SOAR : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: SOAR	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for SOAR
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
soar n the act of rising upward into the air Synonym(s): soar, zoom v rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] fly by means of a hang glider Synonym(s): hang glide, soar fly upwards or high in the sky go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease- fire was announced" fly a plane without an engine Synonym(s): sailplane, soar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soar \Soar\, v. i. (A[89]ronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. [?][?][?][?][?].] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. --Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. --Byron. 2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton. Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soar \Soar\, n. The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soar \Soar\, a. See {Sore}, reddish brown. {Soar falcon}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sore falcon}, under {Sore}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soar \Soar\, a. See 3d {Sore}. [Obs.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SOAR 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving {production system} architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in {Lisp} and {OPS5} and is currently implemented in {Common Lisp}. Version: Soar6. E-mail: . ["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993]. (1994-11-04) 2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A {RISC} {microprocessor} designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley. (1994-11-04)