English words for '(computing) The use of more than one buffer.'
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noun
- (computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.
- A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
- a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
verb
verb
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
adj
noun
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
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phrase
noun
verb
verb
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
noun
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adv
noun
- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- a car that is old and unreliable
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adv
verb
noun
- (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- (slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
- (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
- (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
- (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
- (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
- (countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
- (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A mass of clouds.
- (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- a long ridge or pile
verb
- (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to.
- (intransitive, of clouds) To form a bank; to gather in masses.
- (transitive) To put into a bank.
- (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- have faith or confidence in
- tip laterally
- put into a bank account
- be in the banking business
- enclose with a bank
adj
- (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
- (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
- originating outside the body
- consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
noun
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
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verb
noun
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
adj
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to
noun
- (computing) The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
- The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
- The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.
- the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
- the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
verb
- (computing, transitive) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.
- (transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.
- (transitive) To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book.
- intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations
- intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data
- provide (books) with blank leaves
noun
noun
- (computing) A two-dimensional array.
- (archaeology, paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
- The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
- (biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
- (analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
- The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
- (electronics) A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- (slang, figurative, science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Matrix; a controlled environment or situation in which people behave in ways that conform to pre-determined roles.
- A table of data.
- (linguistics) Matrix clause is a clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.
- (dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
- (material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
- (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
- (geology) A geological matrix.
- (biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
- (biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
- (biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
- (printing, historical) In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
- (printing, historical) In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
- the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
- the formative tissue at the base of a nail
- an enclosure within which something originates or develops
- (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules
- (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
- mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface
noun
- (computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.
- A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
- a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
verb
noun
phrase
noun
verb
noun
- (computing) Memory that is dynamically allocated.
- A pile or mass; a collection of things laid in a body, or thrown together so as to form an elevation.
- A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
- (colloquial) A dilapidated place or vehicle.
- A great number or large quantity of things.
- (colloquial) A lot, a large amount
- (computing) A data structure consisting of trees in which each node is greater than all its children.
- a car that is old and unreliable
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adv
verb
noun
- (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
- (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
- (slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
- (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
- The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc
- (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
- (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
- (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
- (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
- (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
- (countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
- (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
- A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
- (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
- A bench or seat for judges in court.
- (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
- (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
- A mass of clouds.
- (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- a building in which the business of banking is transacted
- sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
- a long ridge or pile
verb
- (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to.
- (intransitive, of clouds) To form a bank; to gather in masses.
- (transitive) To put into a bank.
- (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
- (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
- (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
- (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
- (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
- (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
- do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- have faith or confidence in
- tip laterally
- put into a bank account
- be in the banking business
- enclose with a bank
noun
- (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow, allowing the program to identify and recover from it.
- Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries to detect dangerous gases.)
- (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker applied by the police to a vehicle to indicate it is unroadworthy.
- (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
- (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
- A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- (public transport) A previously-issued ticket, retained by a ticket-seller, conductor or driver and resold to a subsequent passenger as a means of defrauding the transport company.
- (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (nembutal).
- (computing) A change that is tested by being rolled out first to a subset of machines or users before rolling out to all.
- (countable, uncountable) A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
- A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
- A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
- any of several small Old World finches
- someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
- a female singer
- a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge
adj
verb
noun
- (computing) The use of parallel methods in hardware or software, so that several tasks can be performed at the same time.
- The state of being in agreement or similarity; resemblance, correspondence, analogy.
- The state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
- (philosophy) The doctrine that matter and mind do not causally interact but that physiological events in the brain or body nonetheless occur simultaneously with matching events in the mind.
- (rhetoric, grammar) The juxtaposition of two or more identical or equivalent syntactic constructions, especially those expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, introduced for rhetorical effect.
- (biology) Similarity of features between two species resulting from their having taken similar evolutionary paths following their initial divergence from a common ancestor.
- (law) In antitrust law, the practice of competitors of raising prices by roughly the same amount at roughly the same time, without engaging in a formal agreement to do so.
- A parallel position; the relation of parallels.
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
verb
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
noun
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adv
noun
- (computing) The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
- The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
- The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.
- the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
- the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
- (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
noun
- (computing) A two-dimensional array.
- (archaeology, paleontology) The sediment surrounding and including the artifacts, features, and other materials at a site.
- The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
- (biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
- (analytical chemistry) The environment from which a given sample is taken.
- The metaphorical place where something is made, formed, or given birth.
- (electronics) A grid-like arrangement of electronic components, especially one intended for information coding, decoding or storage.
- (slang, figurative, science fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Matrix; a controlled environment or situation in which people behave in ways that conform to pre-determined roles.
- A table of data.
- (linguistics) Matrix clause is a clause that has another (subordinate) clause embedded within it.
- (dyeing) The five simple colours (black, white, blue, red, and yellow) from which all the others are formed.
- (material science) A binding agent of composite materials, e.g. resin in fibreglass.
- (mathematics) A rectangular arrangement of numbers or terms having various uses such as transforming coordinates in geometry, solving systems of linear equations in linear algebra and representing graphs in graph theory.
- (geology) A geological matrix.
- (biology) An extracellular matrix, the material or tissue between the cells of animals or plants.
- (biology) The material or tissue in which more specialized structures are embedded.
- (biology) The medium in which bacteria are cultured.
- (printing, historical) In printmaking, the plate or block used, with ink, to hold the image that makes up the print.
- (printing, historical) In hot metal typesetting, a mold for casting a letter.
- the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
- the formative tissue at the base of a nail
- an enclosure within which something originates or develops
- (mathematics) a rectangular array of quantities or expressions set out by rows and columns; treated as a single element and manipulated according to rules
- (geology) a mass of fine-grained rock in which fossils, crystals, or gems are embedded
- mold used in the production of phonograph records, type, or other relief surface
verb
- To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another.
- add a buffer (a solution)
- (transitive or intransitive, computing) To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing.
- (video games) To queue up (an input) so that it is performed immediately once it is possible.
- (chemistry) To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
- protect from impact
adj
noun
- (politics, international relations) A buffer zone (such as a demilitarized zone) or a buffer state.
- (colloquial) A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man.
- (computing) A portion of memory set aside to temporarily store data, often before it is sent to an external device or as it is received from an external device.
- (finance) A reserve of funds set aside for use only when adverse circumstances prevail.
- (rail transport) The barrier placed at the end of the track to absorb the impact of a train that fails to stop.
- (rail transport) A device on trains and carriages designed to cushion the impact between them.
- (chemistry) A solution used to stabilize the pH (acidity) of a liquid, such as by resisting a change in pH when an acid or alkali is added.
- A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
- (figurative) A gap that isolates or separates two things.
- (telecommunications) A routine or storage medium used to compensate for a difference in rate of flow of data, or time of occurrence of events, when transferring data from one device to another.
- (mechanics) Anything used to maintain slack or isolate different objects.
- (UK, nautical, slang) The chief boatswain's mate.
- An isolating circuit, often an amplifier, used to minimize the influence of a driven circuit on the driving circuit.
- A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it.
- a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
- a power tool used to buff surfaces
- (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device; used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system
- an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring)
- (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH
- an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
- a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
verb
- (transitive, computing, of data held in a buffer or cache) To write (the data) to primary storage, clearing it from the buffer or cache.
- (transitive, computing) To clear (a buffer or cache) of its contents.
- (intransitive) To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
- To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
- (intransitive) To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
- To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
- (transitive) To cause to take flight from concealment.
- (intransitive, of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
- (mining, intransitive) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
- (transitive) Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
- (transitive) To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
- (Singapore, chiefly military) To move, shift or align to one side.
- (transitive) To excite, inflame.
- (intransitive, transitive) To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet.
- (masonry) To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
- To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
- (mining) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
- (transitive) To cause to blush.
- cause to flow through something
- rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
- cause to flow or flood with or as if with water
- make level or straight
- irrigate with water from a sluice
- glow or cause to glow with warm color or light
- turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
noun
- (computing) The process of clearing the contents of a buffer or cache.
- A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
- A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.
- Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
- A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
- A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees, etc.
- Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
- (skiing) A line of poles or obstacles that a skier must weave between.
- A groundwater-fed marsh or peaty mire (which may be acidic or basic, nutrient-rich or poor); (originally especially Scotland and Northern England) a (marshy) pool or seep, as in a field.
- (poker) A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.
- a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit
- the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
- a sudden rapid flow (as of water)
- sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders)
- a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health
adj
- Wealthy or well off.
- (typography) Ellipsis of flush left and right: a body of text aligned with both its left and right margins.
- Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
- Smooth, even, aligned; not sticking out.
- Affluent; abounding; well furnished or supplied; hence, liberal; prodigal.
- having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
- of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane
adv
verb
- (computing, transitive) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.
- (transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.
- (transitive) To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book.
- intersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations
- intersperse the sectors on the concentric magnetic circular patterns written on a computer disk surface to guide the storing and recording of data
- provide (books) with blank leaves
noun
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adj
- (computing) Of a network comprising different types of computers, potentially with vastly differing memory sizes, processing power and even basic underlying architecture; alternatively, of a data resource with multiple types of formats.
- (physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process.
- Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts.
- (mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds.
- (chemistry) Visibly consisting of different components.
- originating outside the body
- consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature
adj
- (computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
- (figuratively) Analogous, similar, comparable.
- Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
- (science fiction, of realities, dimensions, timelines, etc.) Coexisting but normally not interacting with the regular reality.
- (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines) Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
- Equally distant from one another at all points.
- being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
- of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations
adv
noun
- (printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
- (military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
- (geography) A line of latitude.
- Something identical or similar in essential respects.
- One of a set of parallel lines.
- Direction conformable to that of another line.
- A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
- An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
- (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes)
- something having the property of being analogous to something else
- an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
verb
- Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
- To compare or liken something to something else.
- To construct or place something parallel to something else.
- To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
- To equal; to match; to correspond to.
- To produce or adduce as a parallel.
- Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
- make or place parallel to something
- duplicate or match
- be parallel to