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apparent
(mass) | apparent
- zrejme |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,jasný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,očividný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,zdánlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,zjevný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,zřejmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Apparent
(gcide) | Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
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The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
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2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
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It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
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3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
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To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
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What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
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Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
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Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Apparent
(gcide) | Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, n.
An heir apparent. [Obs.]
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I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.
--Shak.
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apparent
(wn) | apparent
adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who
sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest,
patent, plain, unmistakable]
2: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his
apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the
committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the
ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
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APPARENT
(bouvier) | APPARENT. That which is manifest what is proved. It is required that all
things upon which a court must pass, should be made to appear, if matter in
pays, under oath if matter of record, by the record. It is a rule that those
things which do not appear, are to be considered as not existing de non
apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio. Broom's Maxims, 20, What
does not appear, does not exist; quod non apparet, non est.
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apparent
(mass) | apparent
- zrejme |
apparently
(mass) | apparently
- zrejme, vraj |
apparent
(encz) | apparent,jasný adj: Zdeněk Brožapparent,očividný adj: Zdeněk Brožapparent,zdánlivý adj: Zdeněk Brožapparent,zjevný adj: Zdeněk Brožapparent,zřejmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
apparent defect
(encz) | apparent defect,zjevná vada |
apparent magnitude
(encz) | apparent magnitude,zjevná magnituda n: [astr.] Ivan Masár |
apparently
(encz) | apparently,očividně adv: Zdeněk Brožapparently,patrně adv: Zdeněk Brožapparently,podle všeho Zdeněk Brožapparently,prý apparently,zjevně Zdeněk Brožapparently,zřejmě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
as will soon become apparent
(encz) | as will soon become apparent,jak se brzy jasně ukáže |
heir apparent
(encz) | heir apparent,korunní princ Zdeněk Brožheir apparent,právoplatný dědic Zdeněk Brož |
unapparent
(encz) | unapparent, |
rolling on the floor for no apparent reason
(czen) | Rolling On the Floor For No Apparent Reason,ROFFNAR[zkr.] |
Apparent
(gcide) | Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
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The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
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2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
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It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
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3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
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To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
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What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
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Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
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Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
[1913 Webster]Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, n.
An heir apparent. [Obs.]
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I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown.
--Shak.
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apparent diameter
(gcide) | Magnitude \Mag"ni*tude\, n. [L. magnitudo, from magnus great.
See Master, and cf. Maxim.]
1. Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have
length, breadth, and thickness.
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Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed
amongst themselves, that the intervals of empty
spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to
them all. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. (Geom.) That which has one or more of the three
dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
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3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as
time, weight, force, and the like.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. "With plain, heroic magnitude of
mind." --Milton.
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5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;
importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
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The magnitude of his designs. --Bp. Horsley.
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6. (Astron.) See magnitude of a star, below.
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Apparent magnitude
1. (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as
measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the
observer; -- called also apparent diameter.
2. (Astron.) Same as magnitude of a star, below.
Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the rank of a star with
respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are
said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth
magnitude being just visible to the naked eye; called also
visual magnitude, apparent magnitude, and simply
magnitude. Stars observable only in the telescope are
classified down to below the twelfth magnitude. The
difference in actual brightness between magnitudes is now
specified as a factor of 2.512, i.e. the difference in
brightness is 100 for stars differing by five magnitudes.
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Apparent horizon
(gcide) | Horizon \Ho*ri"zon\, n. [F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. ? (sc. ?)
the bounding line, horizon, fr. ? to bound, fr. ? boundary,
limit.]
1. The line which bounds that part of the earth's surface
visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent
junction of the earth and sky.
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And when the morning sun shall raise his car
Above the border of this horizon. --Shak.
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All the horizon round
Invested with bright rays. --Milton.
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2. (Astron.)
(a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and
at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a
plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place;
called distinctively the sensible horizon.
(b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place,
and passing through the earth's center; -- called also
rational horizon or celestial horizon.
(c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as
seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being
visible.
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3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made.
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The strata all over the earth, which were formed at
the same time, are said to belong to the same
geological horizon. --Le Conte.
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4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any
sort, which determines in the picture the height of the
eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the
representation of the natural horizon corresponds with
this line.
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5. The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities,
or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have
limited horizons.
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6. [fig.] A boundary point or line, or a time point, beyond
which new knowledge or experiences may be found; as, more
powerful computers are just over the horizon.
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Apparent horizon. See under Apparent.
Artificial horizon, a level mirror, as the surface of
mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted
to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the
sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial
body.
Celestial horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above.
Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the vertical angle between
the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon,
the latter always being below the former.
Rational horizon, and Sensible horizon. (Astron.) See
def. 2, above.
Visible horizon. See definitions 1 and 2, above.
[1913 Webster]Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
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The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
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2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
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It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
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3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
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To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
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What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
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Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
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Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Apparent magnitude
(gcide) | Magnitude \Mag"ni*tude\, n. [L. magnitudo, from magnus great.
See Master, and cf. Maxim.]
1. Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have
length, breadth, and thickness.
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Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed
amongst themselves, that the intervals of empty
spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to
them all. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. (Geom.) That which has one or more of the three
dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
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3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as
time, weight, force, and the like.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. "With plain, heroic magnitude of
mind." --Milton.
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5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;
importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
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The magnitude of his designs. --Bp. Horsley.
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6. (Astron.) See magnitude of a star, below.
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Apparent magnitude
1. (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as
measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the
observer; -- called also apparent diameter.
2. (Astron.) Same as magnitude of a star, below.
Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the rank of a star with
respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are
said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth
magnitude being just visible to the naked eye; called also
visual magnitude, apparent magnitude, and simply
magnitude. Stars observable only in the telescope are
classified down to below the twelfth magnitude. The
difference in actual brightness between magnitudes is now
specified as a factor of 2.512, i.e. the difference in
brightness is 100 for stars differing by five magnitudes.
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apparent magnitude
(gcide) | Magnitude \Mag"ni*tude\, n. [L. magnitudo, from magnus great.
See Master, and cf. Maxim.]
1. Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have
length, breadth, and thickness.
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Conceive those particles of bodies to be so disposed
amongst themselves, that the intervals of empty
spaces between them may be equal in magnitude to
them all. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. (Geom.) That which has one or more of the three
dimensions, length, breadth, and thickness.
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3. Anything of which greater or less can be predicated, as
time, weight, force, and the like.
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4. Greatness; grandeur. "With plain, heroic magnitude of
mind." --Milton.
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5. Greatness, in reference to influence or effect;
importance; as, an affair of magnitude.
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The magnitude of his designs. --Bp. Horsley.
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6. (Astron.) See magnitude of a star, below.
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Apparent magnitude
1. (Opt.), the angular breadth of an object viewed as
measured by the angle which it subtends at the eye of the
observer; -- called also apparent diameter.
2. (Astron.) Same as magnitude of a star, below.
Magnitude of a star (Astron.), the rank of a star with
respect to brightness. About twenty very bright stars are
said to be of first magnitude, the stars of the sixth
magnitude being just visible to the naked eye; called also
visual magnitude, apparent magnitude, and simply
magnitude. Stars observable only in the telescope are
classified down to below the twelfth magnitude. The
difference in actual brightness between magnitudes is now
specified as a factor of 2.512, i.e. the difference in
brightness is 100 for stars differing by five magnitudes.
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Apparent time
(gcide) | Time \Time\, n.; pl. Times. [OE. time, AS. t[imac]ma, akin to
t[imac]d time, and to Icel. t[imac]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw.
timme. [root]58. See Tide, n.]
1. Duration, considered independently of any system of
measurement or any employment of terms which designate
limited portions thereof.
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The time wasteth [i. e. passes away] night and day.
--Chaucer.
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I know of no ideas . . . that have a better claim to
be accounted simple and original than those of space
and time. --Reid.
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2. A particular period or part of duration, whether past,
present, or future; a point or portion of duration; as,
the time was, or has been; the time is, or will be.
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God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake
in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.
--Heb. i. 1.
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3. The period at which any definite event occurred, or person
lived; age; period; era; as, the Spanish Armada was
destroyed in the time of Queen Elizabeth; -- often in the
plural; as, ancient times; modern times.
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4. The duration of one's life; the hours and days which a
person has at his disposal.
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Believe me, your time is not your own; it belongs to
God, to religion, to mankind. --Buckminster.
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5. A proper time; a season; an opportunity.
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There is . . . a time to every purpose. --Eccl. iii.
1.
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The time of figs was not yet. --Mark xi. 13.
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6. Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition.
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She was within one month of her time. --Clarendon.
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7. Performance or occurrence of an action or event,
considered with reference to repetition; addition of a
number to itself; repetition; as, to double cloth four
times; four times four, or sixteen.
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Summers three times eight save one. --Milton.
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8. The present life; existence in this world as contrasted
with immortal life; definite, as contrasted with infinite,
duration.
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Till time and sin together cease. --Keble.
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9. (Gram.) Tense.
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10. (Mus.) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo;
rate of movement; rhythmical division; as, common or
triple time; the musician keeps good time.
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Some few lines set unto a solemn time. --Beau. &
Fl.
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Note: Time is often used in the formation of compounds,
mostly self-explaining; as, time-battered,
time-beguiling, time-consecrated, time-consuming,
time-enduring, time-killing, time-sanctioned,
time-scorner, time-wasting, time-worn, etc.
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Absolute time, time irrespective of local standards or
epochs; as, all spectators see a lunar eclipse at the same
instant of absolute time.
Apparent time, the time of day reckoned by the sun, or so
that 12 o'clock at the place is the instant of the transit
of the sun's center over the meridian.
Astronomical time, mean solar time reckoned by counting the
hours continuously up to twenty-four from one noon to the
next.
At times, at distinct intervals of duration; now and then;
as, at times he reads, at other times he rides.
Civil time, time as reckoned for the purposes of common
life in distinct periods, as years, months, days, hours,
etc., the latter, among most modern nations, being divided
into two series of twelve each, and reckoned, the first
series from midnight to noon, the second, from noon to
midnight.
Common time (Mil.), the ordinary time of marching, in which
ninety steps, each twenty-eight inches in length, are
taken in one minute.
Equation of time. See under Equation, n.
In time.
(a) In good season; sufficiently early; as, he arrived in
time to see the exhibition.
(b) After a considerable space of duration; eventually;
finally; as, you will in time recover your health and
strength.
Mean time. See under 4th Mean.
Quick time (Mil.), time of marching, in which one hundred
and twenty steps, each thirty inches in length, are taken
in one minute.
Sidereal time. See under Sidereal.
Standard time, the civil time that has been established by
law or by general usage over a region or country. In
England the standard time is Greenwich mean solar time. In
the United States and Canada four kinds of standard time
have been adopted by the railroads and accepted by the
people, viz., Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific
time, corresponding severally to the mean local times of
the 75th, 90th, 105th, and 120th meridians west from
Greenwich, and being therefore five, six, seven, and eight
hours slower than Greenwich time.
Time ball, a ball arranged to drop from the summit of a
pole, to indicate true midday time, as at Greenwich
Observatory, England. --Nichol.
Time bargain (Com.), a contract made for the sale or
purchase of merchandise, or of stock in the public funds,
at a certain time in the future.
Time bill. Same as Time-table. [Eng.]
Time book, a book in which is kept a record of the time
persons have worked.
Time detector, a timepiece provided with a device for
registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman
visits certain stations in his beat.
Time enough, in season; early enough. "Stanly at Bosworth
field, . . . came time enough to save his life." --Bacon.
Time fuse, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which
can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain
definite interval after being itself ignited.
Time immemorial, or Time out of mind. (Eng. Law) See
under Immemorial.
Time lock, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when
wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when
locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.
Time of day, salutation appropriate to the times of the
day, as "good morning," "good evening," and the like;
greeting.
To kill time. See under Kill, v. t.
To make time.
(a) To gain time.
(b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something;
as, the trotting horse made fast time.
To move against time, To run against time, or {To go
against time}, to move, run, or go a given distance without a
competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to
accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over
in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time.
True time.
(a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly.
(b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit
of the sun's center over the meridian.
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[1913 Webster]Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
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The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
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2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
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It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
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3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
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To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
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What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
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Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
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Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
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Apparently
(gcide) | Apparently \Ap*par"ent*ly\, adv.
1. Visibly. [Obs.] --Hobbes.
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2. Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
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If he should scorn me so apparently. --Shak.
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3. Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently
friendly, yet malicious in heart.
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Apparentness
(gcide) | Apparentness \Ap*par"ent*ness\, n.
Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.
[R.] --Sherwood.
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Heir apparent
(gcide) | Apparent \Ap*par"ent\, a. [F. apparent, L. apparens, -entis, p.
pr. of apparere. See Appear.]
1. Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view;
visible to the eye; within sight or view.
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The moon . . . apparent queen. --Milton.
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2. Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident;
obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
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It is apparent foul play. --Shak.
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3. Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not
necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming; as the
apparent motion or diameter of the sun.
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To live on terms of civility, and even of apparent
friendship. --Macaulay.
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What Berkeley calls visible magnitude was by
astronomers called apparent magnitude. --Reid.
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Apparent horizon, the circle which in a level plain bounds
our view, and is formed by the apparent meeting of the
earth and heavens, as distinguished from the rational
horizon.
Apparent time. See Time.
Heir apparent (Law), one whose to an estate is indefeasible
if he survives the ancestor; -- in distinction from
presumptive heir. See Presumptive.
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Syn: Visible; distinct; plain; obvious; clear; certain;
evident; manifest; indubitable; notorious.
[1913 Webster]Heir \Heir\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. heir, eir, hair, OF. heir, eir, F.
hoir, L. heres; of uncertain origin. Cf. Hereditary,
Heritage.]
1. One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the
possession of, any property after the death of its owner;
one on whom the law bestows the title or property of
another at the death of the latter.
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I am my father's heir and only son. --Shak.
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2. One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or
relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
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And I his heir in misery alone. --Pope.
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Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent.
Heir at law, one who, after his ancector's death, has a
right to inherit all his intestate estate. --Wharton (Law
Dict.).
Heir presumptive, one who, if the ancestor should die
immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the
inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer
relative, or by some other contingency.
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Unapparent
(gcide) | Unapparent \Unapparent\
See apparent. |
apparent
(wn) | apparent
adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
"the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who
sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest,
patent, plain, unmistakable]
2: appearing as such but not necessarily so; "for all his
apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent"; "the
committee investigated some apparent discrepancies"; "the
ostensible truth of their theories"; "his seeming honesty"
[syn: apparent(a), ostensible, seeming(a)] |
apparent horizon
(wn) | apparent horizon
n 1: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn:
horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, {sensible
horizon}, skyline] |
apparent motion
(wn) | apparent motion
n 1: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid
succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the
cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of
flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn:
apparent motion, motion, apparent movement,
movement] |
apparent movement
(wn) | apparent movement
n 1: an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid
succession of still pictures of a moving object; "the
cinema relies on apparent motion"; "the succession of
flashing lights gave an illusion of movement" [syn:
apparent motion, motion, apparent movement,
movement] |
apparently
(wn) | apparently
adv 1: from appearances alone; "irrigation often produces bumper
crops from apparently desert land"; "the child is
seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned"; "had been
ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really
concealing it"-Thomas Hardy; "on the face of it the
problem seems minor" [syn: apparently, seemingly,
ostensibly, on the face of it]
2: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
`plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed
and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently
nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some
time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not";
"You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn:
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently,
apparently, plainly, plain] |
apparentness
(wn) | apparentness
n 1: the property of being apparent [syn: apparentness,
apparency] |
heir apparent
(wn) | heir apparent
n 1: an heir whose right to an inheritance cannot be defeated if
that person outlives the ancestor [ant: heir presumptive] |
unapparent
(wn) | unapparent
adj 1: not readily apparent; "the answer was at first
unapparent" |
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