nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: text Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture. Pronunciation: /tɛkst/ 1. To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones. Labels: transitive Example: Just text me when you get here. Example: I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it. 2. To send and receive text messages. Labels: intransitive Example: Have you been texting all afternoon? 3. To write in large characters, as in text hand. Labels: dated Example: I wish / (Next to my part of Heav'n) that she would spend / The last part of her life so here, that all / Indifferent judges might condemn me for / A most malicious slanderer, nay, text it / Upon my forehead Example: The basic plan is simple. For the first two phrases the texted line is above the untexted; for the next two, bring us to the midpoint cadence, the texted line is for the most part lower; and the in the second half the texted material starts lower, moves into the upper position and finally occupies the bottom range again.
Word: booklet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English book Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English booklet From book + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈbʊk.lət/ 1. A small or thin book.
Word: qualia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑːliə/, /ˈkweɪ-/ 1. plural of quale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quanta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quanta; by surface analysis, quant(um) + -a. 1. plural of quantum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indivisible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/ 1. Incapable of being divided; atomic. Labels: not-comparable Example: one indivisible point of time Example: Although the mainland and Taiwan are yet to be reunited, they belong to one and same China, which is an indivisible whole. 2. Incapable of being divided by a specific integer without leaving a remainder. Labels: not-comparable
Word: indivisible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle French indivisible, from Late Latin indivisibilis. Equivalent to in- + divisible. Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzɪbəl/ 1. That which cannot be divided or split. Example: By atom, nobody will imagine we intend to express a perfect indivisible, but only the least sort of natural bodies. Example: The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject. 2. An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.
Word: inseparable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable. Pronunciation: /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/ 1. Unable to be separated; bound together permanently. Example: People of unalterable ideas still insisted upon calling him "Sergeant" when they met him, which was in some degree owing to his having still retained the well-shaped moustache of his military days, and the soldierly bearing inseparable from his form. Example: In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […] and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. But he had then none of the oddities and mannerisms which I hold to be inseparable from genius, and which struck my attention in after days when I came in contact with the Celebrity.
Word: inseparable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Middle French inséparable, from Latin īnsēparābilis. Constructed as in- + separable. Pronunciation: /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/ 1. Something that cannot be separated from something else. Example: Jayanta does so in answering an opponent who declares that the very idea of a relation between two inseparables is self-contradictory. How can inseparability and relation be reconciled?
Word: permanent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/, /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/ 1. Without end, eternal. Example: Nothing in this world is truly permanent. Example: Things that had been permanent and unquestionable were suddenly thrown into doubt. 2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time. Example: The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
Word: permanent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/, /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/ 1. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm. Example: She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones. 2. Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i). 3. A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
Word: permanent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/, /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/ 1. To perm (the hair). Labels: dated, transitive
Word: goods Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡʊdz/ 1. plural of good Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goods Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡʊdz/ 1. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Freight, as opposed to passengers. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only 3. Ellipsis of goods train. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-only Example: An unusual visitor to Leeds on September 26 was Class 4 4-6-0 No. 75042 (17A), on a Class H goods from York; it soon returned on the 6.30 p.m. Leeds-York parcels. 4. Something authentic, important, or revealing. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only 5. The female body, especially when seen as desirable. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: And she got the goods / And she got that ass, I got to look, sorry! 6. The male genitals. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: […]that enormous machine of his[…] which, together with it bottom dependence, the inestimable bulse of ladies jewels, formed a grand showout of goods indeed! 7. A person or animal, etc., with reference to its characteristics. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: The Colonel's horse is good goods.
Word: goods Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡʊdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of good Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: services Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/, /ˈsɝ.vɪ.sɪz/ 1. That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work. Example: The acts of Congress establishing new mail routes and requiring more expensive services on others and the increasing wants of the country have for three years past carried the expenditures something beyond the accruing revenues, the excess having been met until the past year by the surplus which had previously accumulated. Example: To establish a system of priorities and allocations for materials and facilities, authorize the requisitioning thereof, provide financial assistance for expansion of productive capacity and supply, provide for price and wage stabilization, provide for the settlement of labor disputes, strengthen controls over credit, and by these measures facilitate the production of goods and services necessary for the national security, and for other purposes. 2. plural of service Labels: form-of, plural
Word: services Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/, /ˈsɝ.vɪ.sɪz/ 1. A service station. Labels: UK Example: There's a services in 10 miles. Example: However, the tedium was a little relieved by the fact that I had to call in every services from Birmingham to Watford Gap.
Word: services Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.vɪ.sɪz/, /ˈsɝ.vɪ.sɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of service Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stock exchange Part of Speech: noun 1. A building that trades stocks in of companies for money and vice versa. 2. An organisation that trades stocks in of companies for money and vice versa.
Word: levanter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (wind): Levant + -er; Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), figuratively: to flee eastward, literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the western Mediterranean Sea and southern France. * (person): levant + -er 1. An Easterly wind that blows from the Mediterranean, through the straits of Gibraltar to the Atlantic. 2. One who levants, or absconds to avoid paying a debt.
Word: negative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable. Example: The high exchange rate will have a negative effect on our profits. Example: Customers didn’t like it: feedback was mostly negative. 2. Of a number: less than zero. 3. Of a number: less than zero. Example: I was out in negative weather today. 4. Of a test result: not positive, not detected. Example: negative detection of. 5. Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles 6. Denying a proposition; negating a concept. 7. Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things. Labels: often Example: I don’t like to hang around him very much because he can be so negative about his petty problems. 8. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed. 9. Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic. Example: The nitro group is negative. 10. Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted. Labels: New-Age, derogatory, jargon Example: Negative feelings can be worked through and their energy converted into positive energy... In crisis, normal patterns of self-organization fail, resulting in anxiety (negative energy). Example: 2011, Joe Vitale, The Key: the missing secret for attracting anything you want, Body, Mind & Spirit, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hf5qEW9n_fsC&pg=PT109&dq=positive+feelings&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MkX-T8PQCo6KmQXjr4GhBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=unwanted%20feelings&f=false The threat of negative feelings may seem very real, but they are nothing more than mirages... Allow the unwanted feelings to evaporate and dissolve as the mirages that they are. 11. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis. 12. HIV negative. Labels: slang Example: We certainly told him at that time that I was negative. We talked about transmission. We told him we don't do anything that would cause me to become positive. 13. COVID-19 negative. Labels: slang 14. No, not any, zero. Labels: excessive Example: The negative contact we get inside here [prison] is enough to make you even more bitter and further alienated from society and ourselves. Example: The hell? I wish I could follow you on that, but it makes negative sense.
Word: negative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto Example: “Upon my word, I can’t eat a morsel,” answered the lady […] There is indeed in perfect beauty a power which none almost can withstand; for my landlady, though she was not pleased at the negative given to the supper, declared she had never seen so lovely a creature. Example: Geoffrey Riddell Bishop of Ely […] made a request of him for timber from his woods towards certain edifices going on at Glemsford. The Abbot, a great builder himself, disliked the request; could not however give it a negative. 2. An unfavorable point or characteristic. 3. A right of veto. Example: And as to the Constitutionality of laws, that point will come before the Judges in their proper official character. In this character they have a negative on the laws. Example: The qualified negative of the President differs widely from this absolute negative of the British sovereign; […] 4. An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse. 5. A word that indicates negation. Example: "Why, she is one of those persons whom negatives seem invented to describe—I doubt whether she is worth one single bad quality." 6. A negative quantity. 7. A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement. 8. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell. 9. A statement that something didn’t happen or doesn’t exist. Example: You can’t prove a negative.
Word: negative Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. To refuse; to veto. Labels: transitive Example: Poppy earnestly begged to be allowed to go with Jasmine on the roof, but this the good lady negatived with horror. Example: "Never mind," said Cripps, "the dinner will set you right." The curate, foreboding the worst, followed them to the Sign of the Sixpence, where he had sufficient presence of mind to negative Cripps's order of steak-and-kidney pudding for three, and substitute a humble request for roast mutton. 2. To contradict. Labels: transitive Example: "A comely maid, that," said the other. "True, comely enough. But unless I make a great mistake—" And he negatived the remainder of the definition forthwith. 3. To disprove. Labels: transitive Example: At one time an idea got abroad that the whole tale of her fortune had been a myth; […] but the boastings of various servants who declared they had seen her with “rolls on rolls” of banknotes […] negatived the truth of this statement. Example: "However, the fact that they need crystals negatives that idea...we must seek a material explanation." 4. To make ineffective; to neutralize; to negate. Labels: transitive Example: "The War Office," said Miss Nightingale, "is a very slow office, an enormously expensive office, and one in which the Minister's intentions can be entirely negatived by all his sub-departments, and those of each of the sub-departments by every other." Example: In the nature of things, much railway capital expenditure on stations and depots was in the immediate vicinity, if not in the heart, of towns, and extensions or remodellings, apart from being extremely costly, may be entirely negatived by the impossibility of securing the necessary land.
Word: negative Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English negative, negatif, from Old French negatif, from Latin negātīvus (“that denies, negative”), from negāre (“to deny”); see negate. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/, [-ɾɪv] 1. No; nay. Example: "Negative Marcel. No IOC. Patient has been drinking heavily, we can give him nothing for pain."
Word: neutral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹəl/, /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ 1. Not taking sides in a conflict such as war; nonaligned. 2. Favoring neither the supporting nor opposing viewpoint of a topic of debate; unbiased. Example: I am neutral regarding the issue of gay marriage. Example: The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other. 3. Neither positive nor negative. 4. Not biased; viewing situations objectively in a way that is neither positive nor negative. Example: a neutral person 5. Neither beneficial nor harmful. Example: Some things good, and some things ill, do seem, And neutral some, in her fantastic eye. Example: Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation,[…] In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. These rarities may be new mutations, or they can be existing ones that are neutral—or are even selected against—in a wild population. A good example is mutations that disrupt seed dispersal, leaving the seeds on the heads long after they are ripe. 6. Having no sex; neuter. 7. Having no obvious colour; gray. 8. Neither positive nor negative; possessing no charge or equivalent positive and negative charge such that there is no imbalance. 9. Having a pH of or near 7, neither acidic nor alkaline. 10. Of an alcoholic drink, having been fermented and distilled but with no additives. 11. Having an alignment that is situated between two notable possibilities, such as between good and evil, or between chaotic and lawful.
Word: neutral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French neutral (compare modern French neutre), from Latin neutrālis. By surface analysis, neuter + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.tɹəl/, /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ 1. A nonaligned state, or a member of such a state. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A person who takes no side in a dispute. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They say in Harlan County There are no neutrals there You'll either be a union man Or a thug for J.H. Blair. 3. An individual or entity serving as an arbitrator or adjudicator. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A neutral hue. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The position of a set of gears in which power cannot be transmitted to the drive mechanism. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: angel gear (humorous) Example: Put it in neutral, and we'll push it out of the garage. 6. An electrical terminal or conductor which has zero or close to zero voltage with respect to the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: marshy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English mersshy, mershi, equivalent to marsh + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹʃi/ 1. Of, or resembling a marsh; boggy. Example: the marshy nature of the ground Example: Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult. 2. Growing in marshy ground.
Word: electromagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + magnetic or electromagnet + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊ.mæɡˈnɛ.tɪk/ 1. Relating to electromagnetism. Labels: not-comparable Example: Skin needs ultraviolet radiation to begin the synthesis of vitamin D, but dermatologists say you can probably get the necessary electromagnetic input from a mere 20 minutes of sun exposure a week, as you go about your daily affairs, sunblocked and sans beach. Example: During the test, Redwire teams checked if the electromagnetic radiation of the antennas installed on the spacecraft disturbed any of the electrical systems on board the two spacecraft.
Word: electroweak Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From electro- + weak. Coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and used informally as early as 1978, and by him in print and his Nobel Prize lecture in 1979. 1. Describing the combination of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the next section we ignore these intermediate energy scales and the intermediate unification steps and concentrate on the main problem of the Grand Unification schemes of electroweak and strong unification: What is the probable Grand Unification mass, M, beyond which the three forces, electromagnetism, weak and strong, may manifest themselves with the same effective strength?
Word: fundamental force Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the fundamental forces that act between elementary particles; each one is associated with an exchanged particle.
Word: weak nuclear force Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four fundamental forces that is associated with nuclear decay. Example: According to current understanding, there are four fundamental forces in nature, three of which – the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces – are explained by the standard model of particle physics.
Word: electromagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English magnetism English electromagnetism From electro- + magnetism. Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛk.tɹəʊˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/, /ɪˌlɛk.tɹoʊˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/, /ɪˌlek.tɹəʉˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/, /ɪˌlek.tɹɐʉˈmæɡ.nəˌtɪzm̩/ 1. A unified fundamental force that combines the aspects of electricity and magnetism and is one of the four fundamental forces. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: strong nuclear force Part of Speech: noun 1. The color force, a fundamental force that is associated with the strong bonds, created by the associated bosons known as gluons, between quarks and other subatomic particles. Example: According to current understanding, there are four fundamental forces in nature, three of which – the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces – are explained by the standard model of particle physics. 2. Synonym of nuclear force. Labels: dated
Word: gluon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glue + -on. From being a particle (suffix "-on") that "glues" (attracts) together particles that feel the force carried by the gluon. Coined by American physicist Murray Gell-Mann in 1962. Pronunciation: /ˈɡluː.ɒn/, /ˈɡlu.ɑn/ 1. A massless gauge boson that binds quarks together to form baryons, mesons and other hadrons and is associated with the strong nuclear force. Labels: particle Example: Naive realism might ask today: Tell me what space is in itself, not in terms of other things. Tell me what a gluon is at bottom, or a neutrino, or a charge. Example: The so-called spin crisis has had important effects beyond simply confronting theorists with a particularly sharp challenge to their incomplete understanding of quantum chromodynamics, the underlying field theory of quarks and the gluons that mediate their strong interactions.
Word: boson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bose + -on. Named after Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894–1974); coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled Developments in Atomic Theory. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/, /ˈboʊ.zɑn/ 1. A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer spin. Among them are many elementary particles, and some (gauge bosons) are known to carry the fundamental forces. Labels: particle
Word: boson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of boatswain. 1. A boatswain. Labels: obsolete Example: Anth. Where is the Maſter, Boſon ?
Word: euthenics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the effects of place on people. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of improvement of human function when their environment improves. Labels: uncountable
Word: fermion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Fermi + -on. Named after Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi. Coined by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1945 in a lecture titled "Developments in Atomic Theory". Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːmɪɒn/ 1. Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark; Labels: particle Example: The fermions treated by the Standard Model are the (composite) baryons and the (elementary) leptons and quarks. Example: According to the spin–statistics theorem, the wavefunction of a system of identical fermions (particles of half-integer spin) is antisymmetric under the operation of swapping any two particles. 2. Any elementary or composite particle that has half-integer spin and thus obeys Fermi–Dirac statistics and the Pauli exclusion principle (equivalently, a particle for which the wavefunction of any system of identical such particles changes sign whenever two are swapped); a baryon, a lepton or a quark; (slightly more loosely) any such particle or any composite particle composed of fermions. Labels: particle
Word: Venice turpentine Part of Speech: noun 1. The oleoresin (crude turpentine) of European larch (Larix decidua), formerly used as a component in the oil paintings of artists to create glossy, translucent glazes. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: [T]hey produce resins, and many of them are supposed to supply the most durable timber: what is called Venice-turpentine is obtained from the larch by wounding the bark about two feet from the ground, and catching it as it exsudes […].
Word: lepton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπτόν (leptón), neuter form of λεπτός (leptós, “small”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛptɒn/ 1. A coin used since ancient times in Greece, serving in modern times as one hundredth of a phoenix, a drachma, and a euro (as the Greek form of the Eurocent). 2. A small, bronze Judean coin from the 1st century BCE, considered by some to be the widow's mite.
Word: lepton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós) + -on. Coined by Dutch-American physicist Abraham Pais in 1947. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛptɒn/ 1. An elementary particle that has a spin of 1/2 (i.e., is a fermion) and does not interact via the strong nuclear force; examples include the electron, the muon, the neutrino and the tauon. Labels: particle Example: In the present paper we deal with the second order radiative correction to the beta disintegration of nucleon, assuming the Fermi's interaction between necleon and lepton fields, and show that there appears such an ultraviolet divergence as can not be removed by the procedure of renormalization of mass and coupling constant, so far as a single type of coupling is assumed for the decay Hamiltonian.
Word: neutrino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Italian physicist Enrico Fermi in 1933 from neutron + the Italian diminutive suffix -ino; by surface analysis, neutr(o)- + -ino. Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹiːnəʊ/, /nuˈtɹinoʊ/ 1. An elementary particle that is classified as a lepton, and has an extremely small but nonzero mass and no electric charge. It interacts with the surroundings only via the weak force or gravitation, making it very difficult to detect. Example: But researchers at the CERN lab near Geneva claim they have recorded neutrinos, a type of tiny particle, travelling faster than the barrier of 186,282 miles (299,792 kilometres) per second.
Word: graviton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gravity + -on. Coined by Russian physicists Dmitrii Blokhintsev and F. M. Gal'perin in 1934, and reintroduced by English physicist Paul Dirac in 1959 in a lecture to the American Physical Society. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹavɪtɒn/ 1. A hypothetical gauge boson that regulates the gravitational force. It would have a spin of 2 and zero rest mass. Labels: particle
Word: neko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nekomimi. 1. A catgirl or catboy.
Word: digi- Part of Speech: prefix 1. digital Labels: morpheme 2. digit Labels: morpheme
Word: employ Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From late Middle English emploien, imploien, emplien (“to apply to a specific purpose”), from Anglo-Norman emploier, Old French emploiier (“to entangle, fabricate, to make use of”), ultimately from Latin implicāre (“to infold, entangle, involve, engage”), from in- (“in”) + plicāre (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and implicate. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ/ 1. To retain (someone) as an employee. Example: Our company employs hundreds of people. Example: Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year. 2. To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire. Labels: rare Example: Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic. Example: The management, who were close personal friends, had just employed a new chef. 3. To use (someone or something) for a job or task. Example: The burglar employed a jemmy to get in. Example: Valiant Othello, we muſt straight employ you, / Againſt the generall Enemy Ottoman. 4. To make busy; to preoccupy. Example: Let it not enter in your minde of loue: / Be merry, and imploy your chiefeſt thoughts / To courtſhip, and ſuch faire oſtents of loue / As ſhall conueniently become you there; Example: I heard the woods, and distant waters, roar; / Or heard them not, as happy as a Boy: / The pleasant season did my heart employ:
Word: employ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French emploi (“job, employment”), the deverbal from employer (“to put to use, to employ”), first attested in the late 17th century. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɔɪ/, /ɛmˈplɔɪ/ 1. The state of being an employee; employment. Example: The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ. Example: If Siamese in the employ of British subjects offend against the laws of their country, 2. An occupation. Labels: archaic Example: Still he wrote on. He was too much engrossed in his own charmed employ not to be insensible for a time to all external influences: he might suffer afterwards, but now his mind was his kingdom. 3. The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment. Labels: obsolete Example: Notwithstanding the employ of general and local bleeding, blisters, &c., the patient died on the fourth day after entrance.
Word: probative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English probatiffe, from Old French probatif, from Latin probātīvus (“belonging to proof”), from Latin probare (“show, prove, demonstrate”) (See prove). Originally in terme probatiffe (“a period of time assigned for the proving of an allegation”). First attested in the mid-15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈproʊ.bə.tɪv/ 1. Tending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation. Labels: formal Example: The judge had granted the DA a one-week extension with the caustic admonition that the case would be summarily dismissed if at that time probative, as opposed to prejudicial, evidence was not produced. Example: My grandfather in person organized the file with a surfeit of sworn testimonies and probative documents […]
Word: plentiful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English plentiful, plentyfull, plentefull, equivalent to plenty + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/ 1. Existing in large number or ample amount. Example: a plentiful harvest Example: a plentiful supply of water 2. Yielding abundance; fruitful. Example: Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples. Example: If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year. 3. Lavish; profuse; prodigal. Labels: obsolete Example: He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
Word: Mattathias Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin Mattathiās, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰττᾰθῐ́ᾱς (Măttăthĭ́ās), from the Biblical Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ (mattiṯyāhū). Doublet of Matthew. Pronunciation: /ˌmætəˈθaɪ.əs/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew — famously held by: Labels: rare Example: vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Amos, vvho vvas of Naum, vvho vvas of Heſli, vvho vvas of Naggé, 2. A male given name from Hebrew — famously held by: Labels: rare Example: vvho vvas of Mahath, vvho vvas of Matthathias, vvho vvas of Semei, vvho vvas of Ioſeph, vvho vvas of Iuda, 3. A male given name from Hebrew — famously held by: Labels: Judaism, rare Example: In thoſe dayes aroſe Mathathias the ſonne of Iohn, the ſonne of Simeon, prieſt of the ſonnes of Ioarib from Ieruſalem, and he ſate in the mountayne of Modin: and he had fiue ſonnes, Iohn who was ſurnamed Gaddis: and Simon, who was ſurnamed Thaſi: and Iudas, who was called Machabeus: and Eleazar, who was ſurnamed Abaron: and Ionathan, who was ſurnamed Apphus.
Word: sniff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /snɪf/, /snəf/ 1. To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent. Example: I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off. 2. To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt. Labels: transitive Example: "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him. 3. To perceive vaguely. Labels: transitive Example: I don't know, of course, what your precious Radicals are planning to do, and I don't want to know; but I can sniff trouble in the air, nevertheless. 4. To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner. Labels: intransitive Example: COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a^([sic]) unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we? 5. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at. Example: This opportunity is not to be sniffed at. 6. To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network. Example: packet sniffer 7. To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form. Labels: UK, slang Example: Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Word: sniff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /snɪf/, /snəf/ 1. An instance of sniffing. Labels: countable Example: She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real. 2. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose. Labels: countable 3. A brief perception, or tiny amount. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: Tottenham did have a sniff of goal when Defoe's drilled cross just eluded his strike partner at the far post but their best effort came early in the second half when Ryan Fredericks cut in from the right before firing into the side netting. Example: Telecoms firms want a sniff, having invested heavily in ultra-fast, low-latency 5G spectrum. 4. Cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: He sold us some sniff and blow. 5. A toddler or young child. Labels: countable, slang
Word: sniff Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /snɪf/, /snəf/ 1. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying. Example: a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying Wild boar classified a protected species First reaction from dismayed costumers: “Boohoohoo! Sniff!”
Word: evening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ Old English ǣfen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *-ōjan Old English -ian Old English ǣfnian Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Old English ǣfnung Middle English evening English evening From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian (“to become evening”), from ǣfen (“eve”) (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈiːv.nɪŋ/, /ˈiv.nɪŋ/ 1. The time of day between afternoon and night. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Toward evening, there was heavy rain. Example: I met my wife on a summer's evening in 1999. 2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. Example: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. 3. A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: It was the evening of the Roman Empire. Example: The latter [locomotive] had worked on the Hampton Court branch for many years, and was spending the evening of its life in the West Country. 4. A party or gathering held in the evening. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.
Word: evening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of even Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: evening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of evene Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Artemis Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.tə.mɪs/, /ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/, /ˈɒɹ.tə.mɪs/, /ˈɐː.tə.mɪs/, /ˈɐː.tə.məs/ 1. The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. Labels: Greek Example: The perception of it added something that was little short of reverence to the deep affection for him of a woman who, herself, had more of Artemis than of Aphrodite in her constitution. Example: Ah! here is the duchess, looking like Artemis in a tailor-made gown. 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios. Labels: rare 3. A male given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare Example: Mr. HISS. And is Mr. Artemis Denaxas an official of that company? Mr. ALLARD. I believe he is. Mr. HISS. I offer as "Exhibit No. 307" a letter of August 22, 1933, by Mr. Artemis Denaxas to Mr. Goulding, […] Example: Artemis's father rested one hand on the rolling ladder, lifting his weight from the artificial limb. His expression was strange, and one that Artemis could not recall ever seeing. He realized his father was more than anxious. Artemis Fowl Senior was afraid. […] Now Artemis himself grew worried. 4. The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868. 5. A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the Moon in the 2020s. (See Artemis program on Wikipedia.) Example: Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon.
Word: Athena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina. Pronunciation: /əˈθiːnə/ 1. The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, the arts, and especially crafts, in particular, weaving; daughter of Zeus and Metis. Her Roman counterpart is Minerva. Labels: Greek 2. A city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. 3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Word: Athena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina. Pronunciation: /əˈθiːnə/ 1. A woman who colludes with the patriarchy rather than actively opposing it. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: The last thing feminist Athenas see about corporate structures, government, or academia is that they are run by benevolent and all-protective fathers. Example: The latter may become either Athenas or feminists. If one gets a certain sort of male sponsorship, becomes a Daddy's girl, one is allowed to function in these vocations of the righteous […]
Word: round the twist Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Mad. Labels: slang 2. Eccentric. Labels: slang
Word: polyamory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Italic *amāō Latin amō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin amor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English polyamory From poly- + Latin amor + English -y. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒ.lɪˈæ.mə.ɹi/, [ˌpɔ.lijˈæ.m(ə).ɹi], /ˌpɑ.lijˈæ.m(ə).ɹi/ 1. Any of various practices involving romantic or sexual relationships with multiple partners with the knowledge and consent of all involved. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some of these are poly intimacy, polyamory, polygamy, omnigamy, multimate, multiple adult relationship, combo, cellular family, expanded family, nonexclusive relationship, intimate friendship and inclusive relationship.
Word: translucent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent From Latin trānslūcentem, accusative of trānslūcēns, present participle of trānslūcēre. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈluː.sənt/, /tɹænzˈlu.sənt/ 1. Allowing light to pass through, but diffusing it. Example: Near-synonym: semitransparent Example: The window-panes, encrusted with perennial deposits of Atmosphere, were less transparent than translucent. 2. Clear, lucid, or transparent. Labels: often Example: Mr. Blaine's powers and disposition shone resplendent. . . . the gavel in his practised hand, chiming in with varied tones that aptly enforced his words, from the sharp rat-tat-tat that recalled the House to decorum, to the vigorous thunder that actually drowned unparliamentary speech; rulings, repartee, translucent explanation flashing from his lips as quick as lighting. Example: I thought you'd come round to my view, but I own I was startled at your not seeing it from the beginning. The man is a translucent liar and knave.
Word: translucent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Latin trānslūceō Latin trānslūcēnsbor. English translucent From Latin trānslūcentem, accusative of trānslūcēns, present participle of trānslūcēre. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈluː.sənt/, /tɹænzˈlu.sənt/ 1. Something that is translucent. Example: They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.” Example: The trademark LaCie «eye» is back, metal is in the house and the translucents are finally in the trash.
Word: opaque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac. Pronunciation: /əʊˈpeɪk/, /oʊˈpeɪk/, /əʉˈpæɪk/, [ɐʉˈpæɪk], /ɐʉˈpæɪk/ 1. Neither reflecting nor emitting light. Example: We have agreed that heat is energy to begin with. Light is also a form of energy for when absorbed by any opaque substance it turns completely into heat. 2. Allowing little light to pass through, not translucent or transparent. 3. Unclear, unintelligible, hard to get or explain the meaning of. Labels: figuratively 4. Obtuse, stupid. Labels: figuratively 5. Describes a type for which higher-level callers have no knowledge of data values or their representations; all operations are carried out by the type's defined abstract operators.
Word: opaque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac. Pronunciation: /əʊˈpeɪk/, /oʊˈpeɪk/, /əʉˈpæɪk/, [ɐʉˈpæɪk], /ɐʉˈpæɪk/ 1. An area of darkness; a place or region with no light. Labels: obsolete, poetic Example: Through this opaque of Nature and of Soul, / This double night, transmit one pitying ray, / To lighten, and to cheer. 2. Something which is opaque rather than translucent. Example: They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.”
Word: opaque Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English opake, from Latin opacus (“shaded, shady, dark”) (of unknown origin), later reinforced from Middle French opaque. Doublet of ubac. Pronunciation: /əʊˈpeɪk/, /oʊˈpeɪk/, /əʉˈpæɪk/, [ɐʉˈpæɪk], /ɐʉˈpæɪk/ 1. To make, render (more) opaque. Labels: transitive
Word: sealab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + lab. 1. An underwater laboratory.
Word: skylab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + lab. 1. An outer space laboratory. Example: Two possibilities come to mind: (1) the use of multi-body spacecraft systems, e.g. space stations or shuttle skylabs employing subsatellites and/or passive balloons. (2) the use of cluster system of several small satellites of different size, geometry and surface material. Example: Two aspects of altered immunity must be dealt with before man can exist for extended periods in space capsules, skylabs, or sealabs.