Delirium : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Delirium	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Delirium
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
delirium n state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria] a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Delirium \Delir"ium\, n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.] 1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness. 2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness. The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. --W. Irving. The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). --Morley. {Delirium tremens}. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Delirium An embedding coordinate language for parallel programming, implemented on {Sequent Symmetry}, {Cray}, {BBN Butterfly}. ["Parallel Programming with Coordination Structures", S. Lucco et al, 18th POPL, pp.197-208 (1991)].