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verb
noun
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
verb
noun
- A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
- (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
- (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
- A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
- (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
- the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
- an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
- the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
noun
- a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
- A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
- a person who separates something into parts or groups
- A physical object for dividing up a space.
- An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
- A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
- The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
- One who or that which divides or separates.
noun
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
verb
verb
- (technology, transitive) To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
- (firearms, transitive) To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
- (technology, transitive) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
- make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- measure the caliber of
- mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
noun
- the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
- the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
- the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
- a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
- A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
- A sundial.
- Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.
- A miner's compass.
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
verb
- operate a dial to select a telephone number
- choose by means of a dial
- (transitive) To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.
- (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
- (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
verb
noun
- A device that measures things.
- A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
- (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).
- any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
- the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
noun
- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
noun
- a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
- (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
- (usually with adjective) A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
- A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
- A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
- (music) The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
- (sports) A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
noun
- a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- A watch (a small portable device used to tell the time of day), particularly one lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
- A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
noun
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- a tight cluster of people or things
- something twisted and tight and swollen
verb
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
noun
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- A complex machine or instrument.
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
noun
- (engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.
- (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- (syntax) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
- (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- (botany) A leaf node.
- (biology) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- (geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- (medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- (computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (electronics) A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
- (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
- (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- (geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
- (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- any thickened enlargement
noun
adj
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
noun
- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
verb
noun
- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
noun
name
noun
noun
- (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
- (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
verb
verb
- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
- (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- weight with lead
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
- adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- measure the depth of something
adj
adv
noun
noun
- A device used to measure amounts of time.
- Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
- A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
- One who has done something a certain number of times.
- One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.
- a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
- a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times
- (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
noun
noun
noun
- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
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noun
name
noun
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
noun
noun
- a drafting instrument resembling a compass that is used for dividing lines into equal segments or for transferring measurements
- A device resembling a drawing compass and used to transfer measurements of length.
- a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
- a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
- a person who separates something into parts or groups
- A physical object for dividing up a space.
- An electronic device for separating a signal, frequency, etc., into two or more parts.
- A piece of card placed in a ring binder to separate groups of documents.
- The median (US) or central reservation (UK) of a highway or other road where traffic in opposite directions are kept separated.
- One who or that which divides or separates.
noun
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
verb
verb
noun
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
noun
- the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments
- the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
- the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
- a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for each number called
- A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.
- A sundial.
- Such a field as part of a clock face; (metonymic) the entire clock face.
- (UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.
- A miner's compass.
- A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).
- A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.
verb
- operate a dial to select a telephone number
- choose by means of a dial
- (transitive) To initiate a connection to a remote computer service such as a database.
- (transitive) To control or select something with a dial, or (figuratively) as if with a dial.
- (intransitive) To use a dial or a telephone.
- (transitive) To select a number, or to call someone, on a telephone, regardless of whether a physical dial is present.
noun
- The design and construction of machines.
- (physics) The branch of physics that deals with the action of forces on material objects with mass
- plural of mechanic
- (writing) Spelling and punctuation.
- Operation in general; workings.
- the technical aspects of doing something
- the branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies in a frame of reference
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
- The combined application of science and art in practical ways in industry, as for example in designing new machines.
- (uncountable, academic) The study of or a collection of techniques.
- (countable) Any useful skill or mechanism that humans have developed or invented (including in prescientific eras).
- (countable, figurative) Any useful trait that has evolved in any organism.
- the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment
verb
noun
- A device that measures things.
- A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
- (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).
- any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
- the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
noun
- a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
- (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
- (usually with adjective) A person (or something controlled by a person) that is punctual.
- A person who keeps records of the hours of attendance of employees.
- A device that shows the time; a timepiece.
- (music) The group member who controls the rhythm of the music when a group of musicians play together.
- (sports) A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
noun
- a measuring instrument or device for keeping time
- A watch (a small portable device used to tell the time of day), particularly one lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
- A chronometer (any device used to tell the time of day), particularly a clock lacking a chime or similar sounding mechanism.
noun
- (engineering) A node (point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions)
- The swelling of the bulbus glandis in members of the dog family, Canidae.
- The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.
- (aviation) A unit of indicated airspeed, calibrated airspeed, or equivalent airspeed, which varies in its relation to the unit of speed so as to compensate for the effects of different ambient atmospheric conditions on aircraft performance.
- The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- A group of people or things.
- A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
- A kind of epaulet; a shoulder knot.
- One of a variety of shore birds; red-breasted sandpiper (variously Calidris canutus or Tringa canutus).
- (nautical) A nautical mile.
- (aviation, nautical) A unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour.
- A tightened and contracted part of a muscle that feels like a hard lump under the skin.
- A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible material that cannot be untangled without passing one or both ends of the material through its loops.
- (slang) The bulbus glandis.
- A protuberant joint in a plant.
- A tangled clump of hair or similar.
- Any knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
- A difficult situation.
- A maze-like pattern.
- (mathematics) A non-self-intersecting closed curve in (e.g., three-dimensional) space that is an abstraction of a knot (in sense 1 above).
- any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
- soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
- (of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
- a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere
- a tight cluster of people or things
- something twisted and tight and swollen
verb
- (transitive) To form wrinkles in the forehead, as a sign of concentration, concern, surprise, etc.
- To unite closely; to knit together.
- (intransitive) To form knots.
- (transitive) To form into a knot; to tie with a knot or knots.
- (intransitive) To knit knots for a fringe.
- tie or fasten into a knot
- make into knots; make knots out of
- tangle or complicate
noun
- A device or instrument used to assist in making tracings.
- an instrument used to make tracings
- (chemistry) A compound, element, or isotope used to track the progress or history of a natural process.
- A person who traces something.
- The act or state of tracking or investigating something.
- A request to trace the movements of a person or an object, such as a shipment.
- (computing) A process that traces something, such as the path of execution of a program during debugging.
- A round of ammunition for a firearm that contains magnesium or another flammable substance arranged such that it will burn and produce a visible trail when fired in the dark.
- ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
- an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods
- (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes
noun
- A complex machine or instrument.
- The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
- (video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
- (textual criticism) In an edition, a system of notations providing information, especially regarding variant readings of a text (a critical apparatus)
- (firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
- (rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself.
- A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
- (gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
- (collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
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- (engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions.
- (rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a dramatic work.
- (syntax) A point in a parse tree that can be assigned a syntactic category label.
- (physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
- (botany) A leaf node.
- (biology) A point in a cladogram from which two clades branch, representing the presumed ancestor.
- (astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from South to North and N to S; their respective symbols are ☊ and ☋.
- (geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See crunode and acnode.
- (medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
- (computational linguistics) The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
- A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
- (electronics) A region of an electric circuit connected only by (ideal) wires (i.e. the voltage between any two points on the same node must be zero).
- (networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
- (technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, its place in the ecliptic, etc.
- (graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
- (geometry) A similar point on a surface, where there is more than one tangent-plane.
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
- (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- any thickened enlargement
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- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- (music) A device that connects two keyboards of an organ together so that they play together.
- An electrical device used to transfer energy from one electric device to another, especially without a physical connection.
- A device used to convert electronic information into audible sound signals for transmission over telephone lines.
- Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.
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- a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a connection (like a clamp or vise) between two things so they move together
- (sexuality) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A link between the performance of an action and the location where that action occurs or the method used to perform that action.
- The act of joining together to form a couple.
- (software engineering) The degree of reliance between two or more software modules.
- (electronics) A connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them.
- A device that couples two things together.
- (physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
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- Any mechanical device used to position something.
- The part of a control valve used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- That which positions.
- a device used to control the opening or closing of the actuator based on electric, or pneumatic signals.
- (computer science) the actuator that moves a read/write head to the proper data track
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- (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
- (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.
- A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
- The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
- (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
- (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding
- the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
- act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased
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- A device used to measure amounts of time.
- Any electronic function that causes a device to be able to do something automatically after a preset amount of time.
- A person who records the time elapsed in a sporting event.
- One who has done something a certain number of times.
- One characterized by a certain time or time frame, such as their work hours.
- a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end
- a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times
- (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed
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- An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+¹⁄₂ yards.
- A longitudinal pole used for forming part of a framework such as an awning or tent.
- (plumbing) A drain rod, being a set of segmented rods with interlocking connectors designed to remain attached even under rotation in use.
- A straight, round stick, shaft, bar, cane, or staff.
- A stick, pole, or bundle of switches or twigs (such as a birch), used for personal defense or to administer corporal punishment by whipping.
- (fishing) A long slender usually tapering pole used for angling; fishing rod.
- (ufology) A rod-shaped object that appears in photographs or videos traveling at high speed, not seen by the person recording the event, often associated with extraterrestrial entities.
- (rail transport) A coupling rod or connecting rod, which links the driving wheels of a steam locomotive, and some diesel shunters and early electric locomotives.
- (mathematics) A Cuisenaire rod.
- (slang) A pistol; a gun.
- (biology) Any of a number of long, slender microorganisms.
- (slang) A hot rod, an automobile or other passenger motor vehicle modified to run faster and often with exterior cosmetic alterations, especially one based originally on a pre-1940s model or (currently) denoting any older vehicle thus modified.
- (slang, vulgar) The penis.
- A straight bar that unites moving parts of a machine, for holding parts together as a connecting rod or for transferring power as a driveshaft.
- (anatomy) A rod cell: a rod-shaped cell in the eye that is sensitive to light.
- A stick used to measure distance, by using its established length or task-specific temporary marks along its length, or by dint of specific graduated marks.
- (chemistry) A stirring rod: a glass rod, typically about 6 inches to 1 foot long and ¹⁄₈ to ¹⁄₄ inch in diameter that can be used to stir liquids in flasks or beakers.
- An implement resembling and/or supplanting a rod (particularly a cane) that is used for corporal punishment, and metonymically called the rod, regardless of its actual shape and composition.
- a gangster's pistol
- any rod-shaped bacterium
- a long thin implement made of metal or wood
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
- a square rod of land
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- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
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- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (law) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
- A device used to produce music.
- A means or agency for achieving an aspect.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
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- A datum used as the basis for calculation or for comparison.
- (typography) A line used as the basis for the alignment of glyphs.
- (tennis) The line at the farthest ends of the court indicating the boundary of the area of play.
- A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
- (engineering) A configuration of software, hardware, or a process that is established and documented as a point of reference.
- the lines a baseball player must follow while running the bases
- an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared
- the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball court; when serving the server must not step over this line
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- (technology, transitive) To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
- (firearms, transitive) To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
- (technology, transitive) To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
- make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- measure the caliber of
- mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units
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- A device that measures things.
- A parking meter or similar device for collecting payment.
- US standard spelling of metre (“the rhythm or measure in language”).
- (American spelling) A line above or below a hanging net, to which the net is attached in order to strengthen it.
- US standard spelling of metre (“unit of measure”).
- any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity
- the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
- rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
- (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
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- To use a plumb bob as a measuring or aligning tool.
- (transitive, figurative) To think about or explore in depth, to get to the bottom of.
- To attach to a water supply and drain.
- (rare) To fall or sink like a plummet.
- (nautical) To position vertically above or below.
- (intransitive) To work as a plumber.
- To determine the depth, generally of a liquid; to sound.
- To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
- weight with lead
- examine thoroughly and in great depth
- adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
- measure the depth of something