiteboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + board, modelled on blackboard. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/, /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ 1. A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean. Example: 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. Example: 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'. 2. A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display. Labels: broadly
Word: whiteboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From white + board, modelled on blackboard. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/, /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ 1. To use a whiteboard, to write on a writeboard
Word: epiphany Part of Speech: noun 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 ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”). English Epiphany (of Christ) since the 14th century, generic use since the 17th century. Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪfəni/, /ɪˈpɪfni/, /ɛˈpɪfəni/ 1. An illuminating realization or discovery, often resulting in a personal feeling of elation, awe, or wonder. Labels: countable Example: It came to her in an epiphany what her life's work was to be. Example: 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. 2. A manifestation or appearance of a divine or superhuman being. Labels: countable Example: 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. 3. Alternative letter-case form of Epiphany. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: coefficient Part of Speech: adj 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. Pronunciation: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t], [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t], /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/, /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/ 1. Cooperating. Example: 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; Example: Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.
Word: coefficient Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t], [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t], /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/, /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/ 1. A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied. 2. An entry of a matrix. Example: 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. Example: Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ. 3. A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic. Example: Near-synonym: constant
Word: constant Part of Speech: adj 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. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstənt/, /ˈkɑnstənt/ 1. Unchanged through time or space; permanent. 2. Consistently recurring over time; persistent. Example: The constant pinging of electronic devices is driving many people to the end of their tether. Electronic devices not only overload the senses and invade leisure time. They feed on themselves: the more people tweet the more they are rewarded with followers and retweets. 3. Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc. Example: Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. Example: I am constant to my purposes. 4. Firm; solid; not fluid. Example: If […] you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body. 5. Consistent; logical. Labels: obsolete Example: I am no more mad than you are: make the trial of it with any constant question. 6. Bounded above by a constant. Example: constant time constant space
Word: constant Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnstənt/, /ˈkɑnstənt/ 1. That which is permanent or invariable. 2. A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation. Example: 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.. 3. Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances. Example: 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−). 4. An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
Word: operand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin operandum. By surface analysis, operate + -and. Doublet of operandum. Pronunciation: /ˈɒpəɹænd/, /ˈɑpəˌɹænd/, /ˌɑpəˈɹænd/ 1. A quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x). Example: 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.
Word: vector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Italic *weɣō Latin vehō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vectorlbor. English vector Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, 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. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛktə/, /ˈvɛktɚ/ 1. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. Example: Velocity is a vector defined by the speed of an object and its direction. Example: As examples of vector quantities may be mentioned the distance between any two given points, a velocity, a force, an acceleration, angular velocity, intensity of magnetization flux of heat. 2. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. Example: The vectors in #123;#92;mathbbQ#125;#91;X#93; are the single-variable polynomials with rational coefficients: one is #92;textstylex#123;42#125;#43;#92;frac1#123;137#125;x-1. 3. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. Example: Computers store many types of data as vectors for ease of processing. Example: A row vector is a matrix whose M dimension is 1. In fact, a row vector is a matrix consisting of a single row, and a column vector a matrix consisting of a single column. 4. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points. Example: I was told to fly out on a vector of 100 degrees to meet a strong plot of aircraft 30 miles from the coast. 5. A kind of dynamically resizable array. Example: To create a vector of students in a class, you will want the vector to be large enough […] 6. A kind of dynamically resizable array. 7. A kind of dynamically resizable array. Labels: attributive Example: a vector image, vector graphics 8. A carrier of a disease-causing agent. 9. A carrier of a disease-causing agent. Example: These days, their primary job is to insist that Facebook is a fun place to share baby photos and sell old couches, not a vector for hate speech, misinformation, and violent extremist propaganda. 10. A carrier of a disease-causing agent. 11. Forces, developments, phenomena, processes, systems, etc. which influence the trajectory of history (e.g. imperialism)
Word: vector Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Italic *weɣō Latin vehō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin vectorlbor. English vector Learned borrowing from Latin vector (“carrier, transporter”), from vehō (“to carry, transport, 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. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛktə/, /ˈvɛktɚ/ 1. To set (particularly an aircraft) on a course toward a selected point. Example: […] if love is vectored toward an object and Elinor's here flies toward Marianne, Marianne's in turn toward Willoughby. 2. To redirect to a vector, or code entry point.
Word: scalar Part of Speech: adj 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. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪ.lə/, /skeɪ.lɚ/, /ˈskæɪ.lə/ 1. Having magnitude but not direction. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of a single value (e.g. integer or string) rather than multiple values (e.g. array). Labels: not-comparable 3. Of, or relating to scale. Labels: not-comparable Example: 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. Example: 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. 4. Of or pertaining to a musical scale. Labels: not-comparable 5. Relating to particles with a spin (quantum angular momentum) of 0 (known as spin 0). Labels: not-comparable 6. Pertaining to the dimension on which something is measured. Labels: not-comparable Example: Spector (2006, 2007) suggests to derive this inference as a scalar implicature. Example: 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.
Word: scalar Part of Speech: noun 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. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪ.lə/, /skeɪ.lɚ/, /ˈskæɪ.lə/ 1. A quantity that has magnitude but not direction. 2. An amplifier whose output is a constant multiple of its input.
Word: polynomial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/, /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/ 1. 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. Labels: strict-sense Example: Unfortunately, an analogous attack on the octic polynomial becomes exceedingly complicated. Example: 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. 2. A taxonomic designation (such as of a subspecies) consisting of more than two terms. 3. A type of term consisting of multiple parts. Example: Alternatively, there are polynomials denoting stages of the day: tónglóng 曈昽 “ light at daybreak”; or meteorological phenomena, such as wùsōng 雾凇 “(soft) rime”, àidài 叆叇 “ (of clouds) dense”. Example: The same corpus is used as in the analysis of the thematic scope of polynomials, except that in this case only 720 binomes will be considered.
Word: polynomial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + -nomial, from νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), by analogy with binomial. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈnəʊmɪəl/, /ˌpɑliˈnoʊmiəl/ 1. Able to be described or limited by a polynomial. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a polynomial name or entity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scalar product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic. 1. 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.
Word: vector product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by William Kingdon Clifford in 1877 in his book Elements of Dynamic. 1. 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.
Word: cross product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1881. 1. A vector product. Example: 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.
Word: dot product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the symbol · used to denote the operation. 1. A scalar product.
Word: Abu Dhabi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو ظَبْي (ʔabū ẓaby, “father of the gazelle”). The first word Abu is related to abba. See abbot, Abraham for more. Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.bu ˈdɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈðɑ.bi/, /ˈɑ.bu ˈdæ.bi/ 1. The capital city of the United Arab Emirates; the capital of Abu Dhabi emirate. Example: Abu Dhabi has even branded itself “the capital of capital.” 2. An emirate of the United Arab Emirates, on the southern Persian Gulf.
Word: Accra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Akan Nkran (“Accra”), from Akan nkran (“ant”), a reference to the numerous anthills seen in the countryside around Accra. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɑ/, /ˈæk.ɹə/ 1. The capital city of Ghana.
Word: Addis Ababa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Amharic አዲስ አበባ (ʾädis ʾäbäba, “new flower”). Pronunciation: /ˌædɪs ˈæbəbə/ 1. The capital city of Ethiopia.
Word: Algiers Part of Speech: name 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. For the New Orleans neighborhood, the name is ultimately uncertain. Pronunciation: /ælˈdʒɪə(ɹ)z/, /ælˈd͡ʒiɹz/ 1. The capital and largest city of Algeria. 2. A province of Algeria. 3. A historical autonomous province and vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, located in what is now the country of Algeria, also called the Regency of Algiers. Labels: historical 4. A neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Word: Baghdad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَاد (baḡdād), from Classical Persian بَغْدَاد (baġdād) (see there for more). Doublet of Bhagadatta (derived from Sanskrit भगदत्त (bhagadatta)). Pronunciation: /bæɡˈdæd/, /ˈbæɡdæd/ 1. The capital city of Iraq. 2. A governorate of Iraq.
Word: Bali Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːli/ 1. A province of Indonesia, primarily made up of the island of Bali. 2. An island of Indonesia, just east of Java. Example: 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.
Word: Bali Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 八里 (Bālǐ). 1. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan. Example: 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. Example: 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.
Word: Bali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uneapa bali (“to not be”). 1. An island of Papua New Guinea. 2. The Uneapa language spoken on that island.
Word: Bali Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَلِي (balī). 1. An Arab tribe of Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
Word: Bali Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Pali. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Bangkok Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Thai บางกอก (baang-gɔ̀ɔk). Pronunciation: /bæŋˈkɒk/ 1. The capital city of Thailand. Example: 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. Example: 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. 2. The government of Thailand. Labels: metonymically
Word: Barcelona Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately borrowed from Catalan Barcelona. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑːsəˈləʊnə/, /ˌbɑɹsəˈloʊnə/, /ˌbɑɹsɪˈloʊnə/ 1. The capital city of Catalonia, Spain. Example: 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. 2. A province of Catalonia, Spain. 3. A municipality of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. 4. A hamlet in Pelynt parish, Cornwall, England. 5. Places in the Philippines: 6. Places in the Philippines: 7. Places in the Philippines: 8. Places in the Philippines: 9. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Arkansas, United States. 10. The capital city of the state of Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
Word: Basel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːzəl/ 1. The capital city of Basel-Stadt canton, Switzerland. 2. A former canton in northwestern Switzerland.
Word: Belfast Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Béal Feirste (literally “mouth of the River Farset”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛl.fæst/, /ˈbɛl.fɑːst/ 1. The capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. 2. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 3. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 4. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 5. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 6. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 7. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 8. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 9. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 10. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 11. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 12. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 13. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 14. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 15. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 16. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such. 17. A place named for either the city in Northern Ireland or another place also named as such.
Word: Berlin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Berlin. Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪn/, /bɜːˈlɪn/, /bɛə̯ˈlɪn/, /bɚˈlɪn/, /ˈbɜː.lɪn/ 1. Short for Berlin worsted Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Are you not aware that the single worsted that Berlin is made of, is very different from that that is made into stockings? Example: Berlin and other kinds of Lamb's Wool and Worsted of the finest colours and in the brightest shades; […]
Word: Cairo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Il Cairo, from Arabic الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira) Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ/, /kɛɹ.oʊ/, /keɪ.ɹoʊ/ 1. The capital city of Egypt. Example: 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. 2. A governorate of Egypt, containing the capital city. 3. Several places in the United States: 4. Several places in the United States: 5. Several places in the United States: 6. Several places in the United States: 7. Several places in the United States: 8. Several places in the United States: 9. Several places in the United States: 10. Several places in the United States: 11. Several places in the United States: 12. Several places in the United States: 13. Several places in the United States: 14. Several places in the United States: 15. Several places in the United States: 16. Several places in the United States: 17. A community in the township of Dawn-Euphemia, Ontario, Canada.
Word: Cape of Good Hope Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Cabo da Boa Esperança. 1. A headland in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town.
Word: Cape Town Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪp ˌtaʊn/ 1. The legislative capital of South Africa.
Word: Caracas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Caracas. Named after the Caraca tribe. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɑːkəs/, /kəˈɹækəs/ 1. The capital city of Venezuela. Example: “I see a somewhat warlike atmosphere. Silence can say many things,” a driver from eastern Caracas told CNN, asking not to be identified for security reasons.
Word: Central America Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsɛntɹəl əˈmɛɹɪkə/ 1. A continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America.
Word: Central America Part of Speech: noun Labels: no-gloss
Word: Channel Islands Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈtʃænəl ˌaɪləndz/ 1. A group of islands of the Duchy of Normandy in the English Channel: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Lihou, Jethou and Burhou. 2. 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.
Word: Cologne Part of Speech: name 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. Pronunciation: /kəˈloʊn/, /ˈkʊlɛn/, /ˈkʊlɪn/ 1. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River. Example: Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area. 2. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.