slovo | definícia |
mender (mass) | mender
- opravár |
mender (encz) | mender,opravář n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mender (gcide) | Mender \Mend"er\, n.
One who mends or repairs.
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mender (wn) | mender
n 1: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things [syn:
mender, repairer, fixer] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
mender (mass) | mender
- opravár |
mender (encz) | mender,opravář n: Zdeněk Brož |
recommender (encz) | recommender, |
road mender (encz) | road mender, n: |
Amender (gcide) | Amender \A*mend"er\, n.
One who amends.
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Commender (gcide) | Commender \Com*mend"er\, n.
One who commends or praises.
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Discommender (gcide) | Discommender \Dis`com*mend"er\, n.
One who discommends; a dispraiser. --Johnson.
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Emender (gcide) | Emender \E*mend"er\, n.
One who emends.
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Recommender (gcide) | Recommender \Rec`om*mend"er\ (-?r), n.
One who recommends.
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mender (wn) | mender
n 1: a skilled worker who mends or repairs things [syn:
mender, repairer, fixer] |
road mender (wn) | road mender
n 1: a workman who is employed to repair roads [syn: roadman,
road mender] |
gender mender (foldoc) | gender mender
sex changer
(Or "gender bender", "gender blender", "sex
changer", and even "homosexual adapter") A cable connector
shell with either two male or two female connectors on it,
used to correct the mismatches that result when some loser
didn't understand the EIA-232C specification and the
distinction between DTE and DCE. Used especially for
EIA-232C parts in either the original D-25 or the IBM PC's
D-9 connector.
There appears to be some confusion as to whether a "male
homosexual adapter" has pins on both sides (is doubly male) or
sockets on both sides (connects two males).
[Jargon File]
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gender mender (jargon) | gender mender
n.
[common] A cable connector shell with either two male or two female
connectors on it, used to correct the mismatches that result when some {
loser} didn't understand the RS232C specification and the distinction
between DTE and DCE. Used esp. for RS-232C parts in either the original
D-25 or the IBM PC's bogus D-9 format. Also called gender bender, gender
blender, sex changer, and even homosexual adapter; however, there appears
to be some confusion as to whether a male homosexual adapter has pins on
both sides (is doubly male) or sockets on both sides (connects two males).
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