| slovo | definícia |
annual
(mass) | annual
- výročný, každoročný, jednoročný, ročenka |
annual
(encz) | annual,každoroční adj: |
annual
(encz) | annual,obrat n: Pavel Machek; Giza |
annual
(encz) | annual,ročenka n: Zdeněk Brož |
annual
(encz) | annual,roční adj: |
annual
(encz) | annual,výroční adj: |
annual
(gcide) | Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,
sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.
tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task,
Taste.]
1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
by authority. Specifically:
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(a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
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A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay.
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(b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon
polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a
window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or
indirect, etc.
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(c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
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2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
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3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
tax on time or health.
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4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
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Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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Annual
(gcide) | Annual \An"nu*al\, n.
1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary
work published once a year.
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2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or
season; an annual plant.
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Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and
I myself can remember about forty different sets.
--Swift.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some
special object, said daily for a year or on the
anniversary day.
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Annual
(gcide) | Annual \An"nu*al\ (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L.
annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]
1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming
or happening once in the year; yearly.
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The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. --Ray.
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2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year;
as, the annual motion of the earth.
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A thousand pound a year, annual support. --Shak.
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2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season;
requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant;
annual tickets. --Bacon.
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annual
(wn) | annual
adj 1: completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of
annual flowering plants" [syn: annual, one-year]
[ant: biennial, perennial, two-year]
2: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris";
"yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"
[syn: annual, yearly]
n 1: (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle
within the space of a year
2: a reference book that is published regularly once every year
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annual
(mass) | annual
- výročný, každoročný, jednoročný, ročenka |
semiannual
(mass) | semi-annual
- polročný |
annual
(encz) | annual,každoroční adj: annual,obrat n: Pavel Machek; Gizaannual,ročenka n: Zdeněk Brožannual,roční adj: annual,výroční adj: |
annual general meeting
(encz) | Annual General Meeting,řádná valná hromada n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
annual income
(encz) | annual income,roční příjem [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
annual report
(encz) | annual report,výroční zpráva n: [fin.] Dan Ditrich |
annual ring
(encz) | annual ring,letokruh n: Zdeněk Brož |
annually
(encz) | annually,ročně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
biannual
(encz) | biannual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brožbiannual,půlroční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
biannually
(encz) | biannually,dvakrát za rok adv: sladybiannually,pololetně adv: slady |
current annual increment
(encz) | current annual increment,běžný roční přírůstek [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
hardy annual
(encz) | hardy annual,trvalka n: [bot.] Petr Prášek |
joint ad hoc committee of arrangements for the annual meetings of the boards of governors of the bank and the fund
(encz) | Joint Ad Hoc Committee of Arrangements for the Annual Meetings of the
Boards of Governors of the Bank and the Fund, |
seasonally adjusted annual rate
(encz) | seasonally adjusted annual rate, |
semi-annual
(encz) | semi-annual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semiannual
(encz) | semiannual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semiannually
(encz) | semiannually, |
annual
(gcide) | Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,
sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.
tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task,
Taste.]
1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
by authority. Specifically:
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(a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
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A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay.
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(b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon
polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a
window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or
indirect, etc.
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(c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
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2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
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3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
tax on time or health.
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4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
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5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
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Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
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Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
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[1913 Webster]Annual \An"nu*al\, n.
1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary
work published once a year.
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2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or
season; an annual plant.
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Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and
I myself can remember about forty different sets.
--Swift.
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3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some
special object, said daily for a year or on the
anniversary day.
[1913 Webster]Annual \An"nu*al\ (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L.
annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.]
1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming
or happening once in the year; yearly.
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The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. --Ray.
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2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year;
as, the annual motion of the earth.
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A thousand pound a year, annual support. --Shak.
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2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season;
requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant;
annual tickets. --Bacon.
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annual aberration
(gcide) | Aberration \Ab`er*ra"tion\, n. [L. aberratio: cf. F. aberration.
See Aberrate.]
1. The act of wandering; deviation, especially from truth or
moral rectitude, from the natural state, or from a type.
"The aberration of youth." --Hall. "Aberrations from
theory." --Burke.
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2. A partial alienation of reason. "Occasional aberrations of
intellect." --Lingard.
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Whims, which at first are the aberrations of a
single brain, pass with heat into epidemic form.
--I. Taylor.
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3. (Astron.) A small periodical change of position in the
stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined
effect of the motion of light and the motion of the
observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's
motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or
diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis;
amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'',
and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is
that due to the motion of light and the motion of the
planet relative to the earth.
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4. (Opt.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or
mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same
point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus;
called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical
form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different
foci for central and marginal rays; and {chromatic
aberration}, when due to different refrangibilities of the
colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a
distinct focus.
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5. (Physiol.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts
not appropriate for it.
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6. (Law) The producing of an unintended effect by the
glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A
glances and strikes B.
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Syn: Insanity; lunacy; madness; derangement; alienation;
mania; dementia; hallucination; illusion; delusion. See
Insanity.
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Annual epact
(gcide) | Epact \E"pact\ ([=e]"p[a^]kt), n. [F. ['e]pacte, fr. Gr.
'epakto`s brought on or in, added, fr. 'epa`gein to bring on
or in; 'epi` on, in + 'a`gein to bring or lead. See Epi-,
and Act.] (Chron.)
The moon's age at the beginning of the calendar year, or the
number of days by which the last new moon has preceded the
beginning of the year.
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Annual epact, the excess of the solar year over the lunar
year, -- being eleven days.
Menstrual epact, or Monthly epact, the excess of a
calendar month over a lunar.
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Annual parallax
(gcide) | Parallax \Par"al*lax\, n. [Gr. ? alternation, the mutual
inclination of two lines forming an angle, fr. ? to change a
little, go aside, deviate; para` beside, beyond + ? to
change: cf. F. parallaxe. Cf. Parallel.]
1. The apparent displacement, or difference of position, of
an object, as seen from two different stations, or points
of view.
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2. (Astron.) The apparent difference in position of a body
(as the sun, or a star) as seen from some point on the
earth's surface, and as seen from some other conventional
point, as the earth's center or the sun.
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3. (Astron.) The annual parallax. See annual parallax,
below.
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Annual parallax, the greatest value of the heliocentric
parallax, or the greatest annual apparent change of place
of a body as seen from the earth and sun; it is equivalent
to the parallax of an astronomical object which would be
observed by taking observations of the object at two
different points one astronomical unit (the distance of
the Earth from the sun) apart, if the line joining the two
observing points is perpendicular to the direction to the
observed object; as, the annual parallax of a fixed star.
The distance of an astronomical object from the Earth is
inversely proportional to the annual parallax. A star
which has an annual parallax of one second of an arc is
considered to be one parsec (3.26 light years) distant
from the earth; a star with an annual parallax of
one-hundredth second of an arc is 326 light years distant.
See parsec in the vocabulary, and stellar parallax,
below.
Binocular parallax, the apparent difference in position of
an object as seen separately by one eye, and then by the
other, the head remaining unmoved.
Diurnal parallax or Geocentric parallax, the parallax of
a body with reference to the earth's center. This is the
kind of parallax that is generally understood when the
term is used without qualification.
Heliocentric parallax, the parallax of a body with
reference to the sun, or the angle subtended at the body
by lines drawn from it to the earth and sun; as, the
heliocentric parallax of a planet.
Horizontal parallax, the geocentric parallx of a heavenly
body when in the horizon, or the angle subtended at the
body by the earth's radius.
Optical parallax, the apparent displacement in position
undergone by an object when viewed by either eye singly.
--Brande & C.
Parallax of the cross wires (of an optical instrument),
their apparent displacement when the eye changes its
position, caused by their not being exactly in the focus
of the object glass.
Stellar parallax, the annual parallax of a fixed star.
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Annual variation
(gcide) | Variation \Va`ri*a"tion\, n. [OE. variatioun, F. variation, L.
variatio. See Vary.]
1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form,
position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification;
alteration; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a
variation of color in different lights; a variation in
size; variation of language.
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The essences of things are conceived not capable of
any such variation. --Locke.
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2. Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a
position or state; amount or rate of change.
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3. (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension,
conjugation, derivation, etc.
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4. (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful
embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or
harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a
musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the
essential features of the original shall still preserve
their identity.
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5. (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made
of any number of quantities taking a certain number of
them together.
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Annual variation (Astron.), the yearly change in the right
ascension or declination of a star, produced by the
combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and
the proper motion of the star.
Calculus of variations. See under Calculus.
Variation compass. See under Compass.
Variation of the moon (Astron.), an inequality of the
moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the
moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero
at the quadratures.
Variation of the needle (Geog. & Naut.), the angle included
between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the
deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the
true north and south line; -- called also {declination of
the needle}.
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Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation.
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annual yearly
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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Annualist
(gcide) | Annualist \An"nu*al*ist\, n.
One who writes for, or who edits, an annual. [R.]
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Annually
(gcide) | Annually \An"nu*al*ly\, adv.
Yearly; year by year.
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annuals
(gcide) | Annueler \An"nu*el*er\, n.
A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Biannual
(gcide) | Biannual \Bi*an"nu*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + annual.]
Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual.
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Ground annual
(gcide) | ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
some indefinite portion of it.
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There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
5.
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The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
earth.
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2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.
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From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.
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3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
grounds of the estate are well kept.
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Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
--Dryden. 4.
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4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
the ground of my hope.
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5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
(a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
white ground. See Background, Foreground, and
Middle-ground.
(b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
raised in relief.
(c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
See Brussels lace, under Brussels.
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6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
where an opening is made by the needle.
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7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
usually in the plural.
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Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
floated flush with them.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
a varying melody.
(b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
--Moore (Encyc.).
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On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
--Shak.
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9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.
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10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.
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11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Ground angling, angling with a weighted line without a
float.
Ground annual (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
upon the land.
Ground ash. (Bot.) See Groutweed.
Ground bailiff (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
--Simmonds.
Ground bait, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.
Ground bass or Ground base (Mus.), fundamental base; a
fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.
Ground beetle (Zool.), one of numerous species of
carnivorous beetles of the family Carabid[ae], living
mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.
Ground chamber, a room on the ground floor.
Ground cherry. (Bot.)
(a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an
inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
tomato (Physalis Alkekengi). See Alkekengl.
(b) A European shrub (Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus), with
small, very acid fruit.
Ground cuckoo. (Zool.) See Chaparral cock.
Ground cypress. (Bot.) See Lavender cotton.
Ground dove (Zool.), one of several small American pigeons
of the genus Columbigallina, esp. C. passerina of the
Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on
the ground.
Ground fish (Zool.), any fish which constantly lives on the
botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.
Ground floor, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
England, the first floor.
Ground form (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.
Ground furze (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
shrub (Ononis arvensis) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
called also rest-harrow.
Ground game, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
winged game.
Ground hele (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.
Ground of the heavens (Astron.), the surface of any part of
the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
as projected.
Ground hemlock (Bot.), the yew (Taxus baccata var.
Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.
Ground hog. (Zool.)
(a) The woodchuck or American marmot (Arctomys monax).
See Woodchuck.
(b) The aardvark.
Ground hold (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Ground ice, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
before it forms on the surface.
Ground ivy. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See Gill.
Ground joist, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
sleeper.
Ground lark (Zool.), the European pipit. See Pipit.
Ground laurel (Bot.). See Trailing arbutus, under
Arbutus.
Ground line (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.
Ground liverwort (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
radiated receptacles (Marchantia polymorpha).
Ground mail, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
churchyard.
Ground mass (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
embedded.
Ground parrakeet (Zool.), one of several Australian
parrakeets, of the genera Callipsittacus and
Geopsittacus, which live mainly upon the ground.
Ground pearl (Zool.), an insect of the family Coccid[ae]
(Margarodes formicarum), found in ants' nests in the
Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They are strung
like beads, and made into necklaces by the natives.
Ground pig (Zool.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
(Aulacodus Swinderianus) about two feet long, allied to
the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
spines; -- called also ground rat.
Ground pigeon (Zool.), one of numerous species of pigeons
which live largely upon the ground, as the tooth-billed
pigeon (Didunculus strigirostris), of the Samoan
Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See Goura,
and Ground dove (above).
Ground pine. (Bot.)
(a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus Ajuga ({A.
Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
Teucrium or germander, and named from its resinous
smell. --Sir J. Hill.
(b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
Lycopodium (L. clavatum); -- called also {club
moss}.
(c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
height, of the same genus (L. dendroideum) found in
moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
States. --Gray.
Ground plan (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
elevation or perpendicular section.
Ground plane, the horizontal plane of projection in
perspective drawing.
Ground plate.
(a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
groundsel.
(b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
mudsill.
(c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
--Knight.
Ground plot, the ground upon which any structure is
erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
plan.
Ground plum (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.
Ground rat. (Zool.) See Ground pig (above).
Ground rent, rent paid for the privilege of building on
another man's land.
Ground robin. (Zool.) See Chewink.
Ground room, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
--Tatler.
Ground sea, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
also rollers, and in Jamaica, the North sea.
Ground sill. See Ground plate (a) (above).
Ground snake (Zool.), a small burrowing American snake
(Celuta am[oe]na). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
tail.
Ground squirrel. (Zool.)
(a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek
pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
Western species. See Chipmunk, and Gopher.
(b) Any species of the African genus Xerus, allied to
Tamias.
Ground story. Same as Ground floor (above).
Ground substance (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
matrix, of tissues.
Ground swell.
(a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] --Holland.
(b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean,
caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a
remote distance after the gale has ceased.
Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth.
Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle necessary to secure a
vessel at anchor. --Totten.
Ground thrush (Zool.), one of numerous species of
bright-colored Oriental birds of the family Pittid[ae].
See Pitta.
Ground tier.
(a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
--Totten.
(b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
vessel's hold.
(c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.
Ground timbers (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
--Knight.
Ground tit. (Zool.) See Ground wren (below).
Ground wheel, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.
Ground wren (Zool.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
the arid plains. Called also ground tit, and wren tit.
To bite the ground, To break ground. See under Bite,
Break.
To come to the ground, To fall to the ground, to come to
nothing; to fail; to miscarry.
To gain ground.
(a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
army in battle gains ground.
(b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
army gains ground on the enemy.
(c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
influential.
To get ground, or To gather ground, to gain ground. [R.]
"Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast." --Milton.
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There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
To give ground, to recede; to yield advantage.
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These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
To lose ground, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
or reputation; to decline.
To stand one's ground, to stand firm; to resist attack or
encroachment. --Atterbury.
To take the ground to touch bottom or become stranded; --
said of a ship.
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Semiannual
(gcide) | Semiannual \Sem`i*an"nu*al\, a.
Half-yearly.
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semiannual biannual biyearly
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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Semiannually
(gcide) | Semiannually \Sem`i*an"nu*al*ly\, adv.
Every half year.
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annual
(wn) | annual
adj 1: completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of
annual flowering plants" [syn: annual, one-year]
[ant: biennial, perennial, two-year]
2: occurring or payable every year; "an annual trip to Paris";
"yearly medical examinations"; "annual (or yearly) income"
[syn: annual, yearly]
n 1: (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle
within the space of a year
2: a reference book that is published regularly once every year
[syn: annual, yearly, yearbook] |
annual fern
(wn) | annual fern
n 1: small short-lived fern of Central and South America [syn:
annual fern, Jersey fern, Anogramma leptophylla] |
annual parallax
(wn) | annual parallax
n 1: the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the
earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline [syn:
heliocentric parallax, annual parallax] |
annual ring
(wn) | annual ring
n 1: an annual formation of wood in plants as they grow [syn:
annual ring, growth ring] |
annual salt-marsh aster
(wn) | annual salt-marsh aster
n 1: a variety of aster |
annually
(wn) | annually
adv 1: without missing a year; "they travel to China annually"
[syn: annually, yearly, every year, each year]
2: by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of
money paid or received); "he earned $100,000 per annum"; "we
issue six volumes per annum" [syn: per annum, p.a., {per
year}, each year, annually] |
annualry
(wn) | annualry
n 1: the third finger (especially of the left hand) [syn: {ring
finger}, annualry] |
biannual
(wn) | biannual
adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly] |
biannually
(wn) | biannually
adv 1: twice a year; "we hold our big sale biannually" |
semiannual
(wn) | semiannual
adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly] |
semiannually
(wn) | semiannually
adv 1: twice a year [syn: semiannually, biyearly] |
annual change traffic
(foldoc) | Annual Change Traffic
(ACT) The fraction of the software product's
source code which changes during a year, either through
addition or modification. The ACT can be used to determine
the product size in order to estimate software maintenance
effort.
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ANNUAL PENSION
(bouvier) | ANNUAL PENSION, Scotch law. Annual rent. A yearly profit due to a creditor
by way of interest for a given sum of money. Right of annual rent, the
original right of burdening land with payment yearly for the payment of
money.
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