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adj
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Unpredictable.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
noun
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- (drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
- (sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
- a relatively flat highland
noun
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
- (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
noun
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
verb
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
verb
- (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
- (intransitive, figurative) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
- (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
adj
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
verb
noun
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
- (botany) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
- The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
- A single beat, throb or vibration.
noun
- A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances.
- (physics) A feedback loop in which the output signal of a system is amplified with a net negative gain and added to the input signal, before the main amplifier.
- feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
adj
- maintaining equilibrium
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
- showing little if any change
- resistant to change of position or condition
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- (commutative algebra, of a filtration (M_n) of a module M over a ring with respect to an ideal (here I but often a,m,p etc.) of that ring) Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
- (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
noun
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
- A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- (metonymic) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
verb
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
- The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
- Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
- A flow, repetition or regularity.
- The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
- The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
- A person's natural feeling for rhythm.
- A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
- recurring at regular intervals
- (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern
- natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
noun
- The time interval between a transition at an input and a resultant change at an output.
- The amount of time required for a signal to travel through a specific path or component in an integrated circuit.
- The time interval between a reference point on one waveform and a reference point on another waveform.
- The elapsed time between the change of a component at the reference point and a system response of 10% of the final reading.
noun
- (dynamics) The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point.
- (chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.
- (astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
- The act of librating.
- (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
- (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
noun
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
- (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
noun
- the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
- An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- (medicine, uncountable) A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
adj
- (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
noun
noun
- (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
- the act of making less strict
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
- Remission of attention or application.
- Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
- (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
- (music) The release following musical tension.
- Remission or abatement of rigor.
verb
- disturb the balance or stability of
- form metals with a swage
- cause to lose one's composure
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- move deeply
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
- (transitive, basketry) To support with an upset (type of woven row).
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- (metalworking) To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
adj
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- mildly physically distressed
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
noun
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- an improbable and unexpected victory
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- the act of upsetting something
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (aviation) The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- An upset stomach.
- (basketry) A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
noun
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
verb
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
noun
- Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance.
- (physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain a state of dynamic constancy; such as the ability of warm-blooded animals to maintain a stable temperature.
- (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
verb
noun
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- (drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
- (sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
- a relatively flat highland
noun
- a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
- A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.
- great coolness and composure under strain
- a cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second
- Unit of viscosity in the centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS).
- The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.
- Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.
- Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.
- That which causes a balance; a counterweight.
- (physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.
- A condition of hovering, or being suspended.
verb
- be motionless, in suspension
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- cause to be balanced or suspended
- prepare (oneself), often but not necessarily for something unpleasant or difficult
- To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.
- To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.
- To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
noun
- a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity
- the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
- (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
- Any rhythmic beating, throbbing etc.
- (botany) The rhythmic increase and decrease of size in naked zoospores and plasmodia.
- The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc. in a living body; the pulse.
- A single beat, throb or vibration.
noun
- A situation where some function of the output of a system, process, or mechanism is fed back in a manner that tends to reduce the fluctuations in the output, whether caused by changes in the input or by other disturbances.
- (physics) A feedback loop in which the output signal of a system is amplified with a net negative gain and added to the input signal, before the main amplifier.
- feedback in opposite phase with (decreasing) the input
noun
- (engineering) Fluctuation or oscillation that does not stabilize.
- The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
- The act of looking for something, especially for a job or flat.
- (telephony) The process of determining which of a group of telephone lines will receive a call.
- the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
- the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts
verb
noun
- A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process.
- The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter.
- Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates.
- A flow, repetition or regularity.
- The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble.
- The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event.
- A person's natural feeling for rhythm.
- A specifically defined pattern of such variation.
- the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
- recurring at regular intervals
- (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern
- natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
- the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
verb
noun
- The time interval between a transition at an input and a resultant change at an output.
- The amount of time required for a signal to travel through a specific path or component in an integrated circuit.
- The time interval between a reference point on one waveform and a reference point on another waveform.
- The elapsed time between the change of a component at the reference point and a system response of 10% of the final reading.
noun
- (dynamics) The oscillation of an angle about a stable equilibrium point.
- (chemistry) A vibrational degree of freedom whereby a group of atoms partly rotates back and forth, similar to the Moon's motion.
- (astronomy) The apparent wobble or variation in the visible side of the Moon that permanently faces the Earth, allowing observers on Earth to see, over a period of time, slightly more than half of the lunar surface.
- The act of librating.
- (by extension) A similar rotational or orbital characteristic of some other celestial body.
- (astronomy) a real or apparent slow oscillation of a moon or satellite
noun
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
- (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
- (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
- (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
noun
- a decrease in rate of change
- any agent that retards or delays or hinders
- the extent to which something is delayed or held back
- the act of slowing down or falling behind
- lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
- (acoustics) The distance by which one wave is behind another.
- (music) A suspension which resolves upwards.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extreme stupidity.
- (music) The act of diminishing the rate of speed.
- The extent to which anything is retarded; the result of any retarding or delay; mental, social, or physical slowness.
- That which retards; an obstacle; an obstruction.
- (physics) Deceleration; reduction in the magnitude of velocity.
- (psychology) Ellipsis of mental retardation.
- (telegraphy) A decrease in the speed of telegraph signalling.
noun
- the quality of a physical system that persists in its existing equilibrium when undisturbed (or only slightly disturbed) but able to pass to a more stable equilibrium when sufficiently disturbed
- An unstable but potentially long-lived state of a system; for example, a supersaturated solution or an excited atom.
noun
- (countable) The result of being stabilized.
- (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
- (medicine, uncountable) A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.
- the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn
- the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable
noun
- (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
- the act of making less strict
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
- Remission of attention or application.
- Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
- (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
- (music) The release following musical tension.
- Remission or abatement of rigor.
noun
- a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states
- a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
- a mental process that you are not directly aware of
- (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents
- a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant
- a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
- A series of events leading to a result or product.
- (law) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
- (biology) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
- The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
- (anatomy) An outgrowth of tissue arising above a surface, such as might form part of a joint or the attachment point for a muscle.
- A path or succession of states through which a system passes.
- (manufacturing) The set of procedures used in the manufacture of a product, especially in the food and chemical industries.
- (computing) An executable task or program.
verb
- subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- deliver a warrant or summons to someone
- deal with in a routine way
- shape, form, or improve a material
- perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
- institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- march in a procession
- (transitive, law) To take legal proceedings against.
- (transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
- (transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
- To walk in a procession, especially in a liturgical context.
- (transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
verb
- be subject to fluctuation
- move in an unhurried fashion
- live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
- drive slowly and far afield for grazing
- vary or move from a fixed point or course
- be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- cause to be carried by a current
- wander from a direct course or at random
- (intransitive) To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive into heaps.
- (transitive) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body.
- (automotive) To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).
- (transitive, engineering) To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
- (intransitive) To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel.
- (intransitive) To move haphazardly without any destination.
- (mining, US) To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect.
- (intransitive) To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc.
noun
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- a force that moves something along
- (mining) Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course.
- Anything driven at random.
- A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
- Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
- The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting.
- (mining) In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler.
- (mining) A heading driven through a seam of coal.
- (uncountable, film) The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene.
- That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
- A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together.
- In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them.
- The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
- (mining) A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery.
- (architecture) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
- A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles.
- The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece.
- (mining) A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage.
- (mining) An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end.
- A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
- The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
- The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
- Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
- The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
- A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.
- The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
- A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds.
- A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework.
- A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
- The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes.
- Slow, cumulative change.
- (uncountable) Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed.
verb
noun
- A comparatively stable level after a period of increase. (of a varying quantity)
- A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
- (drug slang) Any of several distinct, dose-dependent stages of a dextromethorphan trip.
- (sports, broadcasting) A notable level of attainment or achievement.
- a relatively flat highland
verb
- (transitive) To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.
- (intransitive, figurative) To pulse, to be full of life, energy: to bustle, thrive, flourish.
- (intransitive) To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat, exhibit a pulse.
- (intransitive) To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
- move with or as if with a regular alternating motion
- produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses
- expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically
noun
- a state of equilibrium
- equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
- a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
- something left after other parts have been taken away
- a weight that balances another weight
- equality of distribution
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
- (uncountable) The overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others.
- (watchmaking) A device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.
- (uncountable) Mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed.
- (accounting) A list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.
- (uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
- (uncountable) Apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.).
- (literally or figuratively) Something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium; counterweight.
- A pair of scales.
- (law, business, statistics) The remainder.
- (accounting) The result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.
- (uncountable) Awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity.
verb
- be in equilibrium
- compute credits and debits of an account
- hold or carry in equilibrium
- bring into balance or equilibrium
- (transitive) To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.
- (transitive) To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.
- (transitive, figurative) To make (concepts) agree.
- (transitive) To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.
- (intransitive) To be in equilibrium.
- (transitive, nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.
- (intransitive) To have matching credits and debits.
- (transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
- (transitive, dance) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.
verb
- disturb the balance or stability of
- form metals with a swage
- cause to lose one's composure
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
- defeat suddenly and unexpectedly
- move deeply
- To shorten (a tire) in the process of resetting, originally by cutting it and hammering on the ends.
- (transitive) To defeat unexpectedly.
- (intransitive) To be upset or knocked over.
- (transitive, basketry) To support with an upset (type of woven row).
- (transitive) To tip or overturn (something).
- (transitive) To make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy.
- (metalworking) To thicken and shorten a soft or heated piece of metal, by forging or hammering on the end, to shape, for example, rivets or internal combustion engine valves.
- (transitive) To disturb, disrupt or adversely alter (something).
adj
- used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- mildly physically distressed
- afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
- having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the bottom
- (of a stomach or gastrointestinal tract) Feeling unwell, nauseated, or ready to vomit.
- (of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
noun
- a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
- an improbable and unexpected victory
- an unhappy and worried mental state
- the act of upsetting something
- the act of disturbing the mind or body
- a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
- (uncountable) Disturbance or disruption.
- (mathematics) An upper set; a subset (X,≤) of a partially ordered set with the property that, if x is in U and x≤y, then y is in U.
- (automobile insurance) An overturn.
- (countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.
- (aviation) The dangerous situation where the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the designed bounds of operation, possibly resulting in loss of control.
- An upset stomach.
- (basketry) A woven row supporting the foundation rods for the uprights of a basket.
adj
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Unpredictable.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
adj
noun
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
verb
adj
- maintaining equilibrium
- firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation
- showing little if any change
- resistant to change of position or condition
- not taking part readily in chemical change
- (computer science, of a sorting algorithm) That maintains the relative order of items that compare as equal.
- (commutative algebra, of a filtration (M_n) of a module M over a ring with respect to an ideal (here I but often a,m,p etc.) of that ring) Eventually satisfying the identity IM_n=M_n+1.
- (computing) Of software: established to be relatively free of bugs, as opposed to a beta version.
- Relatively unchanging, steady, permanent; firmly fixed or established; consistent; not easily moved, altered, or destroyed.
noun
- a farm building for housing horses or other livestock
- (professional wrestling) A group of wrestlers who support each other within a wrestling storyline.
- A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
- (slang) A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
- A group of people who are looked after, mentored, or trained in one place or for a particular purpose or profession.
- A coherent or consistent set of things (typically abstract) available or presented; array.
- (sumo) An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
- (Scotland) A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
- (metonymic) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
verb
adj
- (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.