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acting
(encz) | acting,herecké výkony Pavel Cvrček |
acting
(encz) | acting,úřadující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Acting
(gcide) | Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
influenced by E. act, n.]
1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
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Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
--Pope.
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2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
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That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor.
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Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
--Barrow.
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Uplifted hands that at convenient times
Could act extortion and the worst of crimes.
--Cowper.
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3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
stage.
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4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
personate; as, to act the hero.
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5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
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To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
the duties of.
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Acting
(gcide) | Acting \Act"ing\, a.
1. Operating in any way.
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2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting
superintendent.
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acting
(wn) | acting
adj 1: serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the
acting president"
n 1: the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn:
acting, playing, playacting, performing] |
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reacting
(mass) | reacting
- reagujúci |
attracting
(encz) | attracting,přitahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
campacting zone
(encz) | campacting zone,zóna zhutnění [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
contacting
(encz) | contacting,kontaktování n: Zdeněk Brožcontacting,kontaktující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contracting
(encz) | contracting,kontrakce n: Zdeněk Brožcontracting,smrštění n: Zdeněk Brožcontracting,stahující adj: Zdeněk Brožcontracting,uzavírání smluv Zdeněk Brož |
contracting out
(encz) | contracting out, |
distracting
(encz) | distracting,vyrušující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
distractingly
(encz) | distractingly, |
exacting
(encz) | exacting,náročný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
extracting
(encz) | extracting,dobývání n: Zdeněk Brožextracting,extrahování n: Zdeněk Brožextracting,extrahující adj: Zdeněk Brožextracting,těžení n: Zdeněk Brožextracting,vyjímání n: Zdeněk Brožextracting,vytahování n: Zdeněk Brož |
high contracting parties
(encz) | high contracting parties,vysoké smluvní strany |
interacting
(encz) | interacting,interagující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
long-acting
(encz) | long-acting, adj: |
noninteracting
(encz) | noninteracting,neinteragující noninteracting,nekomunikující noninteracting,neovlivňující se noninteracting,nepůsobící vzájemně |
overacting
(encz) | overacting,hraní v afektu Zdeněk Brož |
overreacting
(encz) | overreacting,přehnané reakce Zdeněk Brož |
playacting
(encz) | playacting, n: |
reacting
(encz) | reacting,reagování n: Zdeněk Brož |
refracting telescope
(encz) | refracting telescope, n: |
retracting
(encz) | retracting,stáhnout zpět Oldřich Švec |
self-acting
(encz) | self-acting,automatický adj: Zdeněk Brožself-acting,samočinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
soil-acting herbicide
(encz) | soil-acting herbicide,půdněaktivní herbicid [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
subtracting
(encz) | subtracting,odečítající adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtracting,odečítání n: Zdeněk Brož |
temporary acting managing director
(encz) | Temporary Acting Managing Director, |
unexacting
(encz) | unexacting, |
waste compacting
(encz) | waste compacting,zhutnění odpadu [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
weakly interacting massive particle
(encz) | weakly interacting massive particle, n: |
competition in contracting act
(czen) | Competition in Contracting Act,CICA[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Abstracting
(gcide) | Abstract \Ab*stract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abstracted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Abstracting.] [See Abstract, a.]
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1. To withdraw; to separate; to take away.
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He was incapable of forming any opinion or
resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. --Sir
W. Scott.
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2. To draw off in respect to interest or attention; as, his
was wholly abstracted by other objects.
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The young stranger had been abstracted and silent.
--Blackw. Mag.
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3. To separate, as ideas, by the operation of the mind; to
consider by itself; to contemplate separately, as a
quality or attribute. --Whately.
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4. To epitomize; to abridge. --Franklin.
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5. To take secretly or dishonestly; to purloin; as, to
abstract goods from a parcel, or money from a till.
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Von Rosen had quietly abstracted the bearing-reins
from the harness. --W. Black.
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6. (Chem.) To separate, as the more volatile or soluble parts
of a substance, by distillation or other chemical
processes. In this sense extract is now more generally
used.
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Acting
(gcide) | Act \Act\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acting.] [L. actus, p. p. of agere to drive, lead, do; but
influenced by E. act, n.]
1. To move to action; to actuate; to animate. [Obs.]
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Self-love, the spring of motion, acts the soul.
--Pope.
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2. To perform; to execute; to do. [Archaic]
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That we act our temporal affairs with a desire no
greater than our necessity. --Jer. Taylor.
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Industry doth beget by producing good habits, and
facility of acting things expedient for us to do.
--Barrow.
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Uplifted hands that at convenient times
Could act extortion and the worst of crimes.
--Cowper.
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3. To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the
stage.
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4. To assume the office or character of; to play; to
personate; as, to act the hero.
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5. To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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With acted fear the villain thus pursued. --Dryden.
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To act a part, to sustain the part of one of the characters
in a play; hence, to simulate; to dissemble.
To act the part of, to take the character of; to fulfill
the duties of.
[1913 Webster]Acting \Act"ing\, a.
1. Operating in any way.
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2. Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting
superintendent.
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Attracting
(gcide) | Attract \At*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Attracting.] [L. attractus, p. p. of attrahere; ad +
trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t.]
1. To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to
approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist
divulsion, separation, or decomposition.
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All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract
themselves and one another. --Derham.
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2. To draw by influence of a moral or emotional kind; to
engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or
allure; as, to attract admirers.
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Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze. --Milton.
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Syn: To draw; allure; invite; entice; influence.
[1913 Webster]Attracting \At*tract"ing\, a.
That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.
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Attractingly
(gcide) | Attracting \At*tract"ing\, a.
That attracts. -- At*tract"ing*ly, adv.
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Back-acting steam engine
(gcide) | Steam engine \Steam" en"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n).
An engine moved by steam.
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Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a
piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works
in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the
action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to
the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus
classified: 1. According to the way the steam is used
or applied, as condensing, noncondensing, compound,
double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2.
According to the motion of the piston, as
reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion
imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4.
According to the arrangement of the engine, as
stationary, portable, and semiportable engines,
horizontal and vertical engines, beam engine,
oscillating engine, direct-acting and back-acting
engines, etc. 5. According to their uses, as portable,
marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing, winding, and
stationary engines, the latter term referring to
factory engines, etc., and not technically to pumping
or blowing engines. Locomotive and portable engines are
usually high-pressure, noncondensing, rotative, and
direct-acting. Marine engines are high or low pressure,
rotative, and generally condensing, double-acting, and
compound. Paddle engines are generally beam,
side-lever, oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw
engines are generally direct-acting, back-acting, or
oscillating. Stationary engines belong to various
classes, but are generally rotative. A horizontal or
inclined stationary steam engine is called a left-hand
or a right-hand engine when the crank shaft and driving
pulley are on the left-hand side, or the right-hand
side, respectively, of the engine, to a person looking
at them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward
or backward when the crank traverses the upward half,
or lower half, respectively, of its path, while the
piston rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder.
A marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said
to run forward when its motion is such as would propel
the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are
further classified as double-cylinder, disk,
semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as
cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms
a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc.
See Illustration in Appendix.
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Back-acting steam engine, or Back-action steam engine, a
steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward
from the crosshead to a crank which is between the
crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
Portable steam engine, a steam engine combined with, and
attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to
admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving
machinery in the field, as thrashing machines, draining
pumps, etc.
Semiportable steam engine, a steam engine combined with,
and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on
wheels.
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Compacting
(gcide) | Compact \Com*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compacting.]
1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join
firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts
which compose a body.
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Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone.
--Blackstone.
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2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.
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The whole body fitly joined together and compacted
by that which every joint supplieth. --Eph. iv. 16.
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contacting
(gcide) | contacting \contacting\ n.
the act of touching physically.
Syn: contact.
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Contracting
(gcide) | Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]contracting \contracting\ n.
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease;
contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic.
Syn: catching.
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contracting
(gcide) | Contract \Con*tract"\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Contracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Contracting.] [L. contractus,
p. p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf.
F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]
1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass;
to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's
sphere of action.
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In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our
faculties. --Dr. H. More.
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2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
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Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. --Shak.
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3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a
habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.
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Each from each contract new strength and light.
--Pope.
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Such behavior we contract by having much conversed
with persons of high station. --Swift.
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4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain
or covenant for.
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We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and
lague with the aforesaid queen. --Hakluyt.
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Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within
the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by
law. --Strype.
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5. To betroth; to affiance.
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The truth is, she and I, long since contracted,
Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us.
--Shak.
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6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by
reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
Syn: To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen;
condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.
[1913 Webster]contracting \contracting\ n.
the act or process of acquiring an infectious disease;
contraction; as, the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic.
Syn: catching.
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Counteracting
(gcide) | Counteract \Coun`ter*act"\ (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.]
To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by
contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of
medicines; to counteract good advice.
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Detracting
(gcide) | Detract \De*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Detracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Detracting.] [L. detractus, p. p. of detrahere to
detract; de + trahere to draw: cf. F. d['e]tracter. See
Trace.]
1. To take away; to withdraw.
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Detract much from the view of the without. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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2. To take credit or reputation from; to defame.
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That calumnious critic . . .
Detracting what laboriously we do. --Drayton.
Syn: To derogate; decry; disparage; depreciate; asperse;
vilify; defame; traduce. See Decry.
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Detractingly
(gcide) | Detractingly \De*tract"ing*ly\, adv.
In a detracting manner.
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Diffracting
(gcide) | Diffract \Dif*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Diffracted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Diffracting.] [L. diffractus, p. p. of diffringere
to break in pieces; dif- = dis- + frangere to break. See
Fracture.]
To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by
deflection, a? rays of light.
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Direct-acting
(gcide) | Direct-acting \Di*rect"-act`ing\, a. (Mach.)
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the
intervention of other working parts.
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Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is
transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a
beam or lever; -- also called {direct-action steam
engine}.
Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod
is directly connected with the pump rod; -- also called
direct-action steam pump.
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Direct-acting steam engine
(gcide) | Direct-acting \Di*rect"-act`ing\, a. (Mach.)
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the
intervention of other working parts.
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Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is
transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a
beam or lever; -- also called {direct-action steam
engine}.
Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod
is directly connected with the pump rod; -- also called
direct-action steam pump.
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Direct-acting steam pump
(gcide) | Direct-acting \Di*rect"-act`ing\, a. (Mach.)
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the
intervention of other working parts.
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Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is
transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a
beam or lever; -- also called {direct-action steam
engine}.
Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod
is directly connected with the pump rod; -- also called
direct-action steam pump.
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Distracting
(gcide) | Distract \Dis*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distracted, old p.
p. Distraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Distracting.]
1. To draw apart or away; to divide; to disjoin.
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A city . . . distracted from itself. --Fuller.
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2. To draw (the sight, mind, or attention) in different
directions; to perplex; to confuse; as, to distract the
eye; to distract the attention.
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Mixed metaphors . . . distract the imagination.
--Goldsmith.
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3. To agitate by conflicting passions, or by a variety of
motives or of cares; to confound; to harass.
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Horror and doubt distract
His troubled thoughts. --Milton.
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4. To unsettle the reason of; to render insane; to craze; to
madden; -- most frequently used in the participle,
distracted.
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A poor mad soul; . . . poverty hath distracted her.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Distracting \Dis*tract"ing\, a.
Tending or serving to distract.
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Double-acting
(gcide) | Double-acting \Dou"ble-act`ing\, a.
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions;
producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or
pump.
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Enacting
(gcide) | Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to
make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative
act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity
of law.
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2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
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The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
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3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
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I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak.
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Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally
expresses the legislative sanction.
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Enacting clause
(gcide) | Enact \En*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enacted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enacting.]
1. To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to
make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative
act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity
of law.
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2. To act; to perform; to do; to effect. [Obs.]
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The king enacts more wonders than a man. --Shak.
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3. To act the part of; to represent; to play.
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I did enact Julius Caesar. --Shak.
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Enacting clause, that clause of a bill which formally
expresses the legislative sanction.
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Exacting
(gcide) | Exact \Ex*act"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exacted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exacting.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL.
exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See Exact, a.]
To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a
right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel
to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward
when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one
subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience,
etc., from or of some one.
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He said into them, Exact no more than that which is
appointed you. --Luke. iii.
13.
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Years of servise past
From grateful souls exact reward at last --Dryden.
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My designs
Exact me in another place. --Massinger.
[1913 Webster]Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a.
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or
requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh;
severe. "A temper so exacting." --T. Arnold --
Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
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Exactingly
(gcide) | Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a.
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or
requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh;
severe. "A temper so exacting." --T. Arnold --
Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
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Exactingness
(gcide) | Exacting \Ex*act"ing\, a.
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or
requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh;
severe. "A temper so exacting." --T. Arnold --
Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
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Extracting
(gcide) | Extract \Ex*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Extracting.] [L. extractus, p. p. of extrahere to
extract; ex out + trahere to draw. See Trace, and cf.
Estreat.]
1. To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from
a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to
extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a
splinter from the finger.
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The bee
Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. --Milton.
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2. To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other
mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence.
Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
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Sunbeams may be extracted from cucumbers, but the
process is tedious.
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3. To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote, as
a passage from a book.
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I have extracted out of that pamphlet a few
notorious falsehoods. --Swift.
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To extract the root (Math.), to ascertain the root of a
number or quantity.
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Impacting
(gcide) | Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
strike against. See Impinge.]
1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
place. --Woodward.
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2. To affect or influence, especially in a significant or
undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire
research program; the fish populations were adversely
impacted by pollution.
[PJC]
3. To collide forcefully with; to strike.
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Infracting
(gcide) | Infract \In*fract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infracted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Infracting.] [L. infractus, p. p. of of infringere.
See Infringe.]
To break; to infringe. [R.] --Thomson.
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long-acting
(gcide) | long-acting \long-acting\ adj.
active over a relatively long period of time.
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method acting
(gcide) | Method \Meth"od\, n. [F. m['e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr.
meqodos method, investigation following after; meta` after +
"odo`s way.]
1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing
anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of
teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
--Addison.
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2. Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or
classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic
arrangement peculiar to an individual.
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in it.
--Shak.
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All method is a rational progress, a progress toward
an end. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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3. (Nat. Hist.) Classification; a mode or system of
classifying natural objects according to certain common
characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the
method of Ray; the Linnaean method.
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4. A technique used in acting in which the actor tries to
identify with the individual personality of the specific
character being portrayed, so as to provide a realistic
rendering of the character's role. Also called {the
Method}, method acting, the Stanislavsky Method or
Stanislavsky System.
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Syn: Order; system; rule; regularity; way; manner; mode;
course; process; means.
Usage: Method, Mode, Manner. Method implies
arrangement; mode, mere action or existence. Method is
a way of reaching a given end by a series of acts
which tend to secure it; mode relates to a single
action, or to the form which a series of acts, viewed
as a whole, exhibits. Manner is literally the handling
of a thing, and has a wider sense, embracing both
method and mode. An instructor may adopt a good method
of teaching to write; the scholar may acquire a bad
mode of holding his pen; the manner in which he is
corrected will greatly affect his success or failure.
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Precontracting
(gcide) | Precontract \Pre`con*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.]
To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
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Protracting
(gcide) | Protract \Pro*tract"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protracted; p. pr.
vb. n. Protracting.] [L. protractus, p. p. of protrahere to
forth, protract; pro forward + trahere to draw. See
Portrait, Portray.]
1. To draw out or lengthen in time or (rarely) in space; to
continue; to prolong; as, to protract an argument; to
protract a war.
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2. To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to
protract a decision or duty. --Shak.
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3. (Surv.) To draw to a scale; to lay down the lines and
angles of, with scale and protractor; to plot.
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4. (Zool.) To extend; to protrude; as, the cat can protract
its claws; -- opposed to retract.
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Refracting
(gcide) | Refracting \Re*fract"ing\, a.
Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
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Refracting angle of a prism (Opt.), the angle of a
triangular prism included between the two sides through
which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of
light.
Refracting telescope. (Opt.) See under Telescope.
[1913 Webster]Refract \Re*fract"\ (r?*fr$kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Refracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Refracting.] [L. refractus, p.
p. of refringere; pref. re- re- + frangere to break: cf. F.
r['e]fracter. SEe FRacture, and cf. Refrain, n.]
1. To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
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2. To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat,
when passing from one transparent medium to another of
different density; to cause to deviate from a direct
course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense
medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from
a rare medium.
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Refracting angle of a prism
(gcide) | Refracting \Re*fract"ing\, a.
Serving or tending to refract; as, a refracting medium.
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Refracting angle of a prism (Opt.), the angle of a
triangular prism included between the two sides through
which the refracted beam passes in the decomposition of
light.
Refracting telescope. (Opt.) See under Telescope.
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