English words for '(databases) window function'
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- (databases) A single row in a relational database.
- (set theory) A finite sequence of terms.
- (programming) A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
- (computing) A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
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- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
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- (databases) Initialism of database.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined benefits.
- (US, military) Initialism of depot brigade.
- (television) Initialism of delayed broadcast.
- (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive back.
- (cricket) Initialism of dot ball.
- Initialism of diplomatic bag.
- Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of dead body.
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- (fandom slang) Abbreviation of Dragon Ball.
- (in place name histories) Initialism of Domesday Book.
- (stock ticker symbol) Initialism of Deutsche Bank.
- (classics) Abbreviation of Inscription of Darius at Bisutun.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn.
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- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indirect suggestion
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a slight but appreciable amount
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- (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
- (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
- (operations) Normalized production.
- (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
- the imposition of standards or regulations
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- (databases) Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
- (musical set theory) A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.
- (game theory) A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game
- (mathematics) A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
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- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
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- (databases) A component of a sharded distributed database.
- (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
- (online gaming) An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- (slang, in the singular or in the plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- The plant chard.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
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- (databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- (chiefly in the plural) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- The act of relating a story.
- (set theory) A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
- (often collocated: sexual relation, often in the plural) The act of intercourse.
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an act of narration
- an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
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- (databases) Initialism of database analyst.
- Initialism of dibenzylideneacetone.
- Initialism of daily benefit amount.
- (databases) Initialism of database administrator.
- (business) Initialism of doctorate of business administration.
- (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
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- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
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- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
- a skillet made of cast iron
- predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
- (sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
- (cycling) A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
- (cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
- A bit for turning fasteners with 8-pointed heads.
- (fly fishing, England) A soft-hackle fly.
- (photography) A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
- (bowls) A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.
- (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
- (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
- (mathematics) A spider graph or spider tree.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- (cooking, US, UK, chiefly historical and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
- A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
- (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.
- Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- (slang) A spindly person.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
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- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- (colloquial) The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
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- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
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- Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.
- Lightweight
- (British, dialect) few; little
- Informal spelling of light.
- (usually postpositive) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
- (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
- having relatively few calories
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- (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables
- (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
- (slang) To drink water.
- supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to
- become hydrated and combine with water
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- (databases) Ellipsis of skyline operator.
- A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
- The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
- The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
- (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
- the outline of objects seen against the sky
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
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- (databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
- The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
- That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
- The state or quality of being or existence.
- A spirit, ghost, or the like.
- (science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
- that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
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- (transitive, databases) To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.
- (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
- (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
- (transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
- (intransitive) To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.
- come into being; become reality
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- (software engineering) Initialism of data access object, a design pattern.
- (cryptocurrencies, Web3) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
- (computing) Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.
- (petrochemistry) Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
- (firearms) Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for revolving cylinder and semi-automatic firearms.
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- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
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- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
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- a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- (clothing) A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
- (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- (chemistry) A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people.
- (clothing) A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
- (sawmilling) The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
- The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
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- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
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- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
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- (computing) Metadata added to a document or program.
- The process of writing such comment or commentary.
- A comment added to a text.
- A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- (genetics) Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- the act of adding notes
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- (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive) To experience.
- (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
- (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
- (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- know how to do or perform something
- be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- perceive as familiar
- know the nature or character of
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- have sexual intercourse with
- have fixed in the mind
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
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- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
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- (databases) Initialism of Spatial Query Server, Boeing's spatial database.
- (cloud computing) Initialism of Simple Queue Service, an Amazon-hosted message queue service for web applications.
- (geology) Initialism of Subcommission on Quaternary Stratigraphy.
- (business) Initialism of Software Quality Systems, a German corporation (AG).
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- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
verb
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
noun
name
noun
- (databases) A single row in a relational database.
- (set theory) A finite sequence of terms.
- (programming) A fixed-size container data type similar to a list that can hold different types of elements.
- (computing) A set of comma-separated values passed to a program or operating system as a parameter to a function call.
noun
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
noun
- (databases) Initialism of database.
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of defined benefits.
- (US, military) Initialism of depot brigade.
- (television) Initialism of delayed broadcast.
- (American football, Canadian football) Initialism of defensive back.
- (cricket) Initialism of dot ball.
- Initialism of diplomatic bag.
- Initialism of dirty book: a pornographic publication.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of dead body.
name
- (fandom slang) Abbreviation of Dragon Ball.
- (in place name histories) Initialism of Domesday Book.
- (stock ticker symbol) Initialism of Deutsche Bank.
- (classics) Abbreviation of Inscription of Darius at Bisutun.
- (rail transport) Initialism of Deutsche Bahn (German Railways). Previously used by its predecessor, Deutsche Bundesbahn.
noun
- (databases) An instruction to the database engine as to how a query should be executed, for example whether to use an index or not.
- A small, barely detectable amount.
- An implicit suggestion that avoids a direct statement.
- A clue.
- (computing) Information in a computer-based font that suggests how the outlines of the font's glyphs should be distorted in order to produce, at specific sizes, a visually appealing pixel-based rendering; an instance of hinting.
- a just detectable amount
- a slight indication
- an indirect suggestion
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a slight but appreciable amount
intj
verb
noun
- (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
- (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
- (operations) Normalized production.
- (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
- the imposition of standards or regulations
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verb
noun
noun
- (databases) Any of various forms of a relational database providing criteria for determining a table's degree of vulnerability to logical inconsistencies and anomalies.
- (musical set theory) A method of naming a chord by the most compact ordering of pitches.
- (game theory) A matrix that represents the possible outcomes of a game
- (mathematics) A standard, canonical way of presenting an object.
noun
- (databases) A reference to a row of data in a table, which moves from row to row as data is retrieved by way of it.
- (computing) An indicator, often a blinking line or bar, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
- (programming) A design pattern in object oriented methodology in which a collection is iterated uniformly.
- A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.
- (graphical user interface) A moving icon or other representation, usually called a pointer, of the position of the pointing device.
- (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions
verb
noun
- (databases) A component of a sharded distributed database.
- (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
- (online gaming) An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- (slang, in the singular or in the plural) A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- The plant chard.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
verb
noun
- (databases) A set of tuples, implemented as a table in a relational database.
- (set theory) A set of ordered tuples.
- The manner in which two things may be associated.
- (mathematics) A statement of equality of two products of generators, used in the presentation of a group.
- (chiefly in the plural) A relationship; the manner in which and tone with which people or states, etc. interact.
- The act of relating a story.
- (set theory) A set of ordered pairs; a binary relation.
- (category theory) A subobject of a product of objects.
- (often collocated: sexual relation, often in the plural) The act of intercourse.
- A member of one's extended family; a relative.
- sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
- (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
- a person related by blood or marriage
- an act of narration
- an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
- (usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
noun
- (databases) Initialism of database analyst.
- Initialism of dibenzylideneacetone.
- Initialism of daily benefit amount.
- (databases) Initialism of database administrator.
- (business) Initialism of doctorate of business administration.
- (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation
phrase
noun
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
- a skillet made of cast iron
- predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
- (sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.
- (cycling) A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.
- (cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
- A bit for turning fasteners with 8-pointed heads.
- (fly fishing, England) A soft-hackle fly.
- (photography) A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.
- (bowls) A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.
- (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
- (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
- (mathematics) A spider graph or spider tree.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
- (cooking, US, UK, chiefly historical and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
- A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.
- (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.
- Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
- (slang) A spindly person.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
verb
noun
- a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
- someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
- One who wanders, who travels aimlessly.
- (colloquial) The wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans.
- Any of various far-migrating nymphalid butterflies of the genus Danaus.
noun
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (political science) The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
- reducing prices back to some earlier level
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noun
adj
- Light in composition, notably low in fat, calories etc. Most commonly used commercially.
- Lightweight
- (British, dialect) few; little
- Informal spelling of light.
- (usually postpositive) Lacking substance or seriousness; watered down.
- (usually postpositive) Abridged or lesser; being a simpler or unpaid version of a product.
- having relatively few calories
verb
noun
- (databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
- The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
- That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
- The state or quality of being or existence.
- A spirit, ghost, or the like.
- (science fiction) An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.
- that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
noun
- (software engineering) Initialism of data access object, a design pattern.
- (cryptocurrencies, Web3) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
- (computing) Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.
- (petrochemistry) Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
- (firearms) Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for revolving cylinder and semi-automatic firearms.
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noun
- (computing, programming) A window or dialogue box.
- Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula.
- (grammar) A grouping of words which maintain grammatical context in different usages; the particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech.
- (fine arts) The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body.
- Constitution; mode of construction, organization, etc.; system.
- (sports, fitness) A specific way of performing a movement.
- The shape or visible structure of a thing or person.
- (crystallography) The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
- Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality.
- An order of doing things, as in religious ritual.
- Regularity, beauty, or elegance.
- A specimen document to be copied or imitated.
- (geometry) A quantic.
- (UK) Past history (in a given area); a habit of doing something.
- (UK, education) A class or year of school pupils.
- (taxonomy) An infraspecific rank.
- (philosophy) The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists.
- A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold.
- The den or home of a hare.
- Characteristics not involving atomic components.
- A blank document or template to be filled in by the user.
- Level of performance.
- a particular mode in which something is manifested
- the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
- a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- a printed document with spaces in which to write
- any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
- alternative names for the body of a human being
- a perceptual structure
- an ability to perform well
- (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary
- a mold for setting concrete
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- a life-size dummy used to display clothes
- a body of students who are taught together
- the visual appearance of something or someone
verb
- (transitive, linguistics) To create (a word) by inflection or derivation.
- (transitive) To give (a shape or visible structure) to a thing or person.
- To mould or model by instruction or discipline.
- To put together or bring into being; assemble.
- (transitive) To constitute, to compose, to make up.
- (intransitive) To take shape.
- (electricity, historical, transitive) To treat (plates) to prepare them for introduction into a storage battery, causing one plate to be composed more or less of spongy lead, and the other of lead peroxide. This was formerly done by repeated slow alternations of the charging current, but later the plates or grids were coated or filled, one with a paste of red lead and the other with litharge, introduced into the cell, and formed by a direct charging current.
- To provide (a hare) with a form.
- (transitive) To assume (a certain shape or visible structure).
- develop into a distinctive entity
- assume a form or shape
- create (as an entity)
- establish or impress firmly in the mind
- to compose or represent
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give shape or form to
noun
- a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
- a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
- (clothing) A piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
- (software, graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- (chemistry) A window-like part of a fume hood which can be moved up and down in order to create a barrier between chemicals and people.
- (clothing) A decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions.
- (sawmilling) The rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; the gate.
- The opening part of a window, usually containing the glass panes; either hinged to the jamb, or sliding up and down as in a sash window.
verb
noun
- (computing) Metadata added to a document or program.
- The process of writing such comment or commentary.
- A comment added to a text.
- A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
- (genetics) Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- the act of adding notes
noun
- (computing, chiefly databases) A lookup table, most often a set of vectors.
- A supply of food or entertainment.
- A flat tray which can be used as a table.
- The board or table-like furniture on which a game is played, such as snooker, billiards, or draughts.
- A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.
- A collection of arithmetic calculations arranged in a table, such as multiplications in a multiplication table.
- A matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns.
- A wide, flat obstacle for a horse to jump over.
- (waitstaff, metonymic) A group of diners at a given table or tables.
- A flat gravestone supported on pillars.
- (metonymic) A booth or display at an event such as an exposition or fair.
- (music) The top of a stringed instrument, particularly a member of the violin family: the side of the instrument against which the strings vibrate.
- The flat topmost facet of a cut diamond.
- (poker, metonymic) The lineup of players at a given table.
- (roleplaying games, metonymic) A group of players meeting regularly to play a campaign.
- (backgammon) One half of a backgammon board, which is divided into the inner and outer table.
- An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.
- A service of Holy Communion.
- (sports) A visual representation of a classification of teams or individuals based on their success over a predetermined period.
- a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
- flat tableland with steep edges
- food or meals in general
- a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
- a company of people assembled at a table for a meal or game
- a set of data arranged in rows and columns
verb
- To put on a table.
- (metonymic) To represent a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display.
- (non-US) To put on the table of a commission or legislative assembly; to propose for formal discussion or consideration, to put on the agenda.
- (poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.
- To tabulate; to put into a table or grid.
- (nautical) To make board hems in the skirts and bottoms of (sails) in order to strengthen them in the part attached to the bolt-rope.
- (chiefly US) To remove from the agenda, to postpone dealing with; to shelve (to indefinitely postpone consideration or discussion of something).
- hold back to a later time
- arrange or enter in tabular form
noun
- A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
- (computing, object-oriented programming) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
- A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, or playing area in a board game or a computer game.
- A wide, open space that is used to grow crops or to hold farm animals, usually enclosed by a fence, hedge or other barrier.
- (baseball) The outfield.
- (usually in the plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
- A section of a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
- An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
- A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
- (vexillology) The background of the flag.
- A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
- (numismatics) The part of a coin left unoccupied by the main device.
- A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; an area of open country.
- (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
- The extent of a given perception.
- (heraldry) The background of the shield.
- (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that associates each point and time with a scalar, vector or tensor quantity.
- (algebra) A non-zero commutative ring in which all non-zero elements are invertible; a simple commutative ring.
- A competitive situation, circumstance in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
- A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
- (electronics, film, animation) Part (usually one half) of a frame in an interlaced signal.
- (metonymic) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
- An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
- An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
- (mathematics) a set of elements such that addition and multiplication are commutative and associative and multiplication is distributive over addition and there are two elements 0 and 1
- the area that is visible (as through an optical instrument)
- a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed
- a region in which active military operations are in progress
- a place where planes take off and land
- (computer science) a set of one or more adjacent characters comprising a unit of information
- somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- extensive tract of level open land
- a piece of land prepared for playing a game
- all of the horses in a particular horse race
- a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
- a particular kind of commercial enterprise
- a geographic region (land or sea) under which something valuable is found
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the space around a radiating body within which its electromagnetic oscillations can exert force on another similar body not in contact with it
- a branch of knowledge
- all the competitors in a particular contest or sporting event
verb
- (transitive) To answer; to address.
- (transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
- (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
- (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.
- (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
- (intransitive, baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- select (a team or individual player) for a game
- play as a fielder
- catch or pick up (balls) in baseball or cricket
- answer adequately or successfully
verb
noun
verb
- (programming) To load data from a database record into an object's variables
- (transitive) To take up, consume or become linked to water.
- (slang) To drink water.
- supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance
- cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to
- become hydrated and combine with water
noun
verb
noun
- (databases) Ellipsis of skyline operator.
- A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.
- The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
- The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.
- (journalism) A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.
- the outline of objects seen against the sky
- the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet
verb
- (transitive, databases) To perform materialization; to save the results of a database query as a temporary table or materialized view.
- (transitive) To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
- (intransitive) To take physical form, to appear seemingly from nowhere.
- (transitive) To regard as matter; to consider or explain by the laws or principles which are appropriate to matter.
- (intransitive) To become real (of a plan, idea, etc.); to come to fruition.
- come into being; become reality
verb
- (databases, transitive) To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
- (transitive) To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
- (media) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
- (intransitive) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
- (transitive) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
- (media) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To be diligent and penurious
- clean with hard rubbing
- postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
- wash thoroughly
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noun
- (countable, sports, slang) One not on the first team of players; a substitute.
- An instance of scrubbing.
- (countable, US, stock breeding) One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.
- One who scrubs.
- (uncountable) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.
- A cancellation.
- An exfoliant for the body.
- (countable, slang, derogatory) One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.
- (countable, online gaming, slang, derogatory) A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.
- A worn-out brush.
- That which scrubs.
- (countable, derogatory) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.
- (uncountable) Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.
- (by extension, in the plural) Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).
- (medicine, in the plural) Clothing worn while performing surgery.
- dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
verb
- (transitive) To have indexed and have information about within one's database.
- (transitive, philosophy) To maintain (a belief, a position) subject to a given philosophical definition of knowledge; to hold a justified true belief.
- To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
- (transitive) To experience.
- (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
- (transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
- (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
- (intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
- (transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
- (transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).
- (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.
- (transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.
- know how to do or perform something
- be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
- perceive as familiar
- know the nature or character of
- accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority
- have sexual intercourse with
- have fixed in the mind
- have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
- be able to distinguish, recognize as being different
- be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object
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