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limn
(encz) | limn,kreslit v: Jiří Drbálek |
limn
(encz) | limn,malovat v: Jiří Drbálek |
limn
(encz) | limn,vykreslit v: v doslovném i přeneseném významu Jiří Drbálek |
Limn
(gcide) | Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic
way with pencil or brush.
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Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of
faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
[PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
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limn
(wn) | limn
v 1: trace the shape of [syn: delineate, limn, outline]
2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the
Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn] |
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epilimnion
(encz) | epilimnion,epilimnión [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hypolimnion
(encz) | hypolimnion,hypolimnion [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limn
(encz) | limn,kreslit v: Jiří Drbáleklimn,malovat v: Jiří Drbáleklimn,vykreslit v: v doslovném i přeneseném významu Jiří Drbálek |
limner
(encz) | limner,malíř n: [zast.] Jiří Drbálek |
limning
(encz) | limning,malba n: Jiří Drbáleklimning,vykreslení n: v doslovném i přeneseném významu Jiří Drbálek |
limnion
(encz) | limnion,limnion [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limnobiocycle
(encz) | limnobiocycle,limnobiocyklus [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limnological
(encz) | limnological, adj: |
limnologically
(encz) | limnologically, adv: |
limnologist
(encz) | limnologist, n: |
limnology
(encz) | limnology,limnologie n: Zdeněk Brož |
slimness
(encz) | slimness,štíhlost Jaroslav Šedivý |
celková primární produkce (limnologie)
(czen) | celková primární produkce (limnologie),gross primary
production[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
celkový produkční výkon (limnologie)
(czen) | celkový produkční výkon (limnologie),gross production rate[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
epilimnión
(czen) | epilimnión,epilimnion[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
hypolimnion
(czen) | hypolimnion,hypolimnion[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limnion
(czen) | limnion,limnion[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limnobiocyklus
(czen) | limnobiocyklus,limnobiocycle[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
limnologie
(czen) | limnologie,limnologyn: Zdeněk Brož |
primární produktivita (limnologie)
(czen) | primární produktivita (limnologie),primary productivity[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
produkční výkon (limnologie)
(czen) | produkční výkon (limnologie),production rate[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
čistá primární produkce (limnologie)
(czen) | čistá primární produkce (limnologie),net primary production[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
čistá produktivita (limnologie)
(czen) | čistá produktivita (limnologie),net productivity[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
čistá vzdušná produkce (limnologie)
(czen) | čistá vzdušná produkce (limnologie),net aerial production[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
čistý produkční výkon (limnologie)
(czen) | čistý produkční výkon (limnologie),net production rate[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
Dislimn
(gcide) | Dislimn \Dis*limn"\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + limn.]
To efface, as a picture. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Enlimn
(gcide) | Enlimn \En*limn"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + limn. Cf. Enlumine,
Illuminate.]
To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and
decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.]
--Palsgrave.
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Limnaea
(gcide) | Limnaea \Lim*n[ae]"a\ (l[i^]m*n[=e]"[.a]), prop. n. [NL., fr.
Gr. limnai^os pertaining to a marsh, fr. li`mh a marsh.]
(Zool.)
A genus of fresh-water air-breathing mollusks, abundant in
ponds and streams; -- called also pond snail. [Written also
Lymn[ae]a.]
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Limnanthemum lacunosum
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, a.
1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a
wreck; floating motes in the air.
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2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating
ribs in man and some other animals.
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3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as,
floating capital; a floating debt.
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Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been
withdrawn in great masses from the island.
--Macaulay.
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Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail.
Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the
hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the
bombardment of a place.
Floating bridge.
(a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor
of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau
bridge. See Bateau.
(b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one
projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being
moved forward by pulleys; -- used for carrying troops
over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort.
(c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by
means of chains which are anchored on each side of a
stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels
being driven by stream power.
(d) The landing platform of a ferry dock.
Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely
in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the
functions of the latter.
Floating dam.
(a) An anchored dam.
(b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock.
Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor
use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor
improvements, etc.
Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock.
Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored
and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships
riding at anchor to leeward. --Knight.
Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant ({Limnanthemum
lacunosum}) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water
of American ponds.
Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard
with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs.
Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under
Wandering.
Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel
moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners
of danger; a light-ship; also, a light erected on a buoy
or floating stage.
Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under
Wandering.
Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and
falls with the tide.
Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which
are not connected with the others in front; in man they
are the last two pairs.
Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first
laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the
coat.
Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several
other threads without being interwoven with them, in a
woven fabric.
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Limned
(gcide) | Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic
way with pencil or brush.
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Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of
faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
[PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
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Limner
(gcide) | Limner \Lim"ner\ (l[i^]m"n[~e]r), n. [F. enlumineur, LL.
illuminator. See Limn, and cf. Alluminor.]
A painter; an artist; esp.:
(a) One who paints portraits.
(b) One who illuminates books. [Archaic]
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Limniad
(gcide) | Limoniad \Li*mo"ni*ad\ (l[-i]*m[=o]"n[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L.
limoniades, pl., Gr. leimwnia`des, fr. leimw`n meadow.]
(Class. Myth.)
A nymph of the meadows; -- called also Limniad.
[1913 Webster]Limniad \Lim"ni*ad\ (l[i^]m"n[i^]*[a^]d), n. [Gr. li`mh a pool.]
(Myth.)
See Limoniad.
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Limning
(gcide) | Limn \Limn\ (l[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Limned (l[i^]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Limning (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng).]
[OE. limnen, fr. luminen, for enluminen, F. enluminer to
illuminate, to limn, LL. illuminare to paint. [root]122. See
Illuminate, Luminous.]
1. To draw or paint; especially, to represent in an artistic
way with pencil or brush.
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Let a painter carelessly limn out a million of
faces, and you shall find them all different. --Sir
T. Browne.
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2. Hence: To picture in words; to describe in graphic terms.
[PJC]
3. To illumine, as books or parchments, with ornamental
figures, letters, or borders.
[1913 Webster]Limning \Lim"ning\ (l[i^]m"n[i^]ng or l[i^]m"[i^]ng), n.
The act, process, or art of one who limns; the picture or
decoration so produced.
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Adorned with illumination which we now call limning.
--Wood.
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Limnobium Spongia
(gcide) | frogbit \frog"bit`\, frog's-bit \frog's-bit\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A European plant (Hydrocharis Morsus-ran[ae]),
floating on still water and propagating itself by
runners. It has roundish heart-shaped leaves and small
white flowers.
(b) An American plant (Limnobium Spongia), with similar
habits.
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Limnocryptes gallinula
(gcide) | Jacksnipe \Jack"snipe`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A small European snipe (Limnocryptes gallinula); --
called also judcock, jedcock, juddock, jed, and
half snipe.
(b) A small American sandpiper (Tringa maculata); -- called
also pectoral sandpiper, and grass snipe.
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Limnodromus
(gcide) | Limnodromus \Limnodromus\ n.
A genus of shore birds including the dowitchers.
Syn: genus Limnodromus.
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limnology
(gcide) | limnology \limnology\ n.
the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their
biological and physical and geological properties.
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Limnoria lignorum
(gcide) | Gribble \Grib"ble\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zool.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or
Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly
destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both
in Europe and America.
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Limnoria terebrans
(gcide) | Gribble \Grib"ble\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.] (Zool.)
A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or
Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly
destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both
in Europe and America.
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Slimness
(gcide) | Slimness \Slim"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being slim.
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genus limnobium
(wn) | genus Limnobium
n 1: American frogbit [syn: Limnobium, genus Limnobium] |
genus limnocryptes
(wn) | genus Limnocryptes
n 1: snipe [syn: Limnocryptes, genus Limnocryptes] |
genus limnodromus
(wn) | genus Limnodromus
n 1: dowitchers [syn: Limnodromus, genus Limnodromus] |
limn
(wn) | limn
v 1: trace the shape of [syn: delineate, limn, outline]
2: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the
Duchess of Alba" [syn: portray, depict, limn] |
limner
(wn) | limner
n 1: a painter or drawer of portraits [syn: portraitist,
portrait painter, portrayer, limner] |
limning
(wn) | limning
n 1: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects [syn:
delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing] |
limnobium
(wn) | Limnobium
n 1: American frogbit [syn: Limnobium, genus Limnobium] |
limnocryptes
(wn) | Limnocryptes
n 1: snipe [syn: Limnocryptes, genus Limnocryptes] |
limnocryptes minima
(wn) | Limnocryptes minima
n 1: a small short-billed Old World snipe [syn: jacksnipe,
half snipe, Limnocryptes minima] |
limnodium spongia
(wn) | Limnodium spongia
n 1: American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped
leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and
ditches [syn: American frogbit, Limnodium spongia] |
limnodromus
(wn) | Limnodromus
n 1: dowitchers [syn: Limnodromus, genus Limnodromus] |
limnodromus griseus
(wn) | Limnodromus griseus
n 1: a dowitcher with a grey back [syn: greyback, grayback,
Limnodromus griseus] |
limnodromus scolopaceus
(wn) | Limnodromus scolopaceus
n 1: a dowitcher with a red breast [syn: red-breasted snipe,
Limnodromus scolopaceus] |
limnological
(wn) | limnological
adj 1: of or relating to limnology |
limnologically
(wn) | limnologically
adv 1: with regard to or concerning limnology |
limnologist
(wn) | limnologist
n 1: a specialist in the study of freshwater ponds and lakes |
limnology
(wn) | limnology
n 1: the scientific study of bodies of fresh water for their
biological and physical and geological properties |
limnos
(wn) | Limnos
n 1: a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea; famous for a
reddish-brown clay that has medicinal properties [syn:
Lemnos, Limnos] |
slimness
(wn) | slimness
n 1: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his
narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the
electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory
based on just 43% of the popular vote" [syn: {narrow
margin}, narrowness, slimness]
2: the property of an attractively thin person [syn:
slenderness, slightness, slimness] |
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