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frontier
(encz) | frontier,hranice |
frontier
(encz) | frontier,hraniční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frontier
(encz) | frontier,pohraničí Zdeněk Brož |
frontier
(encz) | frontier,pohraniční Zdeněk Brož |
frontier
(encz) | frontier,pomezí Zdeněk Brož |
Frontier
(gcide) | Frontier \Fron"tier\, n. [F. fronti[`e]re, LL. frontaria. See
Front.]
1. That part of a country which fronts or faces another
country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border,
confine, or extreme part of a country, bordering on
another country; the border of the settled and cultivated
part of a country; as, the frontier of civilization.
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2. (Fort.) An outwork. [Obs.]
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Palisadoes, frontiers, parapets. --Shak.
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Frontier
(gcide) | Frontier \Fron"tier\, a.
1. Lying on the exterior part; bordering; conterminous; as, a
frontier town.
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2. Of or relating to a frontier. "Frontier experience." --W.
Irving.
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Frontier
(gcide) | Frontier \Fron"tier\, v. i.
To constitute or form a frontier; to have a frontier; -- with
on. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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frontier
(wn) | frontier
n 1: a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;
"the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
2: an international boundary or the area (often fortified)
immediately inside the boundary
3: an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and
development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
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cross the frontier
(encz) | cross the frontier,překročit hranice v: Pino |
customs frontier
(encz) | customs frontier,celní hranice Zdeněk Brož |
frontier
(encz) | frontier,hranice frontier,hraniční adj: Zdeněk Brožfrontier,pohraničí Zdeněk Brožfrontier,pohraniční Zdeněk Brožfrontier,pomezí Zdeněk Brož |
frontier settlement
(encz) | frontier settlement, n: |
frontier technology
(encz) | frontier technology, |
frontiers
(encz) | frontiers,hranice n: Zdeněk Brož |
frontiersman
(encz) | frontiersman,hraničář n: Zdeněk Brož |
frontiersmen
(encz) | frontiersmen, |
frontierswoman
(encz) | frontierswoman, n: |
production frontier
(encz) | production frontier, |
production possibility frontier
(encz) | production possibility frontier,hranice produkčních možností Mgr. Dita
Gálová |
production-possibility frontier
(encz) | production-possibility frontier,hranice produkčních
možností [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
transfrontier pollution
(encz) | transfrontier pollution,přeshraniční znečištění [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
Flanks of a frontier
(gcide) | Flank \Flank\ (fl[a^][ng]k), n. [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus
flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]
1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.
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2. (Mil.)
(a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as
of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme
right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to
attack him on the side.
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When to right and left the front
Divided, and to either flank retired. --Milton.
(b) (Fort.) That part of a bastion which reaches from the
curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the
flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a
work defending another by a fire along the outside of
its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.
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3. (Arch.) The side of any building. --Brands.
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4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that
lies within the pitch line.
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Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or
body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or
rear.
Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up
on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers,
light infantry, or riflemen.
Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue
exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire
from other works, sweeping the ground in its front.
Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing
formed at a projecting angle with the line.
Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on
the left, of a company, battalion, etc.
Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an
enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on
the flank.
Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of
one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or
to take up a new position.
Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national
boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against
hostile incursion.
Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the
column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to
secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of
the enemy.
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Frontiered
(gcide) | Frontiered \Fron"tiered\, p. a.
Placed on the frontiers. [R.]
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Frontiersman
(gcide) | Frontiersman \Fron"tiers*man\, n.; pl. Frontiersmen.
A man living on the frontier. Frontignac |
Frontiersmen
(gcide) | Frontiersman \Fron"tiers*man\, n.; pl. Frontiersmen.
A man living on the frontier. Frontignac |
frontier
(wn) | frontier
n 1: a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;
"the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
2: an international boundary or the area (often fortified)
immediately inside the boundary
3: an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and
development; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
frontier settlement
(wn) | frontier settlement
n 1: a settlement on the frontier of civilization [syn:
frontier settlement, outpost] |
frontiersman
(wn) | frontiersman
n 1: a man who lives on the frontier [syn: frontiersman,
backwoodsman, mountain man] |
frontierswoman
(wn) | frontierswoman
n 1: a woman who lives on the frontier |
last frontier
(wn) | Last Frontier
n 1: a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state
admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the
United States" [syn: Alaska, Last Frontier, AK] |
triple frontier
(wn) | Triple Frontier
n 1: the border area where Argentina and Brazil and Paraguay
meet; an active South American center for contraband and
drug trafficking and money laundering; a suspected locale
for Islamic extremist groups |
electronic frontier foundation
(foldoc) | Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF
(EFF) A group established to address social and legal
issues arising from the impact on society of the increasingly
pervasive use of computers as a means of communication and
information distribution. EFF is a non-profit civil liberties
public interest organisation working to protect freedom of
expression, privacy, and access to on-line resources and
information.
(http://eff.org/).
(1994-12-08)
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