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AFL
(gcide) | AFL \AFL\ [acronym.]
the American Football League.
Syn: A. F. L.
[PJC.] |
afl
(wn) | AFL
n 1: a federation of North American labor unions that merged
with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955 [syn:
American Federation of Labor, AFL] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
afloat
(mass) | afloat
- plávajúci |
afl-cio
(encz) | AFL-CIO,americká federace práce a kongres průmyslových organizací |
aflame
(encz) | aflame,v plamenech Pajosh |
aflatoxin
(encz) | aflatoxin,aflatoxin [eko.] toxin produkovaný některými plísněmi RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
afloat
(encz) | afloat,na vodě Zdeněk Brožafloat,nejistý adj: Zdeněk Brožafloat,plovoucí adj: Zdeněk Brožafloat,plovoucí na vodě afloat,vznášející ve vzduchu |
contraflow
(encz) | contraflow,protiproud n: Zdeněk Brož |
leafless
(encz) | leafless,bezlistý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
leaflet
(encz) | leaflet,leták n: Zdeněk Brožleaflet,lísteček n: Pinoleaflet,prospekt n: Zdeněk Brož |
leaflets
(encz) | leaflets,letáky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožleaflets,prospekty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
leaflike
(encz) | leaflike, adj: |
megaflop
(encz) | megaflop, n: |
polytetrafluoroethylene
(encz) | polytetrafluoroethylene, n: |
set aflame
(encz) | set aflame, v: |
spongillafly
(encz) | spongillafly, n: |
sulfur hexafluoride
(encz) | sulfur hexafluoride, n: |
sulphur hexafluoride
(encz) | sulphur hexafluoride, n: |
tanstaafl
(encz) | TANSTAAFL,There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch [zkr.] |
teraflop
(encz) | teraflop, n: |
tetrafluoroethylene
(encz) | tetrafluoroethylene, n: |
tinstaafl
(encz) | TINSTAAFL,There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch [zkr.] |
aflatoxin
(czen) | aflatoxin,aflatoxin[eko.] toxin produkovaný některými plísněmi RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
vafle
(czen) | vafle,wafflen: oplatka web |
štafle
(czen) | štafle,step-ladder Zdeněk Brožštafle,stepladder Zdeněk Brožštafle,stepsn: Pino |
AFL
(gcide) | AFL \AFL\ [acronym.]
the American Football League.
Syn: A. F. L.
[PJC.] |
Aflame
(gcide) | Aflame \A*flame"\ ([.a]*fl[=a]m"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flame.]
In flames; glowing with light or passion; ablaze. --G. Eliot.
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Aflat
(gcide) | Aflat \A*flat"\ ([.a]*fl[a^]t"), adv. [Pref. a- + flat.]
Level with the ground; flat. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Aflaunt
(gcide) | Aflaunt \A*flaunt"\ ([.a]*fl[add]nt"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- +
flaunt.]
In a flaunting state or position. --Copley.
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AFL-CIO
(gcide) | AFL-CIO \AFL-CIO\ [acronym.]
the combined organizations of the American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.
[PJC.] |
Aflicker
(gcide) | Aflicker \A*flick"er\ ([.a]*fl[i^]k"[~e]r), adv. & a. [Pref. a-
+ flicker.]
In a flickering state.
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Afloat
(gcide) | Afloat \A*float"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]t"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + float.]
1. Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
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On such a full sea are we now afloat. --Shak.
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2. Moving; passing from place to place; in general
circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
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3. Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our
affairs are all afloat.
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4. Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded; as,
the decks are afloat.
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Aflow
(gcide) | Aflow \A*flow"\ ([.a]*fl[=o]"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flow.]
Flowing.
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Their founts aflow with tears. --R. Browning.
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Aflush
(gcide) | Aflush \A*flush"\ ([.a]*fl[u^]sh"), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flush,
n.]
In a flushed or blushing state.
[1913 Webster]Aflush \A*flush"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flush, a.]
On a level.
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The bank is . . . aflush with the sea. --Swinburne.
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Aflutter
(gcide) | Aflutter \A*flut"ter\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + flutter.]
In a flutter; agitated.
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Deafly
(gcide) | Deafly \Deaf"ly\, adv.
Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
[1913 Webster]Deafly \Deaf"ly\, a.
Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Jack afloat
(gcide) | Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?,
Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]
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1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
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You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.
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2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "Jack fool." --Chaucer.
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Since every Jack became a gentleman,
There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak.
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3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
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4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
service, and often supplying the place of a boy or
attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:
(a) A device to pull off boots.
(b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
(c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke
jack, or kitchen jack.
(b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by
blasting.
(e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers
which push the loops down on the needles.
(f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the
threads; a heck box.
(g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it
leaves the carding machine.
(h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
(i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
(k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for
multiplying speed.
(l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent
pipe, to prevent a back draught.
(m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece
communicating the action of the key to the quill; --
called also hopper.
(n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the
torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
itself. --C. Hallock.
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5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as
an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a
lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any
simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a
compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever,
crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a
jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
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6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
--Shak.
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Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
it. --Sir W.
Scott.
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7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
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8. (Zool.)
(a) A young pike; a pickerel.
(b) The jurel.
(c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes
paucispinus}); -- called also boccaccio, and
m['e]rou.
(d) The wall-eyed pike.
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9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap;
-- called also union jack. The American jack is a
small blue flag, with a star for each State.
(b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead,
to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal
shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
Dana, Jr.
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11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.
12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with
tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+),
formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up,
and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns;
in the modern American game, the movements are
accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the
horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as
jackstones.
[PJC]
13. Money. [slang]
[PJC]
14. Apple jack.
[PJC]
15. Brandy.
[PJC]
Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It
sometimes designates something cut short or diminished
in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,
etc.
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Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick.
Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which
receives the wort. See under 1st Back.
Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or
royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts
and spars.
Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the
17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.
Jack curlew (Zool.), the whimbrel.
Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4
(g), above.
Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a
mischievous person.
Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper.
Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.
4
(n.), above.
Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.
Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft
of a deep-well-boring apparatus.
Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,
contributions to which are made by each player
successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the
"pot," which is the sum total of all the bets. See also
jackpot.
Jack rabbit (Zool.), any one of several species of large
American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
California species (Lepus Californicus), and that of
Texas and New Mexico (Lepus callotis), have the tail
black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not
become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare
(Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white,
and in winter its fur becomes nearly white.
Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
in some styles of building.
Jack salmon (Zool.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
needles.
Jack snipe. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
which the jack is hoisted.
Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
others.
Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
the roof has not its full section.
Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n.
Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
the gaff.
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Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
of liquid, as oil.
Jack-at-a-pinch.
(a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
emergency.
(b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
service for a fee.
Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind
of work.
Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum
(Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which
grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a
taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England,
sauce-alone. --Eng. Cyc.
Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
(Cordia Cylindrostachya).
Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre).
Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old
clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral.
Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is
turned out. --Shak.
Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery
story.
Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag.
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Leafless
(gcide) | Leafless \Leaf"less\, a.
Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless
groves." --Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n.
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Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves
may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See
Leaf, n., 1 and 2.
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Leafless plants
(gcide) | Leafless \Leaf"less\, a.
Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless
groves." --Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n.
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Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves
may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See
Leaf, n., 1 and 2.
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Leaflessness
(gcide) | Leafless \Leaf"less\, a.
Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless
groves." --Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n.
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Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves
may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See
Leaf, n., 1 and 2.
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Leaflet
(gcide) | Leaflet \Leaf"let\, n.
1. A little leaf.
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2. (Bot.) One of the divisions of a compound leaf; a foliole.
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3. (Zool.) A leaflike organ or part; as, a leaflet of the
gills of fishes.
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4. A printed sheet of paper, of one page, or one sheet folded
over, containing an advertisement, tract, or other notice,
and usually distributed for free or included in the
package with a purchased item.
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Pea-flower tribe
(gcide) | Pea \Pea\, n.; pl. Peas (p[=e]z) or Pease (p[=e]z). [OE.
pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum;
cf. Gr. pi`sos, pi`son. The final s was misunderstood in
English as a plural ending. Cf. Pease.]
1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus Pisum, of
many varieties, much cultivated for food. It has a
papilionaceous flower, and the pericarp is a legume,
popularly called a pod.
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Note: When a definite number, more than one, is spoken of,
the plural form peas is used; as, the pod contained
nine peas; but, in a collective sense, the form pease
is preferred; as, a bushel of pease; they had pease at
dinner. This distinction is not always preserved, the
form peas being used in both senses.
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2. A name given, especially in the Southern States, to the
seed of several leguminous plants (species of Dolichos,
Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum)
of a different color from the rest of the seed.
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Note: The name pea is given to many leguminous plants more or
less closely related to the common pea. See the
Phrases, below.
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Beach pea (Bot.), a seashore plant, Lathyrus maritimus.
Black-eyed pea, a West Indian name for {Dolichos
sph[ae]rospermus} and its seed.
Butterfly pea, the American plant Clitoria Mariana,
having showy blossoms.
Chick pea. See Chick-pea.
Egyptian pea. Same as Chick-pea.
Everlasting pea. See under Everlasting.
Glory pea. See under Glory, n.
Hoary pea, any plant of the genus Tephrosia; goat's rue.
Issue pea, Orris pea. (Med.) See under Issue, and
Orris.
Milk pea. (Bot.) See under Milk.
Pea berry, a kind of a coffee bean or grain which grows
single, and is round or pea-shaped; often used
adjectively; as, pea-berry coffee.
Pea bug. (Zool.) Same as Pea weevil.
Pea coal, a size of coal smaller than nut coal.
Pea crab (Zool.), any small crab of the genus
Pinnotheres, living as a commensal in bivalves; esp.,
the European species (Pinnotheres pisum) which lives in
the common mussel and the cockle.
Pea dove (Zool.), the American ground dove.
Pea-flower tribe (Bot.), a suborder (Papilionace[ae]) of
leguminous plants having blossoms essentially like that of
the pea. --G. Bentham.
Pea maggot (Zool.), the larva of a European moth ({Tortrix
pisi}), which is very destructive to peas.
Pea ore (Min.), argillaceous oxide of iron, occurring in
round grains of a size of a pea; pisolitic ore.
Pea starch, the starch or flour of the common pea, which is
sometimes used in adulterating wheat flour, pepper, etc.
Pea tree (Bot.), the name of several leguminous shrubs of
the genus Caragana, natives of Siberia and China.
Pea vine. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant which bears peas.
(b) A kind of vetch or tare, common in the United States
(Lathyrus Americana, and other similar species).
Pea weevil (Zool.), a small weevil (Bruchus pisi) which
destroys peas by eating out the interior.
Pigeon pea. (Bot.) See Pigeon pea.
Sweet pea (Bot.), the annual plant Lathyrus odoratus;
also, its many-colored, sweet-scented blossoms.
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Sheldafle
(gcide) | Sheldafle \Sheld"a*fle\, Sheldaple \Sheld"a*ple\, n. [Perhaps
for sheld dapple. Cf. Sheldrake.] (Zool.)
A chaffinch. [Written also sheldapple, and shellapple.]
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afl-cio
(wn) | AFL-CIO
n 1: the largest federation of North American labor unions;
formed in 1955 [syn: {American Federation of Labor and
Congress of Industrial Organizations}, AFL-CIO] |
aflame
(wn) | aflame
adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
aflame, aroused]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] |
aflare
(wn) | aflare
adj 1: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a
current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind
her"; "flags aflare in the breeze" [syn: aflare,
flaring]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] |
aflatoxin
(wn) | aflatoxin
n 1: a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be
produced and stored for use as a bioweapon |
aflaxen
(wn) | Aflaxen
n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trademarks Aleve and
Anaprox and Aflaxen) that fights pain and inflammation
[syn: naproxen sodium, Aleve, Anaprox, Aflaxen] |
aflicker
(wn) | aflicker
adj 1: shining unsteadily [syn: flickering, aflicker(p)] |
afloat
(wn) | afloat
adj 1: aimlessly drifting [syn: adrift(p), afloat(p),
aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless,
undirected]
2: borne on the water; floating [ant: aground(p)]
3: covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)";
"the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded
bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub" [syn:
afloat(p), awash(p), flooded, inundated,
overflowing] |
aflutter
(wn) | aflutter
adj 1: excited in anticipation [syn: aflutter, nervous] |
cataflam
(wn) | Cataflam
n 1: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)
[syn: diclofenac potassium, Cataflam] |
dafla
(wn) | Dafla
n 1: little known Kamarupan languages [syn: Miri, Mirish,
Abor, Dafla] |
leafless
(wn) | leafless
adj 1: having no leaves [ant: leafy] |
leaflet
(wn) | leaflet
n 1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: cusp,
leaflet]
2: part of a compound leaf
3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet,
brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet] |
leaflike
(wn) | leaflike
adj 1: resembling a leaf [syn: leaflike, leaf-like] |
megaflop
(wn) | megaflop
n 1: (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a
computer system [syn: megaflop, MFLOP, {million
floating point operations per second}] |
polytetrafluoroethylene
(wn) | polytetrafluoroethylene
n 1: a material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial
applications where sticking is to be avoided [syn:
Teflon, polytetrafluoroethylene] |
set aflame
(wn) | set aflame
v 1: set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire
to the forest" [syn: set ablaze, set aflame, {set on
fire}, set afire] |
spongillafly
(wn) | spongillafly
n 1: hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges
[syn: spongefly, spongillafly] |
sulfur hexafluoride
(wn) | sulfur hexafluoride
n 1: a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a
powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical
utility industry [syn: sulfur hexafluoride, {sulphur
hexafluoride}] |
sulphur hexafluoride
(wn) | sulphur hexafluoride
n 1: a colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether; a
powerful greenhouse gas widely used in the electrical
utility industry [syn: sulfur hexafluoride, {sulphur
hexafluoride}] |
teraflop
(wn) | teraflop
n 1: (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a
computer system [syn: teraflop, {trillion floating point
operations per second}] |
tetrafluoroethylene
(wn) | tetrafluoroethylene
n 1: a flammable gaseous fluorocarbon used in making plastics
(polytetrafluoroethylene resins) |
aflex
(foldoc) | aflex
A Lex-like scanner generator that produce Ada
output from IRUS (Irvine Research Unit in Software). aflex
comes with ayacc.
Version 1.2a.
Mailing list: .
(ftp://liege.ics.uci.edu/pub/irus/aflex-ayacc_1.2a.tar.Z).
(1993-01-06)
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gigaflop
(foldoc) | gigaflops
GFLOPS
gigaflop
(GFLOPS) One thousand million (10^9) floating point
operations per second.
One of them is strictly "one gigaflops" in the same way that
one mile per hour isn't 1 MP.
See prefix.
(1998-04-19)
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gigaflops
(foldoc) | gigaflops
GFLOPS
gigaflop
(GFLOPS) One thousand million (10^9) floating point
operations per second.
One of them is strictly "one gigaflops" in the same way that
one mile per hour isn't 1 MP.
See prefix.
(1998-04-19)
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irvine dataflow
(foldoc) | Irvine Dataflow
Id
(Always called "Id") A non-strict, {single
assignment} language and incremental compiler developed by
Arvind and Gostelow and used on MIT's {Tagged-Token Dataflow
Architecture} and planned to be used on Motorola's
Monsoon.
See also Id Nouveau.
["An Asynchronous Programming Language for a Large
Multiprocessor Machine", Arvind et al, TR114a, Dept ISC, UC
Irvine, Dec 1978].
["The U-Interpreter", Arvind et al, Computer 15(2):42-50,
1982].
(1998-02-14)
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megaflop
(foldoc) | megaflop
Etymologically incorrect singular of "megaflops".
(1995-02-28)
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megaflops
(foldoc) | megaflops
One million floating-point operations per second. A
common unit of measurement of performance of computers used
for numerical work.
(2000-08-03)
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petaflops
(foldoc) | petaflops
10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops.
As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and
plural as the S stands for seconds.
The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in {June
2008 (http://top500.org/list/2008/06/100)}. By {June 2012
(http://top500.org/list/2012/06/100)} there were 20.
(2013-04-27)
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tanstaafl
(foldoc) | TANSTAAFL
TNSTAAFL
/tan'stah-fl/ (From Robert Heinlein's classic "The
Moon is a Harsh Mistress") "There Ain't No Such Thing As A
Free Lunch".
Often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using
an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor
quality of some piece of free software, or at the
signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet newsgroups.
"What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end
to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you
know." This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high
concentration of science-fiction fans and political
libertarians in hackerdom.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-28)
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