| slovo | definícia |
semi-
(encz) | semi-,polo- Zdeněk Brož |
semi-
(encz) | semi-,skoro Zdeněk Brož |
semi-
(encz) | semi-,téměř Zdeněk Brož |
Semi-
(gcide) | Semi- \Sem"i-\ [L. semi; akin to Gr. ???, Skr. s[=a]mi-, AS.
s[=a]m-, and prob. to E. same, from the division into two
parts of the same size. Cf. Hemi-, Sandelend.]
A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or
imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent,
imperfectly transparent.
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Note: The prefix semi is joined to another word either with
the hyphen or without it. In this book the hyphen is
omitted except before a capital letter; as, semiacid,
semiaquatic, semi-Arian, semiaxis, semicalcareous.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
closeminded
(mass) | close-minded
- neprijímajúci nové myšlienky |
semiabstraction
(mass) | semi-abstraction
- polo abstraktný |
semiannual
(mass) | semi-annual
- polročný |
semiautomatic
(mass) | semi-automatic
- poloautomatický |
semiautomatise
(mass) | semi-automatise
- polo automatizovať |
semiautomatize
(mass) | semi-automatize
- polo automatizovať |
semicolon
(mass) | semicolon
- bodkočiarka |
semiconductors
(mass) | semi-conductors
- polovodič |
semifinal
(mass) | semi-final
- semifinále |
semifinished
(mass) | semi-finished
- rozpracovaný |
semiformal
(mass) | semi-formal
- polo formálny |
semilies
(mass) | semi-lies
- polopravdy |
semiliterate
(mass) | semi-literate
- pologramotný |
semilunar
(mass) | semilunar
- polmesiacový, v tvare polmesiaca |
semimonthly
(mass) | semi-monthly
- polmesačný |
putty-semi-putty
(encz) | putty-semi-putty,tvárný-semi-tvárný [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
semi-
(encz) | semi-,polo- Zdeněk Brožsemi-,skoro Zdeněk Brožsemi-,téměř Zdeněk Brož |
semi-abstraction
(encz) | semi-abstraction, n: |
semi-annual
(encz) | semi-annual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-automatic
(encz) | semi-automatic,poloautomatický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-automatise
(encz) | semi-automatise, v: |
semi-automatize
(encz) | semi-automatize, v: |
semi-bright
(encz) | semi-bright,polojasno |
semi-colon
(encz) | semi-colon,středník |
semi-conductor
(encz) | semi-conductor,polovodič Zdeněk Brož |
semi-conscious
(encz) | semi-conscious,napůl v bezvědomí Zdeněk Brož |
semi-detached
(encz) | semi-detached, |
semi-detached house
(encz) | semi-detached house,dvojdomek Zdeněk Brož |
semi-drunk
(encz) | semi-drunk,středně opilý |
semi-final
(encz) | semi-final,semifinále Jaroslav Šedivý |
semi-finalist
(encz) | semi-finalist,semifinalista n: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-finished
(encz) | semi-finished,rozpracovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-finished product
(encz) | semi-finished product,polotovar Mgr. Dita Gálová |
semi-formal
(encz) | semi-formal, adj: |
semi-independent
(encz) | semi-independent,částečně nezávislý Zdeněk Brož |
semi-infinite
(encz) | semi-infinite,nekonečný jedním směrem Zdeněk Brož |
semi-lies
(encz) | semi-lies,polopravdy Martin M. |
semi-literate
(encz) | semi-literate,pologramotný Jaroslav Šedivý |
semi-monthly
(encz) | semi-monthly,půlměsíční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-official
(encz) | semi-official,polooficiální adj: Zdeněk Brožsemi-official,poloúřední adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-officially
(encz) | semi-officially, |
semi-permanent
(encz) | semi-permanent,polotrvalý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-permanently
(encz) | semi-permanently,polotrvale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-precious
(encz) | semi-precious, |
semi-processed
(encz) | semi-processed, adj: |
semi-product
(encz) | semi-product,polotovar Mgr. Dita Gálová |
semi-rigid
(encz) | semi-rigid,polotuhý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-skilled
(encz) | semi-skilled, |
semi-skimmed
(encz) | semi-skimmed,polotučný adj: Petr Písař |
semi-sweet chocolate
(encz) | semi-sweet chocolate, n: |
semi-trailer
(encz) | semi-trailer,návěs n: Zdeněk Brož |
semi-weekly
(encz) | semi-weekly,polotýdenní Zdeněk Brož |
tvárný-semi-tvárný
(czen) | tvárný-semi-tvárný,putty-semi-putty[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Aegialitis semipalmata
(gcide) | Plover \Plov"er\, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain
bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from
pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See
Float.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds
belonging to the family Charadrid[ae], and especially
those belonging to the subfamily Charadrins[ae]. They
are prized as game birds.
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2. (Zool.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling,
the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola);
the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and
other species of sandpipers.
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Note: Among the more important species are the {blackbellied
plover} or blackbreasted plover ({Charadrius
squatarola}) of America and Europe; -- called also
gray plover, bull-head plover, Swiss plover, {sea
plover}, and oxeye; the golden plover (see under
Golden); the ring plover or ringed plover
(Aegialitis hiaticula). See Ringneck. The {piping
plover} (Aegialitis meloda); Wilson's plover
(Aegialitis Wilsonia); the mountain plover
(Aegialitis montana); and the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata), are all small American
species.
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Bastard plover (Zool.), the lapwing.
Long-legged plover, or yellow-legged plover. See
Tattler.
Plover's page, the dunlin. [Prov. Eng.]
Rock plover, or Stone plover, the black-bellied plover.
[Prov. Eng.]
Whistling plover.
(a) The golden plover.
(b) The black-bellied plover.
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ring, OHG. ring, hring, Icel. hringr, DAn. & SW. ring; cf.
Russ. krug'. Cf. Harangue, Rank a row,Rink.]
A circle, or a circular line, or anything in the form of a
circular line or hoop.
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2. Specifically, a circular ornament of gold or other
precious material worn on the finger, or attached to the
ear, the nose, or some other part of the person; as, a
wedding ring.
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Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer.
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The dearest ring in Venice will I give you. --Shak.
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3. A circular area in which races are or run or other sports
are performed; an arena.
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Place me, O, place me in the dusty ring,
Where youthful charioteers contend for glory. --E.
Smith.
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4. An inclosed space in which pugilists fight; hence,
figuratively, prize fighting. "The road was an
institution, the ring was an institution." --Thackeray.
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5. A circular group of persons.
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And hears the Muses in a ring
Aye round about Jove's alter sing. --Milton.
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6. (Geom.)
(a) The plane figure included between the circumferences
of two concentric circles.
(b) The solid generated by the revolution of a circle, or
other figure, about an exterior straight line (as an
axis) lying in the same plane as the circle or other
figure.
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7. (Astron. & Navigation) An instrument, formerly used for
taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring
suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through
which a solar ray entering indicated the altitude on the
graduated inner surface opposite.
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8. (Bot.) An elastic band partly or wholly encircling the
spore cases of ferns. See Illust. of Sporangium.
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9. A clique; an exclusive combination of persons for a
selfish purpose, as to control the market, distribute
offices, obtain contracts, etc.
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The ruling ring at Constantinople. --E. A.
Freeman.
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Ring armor, armor composed of rings of metal. See {Ring
mail}, below, and Chain mail, under Chain.
Ring blackbird (Zool.), the ring ousel.
Ring canal (Zool.), the circular water tube which surrounds
the esophagus of echinoderms.
Ring dotterel, or Ringed dotterel. (Zool.) See
Dotterel, and Illust. of Pressiroster.
Ring dropper, a sharper who pretends to have found a ring
(dropped by himself), and tries to induce another to buy
it as valuable, it being worthless.
Ring fence. See under Fence.
Ring finger, the third finger of the left hand, or the next
the little finger, on which the ring is placed in
marriage.
Ring formula (Chem.), a graphic formula in the shape of a
closed ring, as in the case of benzene, pyridine, etc. See
Illust. under Benzene.
Ring mail, a kind of mail made of small steel rings sewed
upon a garment of leather or of cloth.
Ring micrometer. (Astron.) See Circular micrometer, under
Micrometer.
Saturn's rings. See Saturn.
Ring ousel. (Zool.) See Ousel.
Ring parrot (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World parrakeets having a red ring around the neck,
especially Palaeornis torquatus, common in India, and
Palaeornis Alexandri of Java.
Ring plover. (Zool.)
(a) The ringed dotterel.
(b) Any one of several small American plovers having a
dark ring around the neck, as the semipalmated plover
(Aegialitis semipalmata).
Ring snake (Zool.), a small harmless American snake
(Diadophis punctatus) having a white ring around the
neck. The back is ash-colored, or sage green, the belly of
an orange red.
Ring stopper. (Naut.) See under Stopper.
Ring thrush (Zool.), the ring ousel.
The prize ring, the ring in which prize fighters contend;
prize fighters, collectively.
The ring.
(a) The body of sporting men who bet on horse races.
[Eng.]
(b) The prize ring.
[1913 Webster]Ringneck \Ring"neck`\, n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of small plovers of the
genus Aegialitis, having a ring around the neck. The
ring is black in summer, but becomes brown or gray in
winter. The semipalmated plover (Aegialitis semipalmata)
and the piping plover (Aegialitis meloda) are common
North American species. Called also ring plover, and
ring-necked plover.
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2. (Zool.) The ring-necked duck.
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Anseranas semipalmata
(gcide) | Goose \Goose\ (g[=oo]s), n.; pl. Geese (g[=e]s). [OE. gos, AS.
g[=o]s, pl. g[=e]s; akin to D. & G. gans, Icel. g[=a]s, Dan.
gaas, Sw. g[*a]s, Russ. guse. OIr. geiss, L. anser, for
hanser, Gr. chh`n, Skr. ha[.m]sa. [root]233. Cf. Gander,
Gannet, Ganza, Gosling.] (Zool.)
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1. Any large web-footen bird of the subfamily Anserin[ae],
and belonging to Anser, Branta, Chen, and several
allied genera. See Anseres.
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Note: The common domestic goose is believed to have been
derived from the European graylag goose ({Anser
anser}). The bean goose (A. segetum), the American
wild or Canada goose (Branta Canadensis), and the
bernicle goose (Branta leucopsis) are well known
species. The American white or snow geese and the blue
goose belong to the genus Chen. See Bernicle,
Emperor goose, under Emperor, Snow goose, {Wild
goose}, Brant.
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2. Any large bird of other related families, resembling the
common goose.
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Note: The Egyptian or fox goose (Alopochen Aegyptiaca) and
the African spur-winged geese (Plectropterus) belong
to the family Plectropterid[ae]. The Australian
semipalmated goose (Anseranas semipalmata) and Cape
Barren goose (Cereopsis Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]) are
very different from northern geese, and each is made
the type of a distinct family. Both are domesticated in
Australia.
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3. A tailor's smoothing iron, so called from its handle,
which resembles the neck of a goose.
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4. A silly creature; a simpleton.
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5. A game played with counters on a board divided into
compartments, in some of which a goose was depicted.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
--Goldsmith.
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A wild goose chase, an attempt to accomplish something
impossible or unlikely of attainment.
Fen goose. See under Fen.
Goose barnacle (Zool.), any pedunculated barnacle of the
genus Anatifa or Lepas; -- called also {duck
barnacle}. See Barnacle, and Cirripedia.
Goose cap, a silly person. [Obs.] --Beau. & .
Goose corn (Bot.), a coarse kind of rush ({Juncus
squarrosus}).
Goose feast, Michaelmas. [Colloq. Eng.]
Goose grass. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Galium (G. Aparine), a
favorite food of geese; -- called also catchweed and
cleavers.
(b) A species of knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare).
(c) The annual spear grass (Poa annua).
Goose neck, anything, as a rod of iron or a pipe, curved
like the neck of a goose; specially (Naut.), an iron hook
connecting a spar with a mast.
Goose quill, a large feather or quill of a goose; also, a
pen made from it.
Goose skin. See Goose flesh, above.
Goose tongue (Bot.), a composite plant ({Achillea
ptarmica}), growing wild in the British islands.
Sea goose. (Zool.) See Phalarope.
Solan goose. (Zool.) See Gannet.
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Anti-Semite
(gcide) | Anti-Semitism \An`ti-Sem"i*tism\, n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is
sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing
antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite, n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic, a.
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Anti-Semitic
(gcide) | Anti-Semitism \An`ti-Sem"i*tism\, n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is
sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing
antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite, n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic, a.
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Anti-Semitism
(gcide) | Anti-Semitism \An`ti-Sem"i*tism\, n.
Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. The word is
sometimes also applied to acts motivated by or evincing
antisemitism. -- An`ti-Sem"ite, n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic, a.
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Asemia
(gcide) | Asemia \A*se"mi*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? priv. + ? sign.] (Med.)
Loss of power to express, or to understand, symbols or signs
of thought.
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autoloadingprenominal semiautomatic
(gcide) | Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of manual.
Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
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3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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Chrysemis scripta
(gcide) | Slider \Slid"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part
of an instrument or machine.
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2. (Zool.) The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa).
[Local, U. S. ]
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3. (Zool.) any of several North American freshwater turtles
of the genus Chrysemis; some, such as {Chrysemis
scripta} are sold commercially as pets. --[RHUD]
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4. (Baseball) a fast pitch that breaks slightly just in front
of the batter, in the same direction as a curve ball (i.
e., away from the side from which it was thrown).
[PJC]
Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.
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close-minded
(gcide) | close-minded \close-minded\ adj.
not ready to receive new ideas.
Syn: closed-minded.
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Demisemiquaver
(gcide) | Demisemiquaver \Dem`i*sem"i*qua`ver\, n. (Mus.)
A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or
the thirty-second part of a whole note.
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Disseminate
(gcide) | Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L.
disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- +
seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to
scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread
abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and
errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for
propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat
disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.
Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse;
scatter.
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Disseminated
(gcide) | Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L.
disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- +
seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to
scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread
abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and
errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for
propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat
disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.
Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse;
scatter.
[1913 Webster]disseminated \dis*sem"i*na`ted\, p. a. (Min.)
Occurring in small portions scattered through some other
substance; scattered widely.
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disseminated
(gcide) | Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L.
disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- +
seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to
scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread
abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and
errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for
propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat
disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.
Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse;
scatter.
[1913 Webster]disseminated \dis*sem"i*na`ted\, p. a. (Min.)
Occurring in small portions scattered through some other
substance; scattered widely.
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disseminated sclerosis
(gcide) | Sclerosis \Scle*ro"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. (??, fr. sklhro`s
hard.]
1. (Med.) Induration; hardening; especially, that form of
induration produced in an organ by increase of its
interstitial connective tissue.
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2. (Bot.) Hardening of the cell wall by lignification.
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Cerebro-spinal sclerosis (Med.), an affection in which
patches of hardening, produced by increase of the
neuroglia and atrophy of the true nerve tissue, are found
scattered throughout the brain and spinal cord. It is
associated with complete or partial paralysis, a peculiar
jerking tremor of the muscles, headache, and vertigo, and
is usually fatal. Formerly referred to as {multiple
sclerosis}, disseminated sclerosis, or {insular
sclerosis}, but now usually called only {multiple
sclerosis}, or MS.
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disseminating
(gcide) | disseminating \disseminating\ adj.
serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
Syn: diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive,
disseminative, scattering, spreading.
[WordNet 1.5]Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L.
disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- +
seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to
scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread
abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and
errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for
propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat
disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.
Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse;
scatter.
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Disseminating
(gcide) | disseminating \disseminating\ adj.
serving to diffuse, disseminate, or disperse.
Syn: diffusing(prenominal), diffusive, dispersive,
disseminative, scattering, spreading.
[WordNet 1.5]Disseminate \Dis*sem"i*nate\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Disseminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disseminating.] [L.
disseminatus, p. p. of disseminare to disseminate; dis- +
seminare to sow, semen seed. See Seminary.]
1. to spread around widely; to sow broadcast or as seed; to
scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread
abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, opinions, and
errors are disseminated when they are spread abroad for
propagation.
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2. To spread or extend by dispersion.
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A nearly uniform and constant fire or heat
disseminated throughout the body of the earth.
--Woodward.
Syn: To spread; diffuse; propagate; circulate; disperse;
scatter.
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dissemination
(gcide) | dissemination \dis*sem`i*na"tion\, n. [L. disseminatio: cf. F.
diss['e]mination.]
The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated;
diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or
spreading abroad, as of ideas, beliefs, etc.
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The universal dissemination of those writings.
--Wayland.
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disseminative
(gcide) | disseminative \dis*sem"i*na*tive\, a.
Tending to disseminate, or to become disseminated.
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The effect of heresy is, like the plague, infectious
and disseminative. --Jer. Taylor.
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Disseminator
(gcide) | Disseminator \Dis*sem"i*na`tor\, n. [L.]
One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates;
as, disseminators of disease.
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