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*mod
(foldoc) | *MOD
StarMOD
("StarMOD") A concurrent language combining the
modules of Modula and the communications of {Distributed
Processes}.
["*MOD - A Language for Distributed Programming", R.P. Cook,
IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-6(6):563-571 (Nov 1980)].
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mod
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Magneto-Optical Disk (OD)
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commodity
(mass) | commodity
- komodita |
frequency modulation
(mass) | frequency modulation
- frekvenčná modulácia |
full screen mode
(mass) | full screen mode
- celo obrazovkový režim |
incommode
(mass) | incommode
- obťažovať |
incommodious
(mass) | incommodious
- obtiažny |
mode
(mass) | mode
- móda, štýl, režim |
model
(mass) | model
- model |
moderate
(mass) | moderate
- priemerný, umiernený, umiernenec, moderovať, mierniť, zmierniť |
moderated
(mass) | moderated
- zmiešaný, zmiernený |
modern
(mass) | modern
- súčasný, moderný |
modification
(mass) | modification
- modifikácia, úprava |
modified
(mass) | modified
- upravený, zmenený |
modifier
(mass) | modifier
- modifikátor |
modify
(mass) | modify
- pozmeniť, upraviť, zmeniť |
modish
(mass) | modish
- módny |
module
(mass) | module
- modul |
modules
(mass) | modules
- moduly |
modus
(mass) | modus
- spôsob |
screen mode
(mass) | screen mode
- obrázovkový režim |
thermodynamic
(mass) | thermodynamic
- termodynamika |
Accentor modularis
(gcide) | Hedge \Hedge\, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an
inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG.
hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See Haw a hedge.]
A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a
thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land;
and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a
line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted
round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts
of a garden.
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The roughest berry on the rudest hedge. --Shak.
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Through the verdant maze
Of sweetbrier hedges I pursue my walk. --Thomson.
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Note: Hedge, when used adjectively or in composition, often
means rustic, outlandish, illiterate, poor, or mean;
as, hedge priest; hedgeborn, etc.
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Hedge bells, Hedge bindweed (Bot.), a climbing plant
related to the morning-glory (Convolvulus sepium).
Hedge bill, a long-handled billhook.
Hedge garlic (Bot.), a plant of the genus Alliaria. See
Garlic mustard, under Garlic.
Hedge hyssop (Bot.), a bitter herb of the genus Gratiola,
the leaves of which are emetic and purgative.
Hedge marriage, a secret or clandestine marriage,
especially one performed by a hedge priest. [Eng.]
Hedge mustard (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sisymbrium,
belonging to the Mustard family.
Hedge nettle (Bot.), an herb, or under shrub, of the genus
Stachys, belonging to the Mint family. It has a
nettlelike appearance, though quite harmless.
Hedge note.
(a) The note of a hedge bird.
(b) Low, contemptible writing. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Hedge priest, a poor, illiterate priest. --Shak.
Hedge school, an open-air school in the shelter of a hedge,
in Ireland; a school for rustics.
Hedge sparrow (Zool.), a European warbler ({Accentor
modularis}) which frequents hedges. Its color is reddish
brown, and ash; the wing coverts are tipped with white.
Called also chanter, hedge warbler, dunnock, and
doney.
Hedge writer, an insignificant writer, or a writer of low,
scurrilous stuff. [Obs.] --Swift.
To breast up a hedge. See under Breast.
To hang in the hedge, to be at a standstill. "While the
business of money hangs in the hedge." --Pepys.
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Accommodable
(gcide) | Accommodable \Ac*com"mo*da*ble\, a. [Cf. F. accommodable.]
That may be accommodated, fitted, or made to agree. [R.] --I.
Watts.
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Accommodableness
(gcide) | Accommodableness \Ac*com"mo*dable*ness\, n.
The quality or condition of being accommodable. [R.] --Todd.
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Accommodate
(gcide) | Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. i.
To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.]
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster]Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, a. [L. accommodatus, p. p. of
accommodare.]
Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
[Archaic] --Tillotson.
[1913 Webster]Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] [L.
accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make
fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.]
1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to
conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
"They accommodate their counsels to his inclination."
--Addison.
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2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to
compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate
differences, a dispute, etc.
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3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient;
to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a
loan or with lodgings.
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4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by
analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental
circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to
accommodate prophecy to events.
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Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
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Accommodated
(gcide) | Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] [L.
accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make
fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.]
1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to
conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
"They accommodate their counsels to his inclination."
--Addison.
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2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to
compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate
differences, a dispute, etc.
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3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient;
to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a
loan or with lodgings.
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4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by
analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental
circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to
accommodate prophecy to events.
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Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
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Accommodately
(gcide) | Accommodately \Ac*com"mo*date*ly\, adv.
Suitably; fitly. [R.]
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Accommodateness
(gcide) | Accommodateness \Ac*com"mo*date*ness\, n.
Fitness. [R.]
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Accommodating
(gcide) | Accommodating \Ac*com"mo*da`ting\, a.
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as
an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement.
[1913 Webster]Accommodate \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Accommodated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accommodating.] [L.
accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make
fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See Mode.]
1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to
conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
"They accommodate their counsels to his inclination."
--Addison.
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2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to
compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate
differences, a dispute, etc.
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3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient;
to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a
loan or with lodgings.
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4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by
analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental
circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to
accommodate prophecy to events.
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Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
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Accommodation
(gcide) | Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
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1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being
fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by
to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to
its functions." --Sir M. Hale.
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2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
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3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or
convenience; anything furnished which is desired or
needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations --
that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of
accommodation." --Macaulay.
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5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
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Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
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6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
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Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange
which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and
delivers to another, not upon a consideration received,
but for the purpose of raising money on credit.
Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate
speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the
side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from,
or descending to, small boats.
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Accommodation bill
(gcide) | Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
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1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being
fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by
to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to
its functions." --Sir M. Hale.
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2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
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3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or
convenience; anything furnished which is desired or
needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations --
that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of
accommodation." --Macaulay.
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5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
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Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
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6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
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Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange
which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and
delivers to another, not upon a consideration received,
but for the purpose of raising money on credit.
Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate
speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the
side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from,
or descending to, small boats.
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Accommodation coach
(gcide) | Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
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1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being
fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by
to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to
its functions." --Sir M. Hale.
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2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
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3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or
convenience; anything furnished which is desired or
needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations --
that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of
accommodation." --Macaulay.
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5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
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Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
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6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
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Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange
which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and
delivers to another, not upon a consideration received,
but for the purpose of raising money on credit.
Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate
speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the
side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from,
or descending to, small boats.
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Accommodation ladder
(gcide) | Accommodation \Ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n. [L. accommodatio, fr.
accommodare: cf. F. accommodation.]
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1. The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being
fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by
to. "The organization of the body with accommodation to
its functions." --Sir M. Hale.
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2. Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
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3. Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or
convenience; anything furnished which is desired or
needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations --
that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. An adjustment of differences; state of agreement;
reconciliation; settlement. "To come to terms of
accommodation." --Macaulay.
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5. The application of a writer's language, on the ground of
analogy, to something not originally referred to or
intended.
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Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were
probably intended as nothing more than
accommodations. --Paley.
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6. (Com.)
(a) A loan of money.
(b) An accommodation bill or note.
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Accommodation bill, or note (Com.), a bill of exchange
which a person accepts, or a note which a person makes and
delivers to another, not upon a consideration received,
but for the purpose of raising money on credit.
Accommodation coach, or train, one running at moderate
speed and stopping at all or nearly all stations.
Accommodation ladder (Naut.), a light ladder hung over the
side of a ship at the gangway, useful in ascending from,
or descending to, small boats.
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Accommodator
(gcide) | Accommodator \Ac*com"mo*da`tor\, n.
He who, or that which, accommodates. --Warburton.
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AEolian mode
(gcide) | AEolian \[AE]*o"li*an\, a. [L. Aeolius, Gr. ?.]
1. Of or pertaining to [AE]olia or [AE]olis, in Asia Minor,
colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; [ae]olic;
as, the [AE]olian dialect.
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2. Pertaining to [AE]olus, the mythic god of the winds;
a["e]rial.
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Viewless forms the [ae]olian organ play. --Campbell.
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3. Relating to or caused by wind; as, aeolian erosion.
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[AE]olian attachment, a contrivance often attached to a
pianoforte, which prolongs the vibrations, increases the
volume of sound, etc., by forcing a stream of air upon the
strings. --Moore.
[AE]olian harp, [AE]olian lyre, a musical instrument
consisting of a box, on or in which are stretched strings,
on which the wind acts to produce the notes; -- usually
placed at an open window. --Moore.
[AE]olian mode (Mus.), one of the ancient Greek and early
ecclesiastical modes.
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Alamodality
(gcide) | Alamodality \Al`a*mo*dal"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being [`a] la mode; conformity to the mode or
fashion; fashionableness. [R.] --Southey.
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Alamode
(gcide) | Alamode \Al"a*mode`\, n.
A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called
simply mode. --Buchanan.
[1913 Webster]Alamode \Al"a*mode`\, adv. & a. [F. [`a] la mode after the
fashion.]
According to the fashion or prevailing mode. "Alamode beef
shops." --Macaulay.
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Allegro moderato
(gcide) | Moderato \Mod`e*ra"to\, a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.)
With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.
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Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro.
Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.
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Ammodramus sandwichensis
(gcide) | Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.
sabana, F. savane.]
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or
reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
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Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
--Dampier.
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Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several
climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus
sandwichensis} or Passerculus savanna) of which several
varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the
Eastern United States.
Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of
the genus Citharexylum.
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Ammodyte
(gcide) | Ammodyte \Am"mo*dyte\, n. [L. ammodytes, Gr. ? sand burrower, a
kind of serpent; 'a`mmos sand + ? diver, ? to dive.] (Zool.)
(a) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel.
(b) A kind of viper in southern Europe. [Obs.]
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Ammodytes
(gcide) | Ammodytes \Ammodytes\ n.
1. 1 type genus of the Ammodytidae.
Syn: genus Ammodytes
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Ammodytes lanceolatus
(gcide) | Horner \Horn"er\, n.
1. One who works or deal in horn or horns. [R.] --Grew.
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2. One who winds or blows the horn. [Obs.] --Sherwood.
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3. One who horns or cuckolds. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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4. (Zool.) The British sand lance or sand eel ({Ammodytes
lanceolatus}).
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Ammodytes tobianus
(gcide) | Lance fish \Lance" fish`\n. (Zool.)
A slender marine fish of the genus Ammodytes, especially
Ammodytes tobianus of the English coast; -- called also
sand lance.
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Ammodytidae
(gcide) | Ammodytidae \Ammodytidae\ n.
1. 1 a family comprising the sand lances.
Syn: family Ammodytidae.
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amplitude modulated
(gcide) | modulated \modulated\ adj. (Electronics)
1. Having either amplitude, intensity, frequency, or phase
altered at intervals to represent information to be
transmitted; -- of the carrier wave of a radio signal
transmitted from one device to another for the purpose of
conveying information. Opposite of unmodulated.
[Narrower terms: frequency modulated; {amplitude
modulated}]
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2. altered in volume as well as tone or pitch.
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Andante moderato
(gcide) | Moderato \Mod`e*ra"to\, a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.)
With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately.
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Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro.
Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.
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Antispasmodic
(gcide) | Antispasmodic \An`ti*spas*mod"ic\, a. (Med.)
Good against spasms. -- n. A medicine which prevents or
allays spasms or convulsions.
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Balsamodendron Gileadense
(gcide) | Xylobalsamum \Xy`lo*bal"sa*mum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood +
ba`lsamon the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L. xylobalsamum balsam
wood, Gr. xyloba`lsamon.] (Med.)
The dried twigs of a Syrian tree ({Balsamodendron
Gileadense}). --U. S. Disp.
[1913 Webster]Balm \Balm\ (b[aum]m), n. [OE. baume, OF. bausme, basme, F.
baume, L. balsamum balsam, from Gr. ba`lsamon; perhaps of
Semitic origin; cf. Heb. b[=a]s[=a]m. Cf. Balsam.]
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1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant of the genus Melissa.
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2. The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or
shrubs. --Dryden.
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3. Any fragrant ointment. --Shak.
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4. Anything that heals or that mitigates pain. "Balm for each
ill." --Mrs. Hemans.
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Balm cricket (Zool.), the European cicada. --Tennyson.
Balm of Gilead (Bot.), a small evergreen African and
Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family ({Balsamodendron
Gileadense}). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong
aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of
Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a
yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic
taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent
and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb
Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of
Gilead, and so are the American trees, {Populus
balsamifera}, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and
Abies balsamea (balsam fir).
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Balsamodendron Myrrha
(gcide) | Myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha,
murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar
bitter.]
A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of
an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is
valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It
exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the
Commiphora Myrrha (syn. Balsamodendron Myrrha) of the
family Burseraceae, or from the Commiphora abyssinica.
The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the
gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of
Cistus, or rockrose.
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False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium.
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Balsamodendron opobalsamum
(gcide) | Opobalsam \Op`o*bal"sam\, Opobalsamum \Op`o*bal"sa*mum\, n. [L.
opobalsamum, Gr. ?; ? vegetable juice + ? balsam.] (Med.)
The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the
Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called {balm of
Gilead}. See under Balm.
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Balsamodendron Roxburghii
(gcide) | bdellium \bdel"lium\, n. [L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb.
b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1).]
1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (--Gen.
ii. 12, and --Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a
precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber
found in Arabia.
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2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India,
Persia, and Africa.
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Note: Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from
Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as
African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc.
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bimodal
(gcide) | bimodal \bimodal\ adj. (Statistics)
having or occurring with two modes[9]; having two maxima;
-- of a curve or distribution. unimodal
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Church modes
(gcide) | Church modes \Church" modes`\ (Mus.)
The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See
Gregorian.
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Coddymoddy
(gcide) | Coddymoddy \Cod"dy*mod"dy\ (k[o^]d"d[y^]*m[o^]d"d[y^]), n.
(Zool.)
A gull in the plumage of its first year.
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Commodate
(gcide) | Commodate \Com"mo*date\, n. [L. commodatum thing lent, loan.]
(Scots Law)
A gratuitous loan.
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Commode
(gcide) | Commode \Com*mode"\, n. [F. commode, fr. commode convenient, L.
commodus; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode.]
1. A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the
hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
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Or under high commodes, with looks erect.
--Granville.
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2. A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary
fashion; as:
(a) A chest of drawers or a bureau.
(b) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber
vessel.
(c) A kind of close stool.
(d) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.
[1913 Webster]Lavatory \Lav"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. Lavatories. [L. lavatorium:
cf. lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver.]
1. A place for washing.
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2. A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
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4. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
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5. A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well
as one or more toilet fixtures; also called bathroom,
toilet, and sometimes commode. Commode and toilet may
refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a
sink.
Syn: toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.
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commode
(gcide) | Commode \Com*mode"\, n. [F. commode, fr. commode convenient, L.
commodus; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode.]
1. A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the
hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
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Or under high commodes, with looks erect.
--Granville.
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2. A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary
fashion; as:
(a) A chest of drawers or a bureau.
(b) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber
vessel.
(c) A kind of close stool.
(d) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.
[1913 Webster]Lavatory \Lav"a*to*ry\, n.; pl. Lavatories. [L. lavatorium:
cf. lavatoire. See Lave to wash, and cf. Laver.]
1. A place for washing.
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2. A basin or other vessel for washing in.
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3. A wash or lotion for a diseased part.
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4. A place where gold is obtained by washing.
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5. A room containing one or more sinks for washing, as well
as one or more toilet fixtures; also called bathroom,
toilet, and sometimes commode. Commode and toilet may
refer to a room with only a toilet fixture, but without a
sink.
Syn: toilet, lavatory, can, facility, john, privy, bathroom.
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Commodious
(gcide) | Commodious \Com*mo"di*ous\, a. [LL. commodiosus, fr. L. commodum
convenience, fr. commodus. See Commode.]
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities;
serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable;
as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." --Shak.
"Commodious gold." --Pope.
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The haven was not commodious to winter in. --Acts
xxvii. 12.
Syn: Convenient; suitable; fit; proper; advantageous;
serviceable; useful; spacious; comfortable.
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Commodiously
(gcide) | Commodiously \Com*mo"di*ous*ly\, adv.
In a commodious manner.
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To pass commodiously this life. --Milton.
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Commodiousness
(gcide) | Commodiousness \Com*mo"di*ous*ness\, n.
State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose;
convenience; roominess.
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Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according
to the commodiousness of their situation. --Sir W.
Temple.
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The commodiousness of the harbor. --Johnson.
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Commodities
(gcide) | Commodity \Com*mod"i*ty\, n.; pl. Commodities. [F.
commodit['e], fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]
1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage;
interest; commodiousness. [Obs.]
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Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson.
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Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were
done with injury to others, it was not to be
suffered. --Hooker.
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2. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit,
especially in commerce, including everything movable that
is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares,
merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.
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3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]
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A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak.
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Commodity
(gcide) | Commodity \Com*mod"i*ty\, n.; pl. Commodities. [F.
commodit['e], fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]
1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage;
interest; commodiousness. [Obs.]
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Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. --B. Jonson.
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Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were
done with injury to others, it was not to be
suffered. --Hooker.
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2. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit,
especially in commerce, including everything movable that
is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares,
merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.
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3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]
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A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. --Shak.
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Commodore
(gcide) | Commodore \Com"mo*dore`\, n. [Prob. a corruption of commander,
or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a
commandery; also a superior of a monastery, fr. LL.
commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command,
Commander.]
1. (U. S. Navy) An officer who ranks next above a captain;
sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron.
The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier
general in the army.
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2. (British Navy) A captain commanding a squadron, or a
division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear
admiral.
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3. A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line
of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a
yachting or rowing club.
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4. A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel
of a squadron or fleet.
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console model
(gcide) | Console \Con"sole\, n. [F.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its
height.
(b) Any small bracket; also, a console table.
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2. (Computers) The keyboard and monitor of a computer
considered together.
[GG]
3. (Engineering) The controlling portion of an electrical,
electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the
operator may observe the state of the system as indicated
by gauges or on some form of display[n3], and may direct
or control the action of the system.
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4. the desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the
keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ
is played.
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5. a home entertainment device such as a television, radio,
phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed
as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than
on a table or in a separate cabinet; -- also used
attributively in the phrase console model.
[PJC]
Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or
more consoles instead of legs.
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cross-modal
(gcide) | cross-modal \cross-modal\ adj. (Grammar)
relating to different sense modalities.
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cross-modality
(gcide) | cross-modality \cross-modality\ n. (Grammar)
ability to integrate information from different sense
modalities.
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demodulator
(gcide) | demodulator \demodulator\ n. (Electronics)
An electronic device which extracts the modulation from a
radio carrier wave, and outputs the original
information-bearing signal.
Syn: detector.
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Desmodium Canadense
(gcide) | Sainfoin \Sain"foin\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sain wholesome (L.
sanus; see Sane.) + foin hay (L. faenum); or perh. fr.
saint sacred (L. sanctus; see Saint) + foin hay.] (Bot.)
(a) A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa) cultivated for
fodder. [Written also saintfoin.]
(b) A kind of tick trefoil (Desmodium Canadense). [Canada]
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Desmodium gyrans
(gcide) | Moving \Mov"ing\, a.
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
moving car, or power.
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2. Exciting movement of the mind or feelings; adapted to move
the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching;
pathetic; as, a moving appeal.
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I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge.
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Moving force (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
deflects the motion of a body.
Moving plant (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
distinct automatic motion.
[1913 Webster]Telegraph plant \Telegraph plant\ (Bot.),
A tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans formerly {Desmodium
gyrans}), native of the East Indies; it is a leguminous plant
whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a
semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.
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Desmodont
(gcide) | Desmodont \Des"mo*dont\ (d[e^]s"m[-o]*d[o^]nt), n. [Gr. desmo`s
bond + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zool.)
A member of a group of South American blood-sucking bats, of
the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
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Desmodontidae
(gcide) | Desmodontidae \Desmodontidae\ n.
a natural family comprisng the true vampire bats.
Syn: family Desmodontidae.
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Desmodus
(gcide) | Desmodus \Desmodus\ n.
the type genus of the Desmodontidae, consisting of vampire
bats.
Syn: genus Desmodus.
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disaccommodate
(gcide) | disaccommodate \dis`ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [Pref. dis- +
accommodate.]
To put to inconvenience; to incommode. [R.] --Bp. Warburton.
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Disaccommodation
(gcide) | Disaccommodation \Dis`ac*com`mo*da"tion\, n.
A state of being unaccommodated or unsuited. [R.] --Sir M.
Hale.
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