English Dictionary: lax | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for lax | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lax \Lax\, n. A looseness; diarrhea. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. {Laxer}; superl. {Laxest}.] [L. laxus Cf. {Laches}, {Languish}, {Lease}, v. t., {Leash}.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. --Ray. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. --Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. --J. A. Symonds. The word [bd][91]ternus[b8] itself is sometimes of a lax signification. --Jortin. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
LAX LAnguage eXample. A {toy language} used to illustrate {compiler} design. ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984]. (1994-12-07) |