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adj
- (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
- (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
- (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
- (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
- characterized or produced by addition
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
noun
verb
- (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
- be mathematically distributive
- (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
- (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
- (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
- (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
- (transitive) To scatter or spread.
- (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
- (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
- (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
- (business) To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
- (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
- cause to become widely known
- be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
- cause to be distributed
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- release a publication
- spread throughout a given area
- give to several people
- distribute or disperse widely
- to arrange in a systematic order
adj
- of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
- concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
- Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
- Mutually interchangeable.
- (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
- Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
- (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
noun
- something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
- (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
- hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
- (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
- (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
noun
adj
- (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
- (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
- Relating to distribution.
- Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
- (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
- serving to distribute or allot or disperse
noun
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
verb
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
- (cricket) The number of runs scored per wicket lost when batting, divided by the number of runs conceded per wicket taken when bowling — used as a league table tiebreaker in some first-class tournaments.
- (mathematics, group theory) A mathematical structure formed by identifying elements within a larger one.
- (arithmetic) The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.
- the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- the number obtained by division
verb
verb
- (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
- (intransitive) To grow in number.
- (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).
- (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
- (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
- combine by multiplication
- combine or increase by multiplication
- make multiple copies of
- have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
- To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
- (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
- (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
- (intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
- (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
- (music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
- (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
- To mark divisions on; to graduate.
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
- force, take, or pull apart
- make a division or separation
- perform a division
- move or break apart
- separate into parts or portions
- act as a barrier between; stand between
noun
- A distancing between two people or things.
- (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
- A thing that divides.
- An act of dividing.
- a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
noun
- (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
- A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
- Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
- (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
- (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
- The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
- (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- (cosmetics, uncountable) Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.
- Anything that is produced; a result.
- a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- a quantity obtained by multiplication
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
adj
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
adj
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
noun
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
verb
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
verb
- (transitive, mathematics, proscribed) To differentiate (a function).
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- obtain
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain from a particular source
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
noun
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.
- (approximation theory, numerical analysis, of a function) The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.
- The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
- the quality of having a level and even surface
- the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
- a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
noun
- (mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
- (biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
- A contributing factor.
- a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
verb
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
noun
noun
- (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
- (military) A division.
- Alternative form of daeva.
- (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
- (UK, Ireland, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.
- (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
- (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
verb
noun
- an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
- a multiplicative increase
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
- (countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
noun
prep
verb
prep
- (mathematics) Divided by.
- While doing an activity involving (something), especially while consuming.
- (informal, for 'over at/in/on') At or near (a location seen as 'across' from the speaker's location).
- Indicating relative status, authority, or power
- Across, from one side to the other.
- Expressing causation: due to, as the result of.
- Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
- To a greater degree than.
- On the other side of.
- From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
- In a position of having overcome (a problem or issue); past; finished with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
- Through or around all the parts of.
- Across (something) and then downwards.
- Concerning or regarding.
- Above; higher than; further up than.
- (poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.
- (music, more common in speech) Separates the primary chord of a slash chord from the bass note
- During or throughout (a time period).
- More than (a given value, amount, limit etc.); beyond; past; exceeding.
- On top of; in such a way as to cover.
- (in certain collocations) As compared to.
- Across, so as to pass above.
- Through or via (a particular transmission medium).
adj
- (professional wrestling slang) Of a wrestler: generating a reaction from fans.
- (informal) Visiting one's home or other location.
- (botany) Of a flower: wilting or withering.
- Having surmounted an obstacle.
- Surplus to requirements.
- Finished; ended; concluded.
- (informal, of an ongoing situation) Hopeless; irrecoverable.
- (informal) Having an excess in a particular respect.
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
adv
- Beyond or in excess of what is correct or expected.
- Up one side of something, across, and then down the other side.
- So as to reverse up/down orientation, or otherwise change orientation by rotating.
- From an upright position to a horizontal one.
- On top of something, or so as to cover something.
- (often in compounds) To a high or excessive degree; overly; see also over-.
- Overnight (throughout the night).
- Across from one side of something to the other.
- Expressing figurative movement from one position or state across to another.
- Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
- Indicating a direction or location away from the speaker, usually roughly horizontally or visualised as such.
- So as to pass above.
- (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
- So as to fold towards or onto itself.
- From one position or location to another, horizontally or approximately so, or along a route visualised as "across".
- See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.
- So as to reverse or exchange position(s).
- Used for rhetorical effect to reinforce that something was done the stated number of times.
- Across something, such as an edge, and then downwards.
- To a future time.
- beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
- at or to a point across intervening space etc.
- throughout a period of time
- over the entire area
- throughout an area
intj
noun
- (gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.
- (informal) Something having an excess of a particular property.
- Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
- (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
- (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
verb
- (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
- (mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
- (US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
- (US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
- resolve (a polynomial) into factors
noun
- (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
- (anatomy) The property of being cancellate.
- the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
prep
- (mathematics, chiefly British, not in formal use) Denoting a subtraction operation.
- Indicating exclusion.
- Originating at (a year, time, etc.)
- With reference to the location or position of a speaker or other observer or vantage point.
- Used to indicate causation; because of, as a result of.
- Used to indicate a starting point or initial reference.
- Indicating differentiation.
- Indicating removal or separation.
- (MLE) Indicates a starting state of the predicament of the subject. Synonym of since being.
- Indicating a starting point in time.
- Used to indicate source or provenance.
- Produced with or out of (a substance or material).
- Indicating a starting point on an array or gamut of conceptual variations.
- Indicating a starting point on a range or scale.
adj
- Relating to an exponent.
- (mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.
- (loosely) Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase, or merely a very large amount or degree.
- (mathematics) Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
- of or involving exponents
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noun
noun
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
adj
- (mathematics, of a number) Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
- Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
- Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
- (botany, of flowers) Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
- (obsolete outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
- (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
- (of a copy) Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
- (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
- Excellent and delightful in all respects.
- (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
- Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
- (mathematical analysis, of a set) Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
- (of an actor) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
- (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
- Fitting its definition precisely.
- being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- precisely accurate or exact
noun
- (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
- (video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
- (historical, Christianity) A leader of the Cathar movement.
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
verb
adj
- (mathematics, of a function) Having the property that the same argument may yield multiple values, but different arguments never yield the same value.
- (mathematics, logic, of a relationship between two sets) Having the property that an element of one set may be assigned by the relationship to several elements in the other set, but that a given element in the second set can have only one member of the first set assigned to it.
- From a single source to multiple recipients.
noun
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- (biology) The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
- (biology, evolution) The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- The process of developing distinct components.
- the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
- (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
noun
- (arithmetic) In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
- (on a variety (or integral Noetherian scheme)) A Cartier divisor; see Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (on a variety (or integral locally Noetherian scheme)) A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).
- (in the study of Riemann surfaces) An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.
- (algebra, more generally) A ring element which can be multiplied (by some other ring element) to yield a third ring element, the first being called a divisor of the third. If the ring is noncommutative, then one specifies whether a divisor is left, right, or two-sided.
- An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.
- one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
- the number by which a dividend is divided
noun
- (mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
- (mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
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adj
noun
- (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
- (economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.
- (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
- the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
- (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
- systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
- the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
noun
- (mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
- (computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
- (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
- (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
verb
adj
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
noun
verb
noun
- (Vedic arithmetic) The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.
- A kiss.
- (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.
- The action of kissing.
- A close contact.
- (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
noun
- Arithmetical subtraction.
- (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
- The act of subducting or taking away.
- a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
noun
adj
noun
noun
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
- (mathematics) A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
- (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
- That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
- The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
- The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
- (mathematics, differential algebra) An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
- Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
- (medicine, historical) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
- (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
- That from which a thing is derived.
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
noun
adj
- (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
- (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
- Relating to distribution.
- Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
- (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
- serving to distribute or allot or disperse
noun
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
verb
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
noun
- (mathematics) By analogy, the result of any process that is the inverse of multiplication as defined for any mathematical entities other than numbers.
- (cricket) The number of runs scored per wicket lost when batting, divided by the number of runs conceded per wicket taken when bowling — used as a league table tiebreaker in some first-class tournaments.
- (mathematics, group theory) A mathematical structure formed by identifying elements within a larger one.
- (arithmetic) The number (either a fraction or an integer) resulting from the division of one number by another.
- the ratio of two quantities to be divided
- the number obtained by division
verb
noun
- (mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
- A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
- Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
- (countable, uncountable) A commodity offered for sale.
- (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
- The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
- (chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
- (US, slang) Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
- (cosmetics, uncountable) Ellipsis of beauty product: any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc. Often specifically a preparation used to hold one's hair in a desired arrangement.
- Anything that is produced; a result.
- a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- a quantity obtained by multiplication
- items for sale to the individual consumer
- a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction
- an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- the set of ordered pairs of two given sets
noun
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain.
- (approximation theory, numerical analysis, of a function) The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness.
- The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition.
- the quality of having a level and even surface
- the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
- powerful and effective language
- the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
- a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
noun
- (mathematics) The result of a number being divided by one of its factors.
- (mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) The signed determinant of the submatrix produced by removing the row and column containing a specified element; primarily used in the recursive definition and calculation of the determinant of a matrix.
- (biochemistry) A substance, especially a coenzyme or a metal, that must be present for an enzyme to function.
- (biochemistry) A molecule that binds to and regulates the activity of a protein.
- A contributing factor.
- a substance (as a coenzyme) that must join with another to produce a given result
noun
- (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
- (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
- (military) A division.
- Alternative form of daeva.
- (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
- (UK, Ireland, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.
- (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
- (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.
verb
noun
- an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
- a multiplicative increase
- the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
- (countable, arithmetic) A calculation involving multiplication.
- (uncountable, arithmetic) The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
noun
prep
verb
noun
- (mathematics) The operation of striking out common factors, e.g. in both the dividend and divisor.
- (law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
- The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
- (philately) A postmark that marks a postage stamp so as to prevent its reuse.
- (anatomy) The property of being cancellate.
- the speech act of revoking or annulling or making void
- the act of cancelling; calling off some arrangement
noun
- (mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
- (printing) Typesetting.
- (linguistics) The formation of compound words from separate words.
- Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- A work of music, literature or art.
- The general makeup of a thing or person.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
- (law) an agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
- (object-oriented programming) Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- (physics) The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
- (painting, photography) The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
- (chess) A puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.
- An essay.
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole
- musical creation
- the act of creating written works
- art and technique of printing with movable type
- the way in which someone or something is composed
- the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole
- a mixture of ingredients
- a musical work that has been created
noun
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- (biology) The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
- (biology, evolution) The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- (geology) The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- The process of developing distinct components.
- the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function
- (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function
- a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes
noun
- (arithmetic) In an expression involving division, the number by which another number is being divided.
- (on a variety (or integral Noetherian scheme)) A Cartier divisor; see Cartier divisors on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (on a variety (or integral locally Noetherian scheme)) A Weil divisor: an element of the free abelian group on the codimension-1 subvarieties (or subschemes).
- (in the study of Riemann surfaces) An element of the free abelian group on the points of the space.
- (algebra, more generally) A ring element which can be multiplied (by some other ring element) to yield a third ring element, the first being called a divisor of the third. If the ring is noncommutative, then one specifies whether a divisor is left, right, or two-sided.
- An integer that divides another integer an integral number of times, the former being called a divisor of the latter.
- one of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer
- the number by which a dividend is divided
noun
- (mathematics, arithmetic) The process of calculating a power by multiplying together a number of equal factors, where the exponent specifies the number of factors to multiply.
- (mathematics, arithmetic, countable) A mathematical problem involving exponentiation.
- the process of raising a quantity to some assigned power
noun
adj
noun
- (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
- (economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.
- (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
- the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
- (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
- systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
- the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
noun
- (mathematics, education) The partial-quotients method for solving simple division problems by repeated subtraction.
- (computing) The division of memory or data etc. into smaller units for easier processing.
- (writing) A method of presenting information which splits concepts into small pieces or "chunks" of information to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence.
- The process of reducing something to short, thick pieces, usually using a hammer or a crowbar.
- (psychology) A strategy for making more efficient use of short-term memory by recoding information.
- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units
verb
noun
- (Vedic arithmetic) The determination of whether a number is divisible by another by means of certain operations on its digits.
- A kiss.
- (mathematics) A contact between curves or surfaces, at which point they have a common tangent.
- The action of kissing.
- A close contact.
- (mathematics) a contact of two curves (or two surfaces) at which they have a common tangent
- the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
noun
- Arithmetical subtraction.
- (geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
- The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
- The act of subducting or taking away.
- a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
noun
noun
- (mathematics, calculus) The process of application of the derivative operator to a function, yielding another function called the derived function of the first.
- (mathematics) A formal proof: a sequence of statements, each of which is logically entailed by those preceding (with respect to some collection of rules of inference), the initial statements being taken as axioms.
- (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
- A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- The process of deriving one thing from another, especially in logic; a deduction.
- That which is derived; a derivative; the result of a deduction.
- The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
- The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
- (mathematics, differential algebra) An algebraic generalization of the derivative operator (from its natural setting in the ring of real-valued functions) to a general associative algebra over a field. Formally, (given an algebra A over a field K) a K-linear endomorphism that satisfies Leibnitz's Law.
- Any of several generalizations of this notion: a Hasse–Schmidt derivation, a graded derivation, etc.
- (medicine, historical) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
- (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent; an instance thereof (for example, an etymology).
- That from which a thing is derived.
- (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation
- drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
- inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
- a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
- (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
- the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
- the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
- drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
verb
- (intransitive, mathematics) To be distributive.
- be mathematically distributive
- (transitive) To deliver or pass out.
- (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
- (transitive) To apportion (more or less evenly).
- (transitive) To supply to retail outlets.
- (transitive) To scatter or spread.
- (transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
- (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
- (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
- (business) To have employees working remotely from multiple locations.
- (transitive) To classify or separate into categories.
- cause to become widely known
- be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses
- cause to be distributed
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- release a publication
- spread throughout a given area
- give to several people
- distribute or disperse widely
- to arrange in a systematic order
verb
- (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.
- (intransitive) To grow in number.
- (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).
- (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
- (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
- combine by multiplication
- combine or increase by multiplication
- make multiple copies of
- have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
adv
noun
verb
- (transitive, arithmetic) To be a divisor of.
- To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
- (transitive) To share (something) by dividing it.
- (transitive) To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
- To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
- (intransitive, biology) Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
- (transitive) To cause (a group of people) to disagree.
- (music) To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
- (intransitive) To separate into two or more parts.
- To mark divisions on; to graduate.
- (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
- force, take, or pull apart
- make a division or separation
- perform a division
- move or break apart
- separate into parts or portions
- act as a barrier between; stand between
noun
- A distancing between two people or things.
- (hydrology) The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- (geography) A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
- A thing that divides.
- An act of dividing.
- a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
verb
- (transitive, mathematics, proscribed) To differentiate (a function).
- (transitive, linguistics) To find the derivation of (a word or phrase).
- (transitive, logic) To deduce (a conclusion) by reasoning.
- (transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
- (transitive, chemistry) To create (a compound) from another by means of a reaction.
- (intransitive) To originate or stem (from).
- To turn the course of (water, etc.); to divert and distribute into subordinate channels.
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- obtain
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain from a particular source
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
verb
- (mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
- (mathematics) To calculate the differential of a function of multiple variables.
- To recognize as different or distinct.
- (transitive, intransitive, often in the passive voice, biology) To (cause to) go through a process of development called differentiation; to make or become different in form or function.
- To modify so as to create a difference or distinction.
- To show or be the difference or distinction between things.
- To perceive the difference between things; to discriminate.
- (education) To teach a lesson in multiple different ways in order to meet the needs of more or less advanced students.
- become distinct and acquire a different character
- evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- mark as different
- calculate a derivative; take the derivative
- become different during development
noun
verb
- (mathematics, transitive) To divide an expression into a list of items that, when multiplied together, will produce the original quantity.
- (mathematics, transitive) To create a list of the factors of.
- (US, transitive) To warn not to pay or give up goods.
- (US, transitive) To attach the effects of a debtor in the hands of a third party.
- resolve (a polynomial) into factors
verb
noun
adj
- (mathematics, of a function, etc.) That is distributive over addition.
- (chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
- (genetics) Of or pertaining to genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
- (group theory, of a group, semigroup, etc.) Whose operator is identified as addition.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
- characterized or produced by addition
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
noun
adj
- of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function
- concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
- Done, given, felt, or owed in return.
- Mutually interchangeable.
- (grammar) Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.
- Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.
- (mathematics) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.
noun
- something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else
- (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
- hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
- (grammar) A construction expressing mutual action.
- (arithmetic) The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.
adj
- (mathematics, of a function) Having a product of independent variables, or a variable with an exponent not equal to one.
- Erratic and unpredictable; tending to jump back and forth.
- (of a system) Whose output is not directly proportional to its input.
- (chemistry, of a molecule) Whose atoms do not lie in a straight line.
- (of a set of points) Not lying on a straight line.
- designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree
adj
- (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
- Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
- First in excellence, quality, or value.
- First in importance, degree, or rank.
- (algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
- First in time, order, or sequence.
- (algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
- Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
- (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
- used of the first or originating agent
- being at the best stage of development
- first in rank or degree
- of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
- of superior grade
noun
- (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
- (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
- The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
- (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
- The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
- A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
- (psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
- The chief or best individual or part.
- An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
- (backgammon) A series of consecutive blocks. A prime of six prevents the opponent's pieces from passing.
- (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
- (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
- Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
- (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
- (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
- (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- a natural number that has exactly two distinct natural number divisors: 1 and itself
- the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
- the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
verb
- (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
- (transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
- To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
- (intransitive, of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
- (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
- To prepare; to make ready.
- (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
- fill with priming liquid
- cover with a primer; apply a primer to
- insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
adj
- Relating to an exponent.
- (mathematics) Characterised by a rate of change that is proportional to the value of the varying quantity, or, equivalently, by a doubling or halving over successive fixed intervals of time or other parameter, described as exponential growth or exponential decay.
- (loosely) Characterised by a very rapid rate of change, especially increase, or merely a very large amount or degree.
- (mathematics) Expressed in terms of an exponent (power of a base), the base often being 10 or e.
- of or involving exponents
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- (mathematics, of a number) Equal to the sum of its proper divisors.
- Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
- Morally or spiritually immaculate or ideal.
- (botany, of flowers) Having both male parts (stamens) and female parts (carpels).
- (obsolete outside set of phrases, of a person) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a lesson; of a lesson: having been thoroughly learned or memorized.
- (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
- (of a copy) Exact, correctly reflecting the original in all aspects.
- (music) Describing an interval or any compound interval of a unison, octave, or fourths and fifths that are not tritones.
- Excellent and delightful in all respects.
- (of a cocktail) Made with equal parts of sweet and dry vermouth.
- Without fault or mistake; without flaw, of supreme quality.
- (mathematical analysis, of a set) Equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
- (of an actor) Having thoroughly learned or memorized a part.
- (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
- Fitting its definition precisely.
- being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- precisely accurate or exact
noun
- (grammar) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
- (video games) A perfect score; the achievement of finishing a stage or task with no mistakes.
- (historical, Christianity) A leader of the Cathar movement.
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
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adj
- (mathematics, of a function) Having the property that the same argument may yield multiple values, but different arguments never yield the same value.
- (mathematics, logic, of a relationship between two sets) Having the property that an element of one set may be assigned by the relationship to several elements in the other set, but that a given element in the second set can have only one member of the first set assigned to it.
- From a single source to multiple recipients.
adj
- (mathematics, not comparable) Of an integer, divisible by two.
- (colloquial) On equal terms of a moral sort; quits.
- Equal in proportion, quantity, size, etc.
- Parallel; on a level; reaching the same limit.
- (informal) Of a number, convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
- On equal monetary terms; neither owing nor being owed.
- Flat and level.
- Without great variation.
- being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)
- symmetrically arranged
- equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced
- divisible by two
- of the score in a contest
- occurring at fixed intervals
adv
- Used to emphasise a comparative.
- Used to indicate a further degree of comparison.
- Rather; that is (used to signal a correction of a previous utterance).
- In reality (used to imply an extreme example in the case mentioned).
- to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons
- to the full extent
- used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected
- in spite of; notwithstanding
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- (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
- (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
- Relating to distribution.
- Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
- (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
- serving to distribute or allot or disperse