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slovo definícia progress (encz) progress,dělat pokroky v: Pino progress (encz) progress,pokročit v: Pino progress (encz) progress,pokrok n: metan progress (encz) progress,postup n: Tolda progress (encz) progress,postupovat v: kupředu Pino progress (encz) progress,průběh n: Pavel Machek; Giza progress (encz) progress,vyvíjet se v: Pino progress (encz) progress,vývoj n: čeho Pino Progress (gcide) Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington. [1913 Webster] The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard. [1913 Webster] If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. [1913 Webster] Progress (gcide) Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; 277), n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progr[`e]s. See Grade.] [1913 Webster] 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. (b) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. (c) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art. (d) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school. (e) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress. [1913 Webster] 2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. [1913 Webster] The king being returned from his progresse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] Progress (gcide) Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; see Progress, v. i.), v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] progress (wn) progress n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn: advancement, progress] 2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant: retreat] 3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance] v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress] 2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, {march on}, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw] 3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up, build, progress]

podobné slovo definícia progressive (mass) progressive - progresívny progressively (mass) progressively - postupne, progresívne future progressive (encz) future progressive, n: future progressive tense (encz) future progressive tense, n: geometric progression (encz) geometric progression, harmonic progression (encz) harmonic progression, n: in progress (encz) in progress, adj: make progress (encz) make progress,dělat pokroky [fráz.] in something - v něčem Pino nonprogressive (encz) nonprogressive, adj: past progressive (encz) past progressive, n: past progressive tense (encz) past progressive tense, n: present progressive (encz) present progressive, n: present progressive tense (encz) present progressive tense, n: progress in technology (encz) progress in technology,technický pokrok Zdeněk Brož progress report (encz) progress report, n: progress to (encz) progress to, v: progressed (encz) progressed,pokročilý adj: Zdeněk Brožprogressed,průběžný v: progresses (encz) progresses,postupně n: progressing (encz) progressing,postupování v: progressing,rozvíjející adj: Zdeněk Brož progression (encz) progression,posloupnost n: [mat.] Aritmetická či geometrická metanprogression,postup n: Zdeněk Brož progressive (encz) progressive,pokrokový adj: Zdeněk Brožprogressive,postupový adj: Zdeněk Brožprogressive,vzrůstající Zdeněk Brož progressive aspect (encz) progressive aspect, n: progressive emphysematous necrosis (encz) progressive emphysematous necrosis, n: progressive rock (encz) progressive rock, n: progressive tax (encz) progressive tax,průběžná daň [eko.] progressive taxation (encz) progressive taxation,průběžnézdanění [eko.] progressive tense (encz) progressive tense, n: progressive vaccinia (encz) progressive vaccinia, n: progressively (encz) progressively,postupně adv: Zdeněk Brož progressiveness (encz) progressiveness,pokrokovost n: Zdeněk Brožprogressiveness,postupnost n: Zdeněk Brož progressivism (encz) progressivism,pokrokovost n: Zdeněk Brož progressivity (encz) progressivity, n: unprogressive (encz) unprogressive, adj: work in progress (encz) work in progress,nedokončená práce [fráz.] Pinowork in progress,polotovar [fráz.] přeneseně Pinowork in progress,rozpracovaná výroba [fráz.] Pino Arithmetical progression (gcide) Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. [1913 Webster] 2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. [1913 Webster] I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. [1913 Webster] Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2. [1913 Webster] Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2] by a continual multiplication or division by 2. [1913 Webster] Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. [1913 Webster]Arithmetical \Ar`ith*met"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. [1913 Webster] Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. Arithmetical mean. See Mean. Arithmetical progression. See Progression. Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion. [1913 Webster] Geometrical progression (gcide) Geometric \Ge`o*met"ric\, Geometrical \Ge`o*met"ric*al\, a. [L. geometricus; Gr. ?: cf. F. g['e]om['e]trique.] 1. Pertaining to, or according to the rules or principles of, geometry; determined by geometry; as, a geometrical solution of a problem. [1913 Webster] 2. (Art) characterized by simple geometric forms in design and decoration; as, a buffalo hide painted with red and black geometrical designs. Syn: geometric. [WordNet 1.5] Note: Geometric is often used, as opposed to algebraic, to include processes or solutions in which the propositions or principles of geometry are made use of rather than those of algebra. [1913 Webster] Note: Geometrical is often used in a limited or strictly technical sense, as opposed to mechanical; thus, a construction or solution is geometrical which can be made by ruler and compasses, i. e., by means of right lines and circles. Every construction or solution which requires any other curve, or such motion of a line or circle as would generate any other curve, is not geometrical, but mechanical. By another distinction, a geometrical solution is one obtained by the rules of geometry, or processes of analysis, and hence is exact; while a mechanical solution is one obtained by trial, by actual measurements, with instruments, etc., and is only approximate and empirical. [1913 Webster] Geometrical curve. Same as Algebraic curve; -- so called because their different points may be constructed by the operations of elementary geometry. Geometric lathe, an instrument for engraving bank notes, etc., with complicated patterns of interlacing lines; -- called also cycloidal engine. Geometrical pace, a measure of five feet. Geometric pen, an instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. Geometrical plane (Persp.), the same as Ground plane . Geometrical progression, proportion, ratio. See under Progression, Proportion and Ratio. Geometrical radius, in gearing, the radius of the pitch circle of a cogwheel. --Knight. Geometric spider (Zool.), one of many species of spiders, which spin a geometrical web. They mostly belong to Epeira and allied genera, as the garden spider. See Garden spider. Geometric square, a portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles. Geometrical staircase, one in which the stairs are supported by the wall at one end only. Geometrical tracery, in architecture and decoration, tracery arranged in geometrical figures. [1913 Webster]Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. [1913 Webster] 2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. [1913 Webster] I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. [1913 Webster] Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2. [1913 Webster] Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2] by a continual multiplication or division by 2. [1913 Webster] Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. [1913 Webster] Harmonic progression (gcide) Harmonic \Har*mon"ic\ (h[aum]r*m[o^]n"[i^]k), Harmonical \Har*mon"ic*al\ (-[i^]*kal), a. [L. harmonicus, Gr. "armoniko`s; cf. F. harmonique. See Harmony.] 1. Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. [1913 Webster] Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines, motions, and the like. [1913 Webster] Harmonic interval (Mus.), the distance between two notes of a chord, or two consonant notes. Harmonical mean (Arith. & Alg.), certain relations of numbers and quantities, which bear an analogy to musical consonances. Harmonic motion, the motion of the point A, of the foot of the perpendicular PA, when P moves uniformly in the circumference of a circle, and PA is drawn perpendicularly upon a fixed diameter of the circle. This is simple harmonic motion. The combinations, in any way, of two or more simple harmonic motions, make other kinds of harmonic motion. The motion of the pendulum bob of a clock is approximately simple harmonic motion. Harmonic proportion. See under Proportion. Harmonic series or Harmonic progression. See under Progression. Spherical harmonic analysis, a mathematical method, sometimes referred to as that of Laplace's Coefficients, which has for its object the expression of an arbitrary, periodic function of two independent variables, in the proper form for a large class of physical problems, involving arbitrary data, over a spherical surface, and the deduction of solutions for every point of space. The functions employed in this method are called spherical harmonic functions. --Thomson & Tait. Harmonic suture (Anat.), an articulation by simple apposition of comparatively smooth surfaces or edges, as between the two superior maxillary bones in man; -- called also harmonia, and harmony. Harmonic triad (Mus.), the chord of a note with its third and fifth; the common chord. [1913 Webster]Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. [1913 Webster] 2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. [1913 Webster] I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. [1913 Webster] Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2. [1913 Webster] Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2] by a continual multiplication or division by 2. [1913 Webster] Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. [1913 Webster] Improgressive (gcide) Improgressive \Im`pro*gress"ive\, a. Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Improgressively (gcide) Improgressive \Im`pro*gress"ive\, a. Not progressive. --De Quincey. -- Im"pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster] Progress (gcide) Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington. [1913 Webster] The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard. [1913 Webster] If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. [1913 Webster]Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; 277), n. [L. progressus, from progredi, p. p. progressus, to go forth or forward; pro forward + gradi to step, go: cf. F. progr[`e]s. See Grade.] [1913 Webster] 1. A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance; specifically: (a) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc. (b) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase. (c) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art. (d) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school. (e) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress. [1913 Webster] 2. A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions. [1913 Webster] The king being returned from his progresse. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]Progress \Prog"ress\ (?; see Progress, v. i.), v. t. To make progress in; to pass through. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] Progressed (gcide) Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington. [1913 Webster] The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard. [1913 Webster] If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. [1913 Webster] Progressing (gcide) Progress \Pro*gress"\ (?; formerly pronounced like Progress, n.), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Progressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Progressing.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing. "As his recovery progressed." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Let me wipe off this honorable dew, That silverly doth progress on thy checks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt. --Washington. [1913 Webster] The war had progressed for some time. --Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To make improvement; to advance. --Bayard. [1913 Webster] If man progresses, art must progress too. --Caird. [1913 Webster] Progression (gcide) Progression \Pro*gres"sion\, n. [L. progressio: cf. F. progression.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward. [1913 Webster] 2. Course; passage; lapse or process of time. [1913 Webster] I hope, in a short progression, you will be wholly immerged in the delices and joys of religion. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 3. (Math.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mus.) A regular succession of tones or chords; the movement of the parts in harmony; the order of the modulations in a piece from key to key. [1913 Webster] Arithmetical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal differences, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 6, 8, 1010, 8, 6, 4, 2[rbrace2] by the difference 2. [1913 Webster] Geometrical progression, a progression in which the terms increase or decrease by equal ratios, as the numbers [lbrace2]2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 6464, 32, 16, 8, 4, 2[rbrace2] by a continual multiplication or division by 2. [1913 Webster] Harmonic progression, a progression in which the terms are the reciprocals of quantities in arithmetical progression, as 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/10. [1913 Webster] Progressional (gcide) Progressional \Pro*gres"sion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to progression; tending to, or capable of, progress. [1913 Webster] Progressionist (gcide) Progressionist \Pro*gres"sion*ist\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. One who holds to a belief in the progression of society toward perfection. [1913 Webster] 2. One who maintains the doctrine of progression in organic forms; -- opposed to uniformitarian. --H. Spencer. [1913 Webster] Progressist (gcide) Progressist \Prog"ress*ist\, n. One who makes, or holds to, progress; a progressionist. [1913 Webster] Progressive (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Progressive euchre (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Progressive locomotor ataxy (gcide) Locomotor \Lo`co*mo"tor\, a. [See Locomotion.] Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion. [1913 Webster] Locomotor ataxia, or Progressive locomotor ataxy (Med.), a disease of the spinal cord characterized by peculiar disturbances of gait, and difficulty in coordinating voluntary movements. [1913 Webster] Progressive muscular atrophy (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Progressive party (gcide) Progressive party \Progressive party\ (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. It was also known as the Bull Moose Party. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases. In 1924 the label was also adopted by the party supporting the presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette, and in 1948 it was also adopted by the party of Henry Wallace. The party is no longer (1998) considered a force in U. S. national politics. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ] Progressive whist (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Progressively (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Progressiveness (gcide) Progressive \Pro*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. progressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Moving forward; proceeding onward; advancing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde. [1913 Webster] 2. Improving; as, art is in a progressive state. [1913 Webster] 3. (U. S. History) Of or pertaining to the Progressive party. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. Favoring improvement, change, progress, or reform, especially in a political context; -- used of people. Contrasted with conservative. [PJC] Note: The term progressive is sometimes used to describe the views of a politician, where liberal might have been used at one time, in communities where the term liberal has come to connote extreme views. [PJC] 5. Disposed toward adopting new methods in government or education, holding tolerant and liberal ideas, and generally favoring improvement in civic life; -- of towns and communities. [PJC] Progressive euchre or Progressive whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table. Progressive muscular atrophy (Med.), a nervous disorder characterized by continuous atrophy of the muscles. [1913 Webster] -- Pro*gress"ive*ly, adv. -- Pro*gress"ive*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Ratio of a geometrical progression (gcide) Ratio \Ra"ti*o\ (r[=a]"sh[i^]*[-o] or r[=a]"sh[-o]), n. [L., fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think, judge. See Reason.] 1. (Math.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by 3/6 or 1/2; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a. [1913 Webster] Note: Some writers consider ratio as the quotient itself, making ratio equivalent to a number. [1913 Webster] The term ratio is also sometimes applied to the difference of two quantities as well as to their quotient, in which case the former is called arithmetical ratio, the latter, geometrical ratio. The name ratio is sometimes given to the rule of three in arithmetic. See under Rule. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress. [1913 Webster] Compound ratio, Duplicate ratio, Inverse ratio, etc. See under Compound, Duplicate, etc. Ratio of a geometrical progression, the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one. [1913 Webster] arithmetic progression (wn) arithmetic progression n 1: (mathematics) a progression in which a constant is added to each term in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-7-10-13- is the start of an arithmetic progression" future progressive (wn) future progressive n 1: a progressive tense used to express action that will be on- going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive" [syn: future progressive, {future progressive tense}] future progressive tense (wn) future progressive tense n 1: a progressive tense used to express action that will be on- going in the future; "`I will be running' is an example of the future progressive" [syn: future progressive, {future progressive tense}] geometric progression (wn) geometric progression n 1: (mathematics) a progression in which each term is multiplied by a constant in order to obtain the next term; "1-4-16-64-256- is the start of a geometric progression" harmonic progression (wn) harmonic progression n 1: (mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression nonprogressive (wn) nonprogressive adj 1: old-fashioned and out of date [syn: fusty, standpat(a), unprogressive, nonprogressive] past progressive (wn) past progressive n 1: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive" [syn: past progressive, {past progressive tense}] past progressive tense (wn) past progressive tense n 1: a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; "`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive" [syn: past progressive, {past progressive tense}]