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nominal
(encz) | nominal,jmenný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nominal
(encz) | nominal,jmenovitý adj: |
nominal
(encz) | nominal,nepatrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nominal
(encz) | nominal,nominální adj: |
Nominal
(gcide) | Nominal \Nom"i*nal\, a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name.
See Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the
literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal
definition. --Bp. Pearson.
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2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
"Nominal attendance on lectures." --Macaulay.
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4. Hence: Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as
compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal
sum for the data; a nominal fee.
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3. Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic
lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation
and space operations.
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Nominal
(gcide) | Nominal \Nom"i*nal\, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] --Camden.
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2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
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3. A name; an appellation.
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A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural
diatonic scale. --Moore
(Encyc. of
Music. )
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nominal
(wn) | nominal
adj 1: relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name;
"the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists
of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal
rolls"
2: insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is
informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of
resistance"; "a toknenish gesture" [syn: nominal,
token(a), tokenish]
3: pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a
noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"
4: of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not
adjusted for inflation; "the nominal GDP"; "nominal interest
rates" [ant: real]
5: named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative
shares of stock" [syn: nominative, nominal]
6: existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his
party" [syn: nominal, titular]
n 1: a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a
verb [syn: noun phrase, nominal phrase, nominal] |
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nominale
(msasasci) | nominale
- denomination |
nominal anchor
(encz) | nominal anchor, |
nominal aphasia
(encz) | nominal aphasia, n: |
nominal capacity
(encz) | nominal capacity,jmenovitá kapacita Oldřich Švec |
nominal damages
(encz) | nominal damages, n: |
nominal effective exchange rate index
(encz) | nominal effective exchange rate index, |
nominal gdp
(encz) | nominal GDP,nominální HDP [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nominal head
(encz) | nominal head, n: |
nominal interest rate
(encz) | nominal interest rate,nominální úroková míra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nominal national product
(encz) | nominal national product,nominální národní produkt Mgr. Dita Gálová |
nominal value
(encz) | nominal value, n: |
nominalism
(encz) | nominalism,nominalismus n: Zdeněk Brož |
nominalistic
(encz) | nominalistic,nominalistický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
nominally
(encz) | nominally,jmenovitě adv: nominally,nominálně adv: |
prenominal
(encz) | prenominal, adj: |
pronominal
(encz) | pronominal,pronomiální adj: Zdeněk Brožpronominal,zájmenný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pronominal phrase
(encz) | pronominal phrase, n: |
scrutin uninominal voting system
(encz) | scrutin uninominal voting system, n: |
uninominal
(encz) | uninominal, adj: |
uninominal system
(encz) | uninominal system, n: |
uninominal voting system
(encz) | uninominal voting system, n: |
nominalismus
(czen) | nominalismus,nominalismn: Zdeněk Brož |
nominalistický
(czen) | nominalistický,nominalisticadj: Zdeněk Brož |
abutting adjacent adjoining borderingprenominal conterminous coterminous contiguous
(gcide) | connected \connected\ adj.
1. p. p. of connect. [Narrower terms: {abutting, adjacent,
adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous,
coterminous, contiguous}] [Narrower terms: adjunctive]
[Narrower terms: affined] [Narrower terms: attached]
[Narrower terms: contiguous, in contact] [Narrower
terms: coupled, joined, linked] [Narrower terms:
cursive, flowing] [Narrower terms: siamese] [Narrower
terms: socially connected, well-connected] unconnected
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2. being joined in close association.
Syn: affiliated, attached.
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3. connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of
electric signals. [Narrower terms: wired (vs. wireless)]
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4. (Music) legato. staccato
Syn: flowing, smooth.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. associated with or accompanying.
Syn: associated.
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6. (Computers) stored in, controlled by, or in direct
communication with a central computer. [Narrower terms:
on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)]
Syn: machine-accessible.
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7. switched on. [Narrower terms: {on-line (vs. off-line),
online, on line(predicate)}]
Syn: ready, on.
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8. having some relation.
Syn: related.
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Adnominal
(gcide) | Adnominal \Ad*nom"i*nal\, a. [L. ad + nomen noun.] (Gram.)
Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
--Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.
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Adnominally
(gcide) | Adnominal \Ad*nom"i*nal\, a. [L. ad + nomen noun.] (Gram.)
Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun.
--Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.
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afoulpostnominal foul fouled
(gcide) | entangled \entangled\ adj.
1. in a confused mass. Contrasted with untangled. [Narrower
terms: afoul(postnominal), foul, fouled; {knotted,
snarled, snarly}; matted; rootbound; intertwined]
Syn: tangled.
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2. deeply involved especially in something problematic; as,
entangled in the conflict.
Syn: embroiled.
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3. constrained by or as if by a convoluted rope or net;
ensnared.
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alternateprenominal alternatingprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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alternateprenominal every otherprenominal every secondprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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alternatingprenominal oscillatingprenominal
(gcide) | Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See Cycle.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
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2. (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure.
Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic;
homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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3. Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at
approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of
noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: {alternate(prenominal),
alternating(prenominal)}; {alternate(prenominal), every
other(prenominal), every second(prenominal)};
alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal);
biyearly; {circadian exhibiting 24-hour
periodicity)}; circular; daily, diurnal;
fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; {midweek,
midweekly}; seasonal; semestral, semestrial;
semiannual, biannual, biyearly; {semiweekly,
biweekly}; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial;
bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly;
monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal);
triennial]
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4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
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Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
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amelioratingprenominal ameliorative amelioratory meliorative
(gcide) | bettering \bettering\ adj.
changing for the better; -- antonym of worsening. [Narrower
terms: {ameliorating(prenominal), ameliorative, amelioratory,
meliorative}]
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anotherprenominal otherprenominal elsepostnominal extra intercalary
(gcide) | added \added\ adj.
1. being in addition [to something else] [Narrower terms:
{accessorial ] additional, further(prenominal),
more(prenominal) --- (used with mass nouns: "takes on
added significance"; "asked for additional help"; "we have
further information"; "there will be further delays";
"kids have more fun than anybody") [Narrower terms:
{another(prenominal), other(prenominal),
else(postnominal), extra, intercalary}] [Narrower terms:
{superimposed ] [Narrower terms: {supplementary,
supplemental ] [Narrower terms: {value-added ]
subtracted
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associateprenominal
(gcide) | low-level \low-level\ adj.
1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.
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2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct,
assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ;
{deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject,
dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms:
{under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See
inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
Syn: subordinate.
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3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job;
low-level discussions.
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4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level
strafing run; low-level bombing.
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autoloadingprenominal semiautomatic
(gcide) | Automatic \Au`to*mat"ic\, Automatical \Au`to*mat"ic*al\, a. [Cf.
F. automatique. See Automaton.]
1. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
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Nothing can be said to be automatic. --Sir H. Davy.
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2. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature
of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under
fixed conditions; operating with minimal human
intervention; -- esp. applied to machinery or devices in
which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are
done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic
feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic
engine or switch; an automatic mouse; an automatic
transmission. The opposite of manual.
Note: Narrower terms are: {autoloading(prenominal),
semiautomatic ; {automated, machine-controlled,
machine-driven ; {self-acting, self-activating,
self-moving, self-regulating ; {self-locking ;
{self-winding . Also See: mechanical.
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3. (Physiol.) Not voluntary; not depending on the will;
mechanical; controlled by the autonomic nervous system;
without conscious control; as, automatic movements or
functions. The opposite of voluntary.
Syn: reflex(prenominal), reflexive,involuntary
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Unconscious or automatic reasoning. --H. Spenser.
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4. like the unthinking functioning of a machine. an automatic
`thank you'
Syn: automaton-like, automatonlike, machinelike,
machine-like, robotlike.
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Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are
carried on by self-acting machinery. --Ure.
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avowedprenominal professedprenominal
(gcide) | declared \declared\ adj.
1. made known or openly avowed; as, their declared and their
covert objectives; a declared liberal. Opposite of
undeclared. [Narrower terms: {avowed(prenominal),
professed(prenominal)}]
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2. stated as fact; explicitly stated.
Syn: stated.
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backprenominal out-of-date
(gcide) | noncurrent \noncurrent\ adj.
not current or belonging to the present time. Opposite of
current. [Narrower terms: back(prenominal), out-of-date;
{discontinued, out of print(predicate), out of
production(predicate), out of use(predicate)}; {disused,
obsolete ; {obsolete, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date,
superannuated ; obsolescent ] Also See: {old, past.
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beastly bestial bruteprenominal brutish cannibalic
(gcide) | inhumane \in`hu*mane"\ ([i^]n`h[=u]*m[=a]n"), adj.
not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or
compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains
much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological
weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. [Narrower
terms: {barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage,
vicious}; {beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish,
cannibalic ; brutal, cruel; {cold, cold-blooded, inhuman,
insensate ; {pitiless, unfeeling, unkind ; {painful (vs.
painless) ] Also See: uncivilized. Antonym: humane.
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Binominal
(gcide) | Binominal \Bi*nom"i*nal\, a. [See Binomial.]
Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.
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blueprenominal puritan puritanical
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
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2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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burned-outprenominal burned outpredicate burnt-outprenominal burnt outpredicate
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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centripetal unifyingprenominal
(gcide) | centralizing \centralizing\ adj. prenom.
causing to concentrate at a center. Opposite of
decentralizing. [Narrower terms: {centripetal,
unifying(prenominal)}]
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Cognominal
(gcide) | Cognominal \Cog*nom"i*nal\, a.
Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.
[1913 Webster]Cognominal \Cog*nom"i*nal\, n.
One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
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combinable combinational combinatory combiningprenominal
(gcide) | combinative \combinative\ adj.
1. produced by a combinatorial process. [Narrower terms:
{combinable, combinational, combinatory,
combining(prenominal)}] Also See: integrative. Antonym:
noncombinative.
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2. able to combine; tending to combine. [Narrower terms:
integrative (vs. disintegrative)]
Syn: combinatory, combinatorial.
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deadprenominal stagnant standingprenominal still
(gcide) | nonmoving \nonmoving\ adj.
Not moving. Opposite of moving. [Narrower terms: {at rest,
inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ;
dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still;
{frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; {inert
; sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; {immobile, unmoving]
Also See: immobile.
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deepeningprenominal heighteningprenominal
(gcide) | intensifying \intensifying\ adj.
increasing in strength or intensity. [Narrower terms:
{aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating ; {augmentative,
enhancive}; {deepening(prenominal), heightening(prenominal)
] moderating
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deputyprenominal proxyprenominal
(gcide) | low-level \low-level\ adj.
1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: {adjunct,
assistant}; {associate(prenominal) ; {buck ;
{deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; {subject,
dependent ; {subservient ] [Narrower terms:
{under(prenominal) ; {ruled ; {secondary ] Also See
inferior, subordinate. Antonym: dominant.
Syn: subordinate.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job;
low-level discussions.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level
strafing run; low-level bombing.
[WordNet 1.5] Lowlihood |
dividingprenominal
(gcide) | nonbearing \nonbearing\ adj.
1. (Arch.) supporting no vertical weight other than its own;
-- of a structural member; as, a non-bearing wall.
[Narrower terms: dividing(prenominal) ] {bearing
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done forpredicate kaputpredicate goneprenominal lost finishedpredicate
(gcide) | destroyed \destroyed\ adj.
1. p. p. of destroy. [Narrower terms: {annihilated,
exterminated, wiped out(predicate)}; {blasted, desolate,
desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted};
blighted, spoilt; {blotted out, obliterate,
obliterated}; demolished, dismantled, razed; {done
for(predicate), kaput(predicate), gone(prenominal), lost,
finished(predicate)}; extinguished; {ruined, wiped
out(predicate), impoverished}; totaled, wrecked;
war-torn, war-worn; {despoiled, pillaged, raped,
ravaged, sacked}] Also See: damaged. Antonym:
preserved
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2. destroyed physically or morally.
Syn: ruined.
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faultfinding grumblingprenominal
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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faultfindingprenominal
(gcide) | judgmental \judgmental\ adj.
1. depending on judgment; as, a judgmental error.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Inclined to make moral judgements about the behavior of
people; -- contrasted with an inclination not to judge the
moral qualities of others. Opposite of nonjudgmental.
[Narrower terms: {faultfinding(prenominal) ]
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fledglingprenominal fledgelingprenominal
(gcide) | fledged \fledged\ adj.
1. having developed feathers or plumage; often used in
combination; -- of birds. [Narrower terms:
fledgling(prenominal), fledgeling(prenominal)]
unfledged
Syn: mature.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. equipped with feathers; -- of an arrow.
Syn: vaned.
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fogyish mossgrown mossy stick-in-the-mudprenominal stodgy old-fashioned
(gcide) | nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj.
1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time.
Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum;
{fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal),
stodgy old-fashioned}; medieval, mediaeval, gothic;
old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian;
old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old,
past.
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fretful querulous whiney whiningprenominal whiny
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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huedpostnominal
(gcide) | colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]
Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.
Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]
Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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in childbedprenominal
(gcide) | confined \confined\ adj.
1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
usually a building. Opposite of unconfined.
Note: [Narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
homebound, housebound, shut-in; {in
childbed(prenominal)}; pent, shut up(predicate);
snowbound; weather-bound; {stormbound,
storm-bound}]
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2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
restraint.
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3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
area; -- of animals.
Syn: fenced in, penned.
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4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
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5. held prisoner.
Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
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6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
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juniorprenominal third-year
(gcide) | next-to-last \next-to-last\ adj.
next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last
column. [Narrower terms: junior(prenominal), third-year]
Syn: penultimate.
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knocked-outprenominal knocked out
(gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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mountainprenominal
(gcide) | highland \highland\ adj.
of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country.
Contrasted to lowland. [prenominal] [Narrower terms:
alpestrine, subalpine ; {alpine; {mountain(prenominal) ;
{mountainous ]
Syn: upland.
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Multinominal
(gcide) | Multinominal \Mul`ti*nom"i*nal\, Multinominous
\Mul`ti*nom"i*nous\, a. [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen
nominis name.]
Having many names or terms.
[1913 Webster]multinominal \mul`ti*nom"i*nal\ n. (Math.)
Polynomial. [R.]
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multinominal
(gcide) | Multinominal \Mul`ti*nom"i*nal\, Multinominous
\Mul`ti*nom"i*nous\, a. [L. multinominis; multus many + nomen
nominis name.]
Having many names or terms.
[1913 Webster]multinominal \mul`ti*nom"i*nal\ n. (Math.)
Polynomial. [R.]
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Nominal
(gcide) | Nominal \Nom"i*nal\, a. [L. nominalis, fr. nomen, nominis, name.
See Name.]
1. Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the
literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal
definition. --Bp. Pearson.
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2. Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
"Nominal attendance on lectures." --Macaulay.
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4. Hence: Insignificant; trifling; -- of prices or costs, as
compared with the benefits gained; as, to pay a nominal
sum for the data; a nominal fee.
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3. Within acceptable limits; as expected; as, the hydraulic
lines are at nominal pressure; -- used mostly in aviation
and space operations.
[PJC]Nominal \Nom"i*nal\, n.
1. A nominalist. [Obs.] --Camden.
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2. (Gram.) A verb formed from a noun.
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3. A name; an appellation.
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A is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural
diatonic scale. --Moore
(Encyc. of
Music. )
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Nominal damages
(gcide) | Damage \Dam"age\ (d[a^]m"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. damage, domage, F.
dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage.
See Damn.]
1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an
inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.
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He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. --Prov.
xxvi. 6.
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Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of
a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage
both of their fame and fortune. --Bacon.
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2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment
or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or
satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually
done to him by another.
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Note: In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges
of damages.
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Consequential damage. See under Consequential.
Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example
to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages,
below.
Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a
right where no actual loss has accrued.
vindictive damages or punitive damages, those given
specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.
Syn: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See
Mischief.
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Nominal horse power
(gcide) | Horse power \Horse" pow`er\
1. The power which a horse exerts.
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2. (Mach.) A unit of power, used in stating the power
required to drive machinery, and in estimating the
capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime
movers for doing work. It is the power required for the
performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of
work per minute; hence, it is the power that must be
exerted in lifting 33,000 pounds at the rate of one foot
per minute, or 550 pounds at the rate of one foot per
second, or 55 pounds at the rate of ten feet per second,
etc.
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Note: The power of a draught horse, of average strength,
working eight hours per day, is about four fifths of a
standard horse power.
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Brake horse power, the net effective power of a prime
mover, as a steam engine, water wheel, etc., in horse
powers, as shown by a friction brake. See {Friction
brake}, under Friction.
Indicated horse power, the power exerted in the cylinder of
an engine, stated in horse powers, estimated from the
diameter and speed of the piston, and the mean effective
pressure upon it as shown by an indicator. See
Indicator.
Nominal horse power (Steam Engine), a term still sometimes
used in England to express certain proportions of
cylinder, but having no value as a standard of
measurement.
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3. A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery;
a horse motor.
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Nominalism
(gcide) | Nominalism \Nom"i*nal*ism\, n.
The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
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Nominalist
(gcide) | Nominalist \Nom"i*nal*ist\, n. (Metaph.)
One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted
the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or
universals, exist in name only. --Reid.
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Nominalistic
(gcide) | Nominalistic \Nom`i*nal*is"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Nominalists.
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Nominalize
(gcide) | Nominalize \Nom"i*nal*ize\, v. t. (Grammar, Linguistics)
To convert into a noun; as, a nominalized sentence; a
nominalized adjective or verb.
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Note: In a sentence of the form:
"That Kennedy would have been a great president if he
had not been assassinated is one of the enduring myths
of the Camelot conceit."
the sentence "Kennedy would have been a great president
if he had not been assassinated" has been nominalized
by the introductory "that".
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Nominally
(gcide) | Nominally \Nom"i*nal*ly\, adv.
In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.
--Burke.
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nonsenseprenominal nonsensical
(gcide) | meaningless \meaningless\ adj.
having no meaning; of no value; as, a meaningless endeavor; a
meaningless life; a meaningless explanation. Opposite of
meaningful. [Narrower terms: {insignificant ; {mindless,
unmeaning ; {nonsense(prenominal), nonsensical ; {pointless,
purposeless ] Also See: insignificant, unimportant,
purposeless, unimportant.
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pinstriped pinstripeprenominal
(gcide) | patterned \patterned\ adj.
Having describable patterns, especially patterns of colors.
[Narrower terms: banded, blotched, blotchy, splotched,
brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby, burled, {checked,
checkered}, dappled, mottled, {dotted, flecked, specked,
speckled, stippled}, figured, floral, flowered, laced,
marbled, marbleized, moire, watered, {pinstriped,
pinstripe(prenominal)}, slashed, streaked, spotted,
sprigged, streaked, streaky, striped, stripy,
tessellated, veined, venose] plain, solid
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Prenominal
(gcide) | Prenominal \Pre*nom"i*nal\, a.
Serving as a prefix in a compound name. --Sir T. Browne.
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Pronominal
(gcide) | Pronominal \Pro*nom"i*nal\, a. [L. pronominalis: cf. F.
pronominal. See Pronoun.]
Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of, a pronoun.
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Pronominalize
(gcide) | Pronominalize \Pro*nom"i*nal*ize\, v. t.
To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the
substantives person, people, etc. --Early.
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Pronominally
(gcide) | Pronominally \Pro*nom"i*nal*ly\, adv.
In a pronominal manner? with the nature or office of a
pronoun; as a pronoun.
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protestingprenominal protestant
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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