| slovo | definícia |
erect
(mass) | erect
- postaviť |
erect
(encz) | erect,postavit v: Zdeněk Brož |
erect
(encz) | erect,vybudovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
erect
(encz) | erect,vztyčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
erect
(encz) | erect,vztyčit v: Zdeněk Brož |
erect
(encz) | erect,ztopořit se Zdeněk Brož |
Erect
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e
out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]
1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not
leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
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Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.
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Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia,
Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins.
--Gibbon.
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2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view
Superior worlds, and look all nature through.
--Pope.
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3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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But who is he, by years
Bowed, but erect in heart? --Keble.
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4. Watchful; alert.
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Vigilant and erect attention of mind. --Hooker.
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5. (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's
surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
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6. (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents,
etc.
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Erect
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. i.
To rise upright. [Obs.]
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By wet, stalks do erect. --Bacon.
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Erect
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
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erect
(wn) | erect
adj 1: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature";
"erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail
indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the
ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical,
upright] [ant: unerect]
2: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: tumid, erect]
v 1: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise,
erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle,
level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, {tear
down}]
2: cause to rise up [syn: rear, erect] |
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(mass) | erection
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erect bugle
(encz) | erect bugle, n: |
erected
(encz) | erected,postavený adj: Zdeněk Brožerected,vztyčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
erectile
(encz) | erectile,erektilní Zdeněk Brožerectile,topořivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
erectile dysfunction
(encz) | erectile dysfunction, n: |
erectile organ
(encz) | erectile organ, n: |
erectile tissue
(encz) | erectile tissue, n: |
erecting
(encz) | erecting,stavějící adj: Zdeněk Brožerecting,topořící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
erecting prism
(encz) | erecting prism, n: |
erection
(encz) | erection,erekce n: Zdeněk Brož |
erectly
(encz) | erectly, adv: |
erectness
(encz) | erectness,vzpřímenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
erector
(encz) | erector,erektor n: Zdeněk Brož |
homo erectus
(encz) | homo erectus, n: |
hysterectomy
(encz) | hysterectomy,hysterektomie n: [bio.] vyjmutí dělohy s >plody mammhysterectomy,protětí dělohy Martin M.hysterectomy,řez dělohou Martin M. |
male erecticle dysfunction
(encz) | male erecticle dysfunction, n: |
panhysterectomy
(encz) | panhysterectomy, n: |
radical hysterectomy
(encz) | radical hysterectomy,radikální hysterektomie n: [med.] uplné chirurgické
odstranění dělohy Michal Ambrož |
re-erect
(encz) | re-erect,znovu vystavět Zdeněk Brož |
reerect
(encz) | reerect,znovu vystavět Zdeněk Brož |
total hysterectomy
(encz) | total hysterectomy, n: |
unerect
(encz) | unerect, adj: |
herectví
(czen) | herectví,histrionicsn: něco předstíraného, patetického webherectví,showmanshipn: Zdeněk Brož |
transporter/erector/launcher (scuds)
(czen) | Transporter/Erector/Launcher (Scuds),TEL[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
Erect
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, a. [L. erectus, p. p. of erigere to erect; e
out + regere to lead straight. See Right, and cf. Alert.]
1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not
leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
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Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. --Milton.
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Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia,
Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins.
--Gibbon.
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2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
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His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view
Superior worlds, and look all nature through.
--Pope.
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3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
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But who is he, by years
Bowed, but erect in heart? --Keble.
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4. Watchful; alert.
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Vigilant and erect attention of mind. --Hooker.
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5. (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's
surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
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6. (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents,
etc.
[1913 Webster]Erect \E*rect"\, v. i.
To rise upright. [Obs.]
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By wet, stalks do erect. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
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Erectable
(gcide) | Erectable \E*rect"a*ble\a.
Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. --Col. G.
Montagu.
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Erected
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
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Erecter
(gcide) | Erecter \E*rect"er\, n.
An erector; one who raises or builds.
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Erectile
(gcide) | Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]
1. Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of
dilated; as, erectile tissue.
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2. Of or pertaining to an erection[5]; as, erectile
dysfunction.
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Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue, such as that contained
in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated
and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the
consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which
it contains.
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Erectile tissue
(gcide) | Erectile \E*rect"ile\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]rectile.]
1. Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of
dilated; as, erectile tissue.
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2. Of or pertaining to an erection[5]; as, erectile
dysfunction.
[PJC]
Erectile tissue (Anat.), a tissue, such as that contained
in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated
and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the
consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which
it contains.
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Erectility
(gcide) | Erectility \E`rec*til"i*ty\, n.
The quality or state of being erectile.
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Erecting
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
[1913 Webster]erecting \erecting\ n.
the act of building or putting up.
Syn: erection.
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erecting
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
[1913 Webster]erecting \erecting\ n.
the act of building or putting up.
Syn: erection.
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Erecting eyepiece
(gcide) | eyepiece \eye"piece`\ eye-piece \eye"-piece`\, n. (Opt.)
The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a
microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through
which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is
viewed.
Syn: ocular.
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Collimating eyepiece. See under Collimate.
Negative, or Huyghenian, eyepiece, an eyepiece
consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved
surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated
from each other by about half the sum of their focal
distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed
between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who
applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the
microscope, whence it is sometimes called {Campani's
eyepiece}.
Positive eyepiece, an eyepiece consisting of two
plano-convex lenses placed with their curved surfaces
toward each other, and separated by a distance somewhat
less than the focal distance of the one nearest eye, the
image of the object viewed being beyond both lenses; --
called also, from the name of the inventor, {Ramsden's
eyepiece}.
terrestrial, or Erecting eyepiece, an eyepiece used in
telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of
three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present
the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
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Erecting shop
(gcide) | Erect \E*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erecting.]
1. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular
position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a
flagstaff, a monument, etc.
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2. To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to
erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the
component parts of, as of a machine.
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3. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
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That didst his state above his hopes erect.
--Daniel.
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a
judge. --Dryden.
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4. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
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It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a
loving complaisance. --Barrow.
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5. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or
the like. "To erect conclusions." --Sir T. Browne.
"Malebranche erects this proposition." --Locke.
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6. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
"To erect a new commonwealth." --Hooker.
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Erecting shop (Mach.), a place where large machines, as
engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute;
establish; found.
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Erection
(gcide) | Erection \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.]
1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of
constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting
together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding
or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the
act of rousing to excitement or courage.
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2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established,
or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
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Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws
up. --Sidney
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3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
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4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.
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5. (Physiol.) The state of a body part which, from having
been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation
of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the
penis; as, to get or have an erection.
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Erective
(gcide) | Erective \E*rect"ive\, a.
Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
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Erectly
(gcide) | Erectly \E*rect"ly\, adv.
In an erect manner or posture.
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Erectness
(gcide) | Erectness \E*rect"ness\, n.
Uprightness of posture or form.
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Erecto-patent
(gcide) | Erecto-patent \E*rec"to-pat"ent\, a.
1. (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and
patent, or spreading.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of
the wings of certain insects.
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Erector
(gcide) | Erector \E*rec"tor\, n.
1. One who, or that which, erects.
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2. (Anat.) A muscle which raises any part.
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3. (Physics) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or
other optical instrument, for making the image erect
instead of inverted.
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Homo erectus
(gcide) | Pithecanthropus \Pith`e*can*thro"pus\
(p[i^]th`[-e]*k[a^]n*thr[=o]"p[u^]s), prop. n. [NL.; Gr.
pi`qhkos ape + 'a`nqrwpos man.]
1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man
and the anthropoid apes. --Haeckel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. A genus consisting of an extinct primate ({Pithecanthropus
erectus}) apparently intermediate between man and the
existing anthropoid apes, known from bones first found in
Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92, and other bones
found later. The species was renamed Homo erectus around
1960. The Javan bones are believed to be from 1.6 to 1.9
million years old, and include a thigh bone of the human
type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man
and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull,
indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic
centimeters, and resembling in form that of the
Neanderthal man. Additional specimens of what are
considerd as variants of the species have been found in
China, Africa, and Europe. Homo erectus is currently
believed to have evolved in Africa from Homo habilis,
the first member of the genus Homo. Anatomically and
physiologically, Homo erectus resembles contemporary
humans except for having a stouter bone structure. Also
[pl. -thropi], an animal of this genus. --
Pith`e*can"thrope, n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid, a.
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Hypoxis erecta
(gcide) | Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), n. [OE. sterre, AS. steorra; akin to
OFries. stera, OS. sterro, D. ster, OHG. sterno, sterro, G.
stern, Icel. stjarna, Sw. stjerna, Dan. stierne, Goth.
sta['i]rn[=o], Armor. & Corn. steren, L. stella, Gr. 'asth`r,
'a`stron, Skr. star; perhaps from a root meaning, to scatter,
Skr. st[.r], L. sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally
applied to the stars as being strewn over the sky, or as
being scatterers or spreaders of light. [root]296. Cf.
Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar.]
1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the
heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon,
comets, and nebulae.
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His eyen twinkled in his head aright,
As do the stars in the frosty night. --Chaucer.
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Note: The stars are distinguished as planets, and {fixed
stars}. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and
Magnitude of a star under Magnitude.
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2. The polestar; the north star. --Shak.
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3. (Astrol.) A planet supposed to influence one's destiny;
(usually pl.) a configuration of the planets, supposed to
influence fortune.
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O malignant and ill-brooding stars. --Shak.
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Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury. --Addison.
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4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament
worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor.
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On whom . . .
Lavish Honor showered all her stars. --Tennyson.
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5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an
asterisk [thus, *]; -- used as a reference to a note, or
to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc.
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6. (Pyrotechny) A composition of combustible matter used in
the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding
in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
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7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially
on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading
theatrical performer, etc.
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Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words
generally of obvious signification; as, star-aspiring,
star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting,
star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed,
star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed, star-sprinkled,
star-wreathed.
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Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, {Shooting
star}, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum
Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order (Sapotaceae)
to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zool.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astraea, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(Scilla autumnalis); -- called also {star-headed
hyacinth}.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, Nostoc edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zool.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(Plantago coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea
solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with stout
radiating spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zool.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars were supposed by some astronomers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods. More
recently, variations star in start intensity are
classified more specifically, and this term is now
obsolescent. See also nova. [Obsolescent]
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera
graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms.
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Pithecanthropus erectus
(gcide) | Pithecanthropus \Pith`e*can*thro"pus\
(p[i^]th`[-e]*k[a^]n*thr[=o]"p[u^]s), prop. n. [NL.; Gr.
pi`qhkos ape + 'a`nqrwpos man.]
1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man
and the anthropoid apes. --Haeckel.
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2. A genus consisting of an extinct primate ({Pithecanthropus
erectus}) apparently intermediate between man and the
existing anthropoid apes, known from bones first found in
Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92, and other bones
found later. The species was renamed Homo erectus around
1960. The Javan bones are believed to be from 1.6 to 1.9
million years old, and include a thigh bone of the human
type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man
and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull,
indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic
centimeters, and resembling in form that of the
Neanderthal man. Additional specimens of what are
considerd as variants of the species have been found in
China, Africa, and Europe. Homo erectus is currently
believed to have evolved in Africa from Homo habilis,
the first member of the genus Homo. Anatomically and
physiologically, Homo erectus resembles contemporary
humans except for having a stouter bone structure. Also
[pl. -thropi], an animal of this genus. --
Pith`e*can"thrope, n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid, a.
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Preerect
(gcide) | Preerect \Pre`["e]*rect"\, v. t.
To erect beforehand.
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Reerect
(gcide) | Reerect \Re`e*rect"\ (r?`?*r?kt"), v. t.
To erect again.
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Sauvagesia erecta
(gcide) | Saint \Saint\ (s[=a]nt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly
p. p. of sancire to render sacred by a religious act, to
appoint as sacred; akin to sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred,
Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.]
1. A person sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent
for piety and virtue; any true Christian, as being
redeemed and consecrated to God.
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Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to
be saints. --1 Cor. i. 2.
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2. One of the blessed in heaven.
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Then shall thy saints, unmixed, and from the impure
Far separate, circling thy holy mount,
Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing. --Milton.
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3. (Eccl.) One canonized by the church. [Abbrev. St.]
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Saint Andrew's cross.
(a) A cross shaped like the letter X. See Illust. 4, under
Cross.
(b) (Bot.) A low North American shrub ({Ascyrum
Crux-Andreae}, the petals of which have the form of a
Saint Andrew's cross. --Gray.
Saint Anthony's cross, a T-shaped cross. See Illust. 6,
under Cross.
Saint Anthony's fire, the erysipelas; -- popularly so
called because it was supposed to have been cured by the
intercession of Saint Anthony.
Saint Anthony's nut (Bot.), the groundnut ({Bunium
flexuosum}); -- so called because swine feed on it, and
St. Anthony was once a swineherd. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Anthony's turnip (Bot.), the bulbous crowfoot, a
favorite food of swine. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Barnaby's thistle (Bot.), a kind of knapweed
(Centaurea solstitialis) flowering on St. Barnabas's
Day, June 11th. --Dr. Prior.
Saint Bernard (Zool.), a breed of large, handsome dogs
celebrated for strength and sagacity, formerly bred
chiefly at the Hospice of St. Bernard in Switzerland, but
now common in Europe and America. There are two races, the
smooth-haired and the rough-haired. See Illust. under
Dog.
Saint Catharine's flower (Bot.), the plant love-in-a-mist.
See under Love.
Saint Cuthbert's beads (Paleon.), the fossil joints of
crinoid stems.
Saint Dabeoc's heath (Bot.), a heatherlike plant ({Daboecia
polifolia}), named from an Irish saint.
Saint Distaff's Day. See under Distaff.
Saint Elmo's fire, a luminous, flamelike appearance,
sometimes seen in dark, tempestuous nights, at some
prominent point on a ship, particularly at the masthead
and the yardarms. It has also been observed on land, and
is due to the discharge of electricity from elevated or
pointed objects. A single flame is called a Helena, or a
Corposant; a double, or twin, flame is called a {Castor
and Pollux}, or a double Corposant. It takes its name
from St. Elmo, the patron saint of sailors.
Saint George's cross (Her.), a Greek cross gules upon a
field argent, the field being represented by a narrow
fimbriation in the ensign, or union jack, of Great
Britain.
Saint George's ensign, a red cross on a white field with a
union jack in the upper corner next the mast. It is the
distinguishing badge of ships of the royal navy of
England; -- called also the white ensign. --Brande & C.
Saint George's flag, a smaller flag resembling the ensign,
but without the union jack; used as the sign of the
presence and command of an admiral. [Eng.] --Brande & C.
Saint Gobain glass (Chem.), a fine variety of soda-lime
plate glass, so called from St. Gobain in France, where it
was manufactured.
Saint Ignatius's bean (Bot.), the seed of a tree of the
Philippines (Strychnos Ignatia), of properties similar
to the nux vomica.
Saint James's shell (Zool.), a pecten (Vola Jacobaeus)
worn by pilgrims to the Holy Land. See Illust. under
Scallop.
Saint James's-wort (Bot.), a kind of ragwort ({Senecio
Jacobaea}).
Saint John's bread. (Bot.) See Carob.
Saint John's-wort (Bot.), any plant of the genus
Hypericum, most species of which have yellow flowers; --
called also John's-wort.
Saint Leger, the name of a race for three-year-old horses
run annually in September at Doncaster, England; --
instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger.
Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American
violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very
mucilaginous and is used in medicine.
Saint Martin's summer, a season of mild, damp weather
frequently prevailing during late autumn in England and
the Mediterranean countries; -- so called from St.
Martin's Festival, occurring on November 11. It
corresponds to the Indian summer in America. --Shak.
--Whittier.
Saint Patrick's cross. See Illust. 4, under Cross.
Saint Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, anniversary of the
death (about 466) of St. Patrick, the apostle and patron
saint of Ireland.
Saint Peter's fish. (Zool.) See John Dory, under John.
Saint Peter's-wort (Bot.), a name of several plants, as
Hypericum Ascyron, Hypericum quadrangulum, {Ascyrum
stans}, etc.
Saint Peter's wreath (Bot.), a shrubby kind of Spiraea
(Spiraea hypericifolia), having long slender branches
covered with clusters of small white blossoms in spring.
Saint's bell. See Sanctus bell, under Sanctus.
Saint Vitus's dance (Med.), chorea; -- so called from the
supposed cures wrought on intercession to this saint.
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Tagetes erecta
(gcide) | African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer
African.]
Of or pertaining to Africa.
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African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the
Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and
India.
African marigold, a tropical American plant ({Tagetes
erecta}).
African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by
Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
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African violet .
African-American, see African-American.
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Trillium erectum
(gcide) | Birthroot \Birth"root`\, n. (Bot.)
An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent
rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
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Urechitis suberecta
(gcide) | Urechitin \U`re*chi"tin\, n. (Chem.)
A glucoside extracted from the leaves of a certain plant
(Urechitis suberecta) as a bitter white crystalline
substance.
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conocarpus erectus
(wn) | Conocarpus erectus
n 1: evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and
yielding heavy hard compact wood [syn: button tree,
button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus] |
endarterectomy
(wn) | endarterectomy
n 1: surgical removal of the inner lining of an artery that is
clogged with atherosclerosis |
erect bugle
(wn) | erect bugle
n 1: upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers;
southern Europe [syn: erect bugle, blue bugle, {Ajuga
genevensis}] |
erectile
(wn) | erectile
adj 1: capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile
feathers"
2: filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming
distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood;
"erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ" [syn:
erectile, cavernous] |
erectile dysfunction
(wn) | erectile dysfunction
n 1: impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or
maintain an erection of his penis [syn: {erectile
dysfunction}, male erecticle dysfunction, ED] |
erectile organ
(wn) | erectile organ
n 1: an organ containing erectile tissue |
erectile tissue
(wn) | erectile tissue
n 1: vascular tissue capable of filling with blood and becoming
rigid |
erecting
(wn) | erecting
n 1: the act of building or putting up [syn: erecting,
erection] |
erecting prism
(wn) | erecting prism
n 1: a right-angled optical prism used to turn an inverted image
upright |
erection
(wn) | erection
n 1: an erect penis [syn: erection, hard-on]
2: a structure that has been erected
3: the act of building or putting up [syn: erecting,
erection] |
erectly
(wn) | erectly
adv 1: in a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks
erectly" [syn: erectly, straight-backed] |
erectness
(wn) | erectness
n 1: the property of being upright in posture [syn: erectness,
uprightness]
2: position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality,
verticalness, erectness, uprightness] |
hamelia erecta
(wn) | Hamelia erecta
n 1: handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson
flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil [syn:
scarlet bush, scarlet hamelia, coloradillo, {Hamelia
patens}, Hamelia erecta] |
homo erectus
(wn) | Homo erectus
n 1: extinct species of primitive hominid with upright stature
but small brain; "Homo erectus was formerly called
Pithecanthropus erectus" |
hysterectomy
(wn) | hysterectomy
n 1: surgical removal of the uterus |
male erecticle dysfunction
(wn) | male erecticle dysfunction
n 1: impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or
maintain an erection of his penis [syn: {erectile
dysfunction}, male erecticle dysfunction, ED] |
panhysterectomy
(wn) | panhysterectomy
n 1: surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts
and cervix and related lymph nodes [syn: {radical
hysterectomy}, panhysterectomy] |
pithecanthropus erectus
(wn) | Pithecanthropus erectus
n 1: former genus of primitive apelike men now Homo erectus
[syn: Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus, {genus
Pithecanthropus}] |
radical hysterectomy
(wn) | radical hysterectomy
n 1: surgical removal of the uterus and the ovaries and oviducts
and cervix and related lymph nodes [syn: {radical
hysterectomy}, panhysterectomy] |
semi-erect
(wn) | semi-erect
adj 1: of plants that are partly erect |
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