Vehicle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Vehicle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Vehicle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vehicle n a conveyance that transports people or objects a medium for the expression or achievement of something; "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"; "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents" any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another Synonym(s): fomite, vehicle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehicle \Ve"hicle\, n. [L. vehiculum, fr. vehere to carry; akin to E. way, wain. See {Way}, n., and cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Veil}, {Vex}.] 1. That in or on which any person or thing is, or may be, carried, as a coach, carriage, wagon, cart, car, sleigh, bicycle, etc.; a means of conveyance; specifically, a means of conveyance upon land. 2. That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle* of energy. A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly. --Wirt. 3. (Pharm.) A substance in which medicine is taken. 4. (Paint.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it. Note: Water is used in fresco and in water-color painting, the colors being consolidated with gum arabic; size is used in distemper painting. In oil painting, the fixed oils of linseed, nut, and poppy, are used; in encaustic, wax is the vehicle. --Fairholt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vehicle \Ve"hi*cle\, n. (Chem.) A liquid used to spread sensitive salts upon glass and paper for use in photography.