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revolving
(encz) | revolving,otáčející adj: Zdeněk Brož |
revolving
(encz) | revolving,rotační adj: parkmaj |
Revolving
(gcide) | Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Revolving.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-
+ volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf.
Revolt, revolution.]
1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;
to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this
sense.
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If the earth revolve thus, each house near the
equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.
Watts.
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2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets
revolve round the sun.
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3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
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4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
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Revolving
(gcide) | Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.
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But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.
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revolving character of resources
(encz) | revolving character of resources, |
revolving charge account
(encz) | revolving charge account, n: |
revolving credit
(encz) | revolving credit,revolvingový úvěr n: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
revolving door
(encz) | revolving door,otočné dveře [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
revolving fund
(encz) | revolving fund, n: |
revolving underwriting facility
(encz) | revolving underwriting facility, |
revolvingový úvěr
(czen) | revolvingový úvěr,revolving creditn: [ekon.] Ivan Masár |
Revolving
(gcide) | Revolve \Re*volve"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Revolved; p. pr. &
vb. n. Revolving.] [L. revolvere, revolutum; pref. re- re-
+ volvere to roll, turn round. See Voluble, and cf.
Revolt, revolution.]
1. To turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel;
to rotate, -- which is the more specific word in this
sense.
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If the earth revolve thus, each house near the
equator must move a thousand miles an hour. --I.
Watts.
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2. To move in a curved path round a center; as, the planets
revolve round the sun.
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3. To pass in cycles; as, the centuries revolve.
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4. To return; to pass. [R.] --Ayliffe.
[1913 Webster]Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.
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But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.
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Revolving firearm
(gcide) | Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.
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But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.
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Revolving light
(gcide) | Revolving \Re*volv"ing\, a.
Making a revolution or revolutions; rotating; -- used also
figuratively of time, seasons, etc., depending on the
revolution of the earth.
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But grief returns with the revolving year. --Shelley.
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Revolving seasons, fruitless as they pass. --Cowper.
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Revolving firearm. See Revolver.
Revolving light, a light or lamp in a lighthouse so
arranged as to appear and disappear at fixed intervals,
either by being turned about an axis so as to show light
only at intervals, or by having its light occasionally
intercepted by a revolving screen.
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Revolving pendulum
(gcide) | Pendulum \Pen"du*lum\, n.; pl. Pendulums. [NL., fr. L.
pendulus hanging, swinging. See Pendulous.]
A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to
and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It
is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other
machinery.
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Note: The time of oscillation of a pendulum is independent of
the arc of vibration, provided this arc be small.
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Ballistic pendulum. See under Ballistic.
Compensation pendulum, a clock pendulum in which the effect
of changes of temperature of the length of the rod is so
counteracted, usually by the opposite expansion of
differene metals, that the distance of the center of
oscillation from the center of suspension remains
invariable; as, the mercurial compensation pendulum, in
which the expansion of the rod is compensated by the
opposite expansion of mercury in a jar constituting the
bob; the gridiron pendulum, in which compensation is
effected by the opposite expansion of sets of rods of
different metals.
Compound pendulum, an ordinary pendulum; -- so called, as
being made up of different parts, and contrasted with
simple pendulum.
Conical pendulum or Revolving pendulum, a weight
connected by a rod with a fixed point; and revolving in a
horizontal circle about the vertical from that point.
Pendulum bob, the weight at the lower end of a pendulum.
Pendulum level, a plumb level. See under Level.
Pendulum wheel, the balance of a watch.
Simple pendulum or Theoretical pendulum, an imaginary
pendulum having no dimensions except length, and no weight
except at the center of oscillation; in other words, a
material point suspended by an ideal line.
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revolving charge account
(wn) | revolving charge account
n 1: a charge account that does not have to be paid to zero
balance |
revolving credit
(wn) | revolving credit
n 1: a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain
limit or paid down at any time [syn: open-end credit,
revolving credit, charge account credit] |
revolving door
(wn) | revolving door
n 1: an organization or institution with a high rate of turnover
of personnel or membership
2: a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate
about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air
pressure in tall buildings [syn: revolving door,
revolver] |
revolving fund
(wn) | revolving fund
n 1: a fund which, if borrowed or used, is intended to be
replenished so it may be loaned or spent repeatedly |
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