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verb
- subject to refraction
- determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- (transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- (transitive, ophthalmology) To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).
- (transitive, figurative) To mediate; to alter; to distort.
noun
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- (soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- (figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
- Rainbow trout.
- (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
- an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
- an illusory hope
adj
- Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
- (attributive, sometimes derogatory) LGBT.
- (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
- (mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
verb
- (transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- (intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- (climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
adj
- able to refract light without spectral color separation
- (not comparable, optics) Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
- being or having or characterized by hue
- (biology) Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division).
- (Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
- (comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
- Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
- (not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
- (not comparable, graph theory) Relating to colorings of graphs.
verb
- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- reflect brightly
- fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
- give off
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
- (astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
- (intransitive) To dazzle or to impress.
- (nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.
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noun
- edible marine gastropod
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
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adj
- exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism
- of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism
- Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.
- Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
noun
- the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
- a quality that outshines the usual
- An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
- A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
- The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
- A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
- (figurative) Polish, social refinement.
- (literary) Any shining body or thing.
- (figurative) Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
- The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
- Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics.
- (geology) The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.
- A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
- (figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
- Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
- (figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.
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- optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
- a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
- (optics) A variety of glass used in lenses and other optical components due to its low refractive index and dispersion. Originally crown glass was made from alkali-lime silicates with approximately 10% potassium oxide, but similar properties may be attained with other recipes.
- An early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
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- the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
- a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
- (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
- a brilliant display of wit
- the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
- (nuclear physics) The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation.
- (figurative) A brief expression that is amusing or clever; witticism.
- (astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
- A flash of light; a spark.
noun
verb
- become bubbly or frothy or foaming
- reflect brightly
- emit or produce sparks
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
- (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
- (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
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noun
- a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
- (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
- A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
- (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
- An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
- to shine with faint or brief light
- shine brightly, like a star or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
- (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- (figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
verb
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
adj
- not reflecting light; not glossy
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
noun
- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
adv
- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
verb
- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
adj
noun
- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
- a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
- mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
- (printing) Clipping of matrix.
- (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
- (video games slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of material.
verb
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
adj
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- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”).
- Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”).
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
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- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
- (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
- (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
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- polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- a faithful depiction or reflection
- (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- A mirror carp.
- (computing, Internet) A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
- (historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
verb
- reflect as if in a mirror
- reflect or resemble
- (transitive) To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.
- (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.
- (transitive) Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.
- (transitive, computing, Internet) To create something identical to (a website, etc.).
adj
- Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
- (biology, of tissue) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid.
- (music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
- (optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
- having no hue
noun
- an optical device for projecting a beam of light
- an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
- An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection.
- That which projects or launches something.
- (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
noun
- Any prismatic refraction of light showing a spectrum of colours.
- (baseball) A curveball, particularly a slow one.
- (soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick
- (often used with “of”) A wide assortment; a varied multitude.
- (figurative) An illusion; a mirage.
- Rainbow trout.
- (poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
- A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.
- (figuratively, sometimes derogatory) A person within the LGBT community.
- an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
- an illusory hope
adj
- Multicolored, especially if in rainbow order.
- (attributive, sometimes derogatory) LGBT.
- (poker, chiefly of a flop) Composed entirely of different suits.
- (mathematics, cryptography) Of or pertaining to rainbow tables.
- (attributive, chiefly US) Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.
verb
- (transitive) To brighten with, or as with, a rainbow; to pattern with the colours of the rainbow.
- (intransitive) To take the appearance of a rainbow.
- (climbing) In climbing gyms where the rocks to climb are colored to indicate suggested climbing routes, to climb rocks of different colors, thereby ignoring such routes.
noun
- the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
- a quality that outshines the usual
- An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
- A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
- The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
- A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
- (figurative) Polish, social refinement.
- (literary) Any shining body or thing.
- (figurative) Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
- The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
- Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics.
- (geology) The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.
- A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
- (figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
- Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
- (figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.
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- optical glass of low dispersion and low refractive index
- a glass blown into a globe which is later flattened and spun to form a disk
- (optics) A variety of glass used in lenses and other optical components due to its low refractive index and dispersion. Originally crown glass was made from alkali-lime silicates with approximately 10% potassium oxide, but similar properties may be attained with other recipes.
- An early type of window glass made by blowing glass into a hollow globe (crown) and then flattening it on a punty, reheating and spinning out into a flat disk by centrifugal force.
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- the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
- a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
- (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
- a brilliant display of wit
- the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight
- (nuclear physics) The flash of light produced by something (especially a phosphor) when it absorbs ionizing radiation.
- (figurative) A brief expression that is amusing or clever; witticism.
- (astronomy) The twinkling of a star or other celestial body caused by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
- A flash of light; a spark.
noun
verb
- become bubbly or frothy or foaming
- reflect brightly
- emit or produce sparks
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (transitive) To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
- (intransitive) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles
- (by extension) To shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle
- (intransitive) To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
- (intransitive) To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- a flash of light (especially reflected light)
- A look of joy or liveliness on one's face.
- A bright, but intermittent or short-lived, appearance of something.
- (countable) An appearance of light, especially one which is indistinct or small, or short-lived.
- An indistinct sign of something; a glimpse or hint.
verb
- to shine with faint or brief light
- shine brightly, like a star or a light
- be shiny, as if wet
- To shine, especially in an indistinct or intermittent manner; to glisten, to glitter.
- (transitive) Chiefly in conjunction with an adverb: to cause (light) to shine.
- (figuratively) To be strongly but briefly apparent.
noun
- an appearance of reflected light
- light from nonthermal sources
- a steady even light without flames
- the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- a feeling of considerable warmth
- an alert and refreshed state
- A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- A state of brightness or warmth of colour; specifically, a reddish colour on a person's face indicating health or youth; a flush.
- A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- A condition of being passionate or having warm feelings; an ardour.
verb
- shine intensely, as if with heat
- emit a steady even light without flames
- be exuberant or high-spirited
- have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink
- experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion
- To be very hot; also, to be on fire; to burn.
- (figurative, Internet slang, alt-right) To expose (someone) to the authorities.
- To emit heat and light without a flame.
- Of a person: to display intense emotion.
- Of a fire: to emit heat and light.
- To emit light brightly and steadily as if heated to a high temperature; to shine.
- (intransitive, obsolete except UK, dialectal) To look intently; to stare.
- Of a person's body or a part of it: to feel hot and often to flush (“become suffused with a reddish colour”) as well, due to an emotional response, exertion, etc.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang) To be involved in an (chiefly online) undercover sting operation, especially by American federal agencies.
- Of a colour: to be bright; also, of a thing: to have a bright colour.
- (chiefly US, Internet slang, alt-right) To create a threatening online post that may involve violence, and look suspicious enough to attract a police investigation.
noun
- polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- a faithful depiction or reflection
- (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- A mirror carp.
- (computing, Internet) A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
- (historical) A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.
verb
- reflect as if in a mirror
- reflect or resemble
- (transitive) To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.
- (transitive) To reflect, as in a mirror.
- (transitive) Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.
- (transitive, computing, Internet) To create something identical to (a website, etc.).
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- an optical device for projecting a beam of light
- an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen
- An optical device that projects a beam of light, especially one used to project an image (or moving images) onto a screen.
- Someone who devises or suggests a project; a proposer or planner of something.
- (mathematics) An operator that forms a projection.
- That which projects or launches something.
- (psychology) One who projects, or ascribes his/her own feelings to others.
verb
- subject to refraction
- determine the refracting power of (a lens)
- (transitive, physics) Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
- (transitive, optics) To cause (light) to change direction as a result of entering a different medium.
- (transitive, ophthalmology) To measure, and often also to correct with lenses, the refractive error of (an eye) or the eyes of (a person).
- (transitive, figurative) To mediate; to alter; to distort.
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- emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- reflect brightly
- fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon
- give off
- be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
- (intransitive) To give off sparks; to shine as if emanating sparks; to twinkle or glow.
- (astronomy) Of a star or other celestial body: to vary rapidly in brightness; to twinkle.
- (intransitive) To dazzle or to impress.
- (nuclear physics) Especially of a phosphor: to emit a flash of light upon absorbing ionizing radiation.
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- edible marine gastropod
- small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
- A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
- Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species Busycotypus canaliculatus or Busycon carica.
- (childish, slang) The penis, especially that of a child rather than that of an adult.
adj
- able to refract light without spectral color separation
- (not comparable, optics) Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones
- being or having or characterized by hue
- (biology) Relating to chromatin (a complex of DNA, RNA, and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division).
- (Ancient Greece, historical) One of three types of tetrachord (the others being the diatonic and enharmonic), with an interval between half and four-fifths of the total interval of a tetrachord.
- (comparable) Brightly coloured; colourful, vivid.
- Relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage of music is written.
- (not comparable) Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
- (not comparable, graph theory) Relating to colorings of graphs.
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- exhibiting spectral colors formed by refraction of light through a prism
- of or relating to or resembling or constituting a prism
- Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color.
- Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
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- a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
- (zoology, anatomy) A clear translucent substance in tissues.
- (biochemistry) The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, susceptible to alcoholic fermentation.
- (poetic) Anything glassy, translucent or transparent; the sea or sky.
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- not reflecting light; not glossy
- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- having lost effervescence
- lacking contrast or shading between tones
- horizontally level
- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- not modified or restricted by reservations
- commercially inactive
- lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
- (not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.
- Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.
- (golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.
- At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.
- (of colours) Without variation in tone or hue (uniform), and dull (not glossy).
- (algebra, ring theory, of a ring homomorphism) Such that its target, regarded as a module over its source, is flat (as above).
- (music, note) Lowered by one semitone.
- In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.
- (juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.
- (algebraic geometry, scheme theory, of a morphism of schemes) Such that the induced map on every stalk is flat (as a map of rings).
- (authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.
- (horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.
- (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.
- (phonetics, of a vowel) Not diphthongal; without variation in height or backness.
- (of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.
- (homological algebra, of a module) Such that the tensor product preserves exact sequences. See Flat module on Wikipedia.Wikipedia.
- (of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.
- (of measurements of time) Exact.
- Without variation in level, quantity, value, tone etc.
- Having no variations in height.
- (music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.
- (music, voice) Without variations in pitch.
- (figurative) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.
- Absolute; downright; peremptory.
- (grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".
- (wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.
- (of coffee) Having little froth and little milk.
- (of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.
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- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
- a deflated pneumatic tire
- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting
- a level tract of land
- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- (American football) The areas behind the line of scrimmage to either side of an offensive football formation.
- (rail transport) A flat spot on the wheel of a rail vehicle.
- (publishing) A flat, glossy children's book with few pages.
- An area of level ground (sometimes covered with shallow or tidal water).
- (technical, theatre, stagecraft) A rectangular wooden structure covered with masonite, lauan, or muslin, often produced in standard modules, that is used to build wall surfaces on stage. Flats can be painted and outfitted with doors and/or windows to depict a building or other part of a scene, and are a hard-surfaced alternative to a backcloth or backdrop.
- (entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies that spread their wings open when they land.
- A flat sheet for use on a bed.
- (horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) Level horse-racing ground, as contrasted with courses incorporating jumps, or the racing done on such ground.
- (postal) A large mail piece measuring at least 8 1/2 by 11 inches, such as catalogs, magazines, and unfolded paper enclosed in large envelopes.
- (music) A note played one chromatic semitone lower than a natural, denoted by the symbol ♭ placed after the letter representing the note (e.g., B♭) or in front of the note symbol (e.g. ♭♪).
- (in the plural) A type of ladies' shoe with a very low heel.
- (informal, automotive) A flat tyre/flat tire.
- (painting) A thin, broad brush used in oil and watercolour painting.
- (optics) A flat (i.e. plane) mirror
- Ellipsis of flat ride (“spinning amusement ride”).
- A wide, shallow container or pallet.
- (geometry) A subset of n-dimensional space that is congruent to a Euclidean space of lower dimension.
- (in the plural) A type of flat-soled running shoe without spikes.
- The most prominent flat part of something.
- A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught.
- (swordfighting) The flat side of a blade, as opposed to the sharp edge.
- A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned.
- A platform on a wheel, upon which emblematic designs etc. are carried in processions.
- (Australia, horse racing, with 'the' or attributively, sometimes with capital) the area in the centre of a racecourse.
- (gambling, slang) A cheater's die with the edges shaved to make certain rolls more likely.
- (in the phrase 'the flat') Level ground in general.
- (historical) An early kind of toy soldier having a flat design.
- (US) Ellipsis of flat water (“nonfizzy drinking water”).
- (chiefly British, New England, South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, archaic elsewhere) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent
- (Canadian Prairies, British Columbia) A 24-case of beer.
- The palm of the hand, with the adjacent part of the fingers.
- (rail transport, US) A railroad car without a roof, and whose body is a platform without sides; a platform car or flatcar.
- (mining) A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.
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- with flat sails
- in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
- Completely, firmly, or unequivocally.
- Directly; flatly.
- (with units of time, distance, etc) Used to emphasize the smallness of the measurement.
- (finance, slang) Without allowance for accrued interest.
- Completely.
- (of accurately measured timings) Exactly, precisely.
- So as to be flat.
- (of a sentence) Without parole.
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- (transitive) To dash or throw
- (poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
- (intransitive) To become flat or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface.
- (intransitive, music, colloquial) To fall from the pitch.
- (intransitive) To dash, rush
- (transitive, music) To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.
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- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven
- a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
- a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it
- a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
- sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports
- mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
- A thickly tangled mess.
- A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
- A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
- (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
- Alternative spelling of matte (“decorative border around a picture”).
- A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
- Vulgar, obscene, or profane language in Russian and some other Slavic language communities.
- (printing) Clipping of matrix.
- (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
- A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
- (video games slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of material.
verb
- twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
- change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
- (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
- Alternative form of matte (“to produce a dull, lustreless surface on metal”).
- (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
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- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- (film) Alternative spelling of matte (“background, often painted or created with computers”).
- Alternative spelling of mat (“an alloy in coppersmithing”).
- Alternative form of matte (“instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface”).
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- the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
- a mixture of sulfides that forms when sulfide metal ores are smelted
- (pyrometallurgy) The molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
- (art, photography) A decorative border around a picture used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
- An instrument for producing a dull, lustreless surface.
- (film) A background, often painted or created with computers
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- Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
- (biology, of tissue) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid.
- (music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
- (optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
- having no hue