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noun
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- something approximating the shape of a triangle
- any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
- a three-sided polygon
- a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
- (historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A love triangle.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- (rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- (US, Canada) A set square.
- (billiards) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- an associate degree in applied science
name
- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
adj
verb
- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- A kinship relationship between people.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- an instrumentality that connects
- (Methodism) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
- (British) Uncommon spelling of connection.
- (historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a channel for communication between groups
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
verb
- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
noun
- (geometry) The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.
- Highest point or degree.
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- (geometry) The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- A vertical distance.
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
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adj
adj
- (geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle.
- Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
- (mathematics) Given a binary operation →_β on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_β , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_β a2 and a1 →_β a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_β a4 and a3 ↠_β a4.
- (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
- (meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
- flowing together
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noun
- (quilting) Initialism of half-rectangle triangle.
- Initialism of habit reversal training.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of hostage rescue team.
- (linguistics) Initialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
- (medicine) Initialism of hormone replacement therapy.
- hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
noun
- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
- (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry.
- (entomology) A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
- (medicine, informal) Triglyceride.
adj
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noun
- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- (geometry, mathematical analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.
noun
- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
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noun
- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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verb
noun
- The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
- A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that he or she is a dunce.
- a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
noun
- (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
- (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
adj
- (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
- (statistics) Having the median as its value.
- (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
noun
- A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star.
- (Wicca) A pentagram, or a disk with a pentagram on it, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
- A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
- (Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.
- a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
noun
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- the product of three equal terms
- (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es).
- (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
- (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
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adj
noun
- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
verb
- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- move or proceed at an angle
- seek indirectly
- present with a bias
- fish with a hook
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
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verb
noun
- something approximating the shape of a triangle
- any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
- a three-sided polygon
- a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
- (historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A love triangle.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- (rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- (US, Canada) A set square.
- (billiards) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- an associate degree in applied science
name
- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship)
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- the state of being connected
- an instrumentality that connects
- a supplier (especially of narcotics)
- An established communications or transportation link.
- A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or more people.
- Coherence; lack of disjointedness.
- (mathematics) A set of sets that contains the empty set, all one-element sets for any element that is included in any of the sets, and the union of any group of sets that are elements where the intersections of those sets is non-empty.
- (slang) A drug dealer.
- (uncountable) The act of connecting.
- A kinship relationship between people.
- The point at which two or more things are connected.
- A person related to oneself, through either family or business.
- (transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.
- Sexual intercourse.
- (religion) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
- shifting from one form of transportation to another
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
- the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication)
- an instrumentality that connects
- (Methodism) A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection).
- (British) Uncommon spelling of connection.
- (historical) The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society.
noun
- a connecting shape
- a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
- a fastener that serves to join or connect
- the means of connection between things linked in series
- (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
- an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
- the state of being connected
- a channel for communication between groups
- a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
- (Sussex) A thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (figurative) An individual person or element in a system
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
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- make a logical or causal connection
- be or become joined or united or linked
- link with or as with a yoke
- connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (intransitive, Internet, of a web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, slang) To meet with (someone).
- (transitive) To connect (two or more things).
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- (geometry) The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.
- Highest point or degree.
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- (geometry) The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- A vertical distance.
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
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- (quilting) Initialism of half-rectangle triangle.
- Initialism of habit reversal training.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of hostage rescue team.
- (linguistics) Initialism of high rising terminal, a type of speech that rises in pitch at the end (sounding like a question).
- (medicine) Initialism of hormone replacement therapy.
- hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women; believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis
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- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- (surveying, countable, informal) A trig point.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A dandy; coxcomb.
- The mark for players at skittles, etc.
- (UK) A stone, block of wood, or anything else, placed under a wheel or barrel to prevent motion; a scotch; a skid.
- (uncountable, informal) Trigonometry.
- (entomology) A cricket in the family Trigonidiidae.
- (medicine, informal) Triglyceride.
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- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
- (geometry, mathematical analysis) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.
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- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
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- (geometry) A polyiamond consisting of two triangles.
- (baseball) The infield of a baseball field.
- (geometry) A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- (card games) A card of the diamonds suit.
- (Western Pennsylvania) A town square.
- A very pale blue color.
- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A diamond ring.
- (baseball) The entire field of play used in the game.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- (heraldry) Sable, when blazoning by precious stones.
- (uncountable) A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
- a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram
- a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
- a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- the baseball playing field
- very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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- The topological space obtained by identifying the sides comprising the boundary of a triangle, two sides with consistent orientation and the third with the reverse orientation.
- A conical hat that a school pupil is forced to wear to indicate that he or she is a dunce.
- a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils
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- (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
- (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
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- (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
- (statistics) Having the median as its value.
- (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
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- A figure formed by two equilateral triangles intersecting regularly so as to form a six-pointed star.
- (Wicca) A pentagram, or a disk with a pentagram on it, especially one that is used for magical or mystical purposes.
- A flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
- (Wicca) A circumscribed pentagram.
- a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
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- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
verb
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
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- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- any of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone
- a block in the (approximate) shape of a cube
- a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
- the product of three equal terms
- (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es).
- (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
- (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
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- (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
- A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- A change in direction.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- A corner where two walls intersect.
- (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
- (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
- (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
- (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefiting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
- (media) The focus of a news story.
- A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
- A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
- a biased way of looking at or presenting something
- the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians
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- (transitive, billiards) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
- (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
- (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
- (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
- (figurative, informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
- (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
- move or proceed at an angle
- seek indirectly
- present with a bias
- fish with a hook
- to incline or bend from a vertical position
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- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
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- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
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- (geometry, of a triangle) Exactly the same size as another triangle.
- Converging, merging or flowing together into one.
- (mathematics) Given a binary operation →_β on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_β , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_β a2 and a1 →_β a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_β a4 and a3 ↠_β a4.
- (biology) Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass.
- (meteorology, of wind) Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart.
- flowing together