| slovo | definícia |
continent
(mass) | continent
- kontinent |
continent
(encz) | continent,kontinent n: |
continent
(encz) | continent,pevnina n: Pavel Cvrček |
continent
(encz) | continent,světadíl Zdeněk Brož |
Continent
(gcide) | Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]
1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
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The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.
Kennet.
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2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main
land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land
differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in
its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by
mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
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Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
Continent, and North and South America as the Western
Continent.
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The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
from the islands, especially from England.
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Continent
(gcide) | Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr.
of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent.
See Contain.]
1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or
passions; temperate; moderate.
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Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his
rage goes slower. --Shak.
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3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint
upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit
sexual intercourse; chaste.
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My past life
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Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
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As I am now unhappy. --Shak.
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4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent
fever. [Obs.]
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The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with
the west side of America, yet certainly it is the
least disoined by sea of all that coast.
--Berrewood.
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Continent
(gcide) | Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ?
self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage,
wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
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continent
(wn) | continent
adj 1: having control over urination and defecation [ant:
incontinent]
2: abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests" [syn:
celibate, continent]
n 1: one of the large landmasses of the earth; "there are seven
continents"; "pioneers had to cross the continent on foot"
2: the European mainland; "Englishmen like to visit the
Continent but they wouldn't like to live there" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
continent-wide
(encz) | continent-wide, adj: |
continental
(encz) | continental,kontinentální adj: Zdeněk Brožcontinental,pevninský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
continental breakfast
(encz) | continental breakfast,lehká snídaně |
continental code
(encz) | continental code,Morseova abeceda |
continental divide
(encz) | Continental Divide, |
continental drift
(encz) | continental drift,kontinentální drift Zdeněk Brož |
continental glacier
(encz) | continental glacier, n: |
continental plan
(encz) | continental plan, n: |
continental quilt
(encz) | continental quilt, n: |
continental shelf
(encz) | continental shelf,kontinentální šelf Zdeněk Brož |
continental slope
(encz) | continental slope,kontinentální svah [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
continentally
(encz) | continentally, |
incontinent
(encz) | incontinent,neschopný zadržet moč Zdeněk Brožincontinent,neschopný zadržet stolici Zdeněk Brož |
incontinently
(encz) | incontinently,bez rozmyslu Zdeněk Brožincontinently,neuváženě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
intercontinental
(encz) | intercontinental,mezikontinentální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
intercontinental ballistic missile
(encz) | intercontinental ballistic missile, n: |
sub-continent
(encz) | sub-continent,subkontinent n: |
subcontinent
(encz) | subcontinent,subkontinent luke |
subcontinental
(encz) | subcontinental,sub-kontinentální luke |
transcontinental
(encz) | transcontinental,transkontinentální Jaroslav Šedivý |
Continent
(gcide) | Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]
1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
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The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.
Kennet.
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2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main
land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land
differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in
its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by
mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
Continent, and North and South America as the Western
Continent.
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The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
from the islands, especially from England.
[1913 Webster]Continent \Con"ti*nent\, a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr.
of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent.
See Contain.]
1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or
passions; temperate; moderate.
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Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his
rage goes slower. --Shak.
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3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint
upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit
sexual intercourse; chaste.
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My past life
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Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
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As I am now unhappy. --Shak.
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4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent
fever. [Obs.]
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The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with
the west side of America, yet certainly it is the
least disoined by sea of all that coast.
--Berrewood.
[1913 Webster]Encratite \En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ?
self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage,
wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
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Continental
(gcide) | Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
--Macaulay.
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No former king had involved himself so frequently in
the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
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3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
War; as, Continental money.
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The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial
army." --W. Irving.
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Continental Congress. See under Congress.
Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
[1913 Webster]Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, n.
1. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army. See
Continental, a., 3.
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2. (Amer. Hist.) a piece of the Continental currency, paper
money issued under authority of the Continental Congress.
See Continental, a., 3.
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Note: "Not worth a continental." was said of Continental
currency after the American revolution, when it was
considered almost worthless. Eventually, under
Alexander Hamilton's direction at the Treasury
department, the currency was all redeemed at full
value.
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Continental Congress
(gcide) | Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
--Macaulay.
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No former king had involved himself so frequently in
the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
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3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
War; as, Continental money.
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The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial
army." --W. Irving.
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Continental Congress. See under Congress.
Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
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continental divide
(gcide) | Divide \Di*vide"\, n.
A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two
streams; also called watershed and water parting. A
divide on either side of which the waters drain into two
different oceans is called a continental divide.
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Continental drift
(gcide) | Continental drift \Continental drift\
the movements of continents relative to each other across the
Earth's surface; see plate tectonics.
[PJC]Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
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The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
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2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
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3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
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4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or
the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence,
also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
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He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
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Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced
onward together in a body, or thrown together in a
heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of
snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
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Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
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We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
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Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
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6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
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7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or
boulders, which have been distributed over large portions
of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of
forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
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8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
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9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or
shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or
through it; a broach.
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10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
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11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
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12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is
raised and the rail is cut off, and usually
terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
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13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole
into which it is driven, or between the circumference of
a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
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14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
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Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
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continental drift
(gcide) | Continental drift \Continental drift\
the movements of continents relative to each other across the
Earth's surface; see plate tectonics.
[PJC]Drift \Drift\, n. [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a
driving, Icel. drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove,
herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See
Drive.]
1. A driving; a violent movement.
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The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his
wings. --King
Alisaunder
(1332).
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2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or
drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
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A bad man, being under the drift of any passion,
will follow the impulse of it till something
interpose. --South.
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3. Course or direction along which anything is driven;
setting. "Our drift was south." --Hakluyt.
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4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or
the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence,
also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
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He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment
on his country in general. -- Addison.
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Now thou knowest my drift. --Sir W.
Scott.
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5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as:
(a) Anything driven at random. "Some log . . . a useless
drift." --Dryden.
(b) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced
onward together in a body, or thrown together in a
heap, etc., esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of
snow, of ice, of sand, and the like.
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Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. -- Pope.
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We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift
[of ice]. --Kane.
(c) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs.]
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Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great
drift doing much damage to the high ways). --
Fuller.
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6. (Arch.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or
vault upon the abutments. [R.] --Knight.
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7. (Geol.) A collection of loose earth and rocks, or
boulders, which have been distributed over large portions
of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of
forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
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8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
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9. (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or
shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or
through it; a broach.
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10. (Mil.)
(a) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition
contained in a rocket, or like firework.
(b) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong
projectiles.
[1913 Webster]
11. (Mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft;
a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or
tunnel.
[1913 Webster]
12. (Naut.)
(a) The distance through which a current flows in a given
time.
(b) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes
with the meridian, in drifting.
(c) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from
her desired course by the wind, currents, or other
causes.
(d) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is
raised and the rail is cut off, and usually
terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
(e) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
[1913 Webster]
13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole
into which it is driven, or between the circumference of
a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
[1913 Webster]
14. (Phys. Geog.) One of the slower movements of oceanic
circulation; a general tendency of the water, subject to
occasional or frequent diversion or reversal by the wind;
as, the easterly drift of the North Pacific.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
15. (A["e]ronautics) The horizontal component of the pressure
of the air on the sustaining surfaces of a flying
machine. The lift is the corresponding vertical
component, which sustains the machine in the air.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first
part of a compound. See Drift, a.
[1913 Webster]
Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an examination or view
of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are,
whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or
not the forest is surcharged. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
continental drift (Geology), the very slow (ca. 1-5 cm per
year) movement of the continents and parts of continents
relative to each other and to the points of upwelling of
magma in the viscous layers beneath the continents; --
causing, for example, the opening of the South Atlantic
Ocean by the movement of Africa and South America away
from each other. See also plate tectonics.
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Continental drive
(gcide) | Continental drive \Con`ti*nen"tal drive\ (Automobiles)
A transmission arrangement in which the longitudinal crank
shaft drives the rear wheels through a clutch, change-speed
gear, countershaft, and two parallel side chains, in order.
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Continental glacier
(gcide) | Continental glacier \Continental glacier\
A broad ice sheet resting on a plain or plateau and spreading
outward from a central n['e]v['e], or region of accumulation.
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Continental pronunciation
(gcide) | Continental pronunciation \Continental pronunciation\ (of Latin
and Greek.)
A method of pronouncing Latin and Greek in which the vowels
have their more familiar Continental values, as in German and
Italian, the consonants being pronounced mostly as in
English. The stricter form of this method of pronouncing
Latin approaches the Roman, the modified form the English,
pronunciation. The Continental method of Greek pronunciation
is often called Erasmian.
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Continental system
(gcide) | Continental \Con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a continent.
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2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in
distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England;
as, a continental tour; a continental coalition.
--Macaulay.
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No former king had involved himself so frequently in
the labyrinth of continental alliances. --Hallam.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated
colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary
War; as, Continental money.
[1913 Webster]
The army before Boston was designated as the
Continental army, in contradistinction to that under
General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial
army." --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]
Continental Congress. See under Congress.
Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain
ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21,
1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime
and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her
off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.
[1913 Webster]Continental system \Continental system\ (Hist.)
The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England
from commerce with the Continent instituted by the
Berlin decree, which Napoleon I. issued from Berlin Nov.
21, 1806, declaring the British Isles to be in a state of
blockade, and British subjects, property, and merchandise
subject to capture, and excluding British ships from all
parts of Europe under French dominion. The retaliatory
measures of England were followed by the
Milan decree, issued by Napoleon from Milan Dec. 17, 1807,
imposing further restrictions, and declaring every ship
going to or from a port of England or her colonies to be
lawful prize.
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Continently
(gcide) | Continently \Con"ti*nent*ly\, adv.
In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.
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continent-wide
(gcide) | continent-wide \continent-wide\ adj.
involving the entire continent.
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Incontinent
(gcide) | Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, n.
One who is unchaste. --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, adv. [Cf. F. incontinent.]
Incontinently; instantly; immediately. [Obs.]
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He says he will return incontinent. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Incontinent \In*con"ti*nent\, a. [L. incontinens: cf. F.
incontinent. See In- not, and Continent.]
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1. Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions
or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging
unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.
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2. (Med.) Unable to restrain natural evacuations, such as
urination or defecation.
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Incontinently
(gcide) | Incontinently \In*con"ti*nent*ly\, adv.
1. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without
due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.
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2. Immediately; at once; forthwith. [Archaic]
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Immediately he sent word to Athens that he would
incontinently come hither with a host of men.
--Golding.
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Intercontinental
(gcide) | Intercontinental \In`ter*con`ti*nen"tal\, a.
1. Between or among continents; subsisting or carried on
between continents; as, intercontinental relations or
commerce.
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2. Passing between continents or capable of passing between
continents; as, an intercontinental ballistic misile; an
intercontinental airplane flight.
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intercontinental ballistic missile
(gcide) | Missile \Mis"sile\, n. [L. missile.]
1. A weapon thrown or projected or intended to be projected,
as a lance, an arrow, or a bullet.
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2. A rocket-propelled device designed to fly through the air
and deliver a warhead of explosive materials to a target.
[PJC]
Note: Numerous types of rocket-propelled missile[2] are now
used in modern warfare. Some types with names
indicating their range or function are: {antiaircraft
missile}; ballistic missile; cruise missile;
antiballistic missile missile; air-to-air missile;
air-to-ground missile; guided missile;
intercontinental ballistic missile (IBM);
intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM);
surface-to-air missile.ballistic missile \bal*lis"tic mis`sile\, n.
A rocket-propelled missile of long range which is guided only
during the powered portion of its flight, which usually takes
only a small part of the total flight time; -- contrasted
with guided missile.
Note: Ballistic missiles are sometimes referred to by their
range, such as an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or an
intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM).
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The Continent
(gcide) | Continent \Con"ti*nent\, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding
together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]
1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. --Bp.
Kennet.
[1913 Webster]
2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main
land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land
differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in
its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by
mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The continents are now usually regarded as six in
number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land
are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic
continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia,
and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern
Continent, and North and South America as the Western
Continent.
[1913 Webster]
The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished
from the islands, especially from England.
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The Continental Congress
(gcide) | Congress \Con"gress\, n.; pl. Congresses. [L. congressus, fr.
congredi, p. p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- +
grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr?s. See
Grade.]
1. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an
encounter. [Obs.]
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Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;
Their congress in the field great Jove withstands.
--Dryden.
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2. A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of
things. [Obs.]
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From these laws may be deduced the rules of the
congresses and reflections of two bodies. --Cheyne.
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3. The coming together of a male and female in sexual
commerce; the act of coition. --Pennant.
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4. A gathering or assembly; a conference.
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5. A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies,
representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting
of the representatives of several governments or societies
to consider and determine matters of common interest.
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The European powers strove to . . . accommodate
their differences at the congress of Vienna.
--Alison.
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6. The collective body of senators and representatives of the
people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the
chief legislative body of the nation.
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Note: In the Congress of the United States (which took the
place of the Federal Congress, March 4, 1789), the
Senate consists of two Senators from each State, chosen
by the State legislature for a term of six years, in
such a way that the terms of one third of the whole
number expire every year; the House of Representatives
consists of members elected by the people of the
several Congressional districts, for a term of two
years, the term of all ending at the same time. The
united body of Senators and Representatives for any
term of two years for which the whole body of
Representatives is chosen is called one Congress. Thus
the session which began in December, 1887, was the
first (or long) session, and that which began in
December, 1888, was the second (or short) session, of
the Fiftieth Congress. When an extra session is had
before the date of the first regular meeting of a
Congress, that is called the first session, and the
following regular session is called the second session.
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7. The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of
which are elected for three years.
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The Continental Congress, an assembly of deputies from the
thirteen British colonies in America, appointed to
deliberate in respect to their common interests. They
first met in 1774, and from time thereafter until near the
close of the Revolution.
The Federal Congress, the assembly of representatives of
the original States of the American Union, who met under
the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789.
Congress boot or Congress gaiter, a high shoe or
half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides
made in part of some elastic material which stretches to
allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.]
Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress
spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York.
Syn: Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council;
diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.
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Transcontinental
(gcide) | Transcontinental \Trans*con`ti*nen"tal\, a. [Pref. trans- +
continental.]
Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental
railroad or journey.
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Uncontinent
(gcide) | Uncontinent \Un*con"ti*nent\, a.
Not continent; incontinent. --Wyclif (2 Tim. iii. 3).
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antarctic continent
(wn) | Antarctic continent
n 1: an extremely cold continent at the south pole almost
entirely below the Antarctic Circle; covered by an ice cap
up to 13,000 feet deep; "Antarctica is twice the size of
Australia" [syn: Antarctica, Antarctic continent] |
continent-wide
(wn) | continent-wide
adj 1: involving the entire continent |
continental
(wn) | Continental
adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental
breakfast"
2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during
and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the
Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the
continental divide"; "continental drift"
4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the
continents of North America or Europe; "the continental
United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
[ant: intercontinental] |
continental army
(wn) | Continental Army
n 1: the American army during the American Revolution |
continental breakfast
(wn) | continental breakfast
n 1: a breakfast that usually includes a roll and coffee or tea
[syn: continental breakfast, petit dejeuner] |
continental congress
(wn) | Continental Congress
n 1: the legislative assembly composed of delegates from the
rebel colonies who met during and after the American
Revolution; they issued the Declaration of Independence and
framed Articles of Confederation |
continental divide
(wn) | continental divide
n 1: the watershed of a continent (especially the watershed of
North America formed by a series of mountain ridges
extending from Alaska to Mexico) |
continental drift
(wn) | continental drift
n 1: the gradual movement and formation of continents (as
described by plate tectonics) |
continental glacier
(wn) | continental glacier
n 1: a glacier that spreads out from a central mass of ice |
continental plan
(wn) | continental plan
n 1: a hotel plan that provides a continental breakfast daily
[syn: European plan, continental plan] |
continental quilt
(wn) | continental quilt
n 1: a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider
[syn: eiderdown, duvet, continental quilt] |
continental shelf
(wn) | continental shelf
n 1: the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed
surrounding a continent |
continental slope
(wn) | continental slope
n 1: the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf
to the abyssal zone [syn: continental slope, {bathyal
zone}, bathyal district] |
incontinent
(wn) | incontinent
adj 1: not having control over urination and defecation [ant:
continent] |
intercontinental
(wn) | intercontinental
adj 1: extending or taking place between or among continents;
"intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental
flights" [ant: continental] |
intercontinental ballistic missile
(wn) | intercontinental ballistic missile
n 1: a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one
continent to another [syn: {intercontinental ballistic
missile}, ICBM] |
subcontinent
(wn) | subcontinent
n 1: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland)
that is a distinct part of some continent |
transcontinental
(wn) | transcontinental
adj 1: spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a
continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental
travelers"; "a transcontinental city" |
continental drift
(foldoc) | continental drift
Very, very slow. In 1980 David Turner remarked that
KRC ran "at the speed of the continental drift".
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coordinating committee for intercontinental research networks
(foldoc) | Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Research Networks
(CCIRN) A committee that includes the United
States FNC
and its counterparts in North America and Europe. Co-chaired by the
executive
directors of the Federal Networking Council and the European
Association of
Research Networks (RARE), the CCIRN provides a forum for cooperative
planning
among the principal North American and European research networking
bodies.
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