English words for 'Within a particle'
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noun
adj
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
- (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
noun
- The particles themselves.
- (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- (radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
- A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
- the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
noun
- (particle physics) An interaction point.
- The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
- The highest point, top or apex of something.
- (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
- (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- (typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
- (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
- the highest point (of something)
- the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
verb
- With to as particle:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.
- To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.
- To consult for advice or help.
- To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself; to focus; to get one's head down.
- (intransitive) To become.
- (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become.
- speak to
noun
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
adj
noun
- a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.
verb
noun
- A small, hard particle.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; porn
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- something sentimental or trite
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
verb
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
- preserve with large-grained rock salt
- feed (cattle) with corn
noun
- (particle physics) A composite of two or more particles that behaves as a single particle.
- (grammar) In Berber languages, a marked form of a noun, varying in usage cases per specific language but chiefly characterized by its being used for untopicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO.
noun
- Initialism of stable massive particle.
- Initialism of single member plurality.
- (computing) Initialism of symmetric multiprocessing.
- (gaming, Minecraft) Initialism of survival multiplayer.
- Initialism of statement of monetary policy.
- Initialism of system modification program.
- (British) Initialism of statutory maternity pay (“payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy”).
- Initialism of stable marriage problem or stable matching problem.
- (computing) Initialism of support and maintenance package.
- (cryptography) Initialism of socialist millionaire problem.
- Initialism of surface-mount package.
- Initialism of scalp micropigmentation.
- Initialism of system marginal price (“the marginal electricity price in a power system optimization”).
- Initialism of shape-memory polymer.
- Initialism of signal message processor.
- Initialism of slow-moving proteinase.
- Initialism of silyl modified polymer.
name
- Initialism of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan.
- Initialism of Simulation Model Portability.
- Initialism of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation.
- Initialism of Standard Motor Products.
- Initialism of Send More Paramedics.
- (computing) Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF.
- Initialism of School Mathematics Project.
- Initialism of Shanghai Municipal Police.
- Initialism of Shannonville Motorsport Park.
- Initialism of Sounds of Mass Production or Synthesia Murder Program.
- Initialism of Saw Mill Parkway.
- (computing) Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (“a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica”).
- Initialism of Serial Management Protocol.
- Initialism of Scale Model Products.
- Initialism of Super Mario Party.
- Initialism of SOTA Mapping Project.
noun
adj
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- raise
adj
- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
- (law) Not belonging to one.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
- not known before
noun
noun
- (particle physics) A top quark.
- (military) The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company level.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
- (golf, billiards, racquet sports) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- (ropemaking) A plug or conical block of wood with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- Ellipsis of topswarm.
- (irrespective of present orientation) The part of something that is usually highest or uppermost.
- (loosely, by extension) A dominant partner in a sexual relationship.
- A lid, cap, or cover of a container.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- (LGBTQ slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- (golf, billiards, racquet sports) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin.
- (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE) Fellatio; a blowjob.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere.
- (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- (finance) A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend.
- (Philippines, usually in the plural) a shoot (eaten as a vegetable).
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.
- (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
- a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
- a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- the greatest possible intensity
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
- the upper part of anything
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
adj
adv
verb
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- To exceed in height.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- (British, Australia, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.
- (LGBTQ slang, transitive, intransitive) To penetrate during sexual intercourse.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- be superior or better than some standard
- be the culminating event
- reach or ascend the top of
- finish up or conclude
- cut the top off
- provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
- be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
- be ahead of others; be the first
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
adj
verb
noun
noun
- (particle physics) A fundamental force.
- A mighty natural force which is beyond human control, notably if potentially catastrophic, such as the elements (e.g. storms and extreme temperatures) or geological (e.g. seismic and volcanic) activity.
- (figuratively) A thing or person that exhibits qualities which appear to be beyond outside control and which have consequential effects.
noun
- (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings
- (physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.
noun
- (figuratively, particle physics) A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters.
- (figuratively, metonymic) A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.
- (figuratively) A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.
- (motor racing, slang) The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.
- A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.
- soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
- a confusing assortment
adj
- (physics, of a particle) Having any mass.
- (mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
- (colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
- (general) Very large in size or extent.
- Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.
- (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
- (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
- (geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.
- (colloquial, informal, Ireland) Outstanding, beautiful.
- imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
- imposing in size or bulk or solidity
- consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
- being the same substance throughout
noun
noun
- (particle physics) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.
- (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.
- an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
- (mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.
verb
noun
- A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
- A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.
- either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
noun
adj
- (physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to a physical or chemical state that is relatively long-lived, but may decay to a lower energy state when slightly perturbed or through a quantum transition.
- (of physical systems) continuing in its present state of equilibrium unless sufficiently disturbed to pass to a more stable state of equilibrium
noun
- The particles themselves.
- (rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- (radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
- A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- (rare) The person who declines such an offer.
- the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
- any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
noun
- (particle physics) An interaction point.
- The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
- The highest point, top or apex of something.
- (graph theory) One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
- (anatomy) The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
- (astrology) The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
- (computer graphics) A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
- (optics) The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
- (typography) A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
- (mathematics) A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
- The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
- the highest point (of something)
- the point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure
noun
- (physics) Any of several functions that describe the unknown internal state of a particle.
- (physics) The ratio of the RMS value to the absolute mean of a sinusoidal wave (especially to that of an alternating current).
- (crystallography) A function that describes the scattering power of an atom as function of the scattering angle.
- (engineering, design, commerce) The geometry of an object, especially in engineering design; configuration.
- (mechanics) A factor describing the stress distribution of a body.
- (physics) The emissivity of a material.
noun
- A small, hard particle.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang, firearms, uncountable) Bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms.
- (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- (US, Canada) Something (e.g., acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- (Internet, euphemistic) pornography; porn
- (Jamaica, slang, uncountable) Money.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- (veterinary medicine) Skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- (veterinary medicine) An inflammatory disease of a horse's hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- (uncountable) A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
- the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
- ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
- a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
- whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn
- something sentimental or trite
- (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region — wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
verb
- (US, Canada) To preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef.
- (US, Canada) To provide (an animal) with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed.
- (US, Canada) To granulate; to form (a substance) into grains.
- (Jamaica, MLE, slang) To shoot up with bullets as by a shotgun (corn).
- preserve with large-grained rock salt
- feed (cattle) with corn
noun
- (particle physics) A composite of two or more particles that behaves as a single particle.
- (grammar) In Berber languages, a marked form of a noun, varying in usage cases per specific language but chiefly characterized by its being used for untopicalized subjects of sentences – default word order being VSO.
noun
- Initialism of stable massive particle.
- Initialism of single member plurality.
- (computing) Initialism of symmetric multiprocessing.
- (gaming, Minecraft) Initialism of survival multiplayer.
- Initialism of statement of monetary policy.
- Initialism of system modification program.
- (British) Initialism of statutory maternity pay (“payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy”).
- Initialism of stable marriage problem or stable matching problem.
- (computing) Initialism of support and maintenance package.
- (cryptography) Initialism of socialist millionaire problem.
- Initialism of surface-mount package.
- Initialism of scalp micropigmentation.
- Initialism of system marginal price (“the marginal electricity price in a power system optimization”).
- Initialism of shape-memory polymer.
- Initialism of signal message processor.
- Initialism of slow-moving proteinase.
- Initialism of silyl modified polymer.
name
- Initialism of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan.
- Initialism of Simulation Model Portability.
- Initialism of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation.
- Initialism of Standard Motor Products.
- Initialism of Send More Paramedics.
- (computing) Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF.
- Initialism of School Mathematics Project.
- Initialism of Shanghai Municipal Police.
- Initialism of Shannonville Motorsport Park.
- Initialism of Sounds of Mass Production or Synthesia Murder Program.
- Initialism of Saw Mill Parkway.
- (computing) Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (“a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica”).
- Initialism of Serial Management Protocol.
- Initialism of Scale Model Products.
- Initialism of Super Mario Party.
- Initialism of SOTA Mapping Project.
noun
adj
- (US, bartending) Chilled and served without ice; (often specifically) shaken with ice and then strained into a coupe for serving, leaving the ice behind.
- Awake and out of bed.
- (horse-racing) Riding the horse; mounted.
- (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.
- (computing) Functional; working.
- (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Next in a sequence.
- Facing upwards.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- (poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Raised; lifted.
- Aloft.
- (slang, graffiti) well-known; renowned
- In a good mood.
- (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.
- Well-informed; current.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Built, constructed.
- (slang) Erect.
- On or at a physically higher level.
- (predicative only) Finished, to an end
- (by extension) Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- (predicative only) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Standing; upright.
- out of bed
- (used of computers) operating properly
- extending or moving toward a higher place
- open
- getting higher or more vigorous
- being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
- used up
- (usually followed by ‘on’ or ‘for’) in readiness
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- (cricket) Relatively close to the batsman.
- (figuratively) To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- (rail transport) Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- To one's possession or consideration.
- To the north (as north is at the top of typical maps).
- To an upright or erect position.
- (sailing) Against the wind or current.
- (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.
- Towards the source of a river, against the direction of flow.
- To or towards what is considered the top of something, irrespective of whether this is presently physically higher.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- From one's possession or consideration.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- (US, bartending) Without additional ice.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- to a more central or a more northerly place
- spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
- to a higher intensity
- to a later time
- nearer to the speaker
prep
- (vulgar slang) Of a person: having sex with.
- Toward the top of.
- From south to north of.
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- (colloquial) At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
verb
- (computing, slang, transitive) To upload.
- (transitive, colloquial) To promote.
- (intransitive, often in combination with another verb) To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
- (transitive, colloquial) To increase the level or amount of.
- (transitive, poetic or in certain phrases) To physically raise or lift.
- raise
noun
- (particle physics) A top quark.
- (military) The First Sergeant or Master Sergeant (U.S. Marine Corps), senior enlisted man at company level.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A child's spinning toy; a spinning top.
- (golf, billiards, racquet sports) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- (ropemaking) A plug or conical block of wood with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- Ellipsis of topswarm.
- (irrespective of present orientation) The part of something that is usually highest or uppermost.
- (loosely, by extension) A dominant partner in a sexual relationship.
- A lid, cap, or cover of a container.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- (LGBTQ slang) A person who penetrates or has a preference for penetrating during intercourse.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- (golf, billiards, racquet sports) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin.
- (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- (slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular, MLE, MTE) Fellatio; a blowjob.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere.
- (wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- (finance) A peak price of a security during a trading period, before it begins a downward trend.
- (Philippines, usually in the plural) a shoot (eaten as a vegetable).
- (BDSM) A dominant partner in a sadomasochistic relationship or roleplay.
- (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
- a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
- a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
- a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
- the greatest possible intensity
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
- platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
- the upper part of anything
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
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- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
- (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- To exceed in height.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- (British, Australia, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.
- (LGBTQ slang, transitive, intransitive) To penetrate during sexual intercourse.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- be superior or better than some standard
- be the culminating event
- reach or ascend the top of
- finish up or conclude
- cut the top off
- provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
- be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
- be ahead of others; be the first
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
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- (particle physics) A fundamental force.
- A mighty natural force which is beyond human control, notably if potentially catastrophic, such as the elements (e.g. storms and extreme temperatures) or geological (e.g. seismic and volcanic) activity.
- (figuratively) A thing or person that exhibits qualities which appear to be beyond outside control and which have consequential effects.
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- (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings
- (physics) A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time.
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- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
- (law) Not belonging to one.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
- not known before
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- (figuratively, particle physics) A physical state in which there is a miscellany of different particles, often designated by letters.
- (figuratively, metonymic) A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.
- (figuratively) A cryptic overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.
- (motor racing, slang) The series of preliminary races (denoted by letters) through which drivers must advance to the main event.
- A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.
- soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
- a confusing assortment
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- (particle physics) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.
- (literary) The fictional creature of Lewis Carroll's poem, used allusively to refer to fruitless quest or search.
- an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm.
- (mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.
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- A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.
- A protoplasmic animal cell; especially, such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are embedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles.
- either of two types of cells (erythrocytes and leukocytes) and sometimes including platelets
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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- With to as particle:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, to.
- To start to do or to use something in an attempt to deal with a difficult and unpleasant situation.
- To consult for advice or help.
- To direct one's attention or efforts toward something.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself; to focus; to get one's head down.
- (intransitive) To become.
- (transitive) To cause (something or someone) to become.
- speak to
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- a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any solid or liquid in a subdivided state, especially one that exhibits special characteristics which are negligible in the bulk material.
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- (particle physics) Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
- Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
- (law) Not belonging to one.
- (mathematics) Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
- (slang, of sex, genitals, etc) Outside of one's current relationship; unfamiliar.
- relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
- not known before
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- (physics, of a particle) Having any mass.
- (mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.
- (colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.
- (general) Very large in size or extent.
- Substantial in mass; bulky, heavy and solid.
- (medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.
- (informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.
- (geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.
- (colloquial, informal, Ireland) Outstanding, beautiful.
- imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
- imposing in size or bulk or solidity
- consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
- being the same substance throughout