| slovo | definícia |
characteristic
(mass) | characteristic
- charakteristický, typický rys, vlastnosť, charakteristika |
characteristic
(encz) | characteristic,charakteristický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
characteristic
(encz) | characteristic,charakteristika n: Zdeněk Brož |
characteristic
(encz) | characteristic,typický rys Mgr. Dita Gálová |
characteristic
(encz) | characteristic,vlastnost Mgr. Dita Gálová |
characteristic
(gcide) | Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [L.: cf.
F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
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1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment
rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed.
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Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
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2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a
gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In
(printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also fist) used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
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3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a
particular word or topic may be found; -- usually
alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the
volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex
(thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index
finger}.
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6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
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7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one
dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the
vertical index of the cranium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a
formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple
quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of
leading indicators; the index of industrial production;
the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer
price index}.
[PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses
of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search
for the addresses.
[PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data
item and also represents the address of a data item
within a table or array.
[PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The Index prohibitorius, a catalogue of
books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also
called Index of forbidden books and {Index Librorum
Prohibitorum}.
[PJC]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
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Characteristic
(gcide) | Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
charact['e]ristique.]
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character;
showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of
a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
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Characteristic clearness of temper. --Macaulay.
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Characteristic
(gcide) | Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, n.
1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element
of character; that which characterized. --Pope.
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The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson.
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2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative)
of a logarithm.
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characteristic
(wn) | characteristic
adj 1: typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic
laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of
autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra" [ant:
uncharacteristic]
n 1: a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map
showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his
best characteristics" [syn: feature, characteristic]
2: a distinguishing quality
3: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation
of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the
characteristic is 2
4: any measurable property of a device measured under closely
specified conditions [syn: characteristic, {device
characteristic}] |
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characteristic curve
(encz) | characteristic curve, n: |
characteristic polynomial
(encz) | characteristic polynomial,charakteristický polynom [mat.] det(lambda*I -
A) v.martin |
characteristically
(encz) | characteristically,charakteristicky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
characteristics
(encz) | characteristics,charakteristiky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
device characteristic
(encz) | device characteristic, n: |
distinguishing characteristic
(encz) | distinguishing characteristic, n: |
frequency-response characteristic
(encz) | frequency-response characteristic, n: |
primary sex characteristic
(encz) | primary sex characteristic, n: |
product function characteristic
(encz) | product function characteristic,funkční charakteristika
výrobku [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
reservoir characteristics
(encz) | reservoir characteristics,charakteristika nádrže [eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
secondary sex characteristic
(encz) | secondary sex characteristic, n: |
sex characteristic
(encz) | sex characteristic, n: |
shunt characteristic
(encz) | shunt characteristic,derivační charakteristika n: parkmaj |
uncharacteristic
(encz) | uncharacteristic,netypický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
uncharacteristic of
(encz) | uncharacteristic of, adj: |
uncharacteristically
(encz) | uncharacteristically,netypicky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Characteristic
(gcide) | Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes, L. Indices(?). [L.: cf.
F. index. See Indicate, Diction.]
[1913 Webster]
1. That which points out; that which shows, indicates,
manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment
rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Tastes are the indexes of the different qualities of
plants. --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a
pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of
a watch, a movable finger or other form of pointer on a
gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In
(printing), a sign [[hand]] (called also fist) used to
direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
[1913 Webster]
3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book, usually giving the page on which a
particular word or topic may be found; -- usually
alphabetical in arrangement, and printed at the end of the
volume. Typically found only in non-fiction books.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. (Anat.) The second finger, that next to the pollex
(thumb), in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; {index
finger}.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
[1913 Webster]
7. The ratio, or formula expressing the ratio, of one
dimension of a thing to another dimension; as, the
vertical index of the cranium.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
8. A number providing a measure of some quantity derived by a
formula, usually a form of averaging, from multiple
quantities; -- used mostly in economics; as, the index of
leading indicators; the index of industrial production;
the consumer price index. See, for example, the {consumer
price index}.
[PJC]
9. (computers) A file containing a table with the addresses
of data items, arranged for rapid and convenient search
for the addresses.
[PJC]
10. (computers) A number which serves as a label for a data
item and also represents the address of a data item
within a table or array.
[PJC]
11. (R. C. Ch.), The Index prohibitorius, a catalogue of
books which are forbidden by the church to be read; also
called Index of forbidden books and {Index Librorum
Prohibitorum}.
[PJC]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc.
[1913 Webster]Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F.
charact['e]ristique.]
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character;
showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of
a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
[1913 Webster]
Characteristic clearness of temper. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Characteristic \Char`ac*ter*is"tic\, n.
1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element
of character; that which characterized. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative)
of a logarithm.
[1913 Webster] |
Characteristical
(gcide) | Characteristical \Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al\, a.
Characteristic.
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Characteristically
(gcide) | Characteristically \Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al*ly\, adv.
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
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characteristic curve
(wn) | characteristic curve
n 1: (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic
of a device varies with other parameters [syn:
characteristic curve, characterisic function] |
characteristic root of a square matrix
(wn) | characteristic root of a square matrix
n 1: (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix
minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero
determinant [syn: eigenvalue, eigenvalue of a matrix,
eigenvalue of a square matrix, {characteristic root of a
square matrix}] |
characteristically
(wn) | characteristically
adv 1: in characteristic manner; "he arrived characteristically
late" [ant: uncharacteristically] |
device characteristic
(wn) | device characteristic
n 1: any measurable property of a device measured under closely
specified conditions [syn: characteristic, {device
characteristic}] |
distinguishing characteristic
(wn) | distinguishing characteristic
n 1: an odd or unusual characteristic [syn: peculiarity,
distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic] |
frequency-response characteristic
(wn) | frequency-response characteristic
n 1: (electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal
amplitude or gain plotted against frequency [syn:
frequency-response curve, {frequency-response
characteristic}] |
primary sex characteristic
(wn) | primary sex characteristic
n 1: the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up
with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
[syn: primary sex characteristic, {primary sexual
characteristic}, primary sex character] |
primary sexual characteristic
(wn) | primary sexual characteristic
n 1: the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up
with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction)
[syn: primary sex characteristic, {primary sexual
characteristic}, primary sex character] |
secondary sex characteristic
(wn) | secondary sex characteristic
n 1: the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not
functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice
and body hair and musculature) [syn: {secondary sex
characteristic}, secondary sexual characteristic,
secondary sex character] |
secondary sexual characteristic
(wn) | secondary sexual characteristic
n 1: the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not
functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice
and body hair and musculature) [syn: {secondary sex
characteristic}, secondary sexual characteristic,
secondary sex character] |
sex characteristic
(wn) | sex characteristic
n 1: those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological)
that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the
other [syn: sex characteristic, sexual characteristic,
sex character] |
sexual characteristic
(wn) | sexual characteristic
n 1: those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological)
that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the
other [syn: sex characteristic, sexual characteristic,
sex character] |
uncharacteristic
(wn) | uncharacteristic
adj 1: distinctive and not typical; "a book uncharacteristic of
its author" [ant: characteristic] |
uncharacteristically
(wn) | uncharacteristically
adv 1: in uncharacteristic manner; "he was uncharacteristically
cool" [ant: characteristically] |
characteristic function
(foldoc) | characteristic function
The characteristic function of set returns True
if its argument is an element of the set and False otherwise.
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