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scilla
(encz) | scilla, n: |
scilla
(wn) | scilla
n 1: an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal
leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers [syn:
scilla, squill] |
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crystal oscillator
(encz) | crystal oscillator, n: |
heterodyne oscillator
(encz) | heterodyne oscillator, n: |
local oscillator
(encz) | local oscillator, n: |
nonoscillatory
(encz) | nonoscillatory, adj: |
oscillate
(encz) | oscillate,kmitat v: oscillate,oscilovat v: joe@hw.cz |
oscillating
(encz) | oscillating,kmitání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillating,oscilování n: Zdeněk Brož |
oscillation
(encz) | oscillation,kmitání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillation,kolísání n: Zdeněk Brožoscillation,oscilace n: Zdeněk Brož |
oscillations
(encz) | oscillations,kmitání pl. Zdeněk Brožoscillations,oscilace pl. Zdeněk Brož |
oscillator
(encz) | oscillator,oscilátor n: joe@hw.cz |
oscillatory
(encz) | oscillatory,oscilační adj: Zdeněk Brož |
priscilla
(encz) | Priscilla,Sněhurka n: [jmén.] PetrVPriscilla,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
quartz oscillator
(encz) | quartz oscillator, n: |
scilla
(encz) | scilla, n: |
optical parametric oscillator
(czen) | Optical Parametric Oscillator,OPO[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
pilot induced oscillation
(czen) | Pilot Induced Oscillation,PIO[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
alternatingprenominal oscillatingprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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Axis of oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
[1913 Webster]Axis \Ax"is\, n.; pl. Axes. [L. axis axis, axle. See Axle.]
A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body,
on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line
passing through a body or system around which the parts are
symmetrically arranged.
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2. (Math.) A straight line with respect to which the
different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged;
as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone,
that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the
center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight
line passing through the center.
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3. (Bot.) The stem; the central part, or longitudinal
support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the
central line of any body. --Gray.
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4. (Anat.)
(a) The second vertebra of the neck, or {vertebra
dentata}.
(b) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is
prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first
vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process
or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head
to turn upon.
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5. (Crystallog.) One of several imaginary lines, assumed in
describing the position of the planes by which a crystal
is bounded.
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6. (Fine Arts) The primary or secondary central line of any
design.
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Anticlinal axis (Geol.), a line or ridge from which the
strata slope downward on the two opposite sides.
Synclinal axis, a line from which the strata slope upward
in opposite directions, so as to form a valley.
Axis cylinder (Anat.), the neuraxis or essential, central
substance of a nerve fiber; -- called also axis band,
axial fiber, and cylinder axis.
Axis in peritrochio, the wheel and axle, one of the
mechanical powers.
Axis of a curve (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a
system of parallel chords of a curve; called a {principal
axis}, when cutting them at right angles, in which case it
divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the
parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has
two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two
axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the {minor
axis}, and the two axes of the hyperbola are the
transverse axis and the conjugate axis.
Axis of a lens, the straight line passing through its
center and perpendicular to its surfaces.
Axis of a microscope or Axis of a telescope, the straight
line with which coincide the axes of the several lenses
which compose it.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in a plane, two straight lines
intersecting each other, to which points are referred for
the purpose of determining their relative position: they
are either rectangular or oblique.
Axes of co["o]rdinates in space, the three straight lines
in which the co["o]rdinate planes intersect each other.
Axis of a balance, that line about which it turns.
Axis of oscillation, of a pendulum, a right line passing
through the center about which it vibrates, and
perpendicular to the plane of vibration.
Axis of polarization, the central line around which the
prismatic rings or curves are arranged. --Brewster.
Axis of revolution (Descriptive Geom.), a straight line
about which some line or plane is revolved, so that the
several points of the line or plane shall describe circles
with their centers in the fixed line, and their planes
perpendicular to it, the line describing a surface of
revolution, and the plane a solid of revolution.
Axis of symmetry (Geom.), any line in a plane figure which
divides the figure into two such parts that one part, when
folded over along the axis, shall coincide with the other
part.
Axis of the equator, ecliptic, horizon (or other circle
considered with reference to the sphere on which it lies),
the diameter of the sphere which is perpendicular to the
plane of the circle. --Hutton.
Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing
perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the
volute.
Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the
horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression,
exerted by the fibers in any cross section of a girder.
Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of
transmitted light suffers no double refraction. All
crystals, not of the isometric system, are either uniaxial
or biaxial.
Optic axis, Visual axis (Opt.), the straight line passing
through the center of the pupil, and perpendicular to the
surface of the eye.
Radical axis of two circles (Geom.), the straight line
perpendicular to the line joining their centers and such
that the tangents from any point of it to the two circles
shall be equal to each other.
Spiral axis (Arch.), the axis of a twisted column drawn
spirally in order to trace the circumvolutions without.
Axis of abscissas and Axis of ordinates. See Abscissa.
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Center of oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
[1913 Webster]center \cen"ter\ (s[e^]n"t[~e]r), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum,
fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a
circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad.]
1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line,
figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of
a circle; the middle point or place.
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2. The middle or central portion of anything.
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3. A principal or important point of concentration; the
nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they
tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a
center of attaction.
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4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who
support the existing government. They sit in the middle of
the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer,
between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the
right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced
republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right,
and Left.
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6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of
a vault or arch are supported in position until the work
becomes self-supporting.
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7. (Mech.)
(a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc.,
upon which the work is held, and about which it
revolves.
(b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a
shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center,
on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
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Note: In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object
to be planed must be turned on its axis.
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Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place
in the line between the wings.
Center of a curve or Center of a surface (Geom.)
(a) A point such that every line drawn through the point
and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at
the point.
(b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See
Coordinates.
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that
circle which has at any given point of the curve closer
contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever.
See Circle.
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van
and rear, or between the weather division and the lee.
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which
all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported,
the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by
gravity.
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body
at which the whole mass might be concentrated
(theoretically) without altering the resistance of the
intertia of the body to angular acceleration or
retardation.
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body
or system of bodies.
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while
all the other parts of a body move round it.
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole
matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of
oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form
and state of the body.
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a
fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without
communicating a shock to the axis.
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface
pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the
whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a
contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the
whole pressure of the fluid.
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Oscillancy
(gcide) | Oscillancy \Os"cil*lan*cy\, n.
The state of oscillating; a seesaw kind of motion. [R.]
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Oscillaria
(gcide) | Oscillaria \Os`cil*la"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL., fr. L. oscillare to
swing.] (Bot.)
A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous,
fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic
swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.
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Oscillate
(gcide) | Oscillate \Os"cil*late\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Oscillated ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Oscillating ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. oscillare to
swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to
be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a
little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf.
Osculate.]
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1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
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2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
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The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --De Quincey.
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Oscillated
(gcide) | Oscillate \Os"cil*late\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Oscillated ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Oscillating ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. oscillare to
swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to
be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a
little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf.
Osculate.]
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1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
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2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
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The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --De Quincey.
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Oscillating
(gcide) | Oscillating \Os"cil*la`ting\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng), a.
That oscillates; vibrating; swinging.
[1913 Webster]Oscillate \Os"cil*late\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Oscillated ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Oscillating ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. oscillare to
swing, fr. oscillum a swing, a little mask or puppet made to
be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a
little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, and cf.
Osculate.]
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1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum;
to swing; to sway.
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2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move
in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly,
back and forth.
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The amount of superior families oscillates rather
than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed
limits. --De Quincey.
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Oscillating current
(gcide) | Oscillating current \Os"cil*lat`ing current\ (Elec.)
A current alternating in direction.
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Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder
oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed
in a perpendicular or other direction. --Weale.
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Oscillating engine
(gcide) | Oscillating current \Os"cil*lat`ing current\ (Elec.)
A current alternating in direction.
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Oscillating engine, a steam engine whose cylinder
oscillates on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed
in a perpendicular or other direction. --Weale.
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Oscillation
(gcide) | Oscillation \Os`cil*la"tion\, n. [L. oscillatio a swinging.]
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1. The act of oscillating; a swinging or moving backward and
forward, like a pendulum; vibration.
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2. Fluctuation; variation; change back and forth.
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His mind oscillated, undoubtedly; but the extreme
points of the oscillation were not very remote.
--Macaulay.
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Axis of oscillation, Center of oscillation. See under
Axis, and Center.
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Oscillative
(gcide) | Oscillative \Os"cil*la*tive\, a.
Tending to oscillate; vibratory. [R.] --I. Taylor.
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oscillator
(gcide) | oscillator \os"cil*la`tor\ ([o^]s"s[i^]l*l[=a]`t[~e]r), n.
1. One that oscillates; specif.: (Electronics) Any device or
circuit for producing electric oscillations, whether of
current or voltage; esp., an apparatus for generating
electric waves in a system of wireless telegraphy.
Note: Oscillators are essential components of radio
transmission devices and digital computers, as well as
many other types of electronic device. In computers the
oscillator provides the voltage impulses which permit
information bits to be transferred between parts of the
computer in a defined sequence.
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2. (Mech.) An instrument for measuring rigidity by the
torsional oscillations of a weighted wire.
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Oscillatoria
(gcide) | Oscillaria \Os`cil*la"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL., fr. L. oscillare to
swing.] (Bot.)
A genus of dark green, or purplish black, filamentous,
fresh-water algae, the threads of which have an automatic
swaying or crawling motion. Called also Oscillatoria.
[1913 Webster]Oscillatoria \Os`cil*la*to"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See
Oscillatory.] (Bot.)
Same as Oscillaria.
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Oscillatory
(gcide) | Oscillatory \Os"cil*la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. oscillatoire. See
Oscillate.]
Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like
a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory
motion.
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Scilla autumnalis
(gcide) | Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Scilla maritima
(gcide) | Scillain \Scil"la*in\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla maritima) as a
light porous substance.
[1913 Webster + PJC]Scillitin \Scil"li*tin\, n. [Cf. F. scilitine.] (Chem.)
A bitter principle extracted from the bulbs of the squill
(Scilla maritima), and probably consisting of a complex
mixture of several substances.
[1913 Webster + PJC] ScimiterSquill \Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea
maritima}, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
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Scilla mutans
(gcide) | Squill \Squill\ (skw[i^]l), n. [F. squille (also scille a
squill, in sense 1), L. squilla, scilla, Gr. ?.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A European bulbous liliaceous plant ({Urginea
maritima}, formerly Scilla maritima), of acrid,
expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties, used in
medicine. Called also sea onion.
(b) Any bulbous plant of the genus Scilla; as, the
bluebell squill (Scilla mutans).
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A squilla.
(b) A mantis.
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Scilla nonscripta
(gcide) | Wood hyacinth \Wood hyacinth\
A European squill (Scilla nonscripta) having a scape
bearing a raceme of drooping blue, purple, white, or
sometimes pink, bell-shaped flowers.
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Scilla nutans
(gcide) | Harebell \Hare"bell`\ (h[^a]r"b[e^]l`), n. (Bot.)
A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia),
having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which
has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also
hairbell.]
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E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]Culverkey \Cul"ver*key`\ (-k?`), n.
1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. --Wright.
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2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the
bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [Obs.]
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A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make
garlands. --Walton.
[1913 Webster] Culver's physicBluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the
Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped
flowers; the harebell.
(b) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).
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Scilla Peruviana
(gcide) | Hyacinth \Hy"a*cinth\, n. [L. hyacinthus a kind of flower, prob.
the iris, gladiolus, or larkspur, also a kind of gem, perh.
the sapphire; as, a proper name, Hyacinthus, a beautiful
Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, fr. Gr. ?, ?: cf. F.
hyacinthe. Cf. Jacinth. The hyacinth was fabled to have
sprung from the blood of Hyacinthus, who was accidentally
slain by Apollo.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A bulbous plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bearing
beautiful spikes of fragrant flowers. {Hyacinthus
orientalis} is a common variety.
(b) A plant of the genus Camassia (Camassia Farseri),
called also Eastern camass; wild hyacinth.
(c) The name also given to Scilla Peruviana, a
Mediterranean plant, one variety of which produces
white, and another blue, flowers; -- called also, from
a mistake as to its origin, Hyacinth of Peru.
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2. (Min.) A red variety of zircon, sometimes used as a gem.
See Zircon.
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Hyacinth bean (Bot.), a climbing leguminous plant
(Dolichos Lablab), related to the true bean. It has dark
purple flowers and fruit.
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Scillain
(gcide) | Scillain \Scil"la*in\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla maritima) as a
light porous substance.
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crystal oscillator
(wn) | crystal oscillator
n 1: an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a
frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a
piezoelectric quartz crystal [syn: crystal oscillator,
quartz oscillator] |
el nino southern oscillation
(wn) | El Nino southern oscillation
n 1: a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the
welling up of cold nutrient-rich water does not occur;
kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns |
family oscillatoriaceae
(wn) | family Oscillatoriaceae
n 1: blue green algae [syn: Oscillatoriaceae, {family
Oscillatoriaceae}] |
genus scilla
(wn) | genus Scilla
n 1: sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae |
heterodyne oscillator
(wn) | heterodyne oscillator
n 1: an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming
radio signal to produce sum and difference tones [syn:
local oscillator, heterodyne oscillator] |
local oscillator
(wn) | local oscillator
n 1: an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming
radio signal to produce sum and difference tones [syn:
local oscillator, heterodyne oscillator] |
nonoscillatory
(wn) | nonoscillatory
adj 1: not having periodic vibrations |
oscillate
(wn) | oscillate
v 1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting
positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between
accepting the new position and retirement" [syn: hover,
vibrate, vacillate, oscillate]
2: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the
meter was oscillating" [syn: oscillate, vibrate] |
oscillating
(wn) | oscillating
adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory,
oscillating] |
oscillation
(wn) | oscillation
n 1: the process of oscillating between states
2: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
[syn: oscillation, vibration]
3: a single complete execution of a periodically repeated
phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" [syn:
cycle, oscillation] |
oscillator
(wn) | oscillator
n 1: generator that produces sonic oscillations or alternating
current |
oscillatoriaceae
(wn) | Oscillatoriaceae
n 1: blue green algae [syn: Oscillatoriaceae, {family
Oscillatoriaceae}] |
oscillatory
(wn) | oscillatory
adj 1: having periodic vibrations [syn: oscillatory,
oscillating] |
quartz oscillator
(wn) | quartz oscillator
n 1: an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a
frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a
piezoelectric quartz crystal [syn: crystal oscillator,
quartz oscillator] |
scilla
(wn) | scilla
n 1: an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal
leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers [syn:
scilla, squill] |
scilla nonscripta
(wn) | Scilla nonscripta
n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth,
wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, {Hyacinthoides
nonscripta}, Scilla nonscripta] |
scilla verna
(wn) | Scilla verna
n 1: European scilla with small blue or purple flowers [syn:
spring squill, Scilla verna, sea onion] |
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