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noun
- Initialism of intelligence quotient.
- a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
- (photography) Initialism of image quality.
- Initialism of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge).
adj
noun
- (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.
- (parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
- any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
noun
- a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
- A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.
noun
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
verb
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
noun
adj
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- appealing to or using the intellect
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
noun
adj
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
noun
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- (countable) The result or product of being smart.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
- liveliness and eagerness
- a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
noun
- (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- (India) Ellipsis of item girl.
- (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A distinct physical object.
- A short article in a newspaper.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
adv
verb
adj
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
- (education, of a student) Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
noun
adj
adj
- departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
- much greater than the normal
- not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
noun
noun
- (artificial intelligence) Initialism of Turing test.
- (translation studies) Initialism of target text.
- Initialism of tabletop.
- Initialism of tandem turn.
- Initialism of therapeutic touch.
- (music) Initialism of tritone.
- (firearms) Initialism of Tula Tokarev.
- Initialism of time-traveller.
- Initialism of trust territory.
- Initialism of time trial.
- Initialism of terrestrial time.
- Initialism of technology transfer.
- Initialism of tag team.
- Initialism of thumb tip.
- (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
adj
name
adj
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
noun
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
adv
verb
noun
noun
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- (fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
- (European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
- (by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
- (by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
noun
verb
noun
adj
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.
noun
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
noun
adj
noun
name
noun
- Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
- (philosophy) One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.
- sound practical judgment
noun
- Intelligence; common sense.
- mental ability
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
prep
verb
noun
- Initialism of intelligence quotient.
- a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
- (photography) Initialism of image quality.
- Initialism of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (Inuit traditional knowledge).
adj
noun
- (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.
- (parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
- any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements
noun
- a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
- A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.
noun
- any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc
- the act of testing something
- the act of undergoing testing
- a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge
- trying something to find out about it
- a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins
- (botany) Testa; seed coat.
- (informal, slang, bodybuilding) Clipping of testosterone.
- (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
- A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins; testa.
- (cricket, normally "Test") A Test match.
- A challenge, trial.
- A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
verb
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
- show a certain characteristic when tested
- achieve a certain score or rating on a test
- undergo a test
- determine the presence or properties of (a substance)
- put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
- examine someone's knowledge of something
- To challenge, to put a strain on (something).
- (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
- (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
- (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
- To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
- (intransitive, transitive, slang) To challenge (someone) to a fight.
- To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
- To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
noun
noun
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- (countable) The result or product of being smart.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
- liveliness and eagerness
- a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
noun
- (psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.
- (India) Ellipsis of item girl.
- (by extension, video games) An object that can be picked up for later use.
- A distinct physical object.
- A short article in a newspaper.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
- (informal) Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
- a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
adv
verb
noun
- (artificial intelligence) Initialism of Turing test.
- (translation studies) Initialism of target text.
- Initialism of tabletop.
- Initialism of tandem turn.
- Initialism of therapeutic touch.
- (music) Initialism of tritone.
- (firearms) Initialism of Tula Tokarev.
- Initialism of time-traveller.
- Initialism of trust territory.
- Initialism of time trial.
- Initialism of terrestrial time.
- Initialism of technology transfer.
- Initialism of tag team.
- Initialism of thumb tip.
- (astronomy) a measure of time defined by Earth's orbital motion; terrestrial time is mean solar time corrected for the irregularities of the Earth's motions
adj
name
noun
noun
- a person of subnormal intelligence
- a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- (fantasy, science fiction) An organism which can change shape to mimic others; a shape-shifter.
- (European folklore, also figurative) In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
- (by extension) A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
- (by extension, informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed
- the quality of having a sharp edge or point
- The quality of being acute or pointed.
- Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.
- Shrewdness, quickness of mind.
- Of sounds: shrillness; high pitch.
- (medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
noun
- a quick and penetrating intelligence
- (of intelligence) acuteness or acuity.
- a strong odor or taste property
- the attribute of urgency in tone of voice
- thinness of edge or fineness of point
- the quality of being sharp and clear
- harshness of manner
- the quality of being keenly and painfully felt
- (uncountable) the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.
- (of an image) distinctness, focus.
- (of food etc) pungency or acidity.
- (uncountable) the fineness of the point a pointed object.
- (countable) The product or result of being sharp.
noun
adj
noun
name
noun
- Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.
- (philosophy) One of the four interior senses; the one by which information from the five exterior senses is understood and interpreted.
- sound practical judgment
noun
- Intelligence; common sense.
- mental ability
- (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty amusing person who makes jokes
prep
verb
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adj
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- appealing to or using the intellect
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
noun
adj
- deficient in intelligence or mental power
- tending downward in price
- (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- deficient or lacking in some skill
- not having authority, political strength, or governing power
- (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection
- wanting in physical strength
- deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
- likely to fail under stress or pressure
- (often with for) Having a strong, irrepressible emotional love for someone or (less often) something; sentimentally affected by such love.
- (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
- Limp, soft.
- (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.
- Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
- Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
- Lacking in vigour or expression.
- (photography) Lacking contrast.
- Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
- (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
- Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
- (slang) Bad or uncool.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a strong statement which implies it.)
- Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
- Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
- (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.
- (stock market) Tending towards lower prices.
- (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.
- Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.
adj
- having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- clear and sharp and ringing
- full of light; shining intensely
- characterized by grandeur
- having strong or striking color
- of surpassing excellence
- Of surpassing excellence; magnificent.
- Highly intelligent.
- Shining brightly.
- (of a voice or sound) Having a sharp, clear tone.
- (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
noun
verb
adj
noun
adj
- deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence
- surpassing what is common or usual or expected
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
- (education, of a student) Requiring special schooling for reasons of intellectual giftedness or physical or mental disability.
- Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon; rare.
- (geometry) Corresponding to something of lower dimension under a birational correspondence.
- Better than the average; superior due to exception or rarity.
noun
adj
adj
- departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development
- much greater than the normal
- not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
- Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
- Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
noun
adj
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
- (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- dangerously steep
- having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
- having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones
- quick and forceful
- harsh
- ending in a sharp point
- very sudden and in great amount or degree
- (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
- Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
- (chess) Tactical; risky.
- (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
- Forming a small or tight angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
- Strongly distinguishing or differentiating; acute.
- (music) Higher in pitch than required.
- Having a strong acrid or acidic taste.
- Observant; alert; acute.
- Quick and alert.
- (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.
- (colloquial) Intelligent.
- Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
- (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.
- Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
- Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
- Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
- (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
- Offensive, critical, or acrimonious; stern or harsh.
- Sudden, abrupt, intense, rapid.
noun
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
- (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.
- (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
- (psychiatry, healthcare) A sharp object; any item pointed enough to injure human skin.
- (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
- (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
- Alternative form of sharpie (“type of fishing boat”).
- (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
- (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
- (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
- A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
- Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
- A dishonest person; a cheater.
- A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
adv
verb
adj
- being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development
- in accordance with scientific laws
- conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal
- forming a right angle
- (topology, of a topology or topological space) In which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods.
- (linear algebra, of a matrix) Which commutes with its conjugate transpose.
- (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) Which is pre-compact.
- (commutative algebra, of a domain) Integrally closed: equal its own integral closure in its field of fractions.
- (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) Which commutes with its adjoint.
- (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution, random variable, etc.) Which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution.
- (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) In which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (a normal mode).
- (rail transport, of points) In the default position, set for the most frequently used route.
- (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution.
- (category theory, of a category) Which contains only normal morphisms.
- (organic chemistry) Describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon.
- (fandom slang, sarcastic, with “about”) Fervently interested in a subject; obsessed.
- (algebraic geometry, of a variety or scheme) Such that the local ring at every point is an integrally closed domain.
- (category theory, of a morphism) Which is the kernel or cokernel of some morphism, respectively.
- (number theory, of a real number) In whose representation in a given base b ≥ 2, for every positive integer n, the bⁿ possible strings of n digits follow a uniform distribution.
- Usual, healthy; not sick or ill or unlike oneself.
- (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) Which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topology.
- (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) Which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K.
- (algebra, of a subgroup) With cosets which form a group.
- (commutative algebra, of a ring) Such that all of its localizations at prime ideals are integrally closed domains.
- (education, of a school) Teaching teachers how to teach; teaching teachers the norms of education.
- According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.
- (geometry) Perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or tangent plane of a surface.
noun
- something regarded as a normative example
- (geometry, countable) A line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
- (medicine, countable) A person who is healthy, normal, as opposed to one who is morbid.
- (slang, countable) A person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
- (countable, uncountable) The usual state.