nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: conjugate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective (as “combined, united”) and noun are first attested in 1471, in Middle English, the verb in 1530; partly from Middle English conjugat(e) (“combined, united”), partly directly borrowed from New Latin coniugātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin coniugō (“to yoke together, combine; (New Latin) to conjugate, decline, inflect”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from con- (“with”) + iugō (“to join”). In Classical Latin, the word for conjugate (grammar) was dēclīnō, coniugō is a later back-formation from post-classical coniugātiō (“conjugation, declension”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/, /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/, /ˈkɔn.d͡ʒə.ɡət/ 1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some of the most widely-applied Gresley features will doubtless long remain a subject of controversy among locomotive engineers, and in particular his patent conjugate valve-motion for 3-cylinder engines, whereby the piston-valve of the middle cylinder derives its motion from the two outside Walschaerts valve-gears. 2. In single pairs; coupled. Labels: not-comparable 3. Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. Labels: not-comparable 4. Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; said of words. Labels: not-comparable 5. Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; said of quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: complex number Part of Speech: noun 1. A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit.
Word: imaginary number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective imaginary in this context was first used (as French imaginaire) by René Descartes in 1673, La Geometrie, referring to imaginary numbers in the broad sense, as non-real roots of polynomials. Descartes' usage was derogatory, but the concept later gained acceptance through the work of Leonhard Euler and Carl Friedrich Gauss in the 18th century. 1. A number of the form bi, where b is any real number and i denotes the imaginary unit. Labels: strict-sense Example: If a#61;0, then x#61;ib is called an imaginary number. The message here is that we must introduce imaginary numbers in order to be able to solve quadratic equations in general. 2. A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and b is nonzero. Labels: broadly
Word: imaginary part Part of Speech: noun 1. Of a complex number a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, the value b.
Word: real part Part of Speech: noun 1. Of a complex number a + bi, the value a.
Word: venti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnti/ 1. Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l). Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: venti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛnti/ 1. A cup of coffee larger than grande, usually 20 ounces. Labels: US Example: "They always order ventis," a cashier said brightly, "and are great tippers."
Word: vera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Vera Lynn. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪəɹə/, /ˈvɪɹə/ 1. A skin (rolling paper for cigarettes). Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Has anybody got any veras? Lovely!
Word: vera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As vega, with the "g" substituted with a "r" to represent risk-free (interest rate). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪəɹə/, /ˈvɪɹə/ 1. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the risk-free interest rate, or equivalently the rate of change of rho with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset. Labels: uncountable
Word: vino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian or Spanish vino (“wine”). Doublet of wine. Pronunciation: /ˈviːnəʊ/, /ˈviːnoʊ/ 1. Wine. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: John came home drunk last night — he’d been at the vino again. Example: Can we expect more of the same Clown Alley–style burger-’n’-vino fun with Spectacle, his studio debut on his own Radio Fryer label?
Word: conjugation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin coniugātiō (“combining, connecting; conjugation”), from coniugō (“join, unite together”). Equivalent to conjugate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌkɑnd͡ʒəˈɡeɪʃən/ 1. The coming together of things; a union. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Sexual relations within marriage. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…] 5. The act or process of conjugating a verb. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: principal parts 7. The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension. Labels: countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable Example: Nouns ending in a vowel other than a, which do not conform to any phonological pattern of noun conjugation, do not decline. 8. A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: declination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English declinacioun, borrowed from Middle French declination, from Latin declinatio. Doublet of declension. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛklɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the earth and the equatorial plane. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A refusal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the queen's declination from marriage 4. The gradual decline in the overall fundamental frequency or pitch of speech over the course of an utterance, independent of local variations such as tones and pitch accents. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Declension. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The act or state of bending downward; inclination. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: declination of the head 7. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: the declination of monarchy Example: Summer […] is not looked on as a time of declination or decay. 8. Deviation. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: this declination of atoms in their descent Example: November 2, 1690, Robert South, Sinners Inexcusable from Natural Religion Only every violation of and declination from the rules
Word: pedestrian crossing Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where pedestrians are permitted to or advised to cross a street. Example: .
Word: pedestrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /pəˈdɛstɹiən/ 1. Of or intended for those who are walking. Labels: not-comparable Example: pedestrian crossing Example: pedestrian zone 2. Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional. Labels: comparable, figuratively Example: His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy. Example: a pedestrian life 3. Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance. Example: The choreographer prefers pedestrian movements.
Word: pedestrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /pəˈdɛstɹiən/ 1. A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle. Example: […] how the troops came marching out for evening exercise under Captain Preston; how pedestrians and street urchins taunted them, shouting "Lobsters," "Bloody-backs," and flinging snow-balls, turnips, […] 2. An expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running. Labels: dated
Word: soup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is from Middle English soupe, sowpe, from Old French soupe, souppe, sope, from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô (compare Middle Dutch sope (“broth”)). Doublet of sop and zuppa. See also sup and supper. The verb is from the noun. Pronunciation: /suːp/, /sup/ 1. To feed: to provide with soup or a meal. Labels: uncommon Example: I'm blessed if I've heard about any thing but kangaroo-tail soup all the while I was at Launceston. They souped me there night and day. Example: Now laughing together thaws our human ice; long before Swindon it was a talking match, —at Swindon who so devoted as Captain Dolignan,—he handed them out—he souped them,—he tough-chickened them,—he brandied and cochinealed one, and he brandied and burnt-sugared the other; 2. To develop (film) in a (chemical) developing solution. Example: That girl Vivienne, by the way, once worked as a secretary in the workshop of The Rotarian, began "souping" her own snapshots at home, went from there to top rank as a New York color photographer specializing in small children […] Example: "Then perhaps it won't surprise you to learn Annie's taking over the Sunday social column," Roz said. "You photo-guys'll be souping her film." 3. To proselytize by feeding the impoverished as long as they listen to one's preaching. Labels: obsolete Example: Was the priest who denounced those books of the National Board as "souping books" the patron of a national school? Example: "Souping" in Peterstown came to an end, and Una had enough to do with her full school and ignorant scholars to deaden the sting of her grief for the time.
Word: soup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sup, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. More at sup. Pronunciation: /suːp/, /sup/ 1. Alternative form of sup (“to sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: soup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe (“sup; draught”). Pronunciation: /suːp/, /sup/ 1. Alternative form of sup (“a sip; a small amount of food or drink”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: soup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”), from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną (“to sweep”). More at sweep. Pronunciation: /suːp/, /sup/ 1. To sweep. Labels: obsolete Example: He vaunts his voice upon an hired stage, With high-set steps and princely carriage, Now souping in side robes of royalty. Example: Methinks I hear swart Martius cry, Souping along in war's fein'd maskerie, By Lais starrie front he'll forthwith die.
Word: soup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soupen, suppen, from Anglo-Norman super, from supe, soupe (“soup”) + -er (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /suːp/, /sup/ 1. Rare form of sup (“to take supper”). Labels: form-of, rare Example: When I cam that tym to the court, I fand my Lord Due of Orkney sitting at his supper. He said I had bene a gret stranger, desyring me to sit down and soup with him. The Erie of Huntly, the justice-clark, and dyvers uthers, wer sitten at the table with him. I said that I had already souped. Example: Breakfasted with Rogers, who asked me to dine to-day and tomorrow—promised for both days—Most agreeably surprised by a note from my friend Tom Boyse, who is in London with his sister—Called upon them & found to my disappointment they were to be off again so soon as tomorrow—Offered myself for dinner to-day though with the fear of Rogers before my eyes, to whom I wrote to announce my defection and its cause—Only the Boyses themselves, young Carew (Lord Carew’s son) who souped with us, being obliged to set off immediately to the new Opera—[…]
Word: broth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English broth, from Old English broþ (“broth”), from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Akin to Old English breowan (“to brew”), equivalent to brew + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /bɹɔθ/, /bɹɑθ/, /bɹɒθ/ 1. Water in which food (meat, vegetable, etc.) has been boiled. Labels: uncountable Example: A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac. 2. A soup made from broth and other ingredients such as vegetables, herbs or diced meat. Labels: countable
Word: gravy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). Sense of "pasta sauce" apparently seems to be from Italian dialect, especially Calabrian, differentiating tomato puree (salsa (“sauce”)) from cooked tomato sauce (sugo). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvi/, /ˈɡɹɛjvɪj/, /ˈɡɹæɪvi/, /ˈɡɾeve/, /-vɪ/ 1. A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked. Labels: countable, uncountable, usually Example: A roast dinner isn't complete without gravy. 2. A thick sauce made from the fat or juices that come out from meat or vegetables as they are being cooked. Labels: Southern-US, countable, uncountable, usually Example: There are few foods more Southern than biscuits and gravy. 3. Sauce used for pasta. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Curry sauce. Labels: India, Singapore, uncountable, usually Example: With this the hostess poured two or three spoonfuls of the gravy of the curry on to the rice opposite to each person. Example: Now it seems that Pa Senik was a little deaf. Awang noticed that his father-in-law sometimes poured the gravy of his curry on his rice and that sometimes he sucked it up. 5. Unearned gain; extra benefit. Labels: informal, uncountable, usually Example: The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.
Word: gravy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). Sense of "pasta sauce" apparently seems to be from Italian dialect, especially Calabrian, differentiating tomato puree (salsa (“sauce”)) from cooked tomato sauce (sugo). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪvi/, /ˈɡɹɛjvɪj/, /ˈɡɹæɪvi/, /ˈɡɾeve/, /-vɪ/ 1. To make gravy. Example: I mean simply this — that the process of canning and preserving or of gravying and saucing frequently removes the most vitally essential acids and salts […] Example: Dola and another woman were so busy frying and grilling and buttering and gravying that they didn't even notice Bruce's existence.
Word: real number Part of Speech: noun 1. The limit of a convergent sequence of rational numbers, whether the limit is a rational number such as 2, -5, or 2/7 or whether the limit is an irrational number such as the square root of two or the circumference of the circle whose radius is one. Example: Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa. Example: A real number can be regarded abstractly as an equivalence class of Cauchy sequences of real numbers.ᵂᴾ 2. A floating-point number. Example: Even if you pass sqrt an integer, it returns a real number.
Word: real numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of real number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: real numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. The smallest set containing all limits of convergent sequences of rational numbers. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: rational numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rational number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rational numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of numbers that can be expressed as a ratio of integers, often denoted with the bold letter Q, or the blackboard bold letter ℚ. Example: Elementary number theory is concerned with the arithmetic properties of the ring of integers, ℤ, and its field of fractions, the rational numbers, ℚ. Example: However, if our ring of interest is the rational numbers ℚ, then we see that[…].
Word: integers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of integer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: integers Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of all integers; the set {... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...}. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: surreal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sur- French sur- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reel Middle French real French réel 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French réalisme French surréalismebor. English surrealismbf. English surreal A back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. Pronunciation: /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/, /syːˈɹiː(.ə)l/ 1. Resembling a dream: fantastic and incongruous. Example: surreal picture/sound/art Example: a surreal experience
Word: surreal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Old French sur- French sur- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reel Middle French real French réel 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 -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)der. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French réalisme French surréalismebor. English surrealismbf. English surreal A back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. Pronunciation: /səˈɹiː(.ə)l/, /syːˈɹiː(.ə)l/ 1. A surreal number.
Word: monoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnɔɪd/ 1. A set which is closed under an associative binary operation, and which contains an element which is an identity for the operation. Example: Just like any abstraction, a monoid is useful to the extent we can write useful generic code assuming only the capabilities provided by the abstraction.
Word: monoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnɔɪd/ 1. Containing only one kind of metrical foot. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bumfodder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bum + fodder. 1. Toilet paper. Labels: informal, uncountable 2. Bureaucratic or official documents. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: identity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ydemptite, from Middle French identité and its etymon Late Latin idemptitās, identitās, from idem (“the same”) + -tās (suffix forming abstract nouns) as a calque of Ancient Greek ταὐτότης (tautótēs, “sameness”). Pronunciation: /aɪˈdɛntɪti/, /aɪˈdɛn(t)ɪti/, /aɪˈdɛn(t)əti/, [aɪˈdɛnɪɾi], [aɪˈdɛnəɾi] 1. Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But whenas a leſſer number of Agreements in each Paralleliſm (provided there were nothing contrary) could not but have been a ſtrong preſumption of the Identity of the Subjects of the Viſions in each Chapter, I mean, That the Two-horned Beaſt and the Whore are one, and the Seven-headed Beaſt in each Chapter the ſame; how fully aſſured muſt we needs be of theſe Identities, the Agreements of theſe two Paralleliſms (thoſe paſſages onely excepted of which I have given ſo fair an account) perfectly exhauſting the whole ſubſtance of each Chapter? Example: […] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […] 2. The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind; selfhood; the sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity. Example: This nation has a strong identity. 3. A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This criminal has taken on several identities. Example: In this show, the competitor's identity will remain secret until after the vote. 4. An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x²−y² is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y. 5. Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Zero is the identity for the addition of real numbers. 7. A well-known or famous person. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: The body of a well known old identity named James Conroy […] was found in the water yesterday afternoon…
Word: additive identity Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of an algebraic structure, generally denoted 0, which is an identity for an additive operation (generally denoted +). That is, x + 0 = 0 + x = x for any x in the structure.
Word: additive operation Part of Speech: noun 1. An operation, written using the symbol +, that produces the sum of two operands
Word: multiplicative identity Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of an algebraic structure, generally denoted 1, which is an identity for a multiplicative operation (generally denoted × or *, or by concatenation).
Word: multiplicative operation Part of Speech: noun 1. An operation of an algebraic structure playing a role analogous to multiplication.
Word: octahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀκτάεδρον (oktáedron). By surface analysis, octa- + -hedron. 1. a polyhedron with eight faces; the regular octahedron has regular triangles as faces and is one of the Platonic solids.
Word: inverse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɝs/, /ˈɪnvɝs/ 1. Opposite in effect, nature or order. Labels: not-comparable 2. Reverse, opposite in order. Labels: not-comparable 3. Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual. Labels: not-comparable 4. Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Multiplication is the inverse operation to division. 5. That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion. Labels: not-comparable Example: A circle inversion maps a given generalized circle to its inverse generalized circle. 6. Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse). Labels: not-comparable
Word: inverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɝs/, /ˈɪnvɝs/ 1. An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards. Example: Cowgirl is the inverse of missionary. Example: 321 is the inverse of 123. 2. The result of an inversion Example: Uninstalling is the inverse of installation. 3. The result of an inversion Example: The inverse of a:b is b:a. 4. The result of an inversion Example: The inverse P‘ of a point P is the point on a ray from the center O through P such that OP × OP‘ = r² or the set of all such points. 5. The result of an inversion Example: "Anything that isn't a dog doesn't go to heaven" is the inverse of "All dogs go to heaven." More generally, ¬ mathsf p→¬ mathsf q is the inverse of mathsf p→ mathsf q and is equivalent to the converse proposition mathsf q→ mathsf p. Example: Inversion is the inferring, from a given proposition, another proposition whose subject is the contradictory of the subject of the original proposition. The given proposition is called the Invertend, that which is inferred from it is termed the Inverse... The rule for Inversion is: Convert either the Obverted Converse or the Obverted Contrapositive. 6. A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically: Example: The additive inverse of x is -x, as x-x=0, as 0 is the additive identity element. 7. A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically: Example: The multiplicative inverse of x is x⁻¹, as x×x⁻¹=1, as 1 the multiplicative identity element. 8. A second element which negates a first; in a binary operation, the element for which the binary operation—when applied to both it and an initially given element—yields the operation's identity element, specifically: Example: The compositional inverse of a function f is f⁻¹, as ff⁻¹= mathit I, as mathit I is the identity function. That is, ∀x,f(f⁻¹(x))= mathit I(x)=x. 9. A morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse. 10. The winning of the coup in a game of rouge et noir by a card of a color different from that first dealt; the area of the table reserved for bets upon such an outcome. Example: If the player... be determined to try his luck on the inverse, he must place his money on a yellow circle, or rather a collection of circles, situated at the extremity of the table. Example: The tailleur never mentions the words ‘Black’ or ‘Inverse’, but always says that Red wins or Red loses, and that the colour wins or the colour loses. 11. A grammatical number marking that indicates the opposite grammatical number (or numbers) of the default number specification of noun class.
Word: inverse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“against, in”) + vertere (“to turn”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɝs/, /ˈɪnvɝs/ 1. To compute the bearing and distance between two points.
Word: hexahedra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhɛksəˈhiːdɹə/ 1. plural of hexahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octahedra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɒktəˈhiːdɹə/ 1. plural of octahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dodecahedra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dəʊˌdɛkəˈhiːdɹə/ 1. plural of dodecahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icosahedra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪˌkɒsəˈhiːdɹə/ 1. plural of icosahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Platonic solid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Platonic + solid, in reference to the Greek philosopher Plato, who in his dialogue Timaeus theorised about a correspondence between these solids and the classical physical elements. 1. Any of five convex polyhedra with congruent regular polygonal faces, which have a high degree of symmetry and have been studied since antiquity. Example: As the names suggest, the groups and their existence are connected to the five Platonic solids. They are in fact the rotation groups of the Platonic solids. Example: The boat which the gods tell Utnapishtim to build is no ordinary boat but a perfect cube with seven levels; the ark resembles more a Platonic solid from the Timaeus than a seaworthy craft.
Word: Kepler solid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Johannes Kepler. 1. Any of several nonconvex regular polyhedra with regular pentagrammatic faces or vertex figures and which can be obtained by stellation of the dodecahedron or icosahedron.
Word: glider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glider, glydare, equivalent to glide + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlaɪdə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/ 1. One who glides. 2. Any heavier-than-air aircraft optimised for unpowered flight; a sailplane. 3. A pilot of glider aircraft. 4. Any animal with the ability to glide, such as the marsupial gliding possums of Australia. 5. Synonym of glide (“cap affixed to base of legs of furniture”). Example: The left drawer runner is probably replaced. Nail holes on the upper surface of the stretchers suggest the piece once had a bottom shelf. Modern metal gliders have been added under the feet. 6. A kind of garden swing. Example: Francine sat in the glider on the porch, swinging lightly, her mind a thousand miles away. The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket. Example: Then I went into the backyard, which had a flower-covered arbor, a small garden wall, and room behind it for a garden. Swings and gliders adorned the yard. 7. In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid. Example: By the way, what happens to a beehive which is under attack by one or two gliders such as pictured: Example: I believe it is indeed new -- I've gone back through everything I can find, as far back as the early 90's when Heisenburp devices were first invented, and there don't seem to be any reactions based on a glider suppressing a blinker. 8. In the Game of Life, a particular configuration of five cells that recurs periodically at fixed offsets and appears to "walk" across the grid. Labels: broadly Example: It is a reversible rule, and an interesting one. Shortly after I implemented it, Chris and I were watching it run from a small random configuration of vants, when we noticed a structure consisting of 2 vants propagating away from the others -- it is a glider of sorts, consisting of 2 cooperating vants moving along, erasing each others' trail. Example: I wanted to test some totalistic automaton and the glider with the B024S1 rule, which Ilmari Karonen described. 9. A vehicle, of a usually motorised type, without a powertrain. 10. Any of various species of dragonfly that glide on out-held wings while flying, such as the common glider, Tramea loewii, of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Pacific.
Word: polygon of forces Part of Speech: noun 1. A polygonal figure the sides of which are vectors representing several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the vector necessary to make the figure closed is the resultant of those forces.
Word: parallelogram of forces Part of Speech: noun 1. A parallelogram, two adjacent sides of which are vectors having the same initial point and representing two forces acting simultaneously upon this point, such that the resultant of the forces is given by the diagonal of the parallelogram that passes through this point.
Word: ADD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of attention deficit disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of accidental death and dismemberment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Although not sought by QuesTech, the dismemberment portion of the policy was nonetheless issued as an integral part of Hartford’s standard ADD policy. Example: ADD Insurance: Also known as Accidental Death and Dismemberment policy, […] 3. A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in analog but mixed and mastered in digital.
Word: ADHD Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/, /ˌeɪ diː ˈeɪtʃ diː/ 1. Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Men diagnosed with ADHD had a reduction in life expectancy by 4 ½ years to nine years, while women’s life expectancy was shortened by 6 ½ years to 11 years, according to the study published Thursday in The British Journal of Psychiatry.
Word: ADHD Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/, /ˌeɪ diː ˈeɪtʃ diː/ 1. Of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Labels: attributive Example: an ADHD person Example: some ADHD medication 2. As of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Labels: informal, predicative Example: My brother is ADHD. Example: I'm too ADHD to sit for that long.
Word: ADHD Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/, /ˌeɪ diː ˈeɪtʃ diː/ 1. To act in a way thought to be characteristic of a person with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Labels: colloquial, offensive, sometimes Example: I had to ADHD my way through my twenties without a diagnosis.
Word: DAMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of damage-associated molecular pattern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Acronym of deficits in attention, motor control and perception. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: PDD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pervasive developmental disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of persistent depressive disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of photodynamic diagnosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Parkinson's disease dementia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PDD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of People Demand Democracy. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MBD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mother's brother's daughter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Four kinds of first-cousin marriages are possible. A man could marry (1) his father's brother's daughter (FBD), (2) his mother's brother's daughter (MBD), (3) his father's sister's daughter (FZD), or (4) his mother's sister's daughter[…] 2. Initialism of model-based definition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of motherboard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of minimal brain damage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of minimal brain disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of minimal brain dysfunction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of mosquito-borne disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of model-based development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of model-based testing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: OCPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: OCPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Officer in Charge of the Police District. Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Lahad Datu OCPD, ACP Hamzah Ahmad said both suspects, believed to be Malaysian nationals aged 46 and 47, were detained at 2pm after police received information from the public on the drug trafficking activities at a car parking area in the town centre. Example: The remand for nine individuals, including two officers-in-charge of police districts (OCPD) has been extended by five days […]
Word: RNA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑː(ɹ)ɛn eɪ/ 1. Initialism of ribonucleic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Looked at from RNA’s point of view, DNA is just a passive archive of information, a dull hunk of a telephone directory; it is RNA that looks up the numbers, establishes the connections and determines how long each call will last.
Word: LSD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lībra solidus dēnārius. 1. Initialism of £sd (pounds, shillings, pence). Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism, uncountable Example: ‘Now, mark this chap’s saying Miss Wilfer, when he means L.s.d.!’ cried Mr Boffin, with a cunning wink. ‘Now, mark this chap’s making Miss Wilfer stand for Pounds, Shillings, and Pence!’
Word: LSD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German LSD, initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid. 1. Abbreviation of lysergic acid diethylamide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: LSD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Other initialisms. 1. Initialism of Lake Shore Drive (freeway in Chicago). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of long slow distance (training method of long-distance running). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of longshore drift (geological process by which sediments move along a beach shore). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of limited-slip differential. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of lumpy skin disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: REM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initial letters of rapid eye movement. 1. Initialism of rapid eye movement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
Word: REM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings * (remaining time): Clipping of remaining. * (remark): Clipping of remark. 1. Initialism of remaining time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: REM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clippings * (remaining time): Clipping of remaining. * (remark): Clipping of remark. 1. A remark (programming language statement used for documentation). Example: I think it should be upgraded to Visual BASIC, but I'm no good at that. So maybe someone here would like to take a crack at it. There are only 40 lines of active code, plus a few REMs. About 100 BASIC commands altogether.
Word: REM Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Initialism of rare earth metal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of reactive electrochemical membrane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of Reference Exit Marker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MRI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of magnetic resonance imaging. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable 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. 2. Ellipsis of MRI scan (“magnetic resonance imaging scan”), an MRI radiogram, an initialism of magnetic resonance image Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of MRI machine (“magnetic resonance imaging machine”), an MRI radiograph, initialism of magnetic resonance imager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: MRI Part of Speech: verb 1. To take an MRI scan of. Labels: rare, transitive Example: When the delirium stopped and it was safe to take Versed, her doctors doped her up and she managed to endure the MRI, on condition that I remain with her all the time. They MRIed her skull for thirty minutes, and two days later MRIed her spine for an hour. Example: Remarkably, no one to that point had suggested MRIing my leg, which is where my pain actually was. Everyone surmised that the issue was really in my back. Dr. Smith scheduled an MRI for that very day.
Word: fMRI Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From f- + MRI. 1. Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imaging. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: fMRI has not been carried out yet in the group of paedophilia or other paraphiliae. Given the much better spatial and in particular higher temporal resolution it may be the tool of preference. Example: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) visualizes the blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain, which indexes neural activity. 2. Initialism of functional magnetic resonance imager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of functional magnetic resonance image. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: redhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bahuvrihi compound of red + head. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdˌhɛd/ 1. A person with red hair. Example: I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk. 2. A North American duck (Aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. 3. A kind of milkweed (Asclepia curassavica), with red flowers, formerly used in medicine. 4. Chinese red-headed centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans) 5. Red-headed bunting (Emberiza bruniceps). 6. Red-headed titi (Callicebus regulus). 7. Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus). 8. Red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). Labels: informal 9. A kind of 800-watt lamp. Example: Most [camera crews] carry two blondes and three redheads or their equivalents. Blondes are 2000 watt lamps traditionally with yellow heads (or shells) used to light fairly large areas — also referred to as 2Ks — and redheads smaller 800 watt lamps traditionally with red shells to light faces.
Word: redheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head English -ed English headed English redheaded From red + headed. 1. Having red hair. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a red head. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Holy Grail Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. 1. An artifact in Arthurian mythology, being in later versions the cup used by Christ at the Last Supper and in which some of his blood was caught during the crucifixion. 2. A web page layout with fixed-width columns to the left and right, and a central area that fills the remaining space. Labels: Internet, informal
Word: Holy Grail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Holy Grayle. (web page layout): So called because it was traditionally difficult to achieve with the available markup. 1. Anything that is highly sought-after but attained only through a difficult endeavor. Labels: figuratively Example: Nanotechnology is the holy grail of medicine. Example: Pushing fifty, Alphonse was still afraid to approach women. Still searching for his holy grail, too: a 1965 yellow Mustang hardtop with 289-cubic-inch engine, four-barrel carburetor, and solid-lifter valve train. He belonged to something called the Yellow Mustang Registry. Checked eBay five or six times a day. Phoenician Yellow, his dream car had to be, not the paler Springtime Yellow, also available back in '65.
Word: GCE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gross conceptual error. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of General Certificate of Education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GCE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Global Campaign for Education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NSPCC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Child. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: In primary school, a teacher had told his class that it was child abuse for parents to smack their children and had made them write down the number for the NSPCC helpline.
Word: NVQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of National Vocational Qualification. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Danube Part of Speech: name Etymology: Attested since at least 1598 (also note Middle English Danby (“Danube”) att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels). Borrowed from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube, from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river, river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”). Cognate with Latin fōns (“spring”), Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to hasten, run”), Ossetian дон (don, “water, river”), Sanskrit धन्वति (dhánvati, “it flows, runs”). More at Danube. Pronunciation: /ˈdænjuːb/ 1. A river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea. 2. A locale in the United States, named for the river: 3. A locale in the United States, named for the river:
Word: Bratislava Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Bratislava, from the name of Prince Bräslav. Pronunciation: /ˌbɹætɪˈslɑːvə/, /ˌbɹɑːtɪˈslɑːvə/ 1. The capital city of Slovakia. Example: One Terrorgram user livestreamed himself stabbing five people outside of a mosque in Turkey, she said, and a 19-year-old Slovakian man praised the group in a manifesto before killing two people at an LGBTQ bar in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. 2. The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.
Word: dragon boat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán). 1. A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.
Word: submarine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Italic *mari Latin mare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin marīnus Old French marin Middle French marinbor. Middle English marin English marine English submarine From sub- + marine. Pronunciation: /sʌb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʊb.məˈɹiːn/, /sʌb.məˈɾin/, /sʌb.məˈɾiːn/, /sʌb.məˈɹin/ 1. Being, relating to, or made for use underwater, especially beneath the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: submerged (synonymous in "being underwater" sense) Example: […] a Chorus of Sea-nymphs, who[…] arrive, in a winged car, from the submarine palace of their father Oceanus. 2. Hidden or undisclosed. Labels: not-comparable Example: a submarine patent 3. Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow. Labels: not-comparable Example: When Peterson saw the unusual pitching motion of Kent Tekulve—the submarine pitcher who threw baseballs as though they were coming right out of the rubber slab on the mound—he was the first of many who tried to change Tekulve's delivery.