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robust
(encz) | robust,robustní luke |
robust
(encz) | robust,silný luke |
Robust
(gcide) | Robust \Ro*bust"\, a. [L. robustus oaken, hard, strong, fr.
robur strength, a very hard kind of oak; cf. Skr. rabhas
violence: cf. F. robuste.]
1. Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong;
sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body;
robust youth; robust health.
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2. Violent; rough; rude.
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While romp-loving miss
Is hauled about in gallantry robust. --Thomson.
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3. Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
--Locke.
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Syn: Strong; lusty; sinewy; sturdy; muscular; hale; hearty;
vigorous; forceful; sound.
Usage: Robust, Strong. Robust means, literally, made of
oak, and hence implies great compactness and toughness
of muscle, connected with a thick-set frame and great
powers of endurance. Strong denotes the power of
exerting great physical force. The robust man can bear
heat or cold, excess or privation, and toil on through
every kind of hardship; the strong man can lift a
great weight, can give a heavy blow, and a hard gripe.
"Robust, tough sinews bred to toil." --Cowper.
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Then 'gan the villain wax so fierce and strong,
That nothing may sustain his furious force.
--Spenser.
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robust
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adj 1: sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction;
"a robust body"; "a robust perennial" [ant: frail]
2: marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby
port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust
flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied, racy,
rich, robust]
3: strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual
challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust
results"; "a robust faith"
4: rough and crude; "a robust tale" |
robust
(foldoc) | robust
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover
gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and
situations in a given environment. One step below
bulletproof. Carries the additional connotation of elegance
in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare
smart, opposite: brittle.
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robust
(jargon) | robust
adj.
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully
from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given
environment. One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional
connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail.
Compare smart, oppose brittle.
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robust
(encz) | robust,robustní lukerobust,silný luke |
robusta coffee
(encz) | robusta coffee, n: |
robustious
(encz) | robustious, adj: |
robustly
(encz) | robustly,robustně luke |
robustness
(encz) | robustness,robustnost luke |
nejrobustnější
(czen) | nejrobustnější,sturdiestadj: Zdeněk Brož |
robustnost
(czen) | robustnost,robustness lukerobustnost,ruggednessn: Zdeněk Brožrobustnost,sturdinessn: Zdeněk Brož |
robustní
(czen) | robustní,barrel-chestedadj: Zdeněk Brožrobustní,chunkyadj: Zdeněk Brožrobustní,heftyadj: Pinorobustní,masculine Zdeněk Brožrobustní,robust lukerobustní,rugged Zdeněk Brožrobustní,sturdyadj: Zdeněk Brožrobustní,thicksetadj: Zdeněk Brož |
robustně
(czen) | robustně,robustly lukerobustně,sturdilyadv: Zdeněk Brož |
robustně navržený
(czen) | robustně navržený,foolproof Zdeněk Brož |
robustnější
(czen) | robustnější,chunkieradj: Zdeněk Brožrobustnější,sturdieradj: Zdeněk Brož |
Centrolobium robustum
(gcide) | Araroba \Ar`a*ro"ba\, n. [Tupi.]
1. Goa powder.
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2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum)
having handsomely striped wood; -- called also
zebrawood.
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Eschrichtius robustus
(gcide) | Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. Grayer; superl. Grayest.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also grey.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
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Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
Gray buck (Zool.), the chickara.
Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
Gray duck (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
mallard.
Gray falcon (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.
Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
Gray hen (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See Heath grouse.
Gray mill or Gray millet (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
Gray mullet (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
genus Mugil, or family Mugilid[ae], found both in the
Old World and America; as the European species
(Mugilid[ae] capito, and Mugilid[ae] auratus), the
American striped mullet (Mugilid[ae] albula), and the
white or silver mullet (Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis). See
Mullet.
Gray owl (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
aluco}). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits
arctic America.
Gray parrot (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called jako.
Gray pike. (Zool.) See Sauger.
Gray snapper (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
Snapper.
Gray snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
Gray whale (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
northern Pacific (Eschrichtius robustus, formerly
Rhachianectes glaucus), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also grayback,
devilfish, and hardhead. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
[1913 Webster]Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zool.),
a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific
(Eschrichtius robustus, formerly Rhachianectes glaucus),
having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also
grayback, devilfish, and hardhead. It grows to a length
of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in
large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It
lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40
tons.
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Grevillea robusta
(gcide) | Silky \Silk"y\, a. [Compar. Silkier; superl. Silkiest.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk;
silken; silklike; as, a silky luster.
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2. Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine.
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3. Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a
leaf; sericeous.
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Silky oak (Bot.), a lofty Australian tree ({Grevillea
robusta}) with silky tomentose lobed or incised leaves. It
furnishes a valuable timber.
[1913 Webster]Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D.
eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.]
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1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks
have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and
staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut,
called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a
scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now
recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly
fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe,
Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few
barely reaching the northern parts of South America and
Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand
proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually
hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary
rays, forming the silver grain.
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2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
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Note: Among the true oaks in America are:
Barren oak, or
Black-jack, Quercus nigra.
Basket oak, Quercus Michauxii.
Black oak, Quercus tinctoria; -- called also yellow oak
or quercitron oak.
Bur oak (see under Bur.), Quercus macrocarpa; -- called
also over-cup or mossy-cup oak.
Chestnut oak, Quercus Prinus and Quercus densiflora.
Chinquapin oak (see under Chinquapin), {Quercus
prinoides}.
Coast live oak, Quercus agrifolia, of California; -- also
called enceno.
Live oak (see under Live), Quercus virens, the best of
all for shipbuilding; also, Quercus Chrysolepis, of
California.
Pin oak. Same as Swamp oak.
Post oak, Quercus obtusifolia.
Red oak, Quercus rubra.
Scarlet oak, Quercus coccinea.
Scrub oak, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus undulata, etc.
Shingle oak, Quercus imbricaria.
Spanish oak, Quercus falcata.
Swamp Spanish oak, or
Pin oak, Quercus palustris.
Swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor.
Water oak, Quercus aquatica.
Water white oak, Quercus lyrata.
Willow oak, Quercus Phellos.
[1913 Webster] Among the true oaks in Europe are:
Bitter oak, or
Turkey oak, Quercus Cerris (see Cerris).
Cork oak, Quercus Suber.
English white oak, Quercus Robur.
Evergreen oak,
Holly oak, or
Holm oak, Quercus Ilex.
Kermes oak, Quercus coccifera.
Nutgall oak, Quercus infectoria.
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Note: Among plants called oak, but not of the genus
Quercus, are:
African oak, a valuable timber tree ({Oldfieldia
Africana}).
Australian oak or She oak, any tree of the genus
Casuarina (see Casuarina).
Indian oak, the teak tree (see Teak).
Jerusalem oak. See under Jerusalem.
New Zealand oak, a sapindaceous tree ({Alectryon
excelsum}).
Poison oak, a shrub once not distinguished from poison ivy,
but now restricted to Rhus toxicodendron or {Rhus
diversiloba}.
Silky oak or Silk-bark oak, an Australian tree
(Grevillea robusta).
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Green oak, oak wood colored green by the growth of the
mycelium of certain fungi.
Oak apple, a large, smooth, round gall produced on the
leaves of the American red oak by a gallfly ({Cynips
confluens}). It is green and pulpy when young.
Oak beauty (Zool.), a British geometrid moth ({Biston
prodromaria}) whose larva feeds on the oak.
Oak gall, a gall found on the oak. See 2d Gall.
Oak leather (Bot.), the mycelium of a fungus which forms
leatherlike patches in the fissures of oak wood.
Oak pruner. (Zool.) See Pruner, the insect.
Oak spangle, a kind of gall produced on the oak by the
insect Diplolepis lenticularis.
Oak wart, a wartlike gall on the twigs of an oak.
The Oaks, one of the three great annual English horse races
(the Derby and St. Leger being the others). It was
instituted in 1779 by the Earl of Derby, and so called
from his estate.
To sport one's oak, to be "not at home to visitors,"
signified by closing the outer (oaken) door of one's
rooms. [Cant, Eng. Univ.]
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Macropus robustus
(gcide) | Wallaroo \Wal`la*roo"\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus
Macropus, especially Macropus robustus, sometimes called
the great wallaroo.
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Metrosideros robusta
(gcide) | Rata \Ra"ta\ (r[aum]"t[.a]), n. [Maori.] (Bot.)
A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its
hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war
clubs.
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Robustious
(gcide) | Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.]
Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving.
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In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more
robustious manner. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- Ro*bus"tious*ly, adv. --
Ro*bus"tious*ness, n.
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Robustiously
(gcide) | Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.]
Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving.
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In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more
robustious manner. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- Ro*bus"tious*ly, adv. --
Ro*bus"tious*ness, n.
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Robustiousness
(gcide) | Robustious \Ro*bus"tious\, a. [Cf. L. robusteus of oak.]
Robust. [Obs. or Humorous] --W. Irving.
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In Scotland they had handled the bishops in a more
robustious manner. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- Ro*bus"tious*ly, adv. --
Ro*bus"tious*ness, n.
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Robustly
(gcide) | Robustly \Ro*bust"ly\, adv.
In a robust manner.
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Robustness
(gcide) | Robustness \Ro*bust"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being robust.
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Shorea robusta
(gcide) | Sal \Sal\ (s[add]l), n. [Hind. s[=a]l, Skr. [,c][=a]la.] (Bot.)
An East Indian timber tree (Shorea robusta), much used for
building purposes. It is of a light brown color,
close-grained, heavy, and durable. [Written also saul.]
[1913 Webster]Dammar \Dam"mar\, Dammara \Dam"ma*ra\, n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.]
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara
resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to
the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine.
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Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas ({Agathis
orientalis} syn. Dammara orientalis), yielding dammar.
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agathis robusta
(wn) | Agathis robusta
n 1: Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood
much lighter in weight and softer [syn: dundathu pine,
queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri, Agathis robusta] |
australopithecus robustus
(wn) | Australopithecus robustus
n 1: large-toothed hominid of southern Africa; from 1.5 to 2
million years ago; formerly Paranthropus |
centrolobium robustum
(wn) | Centrolobium robustum
n 1: Brazilian tree with handsomely marked wood [syn: arariba,
Centrolobium robustum] |
clitocybe robusta
(wn) | Clitocybe robusta
n 1: a large white agaric; edible but not palatable [syn:
Clitocybe robusta, Clytocybe alba] |
coffea robusta
(wn) | Coffea robusta
n 1: native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere;
resistant to coffee rust [syn: robusta coffee, {Rio Nunez
coffee}, Coffea robusta, Coffea canephora] |
equisetum hyemale robustum
(wn) | Equisetum hyemale robustum
n 1: evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly
used for scouring utensils [syn: scouring rush, {rough
horsetail}, Equisetum hyemale, {Equisetum hyemale
robustum}, Equisetum robustum] |
equisetum robustum
(wn) | Equisetum robustum
n 1: evergreen erect horsetail with rough-edged stems; formerly
used for scouring utensils [syn: scouring rush, {rough
horsetail}, Equisetum hyemale, {Equisetum hyemale
robustum}, Equisetum robustum] |
eschrichtius robustus
(wn) | Eschrichtius robustus
n 1: medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
[syn: grey whale, gray whale, devilfish,
Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus] |
grevillea robusta
(wn) | Grevillea robusta
n 1: medium to tall fast-growing tree with orange flowers and
feathery bipinnate leaves silky-hairy beneath; eastern
Australia [syn: silky oak, Grevillea robusta] |
grindelia robusta
(wn) | Grindelia robusta
n 1: perennial gumweed of California and Baja California |
jacopo robusti
(wn) | Jacopo Robusti
n 1: Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594) [syn:
Tintoretto, Jacopo Robusti] |
robust
(wn) | robust
adj 1: sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction;
"a robust body"; "a robust perennial" [ant: frail]
2: marked by richness and fullness of flavor; "a rich ruby
port"; "full-bodied wines"; "a robust claret"; "the robust
flavor of fresh-brewed coffee" [syn: full-bodied, racy,
rich, robust]
3: strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual
challenges or adversity; "the experiment yielded robust
results"; "a robust faith"
4: rough and crude; "a robust tale" |
robusta coffee
(wn) | robusta coffee
n 1: native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere;
resistant to coffee rust [syn: robusta coffee, {Rio Nunez
coffee}, Coffea robusta, Coffea canephora] |
robustious
(wn) | robustious
adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a
boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became
rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of
teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his
paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary
human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: boisterous,
rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly] |
robustly
(wn) | robustly
adv 1: in a robust manner; "he was robustly built" |
robustness
(wn) | robustness
n 1: the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
[syn: robustness, hardiness, lustiness, validity]
2: the characteristic of being strong enough to withstand
intellectual challenge; "the lack of robustness in the
findings may be due to the small size of the sample" |
robust
(foldoc) | robust
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover
gracefully from the whole range of exceptional inputs and
situations in a given environment. One step below
bulletproof. Carries the additional connotation of elegance
in addition to just careful attention to detail. Compare
smart, opposite: brittle.
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robust
(jargon) | robust
adj.
Said of a system that has demonstrated an ability to recover gracefully
from the whole range of exceptional inputs and situations in a given
environment. One step below bulletproof. Carries the additional
connotation of elegance in addition to just careful attention to detail.
Compare smart, oppose brittle.
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