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noun
- (space flight) Initialism of Mission Elapsed Time.
- (physiology, countable) Initialism of metabolic equivalent of task, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon.
- Initialism of motivational enhancement therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment.
- (medicine) Initialism of muscle energy technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy.
- (oncology) Initialism of mesenchymal–epithelial transition.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid.
- (biology) The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine.
noun
- (astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
- counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
- (astronautics) The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
- (radio, television) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.
verb
noun
- (rare) The time period of an orbit
- (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
- A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
- An orbit of an heavenly body
- (rare) A sphere of action.
- (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
- (architecture) A blank window or panel.
- A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
- (astrology, uncountable) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.
- (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
- Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
- A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
- (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
- an object with a spherical shape
- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
verb
noun
- (space science, countable) Initialism of lunar transfer orbit.
- (electrochemistry, uncountable) Initialism of lithium titanate oxide (“Li₄Ti₅O₁₂”).
- (software compilation) Initialism of link-time optimization.
- (computing) Initialism of Linear Tape-Open, an open standard computer storage tape format having a single spooled cartridge with half-inch tape.
name
phrase
noun
- (astronautics) Initialism of launch complex.
- (toxicology) Initialism of lethal concentration.
- (engineering, metrology) Initialism of least count.
- (UK politics) Initialism of lord chancellor.
- (Canada) Initialism of liquor commission.
- (fashion on the Internet) Initialism of legit check.
- (programming) Initialism of LeetCode.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of landing craft
- (computer science) Initialism of lambda calculus.
- (healthcare) Initialism of lactation consultant.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of letter of credit.
- (chemistry, physics) Initialism of liquid crystal.
- (ecology) Initialism of least concern.
adj
name
- Initialism of Association of Space Explorers.
- Initialism of Automotive Service Excellence.
- Initialism of Advanced Semiconductor Engineering.
- Initialism of Amman Stock Exchange.
- Initialism of [https: /www.ecotox.org.au/aje Australasian Society for Ecotoxicology].
- Initialism of The All-Seeing Eye.
- Initialism of Alliance to Save Energy.
- Initialism of American Society of Echocardiography.
- Initialism of [https: /ase.org.au Australian Society of Endodontology].
- Initialism of [https: /surgicaleducation.com Association for Surgical Education].
- Initialism of [https: /www.astronomyedinburgh.org Astronomical Society of Edinburgh].
- Initialism of Android Scripting Environment.
- Initialism of Automated Software Engineering (a journal published by Springer, and an unrelated series of conferences)
- Initialism of Adaptive Server Enterprise.
- Initialism of Association for Social Economics.
- Initialism of Association for Science Education.
- Initialism of [https: /studyabroadbath.org Advanced Studies in England].
- Initialism of [https: /ethnohistory.org American Society for Ethnohistory].
- Initialism of [https: /www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/10480 Annals of Software Engineering].
noun
noun
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
noun
name
name
noun
- Initialism of single-leg squat.
- Initialism of shit life syndrome.
- (computing) Initialism of second-level support.
- Initialism of sodium lauryl sulphate.
- a caustic detergent useful for removing grease; although commonly included in personal care items (shampoos and toothpastes etc.) it can irritate skin and should not be swallowed
noun
name
noun
- (astronautics) A rocket firing during such a landing.
- (astronautics) An instance of such a landing.
- (astronautics) A method of soft-landing a rocket with a well-timed, high-thrust engine burn starting at the last possible second, such that it reaches a vertical speed of zero at precisely or almost precisely at the exact moment that it touches the landing pad and the engine shuts down.
noun
- (astronautics) Initialism of reentry vehicle.
- (nautical) Initialism of research vessel.
- Abbreviation of rhinovirus.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right ventricle.
- Initialism of rabies virus.
- (military) Abbreviation of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.
- (politics) Initialism of registered voter.
- (physiology) Initialism of residual volume.
- (medicine) Initialism of rectal varicosity.
- (statistics) Initialism of random variable.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.
- Initialism of raw vegan.
- (transport) Initialism of return vehicle.
- a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
name
verb
name
- Initialism of Manned Spacecraft Center.
- Initialism of Modern Standard Chinese.
- Initialism of Munich Security Conference.
- (geology) Initialism of Messinian salinity crisis.
- (military, US) Initialism of Military Sealift Command, an organization that controls the replenishment and military transport ships of the United States Navy.
- (business, finance) Initialism of Melbourne Securities Corporation.
- Initialism of Marine Stewardship Council, used to label fish supplies.
noun
noun
- a particular point in time
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- A single, usually precise, point in time.
- A very short period of time; a moment.
- Ellipsis of instant camera.
- A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
adj
adv
noun
- a particular point in time
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
adj
verb
noun
- a particular point in time
- at this time
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
- having important effects or influence
- an indefinitely short time
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
- (Internet slang, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
- A particular point of time; an instant.
- (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- A particular point of space; a spot.
- (colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
noun
- a particular point in time
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
adj
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
adv
verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
adv
adj
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- serving to set in motion
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- serving to begin
- ranking above all others
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (countable, baseball) First base.
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.
verb
noun
- (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
- (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
- The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
- (sexuality, slang, vulgar) The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
- (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
- the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
verb
noun
noun
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
name
noun
- Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
- (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.
- (astronomy) Initialism of ultrared flattened object.
- an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
noun
- (astronautics) An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
- An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
- (sports) An attacking move.
- (military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).
- (aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
- (photography) A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
- An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
- (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
verb
noun
- (aerospace) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- (card games, bridge, whist) A re-entry card.
- (law) The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- (surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
- (card games, bridge, whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- (music) Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
noun
- (space flight) Initialism of Mission Elapsed Time.
- (physiology, countable) Initialism of metabolic equivalent of task, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon.
- Initialism of motivational enhancement therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment.
- (medicine) Initialism of muscle energy technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy.
- (oncology) Initialism of mesenchymal–epithelial transition.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid.
- (biology) The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology.
- (biochemistry) Abbreviation of methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine.
noun
- (astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
- counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)
- (astronautics) The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
- (radio, television) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.
verb
noun
- (rare) The time period of an orbit
- (poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity
- A globus cruciger; a ceremonial sphere used to represent royal or imperial power
- An orbit of an heavenly body
- (rare) A sphere of action.
- (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.
- (architecture) A blank window or panel.
- A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star
- (astrology, uncountable) Amount of deviation from the closest perfect aspect.
- (architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere
- Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions
- A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography (Orb (optics))
- (poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel
- an object with a spherical shape
- the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
verb
noun
- (space science, countable) Initialism of lunar transfer orbit.
- (electrochemistry, uncountable) Initialism of lithium titanate oxide (“Li₄Ti₅O₁₂”).
- (software compilation) Initialism of link-time optimization.
- (computing) Initialism of Linear Tape-Open, an open standard computer storage tape format having a single spooled cartridge with half-inch tape.
name
phrase
noun
- (astronautics) Initialism of launch complex.
- (toxicology) Initialism of lethal concentration.
- (engineering, metrology) Initialism of least count.
- (UK politics) Initialism of lord chancellor.
- (Canada) Initialism of liquor commission.
- (fashion on the Internet) Initialism of legit check.
- (programming) Initialism of LeetCode.
- (military, nautical) Initialism of landing craft
- (computer science) Initialism of lambda calculus.
- (healthcare) Initialism of lactation consultant.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of letter of credit.
- (chemistry, physics) Initialism of liquid crystal.
- (ecology) Initialism of least concern.
adj
noun
- (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence
- a minor short-term fight
verb
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- (transitive, euphemistic, India) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- experience as a reaction
- come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- be beset by
noun
name
noun
name
noun
- (astronautics) A rocket firing during such a landing.
- (astronautics) An instance of such a landing.
- (astronautics) A method of soft-landing a rocket with a well-timed, high-thrust engine burn starting at the last possible second, such that it reaches a vertical speed of zero at precisely or almost precisely at the exact moment that it touches the landing pad and the engine shuts down.
noun
- (astronautics) Initialism of reentry vehicle.
- (nautical) Initialism of research vessel.
- Abbreviation of rhinovirus.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right ventricle.
- Initialism of rabies virus.
- (military) Abbreviation of rendezvous, a position where units are to meet.
- (politics) Initialism of registered voter.
- (physiology) Initialism of residual volume.
- (medicine) Initialism of rectal varicosity.
- (statistics) Initialism of random variable.
- (US, automotive) Initialism of recreational vehicle.
- Initialism of raw vegan.
- (transport) Initialism of return vehicle.
- a motorized wheeled vehicle used for camping or other recreational activities
name
verb
noun
- a particular point in time
- a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
- A single, usually precise, point in time.
- A very short period of time; a moment.
- Ellipsis of instant camera.
- A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
adj
adv
noun
- a particular point in time
- a short note
- a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
- a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree
- an indefinitely short time
- distance measured by the time taken to cover it
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
adj
verb
noun
- a particular point in time
- at this time
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
- having important effects or influence
- an indefinitely short time
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
- (Internet slang, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
- A particular point of time; an instant.
- (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- A particular point of space; a spot.
- (colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
noun
- a particular point in time
- following the first in an ordering or series
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- an indefinitely short time
- a speech seconding a motion
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- The second gear of an engine.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- Something that is number two in a series.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (baseball) Second base.
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
adj
- coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
- a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
adv
verb
- give support or one's approval to
- transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
noun
- (astronautics) The process of connecting one spacecraft to another.
- (nautical) The securing of a vessel to the quayside with cables.
- The process of cutting off or trimming the tail or ears of an animal.
- (sexuality, slang, vulgar) The male homosexual sex act involving two men co-joined by their penises, with overlapping foreskins.
- (molecular biology) A method which predicts the preferred orientation of one molecule to a second when bound to each other to form a stable complex.
- the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
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noun
noun
- (space flight) Initialism of loss of crew.
- Line of Control
- (medicine) Initialism of loss of consciousness; also LoC.
- Initialism of lab on a chip.
- (programming) Initialism of lines of code.
- (finance, banking) Initialism of line of credit; also LoC.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of localizer.
- (aviation) Initialism of loss of control.
- Initialism of letter of contract.
- (emergency medicine) Initialism of level of consciousness; also LoC.
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noun
- Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.
- (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.
- (astronomy) Initialism of ultrared flattened object.
- an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
noun
- (astronautics) An operational flight carried out by a spacecraft involving a return to Earth.
- An act of trying to enter a new field of activity.
- (sports) An attacking move.
- (military) Synonym of sally port (“an entry to or opening into a fortification to enable a sally”).
- (aviation) An operational flight carried out by a single military aircraft.
- An act of venturing out to do a task, etc.
- (photography) A series of aerial photographs taken during the flight of an aircraft; (by extension) a photography session.
- An attack made by troops from a besieged position; a sally.
- (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
- a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
verb
noun
- (aerospace) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
- (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- (card games, bridge, whist) A re-entry card.
- (law) The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- (surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
- (card games, bridge, whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- (music) Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
adv
adj
- preceding all others in time or space or degree
- serving to set in motion
- highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
- serving to begin
- ranking above all others
- Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.
- Of or belonging to a first family.
- Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
- Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
noun
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- an honours degree of the highest class
- the first or highest in an ordering or series
- the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
- the first element in a countable series
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- (uncountable) The person or thing in the first position.
- (countable, colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
- (countable, British, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
- (in combination) A fraction whose (integer) denominator ends in the digit 1.
- (countable) Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
- (countable, baseball) First base.
- (uncountable) The first gear of an engine.