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noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- 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.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (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.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
verb
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- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (crosswording) Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.
- (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- any clever maneuver
- any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
- an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
noun
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
adj
- (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
- Not changeable.
- (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
- (of humans and animals) Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
- (of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
- (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
verb
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
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- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
noun
- Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- (sports) A sports team.
- (informal) A business or firm.
- Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
- (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
- A set of clothing (with accessories).
- (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- any cohesive unit such as a military company
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- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- 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
- (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.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
verb
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- 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
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
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adj
noun
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
noun
- Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A handgun.
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
- (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- obscene terms for penis
- an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
verb
- (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- (transitive) To equip with tools.
- (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- (intransitive) To work very hard.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- furnish with tools
- work with a tool
- ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- drive
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
adj
verb
noun
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
- An act of installing.
- A work of installation art.
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
noun
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- a case for containing a set of articles
- young of any of various fur-bearing animals
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- (UK, informal) Clothing.
- A young ferret.
- Synonym of kit violin.
- A young fox.
- A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- A young rabbit.
- A kitten (young cat).
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- A young beaver.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- A young weasel.
- (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- A young skunk.
- A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- (music) A drum kit.
- (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
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noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
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noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
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
- (informal) Equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- (slang) A firearm.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of hardware store.
- (slang) Medals or trophies.
- (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
adj
- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation
noun
- A device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
noun
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.
- Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
- Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
noun
- equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
- the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
- the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
- The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
noun
- a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
noun
- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
- (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
- (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
- Style or fashion; popular trend.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations.
- (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- how something is done or how it happens
- the most frequent value of a random variable
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
- The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
- (law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
- (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
noun
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
verb
- set the level or character of
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
- 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.
- A complex machine or instrument.
- (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.
noun
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
- the way something is organized or arranged
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- (hydrology) The tendency of persistent wind to produce higher water levels at the downwind shore of a body of water and lower at the upwind shore.
- (operations) The process or instance of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
- (boxing) A move or set of moves which are meant to draw out a reaction which leaves an exploitable opening in defense.
- The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
- (computing) An installer.
- A situation orchestrated to frame someone; a covert effort to place the blame on somebody.
verb
noun
- Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
- (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
- (computer hardware) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
- (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
- (crosswording) Any specific class of wordplay element in a cryptic crossword.
- (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
- (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
- A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice. 1602, Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor. "This is our device,/ That Falstaff at that oak shall meet with us."
- any clever maneuver
- any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)
- something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect
- an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)
- an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
noun
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- A promiscuous woman.
- (slang) Equipment used for taking recreational drugs.
- (slang, computing) A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (US) A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (Northern England, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- gear used in fishing
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme
- a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
- gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
- a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
verb
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- equip with sails or masts
- manipulate in a fraudulent manner
- connect or secure to
- arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
noun
- A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task.
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
- Something overly artful or artificial.
- the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the act of devising something
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- An attachment, a piece of equipment to adapt another tool or machine to a specific purpose.
- durable goods for home or office use
- An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially:
- A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- a toilet that is available to the public
- the quality of being useful and convenient
- the state of being suitable or opportune
- Any object that makes life more convenient; a helpful item.
- The quality of being convenient.
- A convenient time.
- (chiefly British) Ellipsis of public convenience (“a public lavatory”).
verb
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- (computer science) A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing reductions.
- (informal) Any consumer electronics product.
- (glassblowing) A spring clip attached to the end of a punty in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a bullion while finishing the bowl.
- Any device or machine, especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
- (computer security) A sequence of machine code instructions crafted as part of an exploit that attempts to divert execution to a memory location chosen by the attacker.
noun
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known
- (informal) Synonym of tool, implement, device, gadget, part.
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product, typically as an example for purposes of explaining concepts.
- (computing, graphical user interface) A small applet that can be placed on the desktop or in a sidebar, etc.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces.
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
noun
- Gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- (sports) A sports team.
- (informal) A business or firm.
- Any cohesive group of people; a unit; such as a military company.
- (statistics) An outlier-sensitive fit.
- A set of clothing (with accessories).
- (Canada, historical) A fiscal year of the Hudson's Bay Company, or the supplies required for such a period.
- a set of clothing (with accessories)
- any cohesive unit such as a military company
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noun
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- (computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.
- (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
- The means by which something is physically attached.
- A dependence, especially a strong one.
- (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
- A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.
- The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
- a feeling of affection for a person or an institution
- faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- the act of attaching or affixing something
- a supplementary part or accessory
- a connection that fastens things together
- the act of fastening things together
noun
- a device that holds a piece of machine work and guides the tools operating on it
- a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping
- music in three-four time for dancing a jig
- (music) A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (mining) An apparatus or machine for jigging ore.
- (fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
- (traditional English Morris dance) A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
verb
- dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions
- (mining) To sort or separate, as ore in a jigger or sieve.
- To trick or cheat; to cajole; to delude.
- (fishing) To fish with a jig.
- To cut or form, as a piece of metal, in a jigging machine.
- To sing to the tune of a jig.
- To skip school or be truant.
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
noun
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- 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
- (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.
- A measuring or displaying device.
- (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
- (aviation, usually in the plural) Ellipsis of flight instrument.
verb
noun
- device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function
- a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function
- the technical aspects of doing something
- (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes
- the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction
- (philosophy) The theory that all natural phenomena can be explained by physical causes.
- Any process of, or system designed to manage useful energy conversion.
- A mental, physical, or chemical process.
- A group of entities, such as objects, that interact together.
- (within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
- Any combination of cams, gears, links, belts, chains and logical mechanical elements.
noun
- Machines or equipment thus designed.
- 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
- machinery and equipment developed from engineering or other applied sciences
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
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adj
noun
- A thing fitted to another in order to accomplish a specific purpose.
- (India) The categorisation of an employee, for the purpose of calculating salary or allowances.
- The act of furnishing with fitments; an instance of such an act.
- The proper positioning and orientation of a thing for it to serve its designed purpose.
- An item of permanent furniture or equipment.
- any of the items furnishing or equipping a room (especially built-in furniture)
noun
- Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
- Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
- (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
- Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
- (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
- (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A handgun.
- (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
- (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- obscene terms for penis
- an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
verb
- (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
- (transitive) To equip with tools.
- (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
- (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
- (intransitive) To work very hard.
- (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
- furnish with tools
- work with a tool
- ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- drive
noun
- The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
- Something supplied continuously.
- (social media, often after a possessive determiner) content intended for consumption by scrolling or swiping, especially as a home page and from multiple publishers followed or algorithmically curated
- (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in large quantities.
- The forward motion of the material fed into a machine.
- (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, countable) A meal.
- (syndication or aggregation): antichronological sequence of posts or articles from a single source, especially as consumable on a platform other as originally published.
- A straight man who delivers lines to the comedian during a performance.
- food for domestic livestock
verb
- (transitive) To supply with something.
- (transitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
- (transitive) To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
- (transitive, figurative) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
- (transitive) To give to a machine to be processed.
- (transitive, sports) To pass to.
- simple past and past participle of fee
- (transitive, syntax, of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before (another syntactic rule).
- (transitive, phonology, of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before (another rule).
- (intransitive) To eat (usually of animals).
- (transitive) To supply (a machine) with something to be processed.
- (ditransitive) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
- introduce continuously
- move along, of liquids
- gratify
- take in food; used of animals only
- serve as food for; be the food for
- profit from in an exploitatory manner
- support or promote
- feed into; supply
- provide as food
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
- give food to
noun
- something designed and created to serve a particular function and to afford a particular convenience or service
- skillful performance or ability without difficulty
- a natural effortlessness
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
- a service that an organization or a piece of equipment offers you
- A building or campus specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
- (Scots law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet.
- (finance, banking) Clipping of credit facility.
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty; simplicity.
noun
- Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
- A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.
- An act of installing.
- A work of installation art.
- the act of installing something (as equipment)
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
noun
- gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose
- a case for containing a set of articles
- young of any of various fur-bearing animals
- A collection of items forming the equipment of a soldier, carried in a knapsack.
- (video games) The set of skills and abilities chosen for a playable character.
- (UK, informal) Clothing.
- A young ferret.
- Synonym of kit violin.
- A young fox.
- A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
- A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
- A young rabbit.
- A kitten (young cat).
- A circular wooden vessel, made of hooped staves.
- A young beaver.
- A collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble.
- A young weasel.
- (computing, informal) A full software distribution, as opposed to a patch or upgrade.
- Any collection of items needed for a specific purpose, especially for use by a workman, or personal effects packed for travelling.
- A young skunk.
- A kind of basket made especially from straw of rushes, especially for holding fish; by extension, the contents of such a basket or similar container, used as a measure of weight.
- (music) A drum kit.
- (UK, sports) The standard set of clothing, accessories and equipment worn by players.
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noun
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay)
- Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”).
- (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled.
- (by extension) The items on a full tray.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
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noun
- A mechanical device that connects things.
- A connection or relation between things or ideas.
- (genetics) The property of genes of being inherited together.
- (software compilation) The act or result of linking: the combination of multiple object files into one executable, library, or object file.
- (linguistics) A set of definitely related languages for which no proto-language can be derived, typically a group of languages within a family that have formed a sprachbund.
- (US, politics, historical) A United States foreign policy, during the 1970s détente in the Cold War, of persuading the Soviet Union to co-operate in restraining revolutions in the Third World in return for nuclear and economic concessions.
- a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion
- an associative relation
- the act of linking things together
- (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
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
- (informal) Equipment.
- Metal implements.
- (computing) The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- (technology) Electronic equipment.
- (slang) A firearm.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of hardware store.
- (slang) Medals or trophies.
- (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
- major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile)
- instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal
noun
- A device that controls or limits something.
- (genetics) A gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes.
- (mathematics) A positive real number determining the density of the units in Dirichlet's unit theorem.
- (rail transport) A device that controls the supply of steam to the cylinders of a steam locomotive.
- (historical) Synonym of bulldozer (“member of intimidating group of white US Southerners”).
- Short for diving regulator.
- A very accurate clock, used by clockmakers to measure the timekeeping of each newly made clock.
- A person or group that sets standards of practice, especially regulatory law as sanctioned by statutory law.
- Ellipsis of voltage regulator.
- an official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest
- a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel)
- any of various controls or devices for regulating or controlling fluid flow, pressure, temperature, etc.
noun
- A portable electronic device performing similar functions.
- A small portable book, containing e.g. an appointment diary (appointment book), address book, notepad etc.
- a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.
noun
- A portable hand tool that combines several individual functions in a single assembly or body.
- An oscillating power tool that can perform multiple functions with different attachments.
- Any similar tool with some other central implement (such as shears) or with no central implement, but sharing the themes otherwise.
- Any of a class of folding or telescoping tools with a plier head as the central implement and with sets of peripheral implements (typically knife blades, screwdrivers, files, saws, can openers, bottle openers, scissors, and so on).
- Any of a class of monolithic tools with various holes and edges that act as the multiple implements.
- A Swiss Army knife or similar tool.
noun
- equipment used to achieve automatic control or operation
- the condition of being automatically operated or controlled
- the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
- The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
noun
- a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (computing) A removable enclosure containing read-only memory devices, used for rapid loading of software onto a home computer or video game console.
- (by extension) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
noun
- device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible
- a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
- Specifically, a device that permits two or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
noun
- A device that balances various quantities.
- A conductor of low resistance joining the armature ends of the series field coils of dynamos connected in parallel.
- A device, such as a bar, for operating two brakes, especially a pair of hub brakes for an automobile, with equal force.
- (mathematics) A set of arguments where two or more functions have equal values; the solution set of an equation.
- (category theory) A morphism whose codomain is the domain of a parallel pair of morphisms and which forms part of the limit of that parallel pair. Equivalently, a morphism which equalizes a parallel pair of morphisms in a limiting way, which is to say that any other morphism which equalizes that parallel pair factors through this limiting morphism; and moreover such factorization is unique.
- A sliding panel to preserve the lateral stability of an aeroplane.
- One who makes equal; a balancer.
- (Canada, US, slang) A weapon, usually a blackjack or gun.
- (music, electronics) An electronic audio device for altering the frequencies of sound recordings.
- (sports) A goal, run, point, etc. that equalizes the score.
- Any device for equalizing the pull of electromagnets.
- electronic equipment that reduces frequency distortion
- a score that makes the match even
- a weight that balances another weight
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- A computer technician's tool used as a prybar and probe for use with plastic and other parts.
- (telecommunications) A hand tool used to work on punch-down blocks without short circuiting electric terminals. It has a hook on one end and a notched blade on the other.
- An electronics tool made of nylon filled with glass, for holding components while soldering.
noun
- (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
- (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
- (music, in particular) One of several ancient Greek scales.
- (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
- (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
- A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
- Style or fashion; popular trend.
- A particular means of accomplishing something.
- (electromagnetism) A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
- (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
- (especially engineering) A state related to signals or vibrations.
- (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
- (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
- (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
- how something is done or how it happens
- the most frequent value of a random variable
- a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
- any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave
- verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
- a particular functioning condition or arrangement
noun
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- (colloquial, metonymic) A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particularly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
- A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (television) An electron gun.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (figurative) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, skilful, or cool.
- A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- large but transportable armament
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine
verb
- (ambitransitive, US, prison slang, of a male prisoner) Synonym of gun down (“to masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation”).
- (transitive) To cause to speed up.
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone; used with for.
- (informal) (gunning for something or gunning to do something) make a great effort.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (informal) To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
- shoot with a gun
noun
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- (in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
- The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
- (law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
- (grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
noun
- equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- (aviation) Ellipsis of landing gear.
- (uncountable) Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
- (countable) A wheel, wheel segment, or bar with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
- (countable, automotive, cycling) A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved; often selected via a shifter.
- (uncountable, slang) Recreational drugs, including steroids.
- Clothing; garments.
- (countable, automotive) A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque.
verb
- set the level or character of
- (engineering, transitive) To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio.
- (engineering, intransitive) To be in gear, come into gear.
- (usually with to or toward(s)) To design or devise (something) so as to be suitable (for a particular type of person or a particular purpose).
- (finance) To borrow money in order to invest it in assets.
- To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
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adj
- (electronics) Designed to perform a specific task.
- Not changeable.
- (electronic communications) Of devices, closely or tightly coupled.
- (of humans and animals) Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
- (of humans and animals) Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit.
- (computing) Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example).
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- Functioning and ready for use.
- Determined by means of practical measures.
- Effective or operative.
- Of or relating to operations, especially military operations.
- pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result
- (military) of or intended for or involved in military operations
- fit or ready for use or service
- being in effect or operation