English words for '(mathematics) Any function whose values are points'
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noun
- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
adj
- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- of or relating to the mental faculties
verb
- (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
- (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
- (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- estimate the value of something based on known values
noun
- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- (Internet slang, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
- A particular point of time; an instant.
- (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- A particular point of space; a spot.
- (colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- at this time
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
- having important effects or influence
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
noun
- (mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (topology) A topological space which represents some graph (ordered pair of sets) and which is constructed by representing the vertices as points and the edges as copies of the real interval [0,1] (where, for any given edge, 0 and 1 are identified with the points representing the two vertices) and equipping the result with a particular topology called the graph topology.
- (category theory, of a morphism f) A morphism Γ_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to Γ_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to Γ_f is equal to f.
- (graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (applied mathematics, statistics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.
- (linguistics, typography) A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
- a visual display of information
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes
verb
adj
- (chiefly mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points.
- (linguistics) Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.
- (nonstandard, Euro-English) Periodic; occasional.
- Of an event, happening at the appointed time.
- Of a person, acting at the appointed time.
- acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
noun
- (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- (informal) A very enjoyable time.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus.
- (slang, countable, uncountable, singular only) One thousand US dollars.
- A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
- (sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
- A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
- A formal dance.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- (in the plural) Courage.
- (mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (in the plural) Nonsense.
- (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a ball.
- (originally soccer, countable) a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
- (uncountable) Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- an object with a spherical shape
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- a spherical object used as a plaything
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- a compact mass
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
intj
- (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
- (sports) An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
verb
- (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
- (transitive, intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (slang) To play basketball.
- (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
- (African-American Vernacular) To spend money extravagantly.
- (intransitive) To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route).
- (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
- (transitive) Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat.
- form into a ball by winding or rolling
- to live very well
noun
- (mathematical analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
- (mathematics, probability theory) A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
- (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
noun
verb
noun
- (mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind
- (topology, formally) An ordered pair (X, τ), where X is a set and τ, called the topology, is a collection of subsets of X which satisfies certain axioms and whose elements are called the open sets (or alternatively, for a different set of axioms, the closed sets);
noun
- (of a finite set of points) the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of a given finite set of points.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) An analogue of the centre of gravity of a nonuniform body in which local density is replaced by a specified function (which can take negative values) and the place of the body's shape is taken by the function's domain.
- (statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.
- (graph theory, of a tree) Given a tree of n nodes, either (1) a unique node whose removal would split the tree into subtrees of fewer than n/2 nodes, or (2) either of a pair of adjacent nodes such that removal of the edge connecting them would split the tree into two subtrees of exactly n/2 nodes.
- (geometry, specifically, of a triangle) The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of the three vertices.
- (geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
- the center of mass of an object of uniform density
noun
- (mathematics, sciences) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
- (editing, content analysis) That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
- (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
- (music) The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
- (computing) The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
- (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
noun
- (geometry) The figure (a generalised circle) definable as the locus of points P such that, for given points A, B and C, =/(\frac).
- (geometry) Any of eight circles (including degenerate cases) that, for a given set of three circles, solve the problem of Apollonius (i.e., intersect each circle tangentially).
noun
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
verb
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
noun
- (mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
- expansiveness
- a friendly open trait of a talkative person
- the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
- a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
adj
- (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
- producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny
- of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
- (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element
- (genetics) regulated by a single gene
- of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
noun
noun
- (mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.
- A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
- (thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
noun
- (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
- (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- (genetics) A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.
- the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
noun
- (mathematics) A point in a convex set which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points in the set.
- (mathematics) The maximum or minimum of a function.
- (mathematics) A leaf vertex of a tree data structure.
- A point that is physically located farthest in the direction of the edge of something.
- A standpoint that goes farthest in some dimension or on some criterion.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
noun
- (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- A gap; an empty place.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- (countable, figuratively) A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- The distance between objects.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries; (architecture) such a space inside or outside a building, often with a specified use.
- a blank area
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the interval between two times
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
verb
- (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
- (transitive, science fiction) To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
- To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
- place at intervals
noun
verb
- (transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
- (transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
- (intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
- (transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.
- (intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
- Senses relating to a change of position.
- (transitive, music) To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
- change from one form or medium into another
- bring to a certain spiritual state
- change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
- make sense of a language
- determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
- express, as in simple and less technical language
- be equivalent in effect
- be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
- restate (words) from one language into another language
noun
- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- Initialism of custodial parent.
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name
adj
- (geometry) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- Relating to gender.
- Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- (pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- Relating to genre.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (computing) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (grammar, nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
- Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
- relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
- applicable to an entire class or group
- (of drugs) not protected by trademark
noun
- (toponymy) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
- A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
- A product sold under a generic name.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- any product that can be sold without a brand name
- wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as ‘vin rouge’, ‘vino rosso’, ‘rotwein’, ‘red wine’, etc.), or by general class (as ‘vin ordinaire’, ‘vin de table’, ‘vino da tavola’, ‘tafelwein’, ‘table wine’, etc.)
noun
- (computing) The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.
- One who expounds, represents or advocates.
- (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
- (linguistics) A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
noun
- (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
- (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
- (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
- (computing) Synonym of autocomplete.
- (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
- The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
- a concluding action
- (American football) a successful forward pass in football
noun
- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
verb
- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
- (transitive) To move around the general vicinity of something.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- (transitive) To move in a circle.
- move in an orbit
noun
- (mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
- (geology) A conchoidal fracture in rock.
- Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
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- (mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
- Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
- (mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
- (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
- (logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily by definition; tautologous.
- Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
- (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected function words within sentences to indicate meaning.
- Having the ability to analyse.
- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole — intellectual or substantial — into its elemental parts or basic principles)
- using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
- expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
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- (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
- (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
- (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
- An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
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- a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
- a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
- a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
- (mathematics) A metric tensor.
- Abbreviation of metric system.
- A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
- (mathematical analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.
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- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
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- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
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- (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
- A long, thin piece of metal or wood.
- (mechanics) A ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that meshes with a corresponding groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between the pieces; either the ridge or the groove, as part of a set of both (splines); the whole set of ridges and grooves.
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
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- (mathematics) The set of values (points) which a function can obtain.
- The distance a vehicle (e.g., a car, bicycle, lorry, or aircraft) can travel without refueling.
- A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
- (US, historical) In the public land system, a row or line of townships lying between two succession meridian lines six miles apart.
- An area for practicing shooting at targets.
- The maximum distance or reach of capability (of a weapon, radio, detector, etc.).
- (programming) A sequential list of values specified by an iterator.
- (sports, baseball) The defensive area that a player can cover.
- An area for military training or equipment testing.
- (statistics) The length of the smallest interval which contains all the data in a sample; the difference between the largest and smallest observations in the sample.
- An aggregate of individuals in one rank or degree; an order; a class.
- (ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.
- The distance from a person or sensor to an object, target, emanation, or event.
- (music) The scale of all the tones a voice or an instrument can produce.
- A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many burners (hotplates).
- The extent or space taken in by anything excursive; compass or extent of excursion; reach; scope.
- Selection, array.
- An area of open, often unfenced, grazing land.
- A wandering or roving; a going to and fro; an excursion; a ramble; an expedition.
- The variety of roles that an actor can play in a satisfactory way.
- the limit of capability
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a series of hills or mountains
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
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- (transitive) To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order.
- (transitive) To place among others in a line, row, or order, as in the ranks of an army; usually, reflexively and figuratively, to espouse a cause, to join a party, etc.
- (transitive) To rove over or through.
- (biology) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.
- (military, of artillery) To determine the range to a target.
- (intransitive) To be placed in order; to be ranked; to admit of arrangement or classification; to rank.
- (intransitive) To form a line or a row.
- (transitive) To bring (something) into a specified position or relationship (especially, of opposition) with something else.
- (intransitive) To travel over (an area, etc); to roam, wander.
- (baseball) Of a player, to travel a significant distance for a defensive play.
- (intransitive) Of a variable, to be able to take any of the values in a specified range.
- (transitive) To classify.
- To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- let eat
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- assign a rank or rating to
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
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- (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.
- (Internet slang, frequently derogatory, usually preceded by a noun) An embarrassing event, supposed to be characteristic of some person, group, or situation.
- (physics, mechanics) Ellipsis of moment of force.
- (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
- (figurative) Weight or importance.
- (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
- A particular point of time; an instant.
- (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
- A brief, unspecified amount of time.
- A particular point of space; a spot.
- (colloquial, Internet slang, of a person) The current center of public attention and awe; the most important celebrity in their prime.
- (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
- at this time
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
- having important effects or influence
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
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- (mathematics) A set of points constituting a graphical representation of a real function; (formally) a set of tuples (x_1,x_2,…,x_m,y)∈ R ᵐ⁺¹, where y=f(x_1,x_2,…,x_m) for a given function f: R ᵐ→ R . See also Graph of a function on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (topology) A topological space which represents some graph (ordered pair of sets) and which is constructed by representing the vertices as points and the edges as copies of the real interval [0,1] (where, for any given edge, 0 and 1 are identified with the points representing the two vertices) and equipping the result with a particular topology called the graph topology.
- (category theory, of a morphism f) A morphism Γ_f from the domain of f to the product of the domain and codomain of f, such that the first projection applied to Γ_f equals the identity of the domain, and the second projection applied to Γ_f is equal to f.
- (graph theory) A set of vertices (or nodes) connected together by edges; (formally) an ordered pair of sets (V,E), where the elements of V are called vertices or nodes and E is a set of pairs (called edges) of elements of V. See also Graph (discrete mathematics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (applied mathematics, statistics) A data chart (graphical representation of data) intended to illustrate the relationship between a set (or sets) of numbers (quantities, measurements or indicative numbers) and a reference set, whose elements are indexed to those of the former set(s) and may or may not be numbers.
- (linguistics, typography) A graphical unit on the token-level, the abstracted fundamental shape of a character or letter as distinct from its ductus (realization in a particular typeface or handwriting on the instance-level) and as distinct by a grapheme on the type-level by not fundamentally distinguishing meaning.
- a visual display of information
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities, represented as points, plotted with reference to a set of axes
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- (mathematics) The set of points in a metric space of any number of dimensions lying within a given distance (the radius) of a given point.
- (mathematics) The set of points in a topological space lying within some open set containing a given point.
- A jacketed non-expanding bullet, typically of military origin.
- (informal) A very enjoyable time.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus.
- (slang, countable, uncountable, singular only) One thousand US dollars.
- A competitive event among young African-American and Latin American LGBTQ+ people in which prizes are awarded for drag and similar performances. See ball culture.
- (sports, countable) An object that is the focus of many sports and games, in which it may be thrown, caught, kicked, bounced, rolled, chased, retrieved, hit with an instrument, spun, etc., usually roughly spherical or ovoid but whose size, weight, bounciness, colour, etc. differ according to the game
- A roundish, protuberant portion of some part of the body.
- A formal dance.
- The globe; the earthly sphere.
- (baseball, countable) A pitch that falls outside of the strike zone.
- (in the plural) Courage.
- (mathematics) In 3-dimensional Euclidean space, the volume bounded by a sphere.
- (mildly vulgar, slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- (cricket, countable) A single delivery by the bowler, six of which make up an over.
- (farriery, historical) A large pill, a form in which medicine was given to horses; a bolus.
- (in the plural) Nonsense.
- (anatomy) The front of the bottom of the foot, just behind the toes.
- (printing, historical) A leather-covered cushion, fastened to a handle called a ballstock; formerly used by printers for inking the form, then superseded by the roller.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a ball.
- (originally soccer, countable) a kick (or hit in e.g. field hockey) of the ball towards where one or more teammates is expected to be. (Distinguished from a pass by a longer distance travelled or less specific target point.)
- A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.
- (pinball, countable) An opportunity to launch the pinball into play.
- (uncountable) Any sport or game involving a ball; its play, literally or figuratively.
- A quantity of string, thread, etc., wound into a spherical shape.
- round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- an object with a spherical shape
- a lavish dance requiring formal attire
- a spherical object used as a plaything
- a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
- one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
- a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass
- a compact mass
- a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
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- (Australian rules football) An appeal by the crowd for holding the ball against a tackled player.
- (sports) An exclamation to inform players on an adjacent playing area that a loose ball from another game has entered their playing area; typically implies that play should be paused until the ball has been retrieved.
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- (ambitransitive) To gather balls which cling to the feet or skis, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls.
- (transitive) To form or wind into a ball.
- (transitive, intransitive, US, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse (with).
- (slang) To play basketball.
- (transitive) To punish by affixing a ball and chain.
- (African-American Vernacular) To spend money extravagantly.
- (intransitive) To operate (a vehicle) at high speed (whether balls-out, balls to the wall, or ballin' the jack, each of which comes ultimately from ball via a different route).
- (metalworking) To heat in a furnace and form into balls for rolling.
- (slang, usually in present participle) To be hip or cool.
- (university slang) To reject from a fraternity or sorority. (Ellipsis of blackball).
- (transitive) Of bees: to kill (a wasp) by surrounding it in large numbers so as to raise its body heat.
- form into a ball by winding or rolling
- to live very well
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- (mathematical analysis) A function which is equal to 1 for all points in its domain which belong to a given set, and is equal to 0 for all points in the domain which do not belong to that given set.
- (mathematics, probability theory) A complex function completely defining the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable
- (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters
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- (mathematics) any set of points that satisfy a set of postulates of some kind
- (topology, formally) An ordered pair (X, τ), where X is a set and τ, called the topology, is a collection of subsets of X which satisfies certain axioms and whose elements are called the open sets (or alternatively, for a different set of axioms, the closed sets);
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- (of a finite set of points) the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of a given finite set of points.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) An analogue of the centre of gravity of a nonuniform body in which local density is replaced by a specified function (which can take negative values) and the place of the body's shape is taken by the function's domain.
- (statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.
- (graph theory, of a tree) Given a tree of n nodes, either (1) a unique node whose removal would split the tree into subtrees of fewer than n/2 nodes, or (2) either of a pair of adjacent nodes such that removal of the edge connecting them would split the tree into two subtrees of exactly n/2 nodes.
- (geometry, specifically, of a triangle) The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of the three vertices.
- (geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
- the center of mass of an object of uniform density
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- (mathematics, sciences) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
- (editing, content analysis) That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
- (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
- (music) The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
- (computing) The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
- the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
- a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
- (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
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- (geometry) The figure (a generalised circle) definable as the locus of points P such that, for given points A, B and C, =/(\frac).
- (geometry) Any of eight circles (including degenerate cases) that, for a given set of three circles, solve the problem of Apollonius (i.e., intersect each circle tangentially).
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- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- An accompaniment in music.
- Evidence.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppM
- Financial or other help.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- the financial means whereby one lives
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- documentary validation
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- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.
- (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.
- (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.
- (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:
- (transitive) To help keep from falling.
- (transitive) To play a lesser part in the same production with (a star performer).
- (transitive) To assist or be involved with, but not be responsible for.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.
- (transitive, said of electronic devices, programming languages, etc.) To be designed to provide capacity for; to work or be compatible with (a part, accessory, file type, program, algorithm, etc.).
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- argue or speak in defense of
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be behind; approve of
- support materially or financially
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- (mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
- expansiveness
- a friendly open trait of a talkative person
- the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure
- a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand
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- (mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.
- A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
- (thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.
- a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made
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- (mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
- (chiefly in the plural) A passage in writing, especially in a collection of ancient sacred writings arranged according to a theme.
- A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
- (genetics) A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.
- the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
- the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
- the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
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- (mathematics) A point in a convex set which does not lie in any open line segment joining two points in the set.
- (mathematics) The maximum or minimum of a function.
- (mathematics) A leaf vertex of a tree data structure.
- A point that is physically located farthest in the direction of the edge of something.
- A standpoint that goes farthest in some dimension or on some criterion.
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
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- (geometry) A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates.
- The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
- A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this.
- A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap.
- A gap; an empty place.
- A specific (specified) period of time.
- (music) A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines.
- Anything analogous to a physical space in which one can interact, such as an online chat room.
- (letterpress typography) A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad).
- (countable, figuratively) A field, area, or sphere of activity or endeavour.
- The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.
- The distance between objects.
- An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.
- A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something).
- (countable, mathematics) A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space).
- A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries; (architecture) such a space inside or outside a building, often with a specified use.
- a blank area
- (printing) a block of type without a raised letter; used for spacing between words or sentences
- an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
- the interval between two times
- any location outside the Earth's atmosphere
- the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- an area reserved for some particular purpose
- a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing
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- (intransitive, science fiction) To travel into and through outer space.
- (transitive, science fiction) To kill (someone) by ejection into outer space, usually without a space suit.
- To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.
- (transitive) To set some distance apart.
- To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
- place at intervals
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- (transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.
- (transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.
- (intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.
- (transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.
- (transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.
- (intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.
- Senses relating to a change of position.
- (transitive, music) To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.
- change from one form or medium into another
- bring to a certain spiritual state
- change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
- make sense of a language
- determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
- subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
- express, as in simple and less technical language
- be equivalent in effect
- be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
- restate (words) from one language into another language
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- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- Initialism of custodial parent.
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- (computing) The part of a floating-point number that represents its exponent value.
- One who expounds, represents or advocates.
- (mathematics) The number by which a value (called the base) is said to be raised to a power in exponentiation: for example, the 3 in 2³=8.
- (linguistics) A phonological manifestation of a morphosyntactic property; in layman's terms, the expression of one or more grammatical properties by sound.
- a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
- someone who expounds and interprets or explains
- a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
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- (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
- (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
- (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
- (computing) Synonym of autocomplete.
- (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
- The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
- a concluding action
- (American football) a successful forward pass in football
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- (mathematics) A collection of points related by the evolution function of a dynamical system.
- (anatomy) The bony cavity in the skull of a vertebrate containing the eyeball.
- (zoology) The area around the eye of a bird or other animal.
- (geometry, group theory) The subset of elements of a set X to which a given element can be moved by members of a specified group of transformations that act on X.
- (uncountable) The state of moving in an orbit.
- (informal) A state of increased excitement, activity, or anger.
- (physics) The path of an electron around an atomic nucleus.
- (figurative) A sphere of influence; an area or extent of activity, interest, or control.
- One complete circuit round an orbited body.
- (pinball) A path for the ball on the outer edge of the playfield, usually connected so that the ball entering in one end will come out of the other.
- (poker, Texas hold 'em) The number of hands such that each player at the table has posted the big blind once.
- (astronomy) An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
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- (transitive, dating) To continue to follow or engage with someone by means of social media after breaking up with them.
- (transitive) To move around the general vicinity of something.
- (transitive) To center (around).
- (transitive) To place an object (e.g. a satellite) into an orbit around a planet.
- (astronomy, transitive) To circle or revolve around another object or position.
- (transitive) To move in a circle.
- move in an orbit
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- (mathematics, geometry) Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
- (geology) A conchoidal fracture in rock.
- Any of a family of curves defined as the locus of points p, such that each p is on a line that passes through a given fixed point P and intersects a given curve, C, and the distance from p to the point of intersection with C is a specified constant (note that for nontrivial cases two such points p satisfy the criteria, and the resultant curve has two parts).
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- (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values
- (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations
- (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
- An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
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- a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them
- a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic
- a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
- (mathematics) A metric tensor.
- Abbreviation of metric system.
- A measure for something; a means of deriving a quantitative measurement or approximation for otherwise qualitative phenomena (especially used in engineering).
- (mathematical analysis) A function which satisfies a particular set of formal conditions, created to generalize the notion of the distance between two points. Formally, a real-valued function d on M×M, where M is a set, is called a metric if (1) d(x,y)=0 if and only if x=y, (2) d(x,y)=d(y,x) for all pairs (x,y), and (3) d obeys the triangle inequality.
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- (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
- A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
- (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
- (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
- (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
- (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
- (geometry) A point on a triangle's plane that is in some sense in its middle.
- The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
- The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
- (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
- (Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
- (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
- (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
- A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
- (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
- (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
- The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
- (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
- (algebra, group theory, ring theory) The set of those elements (of a given algebraic structure) that commute with every other element, usually denoted Z(G). In the case of (semi-)groups, it is required that they commute under the (semi-)group operation; in the case of rings and (Lie) algebras, under multiplication (i.e. the bracket for Lie algebras)
- (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated
- the middle of a military or naval formation
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- a building dedicated to a particular activity
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
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- (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
- (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
- (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
- (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
- (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
- direct one's attention on something
- center upon
- move into the center
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- (mathematics, computing) Any of a number of smooth curves used to join points.
- A flexible strip of metal or other material, that may be bent into a curve and used in a similar manner to a ruler to draw smooth curves between points.
- (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
- A long, thin piece of metal or wood.
- (mechanics) A ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that meshes with a corresponding groove in a mating piece and transfers torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between the pieces; either the ridge or the groove, as part of a set of both (splines); the whole set of ridges and grooves.
- A rectangular piece that fits grooves like key seats in a hub and a shaft, so that while the one may slide endwise on the other, both must revolve together.
- a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
- a thin strip (wood or metal)
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- (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
- (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
- (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- estimate the value of something based on known values
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- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- of or relating to the mental faculties
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- (chiefly mathematics) Existing as a point or series of points.
- (linguistics) Expressing a momentary action that has no duration.
- (nonstandard, Euro-English) Periodic; occasional.
- Of an event, happening at the appointed time.
- Of a person, acting at the appointed time.
- acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed
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- (mathematics, of a function) having a single derivative at a point
- producing offspring of only one sex, exhibiting monogeny
- of or relating to monogenesis or to monogenism
- (mathematics, of a semigroup) generated by a set containing only a single element
- (genetics) regulated by a single gene
- of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by a single pair of genes
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- (geometry) Of a point, having coordinates that are algebraically independent over the base field.
- Relating to gender.
- Very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances.
- (pharmacology) Of a product or drug, not having a brand name; nonproprietary in design or contents; fungible with the rest of its class.
- Relating to genre.
- Lacking in precision, often in an evasive fashion; vague; imprecise.
- (computing) Of a procedure, written so as to operate on any data type, the type required being passed as a parameter.
- (grammar, nonstandard) Specifying neither masculine nor feminine; epicene; unisex.
- Having no distinguishing characteristics; unoriginal.
- (taxonomy) Pertaining to genera of life instead of particular species thereof.
- relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus
- applicable to an entire class or group
- (of drugs) not protected by trademark
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- (toponymy) The part of a toponym that identifies the feature's type.
- A wine that is a combination of several wines, or made from a combination of several grape varieties.
- A product sold under a generic name.
- (grammar) A term that specifies neither male nor female.
- any product that can be sold without a brand name
- wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as ‘vin rouge’, ‘vino rosso’, ‘rotwein’, ‘red wine’, etc.), or by general class (as ‘vin ordinaire’, ‘vin de table’, ‘vino da tavola’, ‘tafelwein’, ‘table wine’, etc.)
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- (mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
- Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
- (mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
- (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
- (logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily by definition; tautologous.
- Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
- (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected function words within sentences to indicate meaning.
- Having the ability to analyse.
- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole — intellectual or substantial — into its elemental parts or basic principles)
- using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
- expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience