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reader
(mass) | reader
- čitateľ |
reader
(encz) | reader,čtenář n: [male] |
reader
(encz) | reader,čtenářka n: [female] |
reader
(encz) | reader,snímač Zdeněk Brož |
Reader
(gcide) | Reader \Read"er\ (r[=e]d"[~e]r), n. [AS. r[=ae]dere.]
1. One who reads. Specifically:
(a) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a
church.
(b) (University of Oxford, Eng.) One who reads lectures on
scientific subjects. --Lyell.
(c) A proof reader.
(d) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and
advises regarding their merit.
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2. One who reads much; one who is studious.
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3. A book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in
reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a
reading book.
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reader
(wn) | reader
n 1: a person who enjoys reading
2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a
certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber,
reader]
3: a person who can read; a literate person
4: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader]
5: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: proofreader, reader]
6: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone
ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn:
lector, reader]
7: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector,
lecturer, reader]
8: one of a series of texts for students learning to read |
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reader
(mass) | reader
- čitateľ |
readers
(mass) | readers
- čitatelia |
copyreader
(encz) | copyreader, n: |
lay reader
(encz) | lay reader, |
lip reader
(encz) | lip reader, n: |
lipreader
(encz) | lipreader, |
map-reader
(encz) | map-reader, n: |
mind reader
(encz) | mind reader,čtenář myšlenek Zdeněk Brožmind reader,telepat n: Zdeněk Brož |
mind-reader
(encz) | mind-reader,telepat n: Zdeněk Brož |
news reader
(encz) | news reader,moderátor n: web |
newsreader
(encz) | newsreader,hlasatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
nonreader
(encz) | nonreader, n: |
palm reader
(encz) | palm reader,věštec z ruky Petr Prášek |
proof-reader
(encz) | proof-reader,čtenář korektury Zdeněk Brož |
proofreader
(encz) | proofreader,čtenář korektury Zdeněk Brožproofreader,korektor n: Zdeněk Brož |
reader
(encz) | reader,čtenář n: [male] reader,čtenářka n: [female] reader,snímač Zdeněk Brož |
readers
(encz) | readers,čtenáři n: pl. Michal Ambrož |
readership
(encz) | readership,čtenářská obec n: Zdeněk Brož |
reader´s card
(encz) | reader´s card,čtenářský průkaz |
sight-reader
(encz) | sight-reader, |
sightreader
(encz) | sightreader, n: |
spreader
(encz) | spreader,rozmetadlo Zdeněk Brožspreader,rozšiřovatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
thought-reader
(encz) | thought-reader, n: |
threader
(encz) | threader, |
treader
(encz) | treader,utužovací válec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Blind reader
(gcide) | Blind reader \Blind reader\
A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure
addresses.
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copyreader
(gcide) | copyreader \copyreader\ n.
an editor who prepares text for publication.
Syn: copy editor, text editor.
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Dispreader
(gcide) | Dispreader \Dis*pread"er\, n.
One who spreads abroad.
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Dispreaders both of vice and error. --Milton.
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Dreader
(gcide) | Dreader \Dread"er\, n.
One who fears, or lives in fear.
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Lay reader
(gcide) | Lay reader \Lay" read"er\ (Eccl.)
A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of
the church.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Lay shaft |
Pattern reader
(gcide) | Pattern \Pat"tern\, n. [OE. patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a
pattern. See Patron.]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an
exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied
or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
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I will be the pattern of all patience. --Shak.
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2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a
specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
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He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
--Swift.
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3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
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4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a
beautiful pattern.
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5. Something made after a model; a copy. --Shak.
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The patterns of things in the heavens. --Heb. ix.
23.
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6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or
forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
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7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand
is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made
of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the
mold without injuring it.
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8. a recognizable characteristic relationship or set of
relationships between the members of any set of objects or
actions, or the properties of the members; also, the set
having a definable relationship between its members.
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Note: Various collections of objects or markings are spoken
of as a pattern. Thus: the distribution of bomb or
shell impacts on a target area, or of bullet holes in a
target; a set of traits or actions that appear to be
consistent throughout the members of a group or over
time within a group, as behavioral pattern, traffic
pattern, dress pattern; the wave pattern for a spoken
word; the pattern of intensities in a spectrum; a
grammatical pattern.
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9. (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets
of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the
plane of fire.
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10. the recommended flight path for an airplane to follow as
it approaches an airport for a landing. Same as {landing
pattern}.
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11. an image or diagram containing lines, usually horizontal,
vertical, and diagonal, sometimes of varying widths, used
to test the resolution of an optical instrument or the
accuracy of reproduction of image copying or transmission
equipment. Same as test pattern.
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pattern box, pattern chain, or pattern cylinder (Figure
Weaving), devices, in a loom, for presenting several
shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for
forming the figure.
Pattern card.
(a) A set of samples on a card.
(b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard
apparatus.
Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns.
Pattern wheel (Horology), a count-wheel.
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Proof reader
(gcide) | Proof \Proof\, n. [OF. prove, proeve, F. preuve, fr. L. proba,
fr. probare to prove. See Prove.]
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1. Any effort, process, or operation designed to establish or
discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a
trial.
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For whatsoever mother wit or art
Could work, he put in proof. --Spenser.
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You shall have many proofs to show your skill.
--Ford.
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Formerly, a very rude mode of ascertaining the
strength of spirits was practiced, called the proof.
--Ure.
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2. That degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any
truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or
arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the
judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
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I'll have some proof. --Shak.
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It is no proof of a man's understanding to be able
to confirm whatever he pleases. --Emerson.
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Note: Properly speaking, proof is the effect or result of
evidence, evidence is the medium of proof. Cf.
Demonstration, 1.
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3. The quality or state of having been proved or tried;
firmness or hardness that resists impression, or does not
yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
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4. Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
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5. (Print.) A trial impression, as from type, taken for
correction or examination; -- called also proof sheet.
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6. (Math.) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation
performed. Cf. Prove, v. t., 5.
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7. Armor of excellent or tried quality, and deemed
impenetrable; properly, armor of proof. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Artist's proof, a very early proof impression of an
engraving, or the like; -- often distinguished by the
artist's signature.
Proof reader, one who reads, and marks correction in,
proofs. See def. 5, above.
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Syn: Testimony; evidence; reason; argument; trial;
demonstration. See Testimony.
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Readership
(gcide) | Readership \Read"er*ship\, n.
The office of reader. --Lyell.
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Spreader
(gcide) | Spreader \Spread"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates.
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2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form
a sliver preparatory to spinning.
[1913 Webster]Rance \Rance\ (r[a^]ns), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A prop or shore. [Scot.]
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2. A round between the legs of a chair; also called a
spreader.
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spreader
(gcide) | Spreader \Spread"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propagates.
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2. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form
a sliver preparatory to spinning.
[1913 Webster]Rance \Rance\ (r[a^]ns), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. A prop or shore. [Scot.]
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2. A round between the legs of a chair; also called a
spreader.
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Stall reader
(gcide) | Stall \Stall\ (st[add]l), n. [OE. stal, AS. steall, stall, a
place, seat, or station, a stable; akin to D. & OHG. stal, G.
& Sw. stall, Icel. stallr, Dan. stald, originally, a standing
place; akin also to G. stelle a place, stellen to place, Gr.
ste`llein to set, place, send, and E. stand. [root]163. See
Stand, and cf. Apostle, Epistle, Forestall,
Install, Stale, a. & v. i., 1st Stalk, Stallion,
Still.]
1. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or
place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division
of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or
other animal. "In an oxes stall." --Chaucer.
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2. A stable; a place for cattle.
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At last he found a stall where oxen stood. --Dryden.
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3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed
for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
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4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise
are exposed for sale.
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How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.
--Gay.
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5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the
officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or
partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are
frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
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The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called
their thrones by the names of stalls. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Loud the monks sang in their stalls. --Longfellow.
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6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly
inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
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7. (Mining) The space left by excavation between pillars. See
Post and stall, under Post.
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8. A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a
finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
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Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are
exposed for sale.
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Cries the stall reader, "Bless us! what a word on
A titlepage is this!" --Milton.
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Subreader
(gcide) | Subreader \Sub*read"er\, n. (Law)
An under reader in the inns of court, who reads the texts of
law the reader is to discourse upon. [Eng.] --Crabb.
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Threader
(gcide) | Threader \Thread"er\, n.
1. A device for assisting in threading a needle.
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2. A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a
nut.
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Treader
(gcide) | Treader \Tread"er\, n.
One who treads. --Isa. xvi. 10.
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copyreader
(wn) | copyreader
n 1: an editor who prepares text for publication [syn: {copy
editor}, copyreader, text editor] |
lay reader
(wn) | lay reader
n 1: a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of
the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church |
lip reader
(wn) | lip reader
n 1: someone who can understand spoken words by watching the
movements of a speaker's lips |
map-reader
(wn) | map-reader
n 1: a person who can read maps; "he is a good map-reader" |
mcguffey eclectic readers
(wn) | McGuffey Eclectic Readers
n 1: readers that combined lessons in reading with moralistic
messages |
mind reader
(wn) | mind reader
n 1: someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
[syn: telepathist, thought-reader, {mental
telepathist}, mind reader]
2: a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another
person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) [syn:
mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader] |
news reader
(wn) | news reader
n 1: someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn:
newsreader, news reader] |
newsreader
(wn) | newsreader
n 1: someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn:
newsreader, news reader] |
nonreader
(wn) | nonreader
n 1: a student who is very slow in learning to read
2: a person unable to read [syn: illiterate, {illiterate
person}, nonreader] |
proofreader
(wn) | proofreader
n 1: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: proofreader, reader] |
reader
(wn) | reader
n 1: a person who enjoys reading
2: someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a
certain number of issues of a publication [syn: subscriber,
reader]
3: a person who can read; a literate person
4: someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability
for publication [syn: reviewer, referee, reader]
5: someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark
corrections [syn: proofreader, reader]
6: someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone
ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church [syn:
lector, reader]
7: a public lecturer at certain universities [syn: lector,
lecturer, reader]
8: one of a series of texts for students learning to read |
readership
(wn) | readership
n 1: the audience reached by written communications (books or
magazines or newspapers etc.) |
sightreader
(wn) | sightreader
n 1: a performer who reads without preparation or prior
acquaintance (as in music) |
spreader
(wn) | spreader
n 1: a hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as
a spreader"
2: a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or
fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions [syn:
broadcaster, spreader] |
thought-reader
(wn) | thought-reader
n 1: someone with the power of communicating thoughts directly
[syn: telepathist, thought-reader, {mental
telepathist}, mind reader]
2: a magician who seems to discern the thoughts of another
person (usually by clever signals from an accomplice) [syn:
mind reader, telepathist, thought-reader] |
threader
(wn) | threader
n 1: a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops [syn:
bodkin, threader] |
bookreader
(foldoc) | Bookreader
DEC's CD-ROM-based on-line documentation browser.
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news reader
(foldoc) | news reader
A browser program which enables a user to read
articles posted to Usenet. Articles may be stored in a
local (or NFS-mounted) spool directory, or retrieved via
NNTP.
Examples are rn, GNUS, and nn.
(1996-04-09)
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optical mark reader
(foldoc) | Optical Mark Reader
OMR
(OMR) A special scanning device that can read
carefully placed pencil marks on specially designed documents.
OMR is frequenty used in forms, questionnaires, and
answer-sheets.
(1995-04-13)
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screen reader
(foldoc) | screen reader
A text-to-speech system, intended for use by
blind or low-vision users, that speaks the text content of a
computer display.
(1998-10-19)
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proofreader
(devil) | PROOF-READER, n. A malefactor who atones for making your writing
nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.
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