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quint
(encz) | quint,jedno z paterčat Zdeněk Brož |
quint
(encz) | quint,kvinta n: Zdeněk Brož |
quint
(encz) | quint,paterče Zdeněk Brož |
Quint
(gcide) | Quint \Quint\, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth,
quinque five. See Five.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
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2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
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3. one of a set of quintuplets. [informal]
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quint
(wn) | quint
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin] |
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quinteessence
(mass) | quinteessence
- kvintesencia, čistá a vysoko koncentrovaná esencia niečoho,
najtypickejší príklad niečoho |
acquint
(encz) | acquint,vyznat se Kropes |
have a squint
(encz) | have a squint,podívat se kradmo [frsl.] Pinohave a squint,šilhat [frsl.] Pino |
one-quintillionth
(encz) | one-quintillionth, n: |
quintal
(encz) | quintal,metrák n: Zdeněk Brož |
quinteessence
(encz) | quinteessence,jádro n: Martin M.quinteessence,klasický případ n: Martin M.quinteessence,kvintesence n: Martin M.quinteessence,podstata n: Martin M.quinteessence,prototyp n: Martin M.quinteessence,tresť n: Martin M.quinteessence,typický příklad n: Martin M.quinteessence,výtažek n: Martin M. |
quintessence
(encz) | quintessence,kvintesence n: Zdeněk Brožquintessence,ztělesnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
quintessential
(encz) | quintessential,ztělesněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
quintessentially
(encz) | quintessentially,ztělesněně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
quintet
(encz) | quintet,kvintet n: Zdeněk Brož |
quintette
(encz) | quintette,kvintet n: Zdeněk Brož |
quintic
(encz) | quintic,rovnice pátého stupně Zdeněk Brož |
quintillion
(encz) | quintillion,trilion n: (10^18) Vít Strádal |
quintillionth
(encz) | quintillionth, n: |
quintipara
(encz) | quintipara, n: |
quintuple
(encz) | quintuple,pětinásobný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
quintuplet
(encz) | quintuplet,jedno z paterčat Zdeněk Brožquintuplet,paterče Zdeněk Brož |
quintupling
(encz) | quintupling, n: |
squint
(encz) | squint,mžourat v: Pinosquint,podívat se kradmo v: Pinosquint,šilhání n: Zdeněk Brožsquint,šilhat v: Zdeněk Brožsquint,zamhouřit v: oči Pino |
squint-eye
(encz) | squint-eye, n: |
squint-eyed
(encz) | squint-eyed, adj: |
squinter
(encz) | squinter, n: |
squinting
(encz) | squinting,šilhající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
squinty
(encz) | squinty, adj: |
unnilquintium
(encz) | unnilquintium, n: |
Asquint
(gcide) | Asquint \A*squint"\, adv. [Cf. Askant, Squint.]
With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line
of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to
look asquint.
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Biquintile
(gcide) | Biquintile \Bi*quin"tile\, n. [Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F.
biquintile.] (Astron.)
An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each
other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is,
twice 72 degrees.
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Coloquintida
(gcide) | Coloquintida \Col`o*quin"ti*da\, n.
See Colocynth. --Shak.
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Quint
(gcide) | Quint \Quint\, n. [F. quinte, fr. L. quintus, quinta, the fifth,
quinque five. See Five.]
1. A set or sequence of five, as in piquet.
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2. (Mus.) The interval of a fifth.
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3. one of a set of quintuplets. [informal]
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Quintain
(gcide) | Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W.
chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.]
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written
also quintin.]
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Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one
end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The
endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while
riding under, and get away without being hit by the
sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
--Shak.
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Quintal
(gcide) | Quintal \Quin"tal\, n. [F., fr. Sp. quintal, fr. Ar. qintar a
weight of 100 lbs., prob. fr. L. centenarius consisting of a
hundred, fr. centeni a hundred each, fr. centum a hundred.
See Hundred, and cf. Kentle.]
1. A hundredweight, either 112 or 100 pounds, according to
the scale used. Cf. Cental. [Sometimes written and
pronounced kentle.]
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2. A metric measure of weight, being 100,000 grams, or 100
kilograms, equal to 220.46 pounds avoirdupois.
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Quintan
(gcide) | Quintan \Quin"tan\, a. [L. quintanus, fr. quintus fifth, quinque
five. See Five.]
Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring
every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever.
-- n. (Med.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth
day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission
lasts three days.
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quintel
(gcide) | Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W.
chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.]
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written
also quintin.]
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Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one
end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The
endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while
riding under, and get away without being hit by the
sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Quintel \Quin"tel\, n.
See Quintain.
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Quintel
(gcide) | Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W.
chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.]
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written
also quintin.]
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Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one
end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The
endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while
riding under, and get away without being hit by the
sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Quintel \Quin"tel\, n.
See Quintain.
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Quintessence
(gcide) | Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, v. t.
To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a
quintessence. [R.] --Stirling. "Truth quintessenced and
raised to the highest power." --J. A. Symonds.
[1913 Webster]Quintessence \Quin*tes"sence\, n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia
fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence.]
1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a
natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.]
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Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air,
water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and
called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said
flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were
made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or
the ferment oils, as the fifth essence.
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2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest
virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a
small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
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Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light
Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure,
Sprung from the deep. --Milton.
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3. The most characteristic form or most perfect example of
some type of object.
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Quintessential
(gcide) | Quintessential \Quin`tes*sen"tial\, a.
Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic.
"Quintessential extract of mediocrity." --G. Eliot.
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Quintet
(gcide) | Quintet \Quin*tet"\, Quintette \Quin*tette"\, n. [It. quintetto,
dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the
fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint.] (Mus.)
A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set
of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
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Quintette
(gcide) | Quintet \Quin*tet"\, Quintette \Quin*tette"\, n. [It. quintetto,
dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the
fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint.] (Mus.)
A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set
of five persons who sing or play five-part music.
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Quintic
(gcide) | Quintic \Quin"tic\, a. [L. quintus fifth, fr. quinque five.]
(Alg.)
Of the fifth degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the
fifth degree. See Quantic.
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Quintile
(gcide) | Quintile \Quin"tile\, n. [F. quintil aspect, fr. L. quintus the
fifth.] (Astron.)
The aspect of planets when separated the fifth part of the
zodiac, or 72[deg]. --Hutton.
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Quintilis
(gcide) | July \Ju*ly"\, n.; pl. Julies. [L. Julius; -- named from Caius
Julius Caesar, who was born in this month: cf. F. Juillet.]
The seventh month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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Note: This month was called Quintilis, or the fifth month,
according to the old Roman calendar, in which March was
the first month of the year.
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Quintilllion
(gcide) | Quintilllion \Quin*till"lion\, n. [Formed fr. L. quintus the
fifth, after the analogy of million: cf. F. quintillion. See
Quint.]
According to the French notation, which is used on the
Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit
with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English
notation, a number produced by involving a million to the
fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the
Note under Numeration.
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quintin
(gcide) | Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W.
chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.]
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written
also quintin.]
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Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one
end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The
endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while
riding under, and get away without being hit by the
sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
--Shak.
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See Quintain.
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Quintin
(gcide) | Quintain \Quin"tain\, n. [F. quintaine, LL. quintana; cf. W.
chwintan a kind of hymeneal game.]
An object to be tilted at; -- called also quintel. [Written
also quintin.]
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Note: A common form in the Middle Ages was an upright post,
on the top of which turned a crosspiece, having on one
end a broad board, and on the other a sand bag. The
endeavor was to strike the board with the lance while
riding under, and get away without being hit by the
sand bag. "But a quintain, a mere lifeless block."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Quintin \Quin"tin\, n.
See Quintain.
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Quintine
(gcide) | Quintine \Quin"tine\, n. [L. quintus the fifth: cf. F.
quintine.] (Bot.)
The embryonic sac of an ovule, sometimes regarded as an
innermost fifth integument. Cf. Quartine, and Tercine.
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Quintole
(gcide) | Quintole \Quin"tole\, n. [It. quinto fifth.] (Mus.)
A group of five notes to be played or sung in the time of
four of the same species.
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Quintroon
(gcide) | Quintroon \Quin*troon"\, n. [Sp. quinteron the off-spring of a
quadroon and a white.] (Ethnol.)
The off-spring of an octoroon and a white person.
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Quintuple
(gcide) | Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple,
L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.]
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;
fivefold.
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Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
measure. It is seldom used.
[1913 Webster]Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
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Quintuple time
(gcide) | Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, a. [L. quintus fifth: cf. F. quintuple,
L. quintuplex. Cf. Quadruple.]
Multiplied by five; increased to five times the amount;
fivefold.
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Quintuple time (Mus.), a time having five beats in a
measure. It is seldom used.
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Quintupled
(gcide) | Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
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Quintuple-nerved
(gcide) | Quintuple-nerved \Quin"tu*ple-nerved`\, Quintuple-ribbed
\Quin"tu*ple-ribbed`\, a. (Bot.)
The same as Quinquenerved.
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Quintuple-ribbed
(gcide) | Quintuple-nerved \Quin"tu*ple-nerved`\, Quintuple-ribbed
\Quin"tu*ple-ribbed`\, a. (Bot.)
The same as Quinquenerved.
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Quintuplet
(gcide) | Quintuplet \Quin"tu*plet\, n. [From Quintuple.]
1. A collection or combination of five of a kind.
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2. pl. Five children born in the same labor.
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3. (Mus.) A group of five connected notes; a turn of five
notes.
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4. A cycle having five crank shafts and adapted for five
riders, all of whom can assist in the propulsion.
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Quintuplets
(gcide) | Quintuplets \Quin*tup"lets\, n. pl.
five children born from one mother in a single pregnancy.
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Quintupling
(gcide) | Quintuple \Quin"tu*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quintupled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Quintupling.] [Cf. F. quintupler.]
To make fivefold, or five times as much or many.
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Semiquintile
(gcide) | Semiquintile \Sem"i*quin`tile\ (s[e^]m"[i^]*kw[i^]n`t[i^]l), n.
(Astrol.)
An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of
the quintile, or thirty-six degrees.
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squinched squinting
(gcide) | closed \closed\ adj.
1. having an opening obstructed. [Narrower terms: blind]
Also See: obstructed, sealed, shut, unopen,
closed. Antonym: open.
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2. (Math.) of a curve or surface: having no end points or
boundary curves; of a set: having members that can be
produced by a specific operation on other members of the
same set; of an interval: containing both its endpoints.
open
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3. Being in a position to obstruct an opening; -- especially
of doors. [Narrower terms: fastened, latched] Also See:
closed. Antonym: open.
Syn: shut, unopen.
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4. having skin drawn so as to obstruct the opening; -- used
of mouth or eyes. Opposite of open. he sat quietly with
closed eyes [Narrower terms: blinking, winking;
compressed, tight; squinched, squinting]
Syn: shut.
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5. requiring union membership; -- of a workplace; as, a
closed shop. [prenominal]
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6. closed with shutters.
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7. hidden from the public; as, a closed ballot.
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8. not open to the general public; as, a closed meeting.
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9. unsympathetic; -- of a person's attitude. a closed mind
unreceptive to new ideas
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10. surrounded by walls. a closed porch
Syn: closed in(predicate).
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11. made compact by bending or doubling over; as, a closed
map.
Syn: folded.
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12. closed or fastened with or as if with buttons. [Narrower
terms: buttoned (vs. unbuttoned)]
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13. not engaged in activity; -- of an organization or
business establishment. the airport is closed because of
the weather; the many closed shops and factories made the
town look deserted
Syn: shut down.
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Squint
(gcide) | Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Squinting.]
1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
furtive glance.
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Some can squint when they will. --Bacon.
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2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; to be
cross-eyed.
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3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
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4. To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to
have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is
a squinting toward hypnotism. --The Forum.
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5. To look with the eyes partly closed.
[PJC]Squint \Squint\ (skw[i^]nt), a. [Cf. D. schuinte a slope,
schuin, schuinsch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf.
Askant, Askance, Asquint.]
1. Looking obliquely. Specifically: (Med.), not having the
optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint,
n., 2.
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2. Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]Squint \Squint\, v. t.
1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as,
to squint an eye.
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2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
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He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]Squint \Squint\, n.
1. The act or habit of squinting.
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2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes;
strabismus.
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3. (Arch.) Same as Hagioscope.
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