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- Initialism of motor control unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.
- A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
- A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
- a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
- Clipping of PLAGF, the national army of the People's Republic of China.
- (historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
- (business) Initialism of Port of London Authority.
- (historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, defunct”).
- (fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
- (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
- The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
- (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
- (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.
- (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.
- (firearms, of an automatic weapon) Firing at its full cyclic rate.
- (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.
- Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical
- recurring in cycles
- forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
- conforming to the Carnot cycle
- of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
- marked by repeated cycles
- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
- (figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- (by extension) A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- Initialism of automatic distance control.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
- Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
- Initialism of aid to dependent children.
- (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
- Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal.
- Initialism of after-death communication.
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
- Initialism of sliding mode control.
- Initialism of sheet molding compound, a compound used to create sheet mold composites, containing glass fibre reinforced polyester.
- Initialism of smooth muscle cell.
- Initialism of sheet mould composite, a composite made from sheet moulding compound, created by compression molding.
- Initialism of seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
- Initialism of structural maintenance of chromosomes.
- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
- A byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
- (aviation, nautical, humorous, in military or other social organizations involving aircraft or boats) A mythical substance supposedly used to wash propellers.
- (aviation, nautical) The disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or forward when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
- A servomechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- A servomotor.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
- Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback.
- A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback.
- Initialism of remote control.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the event of something ending
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- the act of stopping something
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- (photography) A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- (physics) The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
- (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- (photography) A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- (soccer) A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- (fencing) A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- (music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- (photography) An f-stop.
- (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- (UK, grammar, informal) Ellipsis of full stop.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- come to a halt, stop moving
- stop from happening or developing
- cause to end
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- render unsuitable for passage
- interrupt a trip
- (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
- (causative, transitive) To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something. [with direct object, along with gerund (chiefly UK) or direct object, along with from, along with gerund (chiefly US)]
- (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- (intransitive) To cease moving.
- (intransitive) Not to continue.
- (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
- (transitive) To close or block an opening.
- (finance, transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum vectoring altitude.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of mevalonic acid.
- (medicine) Initialism of microvillous atrophy.
- Initialism of minimum visual angle.
- (medicine) Initialism of mitral valve area.
- Initialism of motor vehicle accident.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventricular assistance.
- (medicine) Initialism of malignant ventricular arrhythmia.
- (medicine) Initialism of mitral valve annuloplasty.
- self-propelled movement
- the power or ability to move
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- self-propelled movement
- a movement through space that changes the location of something
- the act of going from one place to another
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
- undertake a journey or trip
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- travel upon or across
- travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
- undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- make a trip for pleasure
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- thrusting inward
- of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
- tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
- (linguistics) epenthetic
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- (programming) Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
- Initialism of numerical control.
- (copyright law) Initialism of noncommercial.
- (law) Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
- (US, aviation, prefix code) NASA research cargo plane designations.
- (linguistics) Initialism of noun class.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of nitrocellulose.
- (audio) Initialism of noise cancellation.
- (audio) Initialism of noise control.
- (computing theory) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- (rare) A levee.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
- (navigation, aviation) Initialism of position and orientation system.
- (law) Initialism of proof of service.
- (vulgar, of a person or thing) Initialism of piece of shit.
- (medicine) Initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.
- Initialism of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome.
- (retail) Initialism of point of sale or point of service.
- (linguistics) Initialism of part of speech.
- (computing) Initialism of proprietary operating system.
- Initialism of engine control module.
- (military) Initialism of Electronic countermeasure.
- (materials science) Abbreviation of engineered cellular magmatic.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of extra-cluster medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of extracellular matrix.
- (grammar) Initialism of exceptional case-marking.
- (mathematics) Initialism of elliptic curve method.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise content management.
- electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
- (aviation) A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.
- A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft
- a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles
- (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (space flight, uncountable) Mission control.
- control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
- (engineering) A row of pushbuttons.
- The strip of wood immediately below and in front of the keys of a piano.
- (science fiction) A long thin piece of material that serves to operate a lock.
- (computing) A physical overlay for a computer keyboard, indicating the functions of certain keys within a particular software package.
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- Initialism of motor control unit.
- Initialism of master control unit.
- (chiropractic) Initialism of multi-cervical unit.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of multipoint control unit.
- Initialism of main control unit.
- (electronics) Initialism of microcontroller unit.
- (television) Initialism of medium close-up.
- (computing) Initialism of memory controller unit.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (physics) A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.
- A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
- A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
- a small movable scale that slides along a main scale; the small scale is calibrated to indicate fractional divisions of the main scale
- Clipping of PLAGF, the national army of the People's Republic of China.
- (historical, trading) NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
- (business) Initialism of Port of London Authority.
- (historical, politics) Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, defunct”).
- (fandom slang, video games) Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
- (military) Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
- The national armed forces of the People's Republic of China.
- (botany) Having parts arranged in a whorl.
- (mathematics, of a group) Being generated by only one element.
- (chemistry, of a compound) Having chains of atoms arranged in a ring.
- (firearms, of an automatic weapon) Firing at its full cyclic rate.
- (geometry, of a polygon) Able to be inscribed in a circle.
- Characterized by, or moving in cycles, or happening at regular intervals; cyclical
- recurring in cycles
- forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl
- conforming to the Carnot cycle
- of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
- marked by repeated cycles
- Initialism of automatic distance control.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense command or aerospace defense command.
- Initialism of antibody-drug conjugate.
- (aerospace) Abbreviation of air defense center or aerospace defense center.
- Initialism of aid to dependent children.
- (electronics) Initialism of analog-to-digital converter.
- Initialism of aide-de-camp and postnominal.
- Initialism of after-death communication.
- Initialism of sliding mode control.
- Initialism of sheet molding compound, a compound used to create sheet mold composites, containing glass fibre reinforced polyester.
- Initialism of smooth muscle cell.
- Initialism of sheet mould composite, a composite made from sheet moulding compound, created by compression molding.
- Initialism of seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
- Initialism of structural maintenance of chromosomes.
- (automotive) Initialism of adaptive cruise control.
- (mineralogy) Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate.
- (fan fiction) Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of accusative.
- (algebra) Initialism of ascending chain condition.
- (aviation) Initialism of area control center.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid.
- (law enforcement, Commonwealth) Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft
- (New Zealand, by extension) Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel.
- (historical) Initialism of Allied Control Council.
- (US) Initialism of American Chemistry Council.
- (New Zealand) Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation.
- (US) Initialism of American College of Cardiology.
- (India) Initialism of Associated Cement Companies.
- (oceanography, geography) Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean.
- (US, historical) Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee.
- A byproduct of thrust produced by a propeller.
- (aviation, nautical, humorous, in military or other social organizations involving aircraft or boats) A mythical substance supposedly used to wash propellers.
- (aviation, nautical) The disturbed mass of air or water pushed aft (or forward when in reverse) by the propeller of an aircraft or propeller-driven watercraft.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
- A servomechanism.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A service station, being a place to buy petrol for cars etc., as well as various convenience items, with or without actual car service facilities.
- A servomotor.
- control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system
- Any system which controls motion automatically using feedback.
- A mechanical device for controlling large amounts of power by means of smaller amounts of power and correcting the performance of the device using feedback.
- Initialism of remote control.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Roman Catholic.
- Initialism of radio control.
- Initialism of research chemicals (designer drug).
- Initialism of reformed church.
- Initialism of reinforced concrete.
- (Judaism) Initialism of red crystal, a Jewish symbol.
- Initialism of reverse circulation (drilling rig).
- Initialism of royal crown.
- (computing) Initialism of return code.
- Initialism of remote/radio controlled model.
- (law) Initialism of receiving and concealing (stolen property).
- Initialism of race committee.
- (software) Initialism of release candidate.
- Initialism of analysis and control element.
- (meteorology) Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy.
- (biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme.
- (psychology) Initialism of adverse childhood experience.
- (computing) Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding.
- (military, NATO) Initialism of air combat element.
- (computing) Initialism of arbitrary code execution.
- (computing) Initialism of access control entry.
- (military, USMC) Initialism of aviation combat element.
- (film) A member of American Cinema Editors
- a major strategic headquarters of NATO; safeguards an area extending from Norway to Turkey
- proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth
- a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion)
- a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident
- anything that is caught (especially if it is worth catching)
- a fastener that fastens or locks a door or window
- the quantity that was caught
- the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a person regarded as a good matrimonial prospect
- (countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
- (countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
- (countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
- (countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
- (countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
- (countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
- Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
- (countable) Something which is captured or caught.
- (countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
- (countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
- (countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
- (countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
- (countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
- (countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
- (countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
- A slight remembrance; a trace.
- (countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
- (uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
- (countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
- (countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
- grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
- get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly
- reach in time
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- catch up with and possibly overtake
- to hook or entangle
- suffer from the receipt of
- perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily
- cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- attract; cause to be enamored
- perceive by hearing
- be struck or affected by
- apprehend and reproduce accurately
- come down with
- be the catcher
- attract and fix
- detect a blunder or misstep
- start burning
- succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
- become aware of
- capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
- check oneself during an action
- spread or be communicated
- delay or hold up; prevent from proceeding on schedule or as planned
- reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
- see or watch
- take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- take in and retain
- (transitive) To grasp mentally: perceive and understand.
- (transitive) To become infected by (an illness).
- (intransitive) To get pregnant.
- (transitive) To take or replenish something necessary, such as breath or sleep.
- (transitive) To reach (someone) with a strike, blow, weapon etc.
- (transitive) To reproduce or echo a spirit or idea faithfully.
- (intransitive, agriculture) To germinate and set down roots.
- (transitive) To attract and hold (a faculty or organ of sense).
- (transitive) To grip or entangle.
- (transitive) To travel by means of.
- (transitive, rare) To become pregnant. (Only in past tense or as participle.)
- (transitive, intransitive) To receive or be affected by (wind, water, fire etc.).
- (transitive) To be hit by something.
- (intransitive) To spread by infection or similar means.
- (intransitive) To be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To entrap or trip up a person; to deceive.
- (transitive, of fire) To spread or be conveyed to.
- (transitive) To have something be held back or impeded.
- (transitive) To overtake or catch up to; to be in time for.
- (intransitive) To serve well or poorly for catching, especially for catching fish.
- (transitive, computing) To handle an exception.
- (transitive, intransitive, baseball) To play (a specific period of time) as the catcher.
- (transitive, cricket) To end a player's innings by catching a hit ball before the first bounce.
- (transitive) To be touched or affected by (something) through exposure.
- (transitive, rowing) To grip (the water) with one's oars at the beginning of the stroke.
- (transitive) To be the victim of (something unpleasant, painful etc.).
- (intransitive) To make a grasping or snatching motion (at).
- (transitive, surfing) To contact a wave in such a way that one can ride it back to shore.
- (transitive) To unpleasantly discover unexpectedly; to unpleasantly surprise (someone doing something).
- To notice.
- (intransitive) To engage with some mechanism; to stick, to succeed in interacting with something or initiating some process.
- (transitive, informal) To take in; to watch or listen to (an entertainment).
- (transitive) To charm or entrance.
- (transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).
- (transitive) To acquire, as though by infection; to take on through sympathy or influence.
- (transitive) To seize or intercept an object moving through the air (or, sometimes, some other medium).
- a restraint that checks the motion of something
- the event of something ending
- a brief stay in the course of a journey
- a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens
- a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- the state of inactivity following an interruption
- (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes
- the act of stopping something
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a spot where something halts or pauses
- (tennis) A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible.
- An action of stopping; interruption of travel.
- (photography) A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image.
- (architecture) A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts.
- (physics) The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark.
- (UK dialectal) A small well-bucket; a milk-pail.
- A marking on a rabbit's hind foot.
- (music) A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ.
- (engineering) A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought.
- (photography) A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light.
- (soccer) A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal
- A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon.
- (fencing) A coup d'arret, or stop thrust.
- (zoology) The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones.
- A device intended to block the path of a moving object
- That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment.
- (music) One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced.
- The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
- A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station.
- (photography) An f-stop.
- (linguistics) A consonant sound in which the passage of air is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis.
- (UK, grammar, informal) Ellipsis of full stop.
- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of
- come to a halt, stop moving
- stop from happening or developing
- cause to end
- seize on its way
- have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical
- put an end to a state or an activity
- stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments
- render unsuitable for passage
- interrupt a trip
- (transitive) To cease; to no longer continue.
- (phonetics, transitive) To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to come to an end.
- (causative, transitive) To interrupt, prevent or end the activity of someone or something. [with direct object, along with gerund (chiefly UK) or direct object, along with from, along with gerund (chiefly US)]
- (music) To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part.
- (transitive, intransitive, photography, often with "up" or "down") To adjust the aperture of a camera lens.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing.
- (intransitive) To cease moving.
- (intransitive) Not to continue.
- (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
- (nautical) To make fast; to stopper.
- (transitive) To close or block an opening.
- (finance, transitive) To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later.
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum vectoring altitude.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of mevalonic acid.
- (medicine) Initialism of microvillous atrophy.
- Initialism of minimum visual angle.
- (medicine) Initialism of mitral valve area.
- Initialism of motor vehicle accident.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventricular assistance.
- (medicine) Initialism of malignant ventricular arrhythmia.
- (medicine) Initialism of mitral valve annuloplasty.
- self-propelled movement
- the power or ability to move
- (countable, often preceded by definite article) A dance, originally popular in the 1960s, in which the arms are used to mimic the motion of the connecting rods of a steam locomotive.
- (biology, uncountable) Self-powered motion by which a whole organism changes its location through walking, running, jumping, crawling, swimming, brachiating or flying.
- (uncountable) The ability to move from place to place, or the act of doing so.
- self-propelled movement
- a movement through space that changes the location of something
- the act of going from one place to another
- The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
- The act of traveling; passage from place to place.
- (in the plural) An account of one's travels.
- The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
- (in the plural) A series of journeys.
- Distance that a keyboard's key moves vertically when depressed.
- undertake a journey or trip
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
- travel upon or across
- travel from place to place, as for the purpose of finding work, preaching, or acting as a judge
- undergo transportation as in a vehicle
- make a trip for pleasure
- (intransitive) To pass from one place to another; to move or transmit.
- (transitive) To force to journey.
- (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
- (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
- (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
- (aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.
- (computing) Initialism of secure attention sequence.
- Initialism of space adaptation syndrome.
- (Australia, education) Initialism of special assistance school.
- a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
- (sports) Initialism of San Antonio Spurs, American basketball club.
- Initialism of Scandinavian Airlines System; a joint Swedish, Norwegian and Danish airline company.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, military) Initialism of Special Air Service.
- (computing) Initialism of Serial Attached SCSI, a computer bus standard for mainly connecting hard drives, but also used for other devices, derived from the SCSI and SATA standards.
- Initialism of numerical control.
- (copyright law) Initialism of noncommercial.
- (law) Initialism of nolo contendere, no contest, a plea in criminal cases.
- (US, aviation, prefix code) NASA research cargo plane designations.
- (linguistics) Initialism of noun class.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of nitrocellulose.
- (audio) Initialism of noise cancellation.
- (audio) Initialism of noise control.
- (computing theory) Nick's Class, the complexity class of decision problems solvable in polylogarithmic time using a polynomial number of processors.
- (navigation, aviation) Initialism of position and orientation system.
- (law) Initialism of proof of service.
- (vulgar, of a person or thing) Initialism of piece of shit.
- (medicine) Initialism of peripheral oxygen saturation.
- Initialism of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome.
- (retail) Initialism of point of sale or point of service.
- (linguistics) Initialism of part of speech.
- (computing) Initialism of proprietary operating system.
- Initialism of engine control module.
- (military) Initialism of Electronic countermeasure.
- (materials science) Abbreviation of engineered cellular magmatic.
- (astronomy) Abbreviation of extra-cluster medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of extracellular matrix.
- (grammar) Initialism of exceptional case-marking.
- (mathematics) Initialism of elliptic curve method.
- (computing) Initialism of enterprise content management.
- electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum
- (aviation) A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking.
- A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft
- a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles
- (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (space flight, uncountable) Mission control.
- control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
- (engineering) A row of pushbuttons.
- The strip of wood immediately below and in front of the keys of a piano.
- (science fiction) A long thin piece of material that serves to operate a lock.
- (computing) A physical overlay for a computer keyboard, indicating the functions of certain keys within a particular software package.
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- (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (fencing) A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
- An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.
- (figurative) A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.
- (by extension) A counter-attack in any combat or any sport.
- balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces
- adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used
- cut closely
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- decorate, as with ornaments
- decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
- be in equilibrium during a flight
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size
- (transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel's sails) To modify the angle (of the sails) relative to the wind, especially to set them at the most advantageous angle.
- (transitive, nautical, of a vessel) To modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast; to adjust for sailing; to assume, or cause to assume a certain position, or trim, in the water.
- (transitive) To decorate or adorn; especially of a Christmas tree.
- (transitive, historical) To cut back the wick of (a lamp) to maintain a clean, bright flame.
- (transitive) To make trim; to put in due order for any purpose; to make right, neat, or pleasing; to adjust.
- (transitive) To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess.
- (transitive, carpentry, of timber) To dress; to make smooth.
- (transitive, by extension) To change the carbon rods of (an arc lamp).
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation
- a state of arrangement or appearance
- a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment
- (uncountable, underwater diving) The horizontal position of an underwater water
- (printing, binding, publishing) Any of the three cut edges of book pages, trimmed with a shear after binding.
- Dress; gear; ornaments.
- (by extension, uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- (especially automotive) Features optionally available on a vehicle; an established configuration of such features within a model (a trim level).
- (nautical) The arrangement of the sails with reference to the wind.
- (uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.
- (nautical) The fore-and-aft angle of the vessel to the water, with reference to the cargo and ballast; the manner in which a vessel floats on the water, whether on an even keel or down by the head or stern.
- (countable) A haircut, especially a moderate one to touch up an existing style.
- (countable) The manner in which something is equipped or adorned; order; disposition.
- (uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.
- (uncountable, slang, mildly vulgar) The female genitalia.
- (uncountable) Decoration; especially, decoration placed along edges or borders.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- (rare) A levee.
- a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum
- a flat metal tumbler in a lever lock
- a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
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- thrusting inward
- of rock material; forced while molten into cracks between layers of other rock
- tending to intrude (especially upon privacy)
- (linguistics) epenthetic
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- (programming) Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.