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vox
(encz) | vox,hlas n: Zdeněk Brož |
Vox
(gcide) | Vox \Vox\, n. [L. See Voice.]
A voice.
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Vox humana[L., human voice] (Mus.), a reed stop in an
organ, made to imitate the human voice.
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vox
(wn) | vox
n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
[syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
phonation, vox] |
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vox
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vox angelica
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vox humana
(encz) | vox humana, n: |
vox populi
(encz) | vox populi,hlas lidu Zdeněk Brož |
Volvox
(gcide) | Volvox \Vol"vox\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one
fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water,
the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has
been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but
is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is
considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest
species is Volvox globator, often called {globe
animalcule}.
[1913 Webster]Animalcule \An`i*mal"cule\, n. [As if fr. a L. animalculum, dim.
of animal.]
1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] --Ray.
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2. (Zool.) An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked
eye. See Infusoria.
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Note: Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be
plants, having locomotive powers something like those
of animals. Among these are Volvox, the
Desmidiac[ae], and the siliceous Diatomace[ae].
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Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa.
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Volvox globator
(gcide) | Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus
a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose
surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a
ball; a sphere.
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2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape;
as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.
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3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by
the definite article. --Locke.
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4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of
the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial
globe; -- called also artificial globe.
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5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a
circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans,
answering to the modern infantry square.
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Him round
A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton.
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Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena
(G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored
flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism
(Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal,
afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a
wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus
Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute
and form globular heads.
Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus
Spheroma.
Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers
in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain
species of the related genus Echinops.
Globe valve.
(a) A ball valve.
(b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight.
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Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body;
sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a
body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old
astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for
globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a
heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies
concieved of as impelled through space.
[1913 Webster]Volvox \Vol"vox\, n. (Bot.)
A genus of minute, pale-green, globular, organisms, about one
fiftieth of an inch in diameter, found rolling through water,
the motion being produced by minute colorless cilia. It has
been considered as belonging to the flagellate Infusoria, but
is now referred to the vegetable kingdom, and each globule is
considered a colony of many individuals. The commonest
species is Volvox globator, often called {globe
animalcule}.
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Vox angelica
(gcide) | Vox angelica \Vox` an*gel"i*ca\ [L. angelica angelic.] (Music)
An organ stop of delicate stringlike quality, having for each
finger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly
sharp to give a wavy effect to their joint tone.
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Vox humana
(gcide) | Vox \Vox\, n. [L. See Voice.]
A voice.
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Vox humana[L., human voice] (Mus.), a reed stop in an
organ, made to imitate the human voice.
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genus volvox
(wn) | genus Volvox
n 1: type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green
flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute
flagella rotate the colony about an axis [syn: Volvox,
genus Volvox] |
volvox
(wn) | Volvox
n 1: type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green
flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute
flagella rotate the colony about an axis [syn: Volvox,
genus Volvox] |
vox
(wn) | vox
n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
[syn: voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism,
phonation, vox] |
vox angelica
(wn) | vox angelica
n 1: an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect [syn: {vox
angelica}, voix celeste] |
vox humana
(wn) | vox humana
n 1: an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human
voice |
vox populi
(wn) | vox populi
n 1: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of
the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" [syn:
public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, {vox
populi}] |
voxel
(foldoc) | voxel
(By analogy with "pixel") Volume element.
The smallest distinguishable box-shaped part of a
three-dimensional space. A particular voxel will be
identified by the x, y and z coordinates of one of its eight
corners, or perhaps its centre. The term is used in three
dimensional modelling.
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