11666
generalize
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
- generalise
[Antonyms]
- specialize
[Etymology]
general + -ize
[Verb]
generalize (third-person singular simple present generalizes, present participle generalizing, simple past and past participle generalized)
1.To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
2.To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
3.To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
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0
2010/06/02 00:13
2011/08/30 11:28
11667
emu
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːmjuː/[Abbreviation]
emu
1.electromagnetic unit.
2.1943, Henry Augustus Perkins, College Physics, p. 530:
A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.
3.1959, American Geological Institute, Geoscience Abstracts, p. 38:
The average intensity is 80 X 10"5 emu/cm3.
4.1974, William Berkson, Fields of Force: The Development of a World View from Faraday to Einstein, p. 168:
The amount of charge named by one emu is that which produces a unit magnetic effect when flowing in a current at one unit length per second.
5.1976, John Aloysius O'Keefe, Tektites and Their Origin, p. 109:
Booker and Harrison (1966) set an upper limit of 10~7 emu/g.
6.2005, Peter Mohn, Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction, p. 39:
Experimentally the magnetic moment is usually given in units of emu/g, emu/cm3 or emu/mole.
[Alternative forms]
- emeu (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
- meu
- ume
[Etymology]
Probably from Portuguese ema (“ostrich”), perhaps from Arabic.
[Noun]
emu (plural emus)
1.A large flightless bird native to Australia.
[[Czech]]
[Noun]
emu m.
1.emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)
[[Esperanto]]
[Verb]
emu
1.imperative of emi
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
emu
1.emu
[[Galician]]
[Noun]
emu m. (plural emus)
1.emu
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
emu (hiragana えむ)
1.エム: the letter m; medium
[Verb]
emu (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana えむ)
1.笑む: to smile
0
0
2011/08/30 11:34
11669
absence
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈæbsəns/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-absence.ogg
[Antonyms]
- presence
[Etymology]
From Middle English absence, from Old French absence, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“from, away from”) + sum (“I am”).
[Noun]
absence (plural absences)
1.A state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; -- opposed to presence.
Not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence. - Phillippians 2:12
2.Want; lack; destitution; withdrawal.
In the absence of conventional law. - Kent
3.Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind); as, absence of mind.
Reflecting on the little absences and distractions of mankind. - Joseph Addison
To conquer that abstraction which is called absence. - Landor
[[Czech]]
[Etymology]
From French absence from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”)
[Noun]
absence f.
1.absence
[[French]]
ipa :/ap.sɑ̃s/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Fr-absence.ogg
[Etymology]
From Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”).
[Noun]
absence f. (plural absences)
1.absence (state of being absent or withdrawn).
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology]
From Old French absent, from Latin absentia, from absēns (“absent”), present active participle of absum (“I am away or absent”), from ab (“of, by, from”) + sum (“I am”).
[Noun]
absence (plural absences)
1.absent
[References]
- 1954 [First published 1891], Stratmann, Francis Henry; Henry Bradley, A Dictionary of Middle English[1], London: Oxford University Press:
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0
2011/08/31 14:28
11673
sht
[[Swedish]]
[Abbreviation]
sht
1.(in) particular, especially; Abbreviation of synnerhet.
i sht
in particular
0
0
2011/09/04 22:09
11675
くち
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
くち (romaji kuchi)
1.口: mouth
[References]
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2
0
0
2011/09/11 13:49
11676
くちびる
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
くちびる (romaji kuchibiru)
1.唇: lip
[References]
- The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2
0
0
2011/09/11 13:50
11679
radial
[[English]]
[Adjective]
radial (comparative more radial, superlative most radial)
1.arranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to a common centre
2.moving along a radius
3.(anatomy) of, or relating to the radius bone
[Noun]
radial (plural radials)
1.a radial tire / radial tyre
[[Spanish]]
[Adjective]
radial m. and f. (plural radiales)
1.radial
2.of or pertaining to radio
[Noun]
radial m. (plural radiales)
1.(geometry) radian
0
0
2011/09/13 07:47
TaN
11680
revs
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
- ERVs, vers
[Noun]
revs
1.Plural form of rev.
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
revs
1.indefinite possessive singular of rev
2.indefinite possessive plural of rev
[Verb]
revs
1.past tense passive of riva.
0
0
2011/09/13 07:48
TaN
11681
inte
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/ˈɪnˌtɛ/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Sv-inte.ogg
[Adverb]
inte (not comparable)
1.not
Jag har inte gjort det.
I have not done that.
[Synonyms]
- ej, icke
[[Venetian]]
[Alternative forms]
- int'
- 'nte
[Preposition]
inte
1.in
0
0
2011/09/13 18:28
11682
integratio
[[Latin]]
[Noun]
integrātiō (genitive integrātiōnis); f, third declension
1.renewing, restoring
2.integration
0
0
2011/09/13 18:28
11685
てつ
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
てつ (romaji tetsu)
- 鉄
- 佚
- 哲
[Noun]
てつ (romaji tetsu)
1.鉄: iron (metal)
[Proper noun]
てつ (romaji Tetsu)
1.哲: A male given name
0
0
2011/09/13 23:40
11686
てつだい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
てつだい (romaji tetsudai)
1.手伝い: help, helper
0
0
2011/09/13 23:41
11689
するめ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
するめ (kanji 鯣, katakana スルメ, romaji surume)
1.a dried cuttlefish.surume
0
0
2011/09/18 21:58
11690
つばさ
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
つばさ (romaji tsubasa)
1.翼: wing
[Proper noun]
つばさ (romaji Tsubasa)
1.翼: A male given name
0
0
2011/09/18 21:58
11691
laminography
[[English]]
[Noun]
laminography (uncountable)
1.tomography
0
0
2011/09/19 11:51
11692
MECE
[[English]]
[Abbreviation]
MECE
1.mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive: a situation that has no logical overlapping to other ideas, often used at consulting firms that provide logical solutions.
0
0
2011/09/19 11:53
11694
denote
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊt
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-us-denote.ogg
[Etymology]
From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare; de- "complete" and notare "to mark (out)"
[Verb]
denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)
1.(transitive) To indicate; to mark.
The yellow blazes denote the trail.
2.(transitive) To make overt.
The tears denoted her true feelings.
3.(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey meaning.
"Pre-" denotes "before."
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
denote (infinitive denotar)
1.Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of denotar.
2.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of denotar.
3.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of denotar.
4.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of denotar.
0
0
2009/09/16 23:37
2011/09/19 16:17
TaN
11698
colt
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊlt
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/En-us-colt.ogg
[Anagrams]
- clot
[Noun]
colt (plural colts)
1.A young male horse
2.A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice
3.(nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers to urge men to work
[See also]
- stallion, mare, foal, filly
0
0
2011/09/27 11:07
11700
eagle
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈiːɡəl/
audio:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/En-us-eagle.ogg
[Anagrams]
- aglee
[Etymology]
Middle English egle from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English ern, earn, arn, from Old English earn. More at erne.
[External links]
- Eagle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Eagle (disambiguation)
[Noun]
eagle (plural eagles)
1.Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
2.A representation of such a bird carried as an emblem
3.(US) A gold coin with a face value of $10.00 formerly used in the United States.
4.(golf) A score of two under par for a hole.
[Synonyms]
- erne
- broadwing
[Verb]
eagle (third-person singular simple present eagles, present participle eagling, simple past and past participle eagled)
1.(golf) To score an eagle.
[[French]]
[Etymology]
Borrowing from English eagle.
[Noun]
eagle m. (plural eagles)
1.(golf) eagle
0
0
2011/09/27 11:09
11702
crone
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊn[Anagrams]
- oncer
- recon
[Noun]
crone (plural crones)
1.(obsolete) An old woman
2.an ugly evil-looking or frightening old woman; a hag
[Synonyms]
- See also Wikisaurus:old woman
0
0
2011/09/30 21:44
11703
clone
[[English]]
ipa :-əʊn[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).
[Noun]
clone (plural clones)
1.A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
2.A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
3.A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[1]
[References]
- C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905.
- C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905.
- W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949.
[Verb]
clone (third-person singular simple present clones, present participle cloning, simple past and past participle cloned)
1.To create a clone.
[[French]]
ipa :/klon/[Anagrams]
- leçon, oncle
[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).
[Noun]
clone m. (plural clones)
1.clone
[Verb]
clone
1.first-person singular present indicative of cloner
2.third-person singular present indicative of cloner
3.first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
4.first-person singular present subjunctive of cloner
5.second-person singular imperative of cloner
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈklo.ne/[Etymology]
From Ancient Greek κλών (klōn, “twig”).
[Noun]
clone m. (plural cloni)
1.clone
[[Spanish]]
[Verb]
clone (infinitive clonar)
1.First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clonar.
2.Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clonar.
3.Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of clonar.
0
0
2011/09/30 22:02
11704
cursor
[[English]]
ipa :-ɜː(r)sə(r)[Etymology]
From Latin cursor (“runner”), from currō (“run”) + -or (“agentive suffix”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
[Noun]
cursor (plural cursors)
1.A part of any of several scientific instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position
2.(graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation of the position of the pointing device.
3.(graphical user interface) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place. Also referred to as "the caret".
4.(databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
5.(programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly, also know as the "Iterator" pattern.
[See also]
- electronic display
- GUI
- pointer
[Verb]
cursor (third-person singular simple present cursors, present participle cursoring, simple past and past participle cursored)
1.(intransitive, computing) To navigate by means of the cursor keys.
2.1990, InfoWorld (volume 12, number 22, 28 May 1990)
The only other problem is that there's a nagging tendency for the highlight to overrun when cursoring through file lists.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈkur.sor/[Etymology]
From currō (“run”).
[Noun]
cursor (genitive cursōris); m, third declension
1.A runner, racer.
2.A courier, messenger, post.
3.A slave, who ran before the chariot of a grandee, forerunner.
[References]
- cursor in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
From Latin cursor.
[Noun]
cursor m. (plural cursores)
1.cursor
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0
2011/10/03 21:17
TaN
11709
元通り
[[Japanese]]
[Adverb]
元通り (motodōri)
1.back (to a previous condition or place)
This Japanese entry was created from the translations listed at back. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2007
0
0
2011/10/07 21:37
11710
基
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 其 + semantic 土 (“earth”) – a foundation of earth.
[Han character]
基 (radical 32 土+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿金土 (TCG), four-corner 44104, composition ⿱其土)
1.foundation, base
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
基 (Yale gei1)
1.base
2.(slang) gay
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
基 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
1.base
2.be based on
[Proper noun]
基 (hiragana もとい, romaji Motoi)
1.A male given name
2.A surname.
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
基 (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune-Reischauer ki)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
基 (pinyin jī (ji1), sǎo (sao3), Wade-Giles chi1, sao3)
[[Min Nan]]
[Hanzi]
基 (POJ ki)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
基 (cơ)
0
0
2011/10/07 21:38
11712
てんごく
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
てんごく (romaji tengoku)
1.天国: heaven
0
0
2011/10/07 21:38
11716
てんじょう
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
てんじょう (romaji tenjō)
1.天井: ceiling
0
0
2011/10/07 21:41
11717
天井
[[Japanese]]
[Antonyms]
- 床 (ゆか, yuka, “floor”)
[Noun]
天井 (hiragana てんじょう, romaji tenjō)
1.The plane or planes that bound the upper limit of a room; ceiling.
0
0
2011/10/07 21:41
11719
だん
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
だん (romaji dan)
1.壇
2.断
3.段: step; a term for a rank
4.団: a group, team, or brigade.
0
0
2011/10/07 21:42
11720
だんし
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
だんし (romaji danshi)
1.男子: boy
0
0
2011/10/07 21:42
11721
だんせい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
だんせい (romaji dansei)
1.弾性: elasticity
2.男性: a man, a male person
3.男生: a male student
4.男声: a male voice
0
0
2011/10/07 21:43
11723
男女
[[Japanese]]
[Derived terms]
[Noun]
男女 (counter 人, hiragana だんじょ, romaji danjo)
1.man and woman, men and women; both sexes
2.boy and girl, boys and girls
[Related terms]
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
男女 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nánnǚ)
1.men and women
男女搭配，幹活不累。 (trad.)
男女搭配，干活不累。 (simp.)
Men and women are more efficient when they work together.
[References]
- "男女 (in Mandarin)." Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-01-23.
0
0
2011/10/07 21:45
11729
ぞう
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji reading]
ぞう
[Noun]
ぞう (romaji zō)
1.象: elephant
2.像: figure, statue, image
0
0
2011/10/07 21:53
11731
とら
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
とら (romaji tora)
1.虎: tiger
2.寅: the sign of the tiger year
0
0
2011/10/07 21:53
11732
うし
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
うし (romaji ushi)
1.牛: cow, cattle
2.丑: Ox, second sign of the Chinese zodiac
3.齲歯: tooth cavity
0
0
2011/10/07 21:55
11733
うま
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
うま (romaji uma)
1.馬: horse
2.午: The Horse, the seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac
0
0
2011/10/07 21:55
11734
すい
[[Japanese]]
[Adjective]
すい (い-i declension, romaji sui)
1.酸い: sour (taste)
[Kanji reading]
すい (romaji sui)
- 水: water
- 酔: intoxicated, drunk
[Noun]
すい (romaji sui)
1.水: Wednesday
2.粋: chic, style, purity, essence
0
0
2011/10/07 21:56
11735
すいか
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
すいか (romaji suika)
1.西瓜: watermelon
0
0
2011/10/07 21:56
22139
か
[[Japanese]]
ipa :[ka̠][Etymology 1]
editDerived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 加 in the cursive sōsho style. Variants include those derived by similar process from 可, 閑, 家, 我, 駕, 賀, 歌, 謌, 哥, 佳, 香, 嘉, 歟 and 荷.
[Etymology 2]
edit
0
0
2011/12/18 19:14
2017/07/05 00:49
11737
もも
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
もも (romaji momo)
1.股: a thigh
2.桃: a peach
3.百: a hundred
0
0
2011/10/07 21:59
11739
男子
[[Japanese]]
[Antonyms]
- 女子
[Derived terms]
[Noun]
男子 (hiragana だんし, romaji danshi)
1.A boy; a male.
[Related terms]
- 男性
[Synonyms]
- 男の子 (おとこのこ, otoko no ko) (boy)
[[Mandarin]]
[Antonyms]
- 女子
[Noun]
男子 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nánzǐ)
1.(formal) man; male
[Synonyms]
- 男的
- 男人
- 男子汉
0
0
2011/10/07 22:08
11740
だんご
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
だんご (romaji dango)
1.団子: sweet dumplings
2.談語: discussion
[Proper noun]
だんご (romaji Dango)
1.団吾: A male given name
0
0
2011/10/07 22:09
11741
団子
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
団子 (hiragana だんご, romaji dango)
1.round sticky dumplings made from rice flour (see Dango on Wikipedia)
2.(game of Go, pejorative) an inefficient clump of stones
0
0
2011/10/07 22:09
11742
団
[[Translingual]]
[Etymology]
Simplified from 團 (專 → 寸)
[Han character]
団 (radical 31 囗+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 田木戈 (WDI), composition ⿴囗寸)
1.sphere, ball, circle
2.mass, lump
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
団 (grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
団 (hangeul 단, revised dan, McCune-Reischauer tan)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
団 (pinyin tuán (tuan2), Wade-Giles t'uan2)
0
0
2011/10/07 22:09
11743
妥当
[[Mandarin]]
ipa :[ tʰuɔ˨˩taŋ˥˩ ][Adjective]
妥当 (simplified, Pinyin tuǒdang or tuǒdàng, traditional 妥當)
1.(Intermediate Mandarin) appropriate; proper
[References]
- "妥当 (in Mandarin/English)." Pleco Dictionary. URL accessed on 2011-02-20.
- "妥当 (in Mandarin/English)." Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2011-02-20.
0
0
2011/10/07 22:12
11744
打倒
[[Mandarin]]
[Noun]
打倒 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin dǎdǎo)
1.beat down
0
0
2011/10/07 22:12
11745
打
[[Translingual]]
[Han character]
打 (radical 64 手+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 手一弓 (QMN), four-corner 51020)
1.strike, hit, beat
2.fight
3.attack
4.shoot (i.e. a firearm, as in 打枪)
[[Cantonese]]
[Hanzi]
打 (Yale da1, da2)
[[Japanese]]
[Kanji]
打 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)
[[Korean]]
[Hanja]
打 (hangeul 타, 정, revised ta, jeong, McCune-Reischauer t'a, chŏng, Yale tha, ceng)
[[Mandarin]]
[Hanzi]
打 (pinyin dá (da2), dǎ (da3), Wade-Giles ta2, ta3)
[[Middle Chinese]]
[Han character]
打 (děng)
[[Vietnamese]]
[Han character]
打 (đả, đánh, dừng, đử)
0
0
2011/10/07 22:12
11746
つかい
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
つかい (romaji tsukai)
1.使い, 遣い: envoy, messenger, ambassador
0
0
2011/10/08 13:42
11747
つか
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
つか (tsuka)
1.塚: mound, tumulus
2.柄: hilt
0
0
2011/10/08 13:42
11749
ﾌ
[[Translingual]]
[Syllable]
ﾌ
1.The katakana syllable フ in halfwidth form.
[[Japanese]]
[Katakana character]
ﾌ (romaji fu)
1.Half-width form of フ (fu).
0
0
2011/10/08 23:31
11751
ぶんらく
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
ぶんらく (romaji bunraku)
1.文楽: bunraku - a traditional form of Japanese puppetry.
0
0
2011/10/08 23:32
11752
文楽
[[Japanese]]
[Noun]
文楽 (hiragana ぶんらく, romaji bunraku)
1.bunraku (a form of puppet theater from Japan)
0
0
2011/10/08 23:32
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