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gram
(mass) | gram
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-gram
(gcide) | -gram \-gram\ (-gr[a^]m). [Gr. gra`mma a thing drawn or written,
a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.]
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,
writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
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Gram
(gcide) | Gram \Gram\ (gr[a^]m), a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.]
Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.
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Gram
(gcide) | Gram \Gram\, n. [Pg. gr[~a]o grain. See Grain.] (Bot.)
The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and
its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
Gram |
Gram
(gcide) | Gram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\ (gr[a^]m), n. [F. gramme, from Gr.
gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr.
gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
The unit of mass or weight in the metric system. It was
intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the
weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at
its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See
Grain, n., 4.
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Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat,
being the amount of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of one gram of pure water one degree
centigrade.
Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal
which will replace one gram of hydrogen.
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gram
(gcide) | Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.)
Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn.
Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food
in British India; called also gram, mung bean, {Chinese
mung bean}, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect,
bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and
edible pods and young sprouts. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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diagram
(mass) | diagram
- diagram |
gram
(mass) | gram
- gram |
grammar
(mass) | grammar
- cvičebnica |
grammatically
(mass) | grammatically
- gramaticky |
gramophone record
(mass) | gramophone record
- doska |
kilogram
(mass) | kilogram
- kilogram |
programmer
(mass) | programmer
- programátor |
programming
(mass) | programming
- programovanie |
superfund program.
(encz) | Superfund Program.,program superfondu [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Abaster erythrogrammus
(gcide) | Hoop \Hoop\, n. [OE. hope; akin to D. hoep, hoepel.]
1. A pliant strip of wood or metal bent in a circular form,
and united at the ends, for holding together the staves of
casks, tubs, etc.
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2. A ring; a circular band; anything resembling a hoop, as
the cylinder (cheese hoop) in which the curd is pressed in
making cheese.
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3. A circle, or combination of circles, of thin whalebone,
metal, or other elastic material, used for expanding the
skirts of ladies' dresses; crinoline; -- used chiefly in
the plural.
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Though stiff with hoops, and armed with ribs of
whale. --Pope.
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4. A quart pot; -- so called because originally bound with
hoops, like a barrel. Also, a portion of the contents
measured by the distance between the hoops. [Obs.]
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5. An old measure of capacity, variously estimated at from
one to four pecks. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Bulge hoop, Chine hoop, Quarter hoop, the hoop nearest
the middle of a cask, that nearest the end, and the
intermediate hoop between these two, respectively.
Flat hoop, a wooden hoop dressed flat on both sides.
Half-round hoop, a wooden hoop left rounding and undressed
on the outside.
Hoop iron, iron in thin narrow strips, used for making
hoops.
Hoop lock, the fastening for uniting the ends of wooden
hoops by notching and interlocking them.
Hoop skirt, a framework of hoops for expanding the skirts
of a woman's dress; -- called also hoop petticoat.
Hoop snake (Zool.), a harmless snake of the Southern United
States (Abaster erythrogrammus); -- so called from the
mistaken notion that it curves itself into a hoop, taking
its tail into its mouth, and rolls along with great
velocity.
Hoop tree (Bot.), a small West Indian tree ({Melia
sempervirens}), of the Mahogany family.
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Acromonogrammatic
(gcide) | Acromonogrammatic \Ac`ro*mon`o*gram*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. 'a`kros
extreme + ? alone + ? a letter.]
Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with
which the preceding verse ends.
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Actinogram
(gcide) | Actinogram \Ac*tin"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -gram.]
A record made by the actinograph.
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Agrammatist
(gcide) | Agrammatist \A*gram"ma*tist\, n. [Gr. ? illiterate; 'a priv. + ?
letters, fr. ? to write.]
A illiterate person. [Obs.] --Bailey.
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Anagram
(gcide) | Anagram \An"a*gram\ ([a^]n"[.a]*gr[a^]m), n. [F. anagramme, LL.
anagramma, fr. Gr. 'ana` back, again + gra`fein to write. See
Graphic.]
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its
usual wider sense, the change of one word or phrase into
another by the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus
becomes angelus; William Noy (attorney-general to Charles I.,
and a laborious man) may be turned into I moyl in law.
[1913 Webster]Anagram \An"a*gram\, v. t.
To anagrammatize.
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Some of these anagramed his name, Benlowes, into
Benevolus. --Warburton.
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Anagrammatic
(gcide) | Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical
\An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagrammatique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Anagrammatical
(gcide) | Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical
\An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagrammatique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Anagrammatically
(gcide) | Anagrammatic \An`a*gram*mat"ic\, Anagrammatical
\An`a*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. anagrammatique.]
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram. --
An`a*gram*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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Anagrammatism
(gcide) | Anagrammatism \An`a*gram"ma*tism\, n. [Gr. 'anagrammatismo`s:
cf. F. anagrammatisme.]
The act or practice of making anagrams. --Camden.
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Anagrammatist
(gcide) | Anagrammatist \An`a*gram"ma*tist\, n. [Cf. F. anagrammatiste.]
A maker of anagrams.
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Anagrammatize
(gcide) | Anagrammatize \An`a*gram"ma*tize\, v. t. [Gr. 'anagrammati`zein
cf. F. anagrammatiser.]
To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to form an
anagram. --Cudworth.
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Anemogram
(gcide) | Anemogram \A*nem"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ? wind + -gram.]
A record made by an anemograph.
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Angiogram
(gcide) | Angiogram \An"gi*o*gram\ ([a^]n"j[-e]*[-o]*gr[a^]m), n. (Med.)
[angio- + Gr. gra`mma a writing.]
An X-ray photograph produced by angiography. AS
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autoradiogram
(gcide) | radiograph \ra"di*o*graph\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]*gr[a^]f), n.
[Radio- + -graph.]
1. An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
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2. An image or picture produced upon a sensitive surface, as
of a photographic or fluorescent plate, by some form of
penetrating radiation other than light, as X-rays, beta
rays, etc.; esp., a picture of the internal structure of
opaque objects traversed by the rays; a skiagraph. When
the picture is produced upon photographic film by X-rays,
the picture is usually called an X-ray photo or X-ray.
When an image is produced on photographic film by a
radioactive substance in close proximity to the film, in a
manner so as to record the spatial distribution of the
radioactive substance, the resulting image is called an
autoradiograph or {autoradiogram}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]Autoradiogram \Au`to*ra"di*o*gram\, n. [Auto- + radiogram.]
(Biochemistry)
an image produced upon photographic film by exposure of the
film to a radioactive substance in close proximity to
(usually in contact with) the film.
Note: Recording the distribution of radioactive materials on
an autoradiogram is a technique much used in
biochemical research as part of analytical procedures,
in which radioactively labeled substances are subjected
to a separation process (such as electrophoresis) which
can help to characterize the substance, and the
resulting distribution of the labeled substance is
recorded on an autoradiogram. In microbiology and cell
biology, autoradiograms may be made on the same film as
a photomicrograph, permitting observation of the
distribution of labeled compounds within a cell.
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Autoradiogram
(gcide) | radiograph \ra"di*o*graph\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[-o]*gr[a^]f), n.
[Radio- + -graph.]
1. An instrument for measuring and recording solar radiation.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. An image or picture produced upon a sensitive surface, as
of a photographic or fluorescent plate, by some form of
penetrating radiation other than light, as X-rays, beta
rays, etc.; esp., a picture of the internal structure of
opaque objects traversed by the rays; a skiagraph. When
the picture is produced upon photographic film by X-rays,
the picture is usually called an X-ray photo or X-ray.
When an image is produced on photographic film by a
radioactive substance in close proximity to the film, in a
manner so as to record the spatial distribution of the
radioactive substance, the resulting image is called an
autoradiograph or {autoradiogram}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]Autoradiogram \Au`to*ra"di*o*gram\, n. [Auto- + radiogram.]
(Biochemistry)
an image produced upon photographic film by exposure of the
film to a radioactive substance in close proximity to
(usually in contact with) the film.
Note: Recording the distribution of radioactive materials on
an autoradiogram is a technique much used in
biochemical research as part of analytical procedures,
in which radioactively labeled substances are subjected
to a separation process (such as electrophoresis) which
can help to characterize the substance, and the
resulting distribution of the labeled substance is
recorded on an autoradiogram. In microbiology and cell
biology, autoradiograms may be made on the same film as
a photomicrograph, permitting observation of the
distribution of labeled compounds within a cell.
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Barogram
(gcide) | Barogram \Bar"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ba`ros weight + -gram.] (Meteor.)
A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically
the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.
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Battering-ram
(gcide) | Battering-ram \Bat"ter*ing-ram`\, n.
1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the
walls of besieged places.
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Note: It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was
sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was
suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and so
balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was
impelled by men against the wall. --Grose.
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2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
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bigram
(gcide) | bigram \bigram\ n.
a word that is written with two letters in an alphabetic
writing system.
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Cablegram
(gcide) | Cablegram \Ca"ble*gram`\ (k[=a]"b'l*gr[a^]m`), n. [Cable, n. +
Gr. gra`mma a writing, a letter.]
A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
Note: [A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers.]
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cardiogram
(gcide) | cardiogram \car"di*o*gram`\, n. [Gr. kardi`a heart + -gram.]
(Physiol.)
Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially
the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph. Sometimes used
synonymously with electrocardiogram.
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Cartogram
(gcide) | Cartogram \Car"to*gram\, n. [F. cartogramme.]
A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics
of various kinds; a statistical map.
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Centigram
(gcide) | Centigram \Cen"ti*gram\, Centigramme \Cen"ti*gramme\, n. [F.
centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.]
The hundredth part of a gram; a mass equal to .15432 of a
grain. See 3rd Gram.
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Centigramme
(gcide) | Centigram \Cen"ti*gram\, Centigramme \Cen"ti*gramme\, n. [F.
centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.]
The hundredth part of a gram; a mass equal to .15432 of a
grain. See 3rd Gram.
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Cerapteryx graminis
(gcide) | Antler \Ant"ler\, n. [OE. auntelere, OF. antoillier, andoiller,
endouiller, fr. F. andouiller, fr. an assumed LL.
antocularis, fr. L. ante before + oculus eye. See Ocular.]
(Zool.)
The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine
animal, as of a stag.
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Huge stags with sixteen antlers. --Macaulay.
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Note: The branch next to the head is called the brow antler,
and the branch next above, the bez antler, or bay
antler. The main stem is the beam, and the branches are
often called tynes. Antlers are deciduous bony (not
horny) growths, and are covered with a periosteum while
growing. See Velvet.
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Antler moth (Zool.), a destructive European moth
(Cerapteryx graminis), which devastates grass lands.
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Chondestes grammacus
(gcide) | Lark \Lark\, n. [OE. larke, laverock, AS. l[=a]werce; akin to D.
leeuwerik, LG. lewerke, OHG. l[=e]rahha, G. lerche, Sw.
l[aum]rka, Dan. lerke, Icel. l[ae]virki.] (Zool.)
Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus
Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudid[ae]). They
mostly belong to Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. In
America they are represented by the shore larks, or horned
larks, of the genus Otocoris. The true larks have
holaspidean tarsi, very long hind claws, and, usually, dull,
sandy brown colors.
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Note: The European skylark, or lark of the poets ({Alauda
arvensis}), is of a brown mottled color, and is noted
for its clear and sweet song, uttered as it rises and
descends almost perpendicularly in the air. It is
considered a table delicacy, and immense numbers are
killed for the markets. Other well-known European
species are the crested, or tufted, lark ({Alauda
cristata}), and the wood lark (Alauda arborea). The
pipits, or titlarks, of the genus Anthus (family
Motacillid[ae]) are often called larks. See Pipit.
The American meadow larks, of the genus Sturnella,
are allied to the starlings. See Meadow Lark. The
Australian bush lark is Mirafra Horsfieldii. See
Shore lark.
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Lark bunting (Zool.), a fringilline bird ({Calamospiza
melanocorys}) found on the plains of the Western United
States.
Lark sparrow (Zool.), a sparrow (Chondestes grammacus),
found in the Mississippi Valley and the Western United
States.
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chromatogram
(gcide) | chromatogram \chro*mat"o*gram\ n.
1. the paper strip, column, gel, or TLC plate on which
subsances have been separated by a process of
chromatography[2].
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2. the record of the results of a process of
chromatography[2], produced by an instrument which
measures some property related to the concentration of
substances over the course of a chromatographic process.
The record may be printed, for example, on a piece of
paper, showing the concentration of some substance as a
function of time or volume; or it may be retained in a
computer and displayed on a video display terminal.
Note: The analytical methods for determining which substances
have moved to which point on the chromatogram are very
varied, and the records of the results of a
visualization techique, such as autoradiography, may
itself be referred to as a chromatogram.
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Chronogram
(gcide) | Chronogram \Chron"o*gram\, n. [Gr. ? time + ? writing,
character: cf. F. chronogramme.]
1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to
appear specially conspicuous, on being added together,
express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a
medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX;
ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added
as numerals, the sum 1632.
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2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.
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Chronogrammatic
(gcide) | Chronogrammatic \Chron`o*gram*mat"ic\, Chronogrammatical
\Chron`o*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. chronogrammatique.]
Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
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Chronogrammatical
(gcide) | Chronogrammatic \Chron`o*gram*mat"ic\, Chronogrammatical
\Chron`o*gram*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. chronogrammatique.]
Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.
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Chronogrammatist
(gcide) | Chronogrammatist \Chron`o*gram"ma*tist\, n.
A writer of chronograms.
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Comparative grammar
(gcide) | Grammar \Gram"mar\, n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire
Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr ?, fem. of ? skilled in grammar,
fr. ? letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical,
Gramarye.]
1. The science which treats of the principles of language;
the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one
another; the art concerned with the right use and
application of the rules of a language, in speaking or
writing.
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Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying
of words according to their function in the sentence.
--Bain.
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2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or
according to established usage; speech considered with
regard to the rules of a grammar.
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The original bad grammar and bad spelling.
--Macaulay.
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3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book
containing the principles and rules for correctness in
speaking or writing.
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4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as,
a grammar of geography.
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Comparative grammar, the science which determines the
relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing
their grammatical forms.
Grammar school.
(a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek
grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory
to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby
Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in
England than in the United States.
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When any town shall increase to the number of a
hundred
families or householders, they shall set up a
grammar school, the master thereof being able to
instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for
the University. --Mass.
Records
(1647).
(b) In the American system of graded common schools, at
one time the term referred to an intermediate school
between the primary school and the high school, in
which the principles of English grammar were taught;
now, it is synonymous with primary school or
elementary school, being the first school at which
children are taught subjects required by the state
educational laws. In different communities, the
grammar school (primary school) may have grades 1 to
4, 1 to 6, or 1 to 8, usually together with a
kindergarten. Schools between the primary school and
high school are now commonly termed middle school or
intermediate school.
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Complement of a parallelogram
(gcide) | Complement \Com"ple*ment\, n. [L. complementun: cf. F.
compl['e]ment. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.]
1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number
required to fill a thing or make it complete.
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2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to
complete a symmetrical whole.
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History is the complement of poetry. --Sir J.
Stephen.
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3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set;
completeness.
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To exceed his complement and number appointed him
which was one hundred and twenty persons. --Hakluyt.
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4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to
make it equal to a third given quantity.
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5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.]
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Without vain art or curious complements. --Spenser.
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6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel.
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7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the
fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the
third.
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8. A compliment. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under
Logarithm.
Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference
between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4
is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84.
Complement of an arc or Complement of an angle (Geom.),
the difference between that arc or angle and 90[deg].
Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon.
In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented
as full.
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computer program
(gcide) | computer program \computer program\ n.
a sequence of instructions, stored in any medium, that can be
interpreted and executed by a computer; -- called most
frequently a program. This term is used both for the
written program (a document) and for its corresponding
electronic version stored or executed on the computer. See
instruction; as, Version 1.0 of the program had a serious
bug that caused the computer to crash frequently..
Syn: program, program, computer programme.
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Cryptogram
(gcide) | Cryptogram \Cryp"to*gram\ (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n.
A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
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Cryptogramma
(gcide) | Cryptogramma \Cryptogramma\ n.
a genus sometimes placed in the family Polypodiaceae or
Cryptogrammataceae.
Syn: genus Cryptogramma.
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Cryptogrammataceae
(gcide) | Cryptogrammataceae \Cryptogrammataceae\ n.
one of a number of families into which the family
Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification
systems.
Syn: family Cryptogrammataceae.
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Cryptogramme crispa
(gcide) | Parsley \Pars"ley\ (p[aum]rs"l[y^]), n. [OE. persely, persil, F.
persil, L. petroselinum rock parsley, Gr. petrose`linon;
pe`tros stone + se`linon parsley. Cf. Celery.] (Bot.)
An aromatic umbelliferous herb (Carum Petroselinum), having
finely divided leaves which are used in cookery and as a
garnish.
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As she went to the garden for parsley, to stuff a
rabbit. --Shak.
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Fool's parsley. See under Fool.
Hedge parsley, Milk parsley, Stone parsley, names given
to various weeds of similar appearance to the parsley.
Parsley fern (Bot.), a small fern with leaves resembling
parsley (Cryptogramme crispa).
Parsley piert (Bot.), a small herb (Alchemilla arvensis)
formerly used as a remedy for calculus.
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day lettergrams
(gcide) | Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.
littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,
literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub
over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by
graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered
with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf.
Literal.]
1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,
or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a
first element of written language.
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And a superscription also was written over him in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke
xxiii. 38.
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2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in
intelligible characters on something adapted to
conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
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The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and
natural. --Walsh.
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3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]
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None could expound what this letter meant.
--Chaucer.
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4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact
signification or requirement.
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We must observe the letter of the law, without doing
violence to the reason of the law and the intention
of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor.
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I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
--Tennyson.
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5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of
type.
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Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing
house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
--Evelyn.
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6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
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7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. (Teleg.) A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent
at rates lower than the standard message rate in
consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to
priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams
are called by the Western Union Company day letters, or
night letters according to the time of sending, and by
The Postal Telegraph Company day lettergrams, or {night
lettergrams}.
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Dead letter, Drop letter, etc. See under Dead, Drop,
etc.
Letter book, a book in which copies of letters are kept.
Letter box, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed
or delivered.
Letter carrier, a person who carries letters; a postman;
specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters
to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects
letters to be mailed.
Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches.
Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,
unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a
part of it are in such a position (indicated by a
particular combination of the letters) as to permit the
bolt to be withdrawn.
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A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl.
Letter paper, paper for writing letters on; especially, a
size of paper intermediate between note paper and
foolscap. See Paper.
Letter punch, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the
end, used in making the matrices for type.
Letters of administration (Law), the instrument by which an
administrator or administratrix is authorized to
administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.
Letter of attorney, Letter of credit, etc. See under
Attorney, Credit, etc.
Letter of license, a paper by which creditors extend a
debtor's time for paying his debts.
Letters close or Letters clause (Eng. Law.), letters or
writs directed to particular persons for particular
purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --
distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.
Letters of orders (Eccl.), a document duly signed and
sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has
regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,
etc.
Letters patent, Letters overt, or Letters open (Eng.
Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and
authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy
some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England.
The common commercial patent is a derivative form of
such a right.
Letter-sheet envelope, a stamped sheet of letter paper
issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed
for transmission by mail without an envelope.
Letters testamentary (Law), an instrument granted by the
proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,
authorizing him to act as executor.
Letter writer.
(a) One who writes letters.
(b) A machine for copying letters.
(c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of
letters.
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Decagram
(gcide) | Decagram \Dec"a*gram\, Decagramme \Dec"a*gramme\, n. [F.
d['e]cagramme; Gr. de`ka ten + F. gramme. See Gram.]
A mass in the metric system equal to ten grams, and equal to
about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd Gram.
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Decagramme
(gcide) | Decagram \Dec"a*gram\, Decagramme \Dec"a*gramme\, n. [F.
d['e]cagramme; Gr. de`ka ten + F. gramme. See Gram.]
A mass in the metric system equal to ten grams, and equal to
about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd Gram.
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Decigram
(gcide) | Decigram \Dec"i*gram\, Decigramme \Dec"i*gramme\, n. [F.
d['e]cigramme; pref. d['e]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) +
gramme.]
A quantity of mass in the metric system equal to one tenth of
a gram, and equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd
gram.
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Decigramme
(gcide) | Decigram \Dec"i*gram\, Decigramme \Dec"i*gramme\, n. [F.
d['e]cigramme; pref. d['e]ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) +
gramme.]
A quantity of mass in the metric system equal to one tenth of
a gram, and equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd
gram.
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Dekagram
(gcide) | Dekagram \Dek"a*gram\, n.
Same as Decagram.
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Diagram
(gcide) | Diagram \Di"a*gram\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to mark out by lines; dia`
through + ? to draw, write: cf. F. diagramme. See Graphic.]
1. (Geom.) A figure or drawing made to illustrate a
statement, or facilitate a demonstration; a plan.
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2. Any simple drawing made for mathematical or scientific
purposes, or to assist a verbal explanation which refers
to it; a mechanical drawing, as distinguished from an
artistical one.
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Indicator diagram. (Steam Engine) See Indicator card,
under indicator
[1913 Webster]Diagram \Di"a*gram\, v. t.
To put into the form of a diagram.
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Diagramma lineatum
(gcide) | Bodian \Bo"di*an\, n. (Zool.)
A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East
Indies.
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Diagrammatic
(gcide) | Diagrammatic \Di`a*gram*mat"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by
diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly, adv.
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diagrammatic diagrammatical
(gcide) | delineated \delineated\ adj.
1. represented accurately or precisely. [Narrower terms:
diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted]
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2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid
imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn: represented, delineate.
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Diagrammaticly
(gcide) | Diagrammatic \Di`a*gram*mat"ic\, a.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diagram; showing by
diagram. -- Di`a*gram*mat"ic*ly, adv.
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Digram
(gcide) | Digram \Di"gram\, n. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? letter.]
A digraph.
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electrocardiogram
(gcide) | cardiogram \car"di*o*gram`\, n. [Gr. kardi`a heart + -gram.]
(Physiol.)
Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially
the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph. Sometimes used
synonymously with electrocardiogram.
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Epigram
(gcide) | Epigram \Ep"i*gram\, n. [L. epigramma, fr. Gr. ? inscription,
epigram, fr. ? to write upon, 'epi` upon + ? to write: cf. F.
['e]pigramme. See Graphic.]
1. A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single
thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to
surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of
thought, and is often satirical in character.
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Dost thou think I care for a satire or an epigram?
--Shak.
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Note: Epigrams were originally inscription on tombs, statues,
temples, triumphal arches, etc.
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2. An effusion of wit; a bright thought tersely and sharply
expressed, whether in verse or prose.
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3. The style of the epigram.
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Antithesis, i. e., bilateral stroke, is the soul of
epigram in its later and technical signification.
--B. Cracroft.
Epigrammatic |
Epigrammatic
(gcide) | Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical
\Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.
['e]pigrammatique.]
1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an
epigrammatical poet.
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2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an
epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or
sallies of fancy.
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Epigrammatical
(gcide) | Epigrammatic \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic\, Epigrammatical
\Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al\, [L. epigrammaticus: cf. F.
['e]pigrammatique.]
1. Writing epigrams; dealing in epigrams; as, an
epigrammatical poet.
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2. Suitable to epigrams; belonging to epigrams; like an
epigram; pointed; piquant; as, epigrammatic style, wit, or
sallies of fancy.
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Epigrammatically
(gcide) | Epigrammatically \Ep`i*gram*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In the way of epigram; in an epigrammatic style.
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Epigrammatist
(gcide) | Epigrammatist \Ep`i*gram"ma*tist\, n. [L. epigrammatista: cf. F.
['e]pigrammatiste.]
One who composes epigrams, or makes use of them.
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The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness.
--Holmes.
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Epigrammatize
(gcide) | Epigrammatize \Ep`i*gram"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Epigrammatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing.]
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
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Epigrammatized
(gcide) | Epigrammatize \Ep`i*gram"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Epigrammatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing.]
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
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Epigrammatizer
(gcide) | Epigrammatizer \Ep`i*gram"ma*ti`zer\, n.
One who writes in an affectedly pointed style.
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Epigrammatizers of our English prose style.
--Coleridge.
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Epigrammatizing
(gcide) | Epigrammatize \Ep`i*gram"ma*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Epigrammatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Epigrammatizing.]
To represent by epigrams; to express by epigrams.
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Epigrammist
(gcide) | Epigrammist \Ep"i*gram`mist\, n.
An epigrammatist. --Jer. Taylor.
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-gram
(gcide) | -gram \-gram\ (-gr[a^]m). [Gr. gra`mma a thing drawn or written,
a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.]
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,
writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
[1913 Webster]Gram \Gram\ (gr[a^]m), a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.]
Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.
[1913 Webster]Gram \Gram\, n. [Pg. gr[~a]o grain. See Grain.] (Bot.)
The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and
its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
GramGram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\ (gr[a^]m), n. [F. gramme, from Gr.
gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr.
gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
The unit of mass or weight in the metric system. It was
intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the
weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at
its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See
Grain, n., 4.
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Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat,
being the amount of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of one gram of pure water one degree
centigrade.
Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal
which will replace one gram of hydrogen.
[1913 Webster]Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.)
Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn.
Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food
in British India; called also gram, mung bean, {Chinese
mung bean}, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect,
bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and
edible pods and young sprouts. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Gram
(gcide) | -gram \-gram\ (-gr[a^]m). [Gr. gra`mma a thing drawn or written,
a letter, fr. gra`fein to draw, write. See Graphic.]
A suffix indicating something drawn or written, a drawing,
writing; -- as, monogram, telegram, chronogram.
[1913 Webster]Gram \Gram\ (gr[a^]m), a. [AS. gram; akin to E. grim. [root]35.]
Angry. [Obs.] --Havelok, the Dane.
[1913 Webster]Gram \Gram\, n. [Pg. gr[~a]o grain. See Grain.] (Bot.)
The East Indian name of the chick-pea (Cicer arietinum) and
its seeds; also, other similar seeds there used for food.
GramGram \Gram\, Gramme \Gramme\ (gr[a^]m), n. [F. gramme, from Gr.
gra`mma that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr.
gra`fein to write. See Graphic.]
The unit of mass or weight in the metric system. It was
intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the
weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at
its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See
Grain, n., 4.
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Gram degree, or Gramme degree (Physics), a unit of heat,
being the amount of heat necessary to raise the
temperature of one gram of pure water one degree
centigrade.
Gram equivalent (Electrolysis), that quantity of the metal
which will replace one gram of hydrogen.
[1913 Webster]Mung \Mung\ (m[u^]ng), n. [Hind. m[=u]ng.] (Bot.)
Green gram, a kind of legume (pulse) (Vigna radiata syn.
Phaseolus aureus, syn. Phaseolus Mungo), grown for food
in British India; called also gram, mung bean, {Chinese
mung bean}, and green-seeded mung bean. It is an erect,
bushy annual producing edible green or yellow seeds, and
edible pods and young sprouts. --Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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