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Catalepsy \Cat"a*lep`sy\, d8Catalepsis \[d8]Cat`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. [?] a seizure, fr. [?] to seize upon; kata` down + [?] to take, seize.] (Med.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues. | |
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d8Catallacta \[d8]Cat`al*lac"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]. See {Catallactics}.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Protozoa, of which {Magosph[91]ra} is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies. | |
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d8Catelectrotonus \[d8]Cat`e*lec*trot"o*nus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] down + [?] (see {Electro-}) + [?] tone.] (Physics) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it. | |
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d8Catholicos \[d8]Ca*thol"i*cos\, n. [NL. See {Catholic}.] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. Note: The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey. | |
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d8Cd2lentera \[d8]C[d2]*len"te*ra\[or] d8Cd2lenterata \[d8]C[d2]*len`te*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hollow + [?] intestines.] (Zo[94]l.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges. | |
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d8Cd2lentera \[d8]C[d2]*len"te*ra\[or] d8Cd2lenterata \[d8]C[d2]*len`te*ra"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] hollow + [?] intestines.] (Zo[94]l.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges. | |
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d8Cd2lia \[d8]C[d2]"li*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a cavity of the body, a ventricle.] (Anat.) A cavity. Note: The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different ventricles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epic[d2]lia, mesoc[d2]lia, metac[d2]lia, proc[d2]lia, etc. --B. G. Wilder. | |
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d8Cd2lum \[d8]C[d2]"lum\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a hollow, neut. of [?] hollow.] (Anat.) See {Body cavity}, under {Body}. | |
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d8Cotillon \[d8]Co`til`lon"\ (k[osl]`t[esl]`y[ocir]N" or k[osl]`t[esl]l`-; 277), Cotillion \Co*til"lion\ (k[osl]*t[icr]l"y[ucr]n), n. [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See {Coat}.] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille. 2. A tune which regulates the dance. 3. A kind of woolen material for women's skirts. | |
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d8Coyotillo \[d8]Co`yo*til"lo\, n. [Mex. Sp. dim. See {Coyote}.] A low rhamnaceous shrub ({Karwinskia humboldtiana}) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote. | |
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d8Cutwal \[d8]Cut"wal\ (k[ucr]t"w[add]l), n. [Per. kotw[amac]l.] The chief police officer of a large city. [East Indies] | |
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d8Cytula \[d8]Cyt"u*la\ (s?t"?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?][?][?][?] a hollow vessel.] (Biol.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. --H[91]ckel. | |
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d8Dactylitis \[d8]Dac`tyl*i"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers. --Gross. | |
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d8Dactylotheca \[d8]Dac`ty*lo*the"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger, toe + [?] case, box.] (Zo[94]l.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. | |
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d8Diastole \[d8]Di*as"to*le\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to put asunder, to separate; dia` through + [?] to set, to place.] 1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction. 2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long. | |
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d8Ecthlipsis \[d8]Ec*thlip"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to squeeze out.] 1. The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel. 2. (Lat. Pros.) The elision of a final m, with the preceding vowel, before a word beginning with a vowel. | |
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d8Estoile \[d8]Es`toile"\, n. [OF.] (Her.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet. [Written also {[82]toile}.] {Estoile of eight points}, a star which has four straight and four wavy rays. {Estoile of four points}. Same as Cross estoil[82], under {Cross}. | |
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d8Haustellata \[d8]Haus`tel*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. haustellum, fr. L. haurire, haustum, to draw water, to swallow. See {Exhaust}.] (Zo[94]l.) An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis. | |
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d8Haustellum \[d8]Haus*tel"lum\, n.; pl. {Haustella}. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) The sucking proboscis of various insects. See {Lepidoptera}, and {Diptera}. | |
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d8Histolysis \[d8]His*tol"y*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "isto`s tissue + [?] to loosen, dissolve.] (Biol.) The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood. | |
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d8Keitloa \[d8]Keit*lo"a\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros ({Atelodus keitloa}). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer. | |
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d8Osteolysis \[d8]Os`te*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL. osteo- + Gr. [?] a loosing.] Softening and absorption of bone. -- {Os`te*o*lyt"ic}, a. | |
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d8Quodlibet \[d8]Quod"li*bet\, n. [L., what you please.] 1. A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point. These are your quodlibets, but no learning. --P. Fletcher. 2. (Mus.) A medley improvised by several performers. | |
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d8Scutella \[d8]Scu*tel"la\, n. pl. See {Scutellum}. | |
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d8Scutella \[d8]Scu*tel"la\, n.; pl. {Scutelle}. [NL., fem. dim. of L. scutum.] (Zo[94]l.) See {Scutellum}, n., 2. | |
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d8Scutellum \[d8]Scu*tel"lum\, n.; pl. {Scutella}. [NL., neut. dim. of L. scutum a shield.] 1. (Bot.) A rounded apothecium having an elevated rim formed of the proper thallus, the fructification of certain lichens. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The third of the four pieces forming the upper part of a thoracic segment of an insect. It follows the scutum, and is followed by the small postscutellum; a scutella. See {Thorax}. (b) One of the transverse scales on the tarsi and toes of birds; a scutella. | |
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d8Sedilia \[d8]Se*dil"i*a\, n. pl.; sing. {Sedile}. [L. sedile a seat.] (Arch.) Seats in the chancel of a church near the altar for the officiating clergy during intervals of service. --Hook. | |
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d8Setula \[d8]Set"u*la\, n.; pl. {Setul[91]}. [L. setula, saetula, dim. of seta, saeta, bristle.] A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta. | |
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d8Stalactites \[d8]Stal`ac*ti"tes\, n. [NL.] A stalactite. [Obs.] --Woodward. | |
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d8Stela \[d8]Ste"la\, n.; pl. {Stel[91]}. [L., from Gr. [?] a post, an upright stone.] (Gr. Antiq.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc. | |
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d8Stele \[d8]Ste"le\, n. [NL.] Same as {Stela}. One of these steles, containing the Greek version of the ordinance, has recently been discovered. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet). | |
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d8Stellerida \[d8]Stel*ler"i*da\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[94]l.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans. | |
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d8Stelmatopoda \[d8]Stel`ma*top"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a block, post + [?], [?], eye + [?], [?], foot.] (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Gymnol[91]mata}. | |
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d8Stola \[d8]Sto"la\, n.; pl. {Stol[91]}. [L. See {Stole} a garment.] (Rom. Antiq.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women who had been divorced from their husbands. --Fairholt. | |
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d8Stylaster \[d8]Sty*las"ter\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] pillar + [?] star.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus {Stylaster}. | |
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d8Stylommata \[d8]Sty*lom"ma*ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a pillar + [?], [?], the eye.] Same as {Stylommatophora}. | |
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d8Stylommatophora \[d8]Sty*lom`ma*toph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] column + [?] eye + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and slugs. See Illust. under {Snail}. | |
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d8Stylopodium \[d8]Sty`lo*po"di*um\, n.; pl. {Stylopodia}. [NL. See {Style}, and {Podium}.] (Bot.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants. | |
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d8Stylops \[d8]Sty"lops\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a pillar + [?], [?], the eye.] (Zo[94]l.) A genus of minute insects parasitic, in their larval state, on bees and wasps. It is the typical genus of the group Strepsiptera, formerly considered a distinct order, but now generally referred to the Coleoptera. See {Strepsiptera}. | |
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d8Stylus \[d8]Sty"lus\, n. In a photograph, a pointed piece which is moved by the vibrations given to the diaphragm by a sound, and produces the indented record; also, a pointed piece which follows the indented record, vibrates the diaphragm, and reproduces the sound. | |
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d8Stylus \[d8]Sty"lus\, n. [L. stylus, or better stilus.] An instrument for writing. See {Style}, n., 1. | |
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d8Toccatella \[d8]Toc`ca*tel"la\, d8Toccatina \[d8]Toc`ca*ti"na\, n.] [It.] (Music) A short or simple toccata. | |
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Dactyl \Dac"tyl\, n. [L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. {Digit}.] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables ([f5] [de] [de]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t[89]gm[icr]n[ecr], E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also {dactyle}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. | |
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Dactylar \Dac"tyl*ar\, a. 1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean. | |
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Dactyl \Dac"tyl\, n. [L. dactylus, Gr. da`ktylos a finger, a dactyl. Cf. {Digit}.] 1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables ([f5] [de] [de]), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t[89]gm[icr]n[ecr], E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also {dactyle}.] 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean. | |
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Dactylet \Dac"tyl*et\, n. [Dactyl + [?]et.] A dactyl. [Obs.] | |
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Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. [?], fr. [?].] Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. | |
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Dactylic \Dac*tyl"ic\, n. 1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. 2. pl. Dactylic meters. | |
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Dactylioglyph \Dac*tyl"i*o*glyph\, n. [Gr. [?] an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) + gly`fein to engrave.] (Fine Arts) (a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem. | |
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Dactylioglyphi \Dac*tyl`i*og"ly*phi\, n. The art or process of gem engraving. | |
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Dactyliography \Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -graphy.] (Fine Arts) (a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems. (b) In general, the literature or history of the art. | |
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Dactyliology \Dac*tyl`i*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. dakty`lios finger ring + -logy.] (Fine Arts) (a) That branch of arch[91]ology which has to do with gem engraving. (b) That branch of arch[91]ology which has to do with finger rings. | |
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Dactyliomancy \Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy.] Divination by means of finger rings. | |
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Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See {Wort}, {Yard} inclosure.] 1. A garden. [Obs.] 2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees. {Orchard grass} (Bot.), a tall coarse grass ({Dactylis glomerata}), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. {Orchard house} (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots. {Orchard oriole} (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole ({Icterus spurius}), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole. | |
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Nimble Will, a kind of drop seed. {Muhlenbergia diffsa}. Orchard grass, pasture and hay. {Dactylis glomerata}. Porcupine grass, troublesome to sheep. Northwest. {Stipa spartea}. Quaking grass, ornamental. {Briza media} and {maxima}. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. {Agropyrum repens}. Ray grass. Same as {Rye grass} (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. {Agrostis vulgaris}. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. {Poa tenuifolia}. Reed canary grass, of slight value. {Phalaris arundinacea}. Reed meadow grass, hay. North. {Glyceria aquatica}. Ribbon grass, a striped leaved form of {Reed canary grass}. Rye grass, pasture, hay. {Lolium perenne}, var. Seneca grass, fragrant basket work, etc. North. {Hierochloa borealis}. Sesame grass. Same as {Gama grass} (above). Sheep's fescue, sheep pasture, native in Northern Europe and Asia. {Festuca ovina}. Small reed grass, meadow pasture and hay. North. {Deyeuxia Canadensis}. Spear grass, Same as {Meadow grass} (above). Squirrel-tail grass, troublesome to animals. Seacoast and Northwest. {Hordeum jubatum}. Switch grass, hay, cut young. {Panicum virgatum}. Timothy, cut young, the best of hay. North. {Phleum pratense}. Velvet grass, hay on poor soil. South. {Holcus lanatus}. Vernal grass, pasture, hay, lawn. {Anthoxanthum odoratum}. Wire grass, valuable in pastures. {Poa compressa}. Wood grass, Indian grass, hay. {Chrysopogon nutans}. Note: Many plants are popularly called grasses which are not true grasses botanically considered, such as black grass, goose grass, star grass, etc. {Black grass}, a kind of small rush ({Juncus Gerardi}), growing in salt marshes, used for making salt hay. {Grass of the Andes}, an oat grass, the {Arrhenatherum avenaceum} of Europe. {Grass of Parnassus}, a plant of the genus {Parnassia} growing in wet ground. The European species is {P. palustris}; in the United States there are several species. {Grass bass} (Zo[94]l.), the calico bass. {Grass bird}, the dunlin. {Grass cloth}, a cloth woven from the tough fibers of the grass-cloth plant. {Grass-cloth plant}, a perennial herb of the Nettle family ({B[d2]hmeria nivea [or] Urtica nivea}), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes. {Grass finch}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A common American sparrow ({Po[94]c[91]tes gramineus}); -- called also {vesper sparrow} and {bay-winged bunting}. (b) Any Australian finch, of the genus {Po[89]phila}, of which several species are known. {Grass lamb}, a lamb suckled by a dam running on pasture land and giving rich milk. {Grass land}, land kept in grass and not tilled. {Grass moth} (Zo[94]l.), one of many small moths of the genus {Crambus}, found in grass. {Grass oil}, a fragrant essential volatile oil, obtained in India from grasses of the genus {Andropogon}, etc.; -- used in perfumery under the name of {citronella}, {ginger grass oil}, {lemon grass oil}, {essence of verbena} etc. {Grass owl} (Zo[94]l.), a South African owl ({Strix Capensis}). {Grass parrakeet} (Zo[94]l.), any of several species of Australian parrots, of the genus {Euphemia}; -- also applied to the zebra parrakeet. {Grass plover} (Zo[94]l.), the upland or field plover. {Grass poly} (Bot.), a species of willowwort ({Lythrum Hyssopifolia}). --Johnson. {Crass quit} (Zo[94]l.), one of several tropical American finches of the genus {Euetheia}. The males have most of the head and chest black and often marked with yellow. {Grass snake}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake ({Tropidonotus natrix}). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See {Green snake}, under {Green}. {Grass snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the pectoral sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); -- called also {jacksnipe} in America. {Grass spider} (Zo[94]l.), a common spider ({Agelena n[91]via}), which spins flat webs on grass, conspicuous when covered with dew. {Grass sponge} (Zo[94]l.), an inferior kind of commercial sponge from Florida and the Bahamas. {Grass table}. (Arch.) See {Earth table}, under {Earth}. {Grass vetch} (Bot.), a vetch ({Lathyrus Nissolia}), with narrow grasslike leaves. {Grass widow}. [Cf. Prov. R. an unmarried mother, G. strohwittwe a mock widow, Sw. gr[84]senka a grass widow.] (a) An unmarried woman who is a mother. [Obs.] (b) A woman separated from her husband by abandonment or prolonged absence; a woman living apart from her husband. [Slang.] {Grass wrack} (Bot.) eelgrass. {To bring to grass} (Mining.), to raise, as ore, to the surface of the ground. {To put to grass}, {To put out to grass}, to put out to graze a season, as cattle. | |
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Dactylist \Dac"tyl*ist\, n. A writer of dactylic verse. | |
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Dactylology \Dac`tyl*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. da`ktylos finger + -logy.] The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. Note: There are two different manual alphabets, the one-hand alphabet (which was perfected by Abb[82] de l'Ep[82]e, who died in 1789), and the two-hand alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix. | |
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Dactylomancy \Dac*tyl"o*man`cy\, n. Dactyliomancy. [R.] --Am. Cyc. | |
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Dactylonomy \Dac`tyl*on"o*my\, n. [Gr. da`ktylos finger + no`mos law, distribution.] The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. | |
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Dactylopterous \Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous\, a. [Gr. da`ktylos finger + [?] wing, fin.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards. | |
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Dactylozooid \Dac`tyl*o*zo"oid\, n. [Gr. da`ktylos finger + E. zooid.] (Zo[94]l.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See {Siphonophora}. | |
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Dag-tailed \Dag"-tailed`\, a. [Dag a loose end + tail.] Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. [bd]Dag-tailed sheep.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Decadal \Dec"a*dal\, a. Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens. | |
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Decathlon \De*cath"lon\, n. [See {Deca-}; {Pentathlon}.] In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run. | |
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Deceitless \De*ceit"less\, a. Free from deceit. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Deuced \Deu"ced\, a. Devilish; excessive; extreme. [Low] -- {Deu"ced*ly}, adv. | |
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Diacatholicon \Di`a*ca*thol"i*con\, n. [Pref. dia- + catholicon.] (Med.) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary. | |
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Diastolic \Di`as*tol"ic\, a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to diastole. | |
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Intercolumniation \In`ter*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.) The clear space between two columns, measured at the bottom of their shafts. --Gwilt. Note: It is customary to measure the intercolumniation in terms of the diameter of the shaft, taken also at the bottom. Different words, derived from the Greek, are in use to denote certain common proportions. They are: {Pycnostyle}, when the intercolumniation is of one and a half diameters; {Systyle}, of two diameters; {Eustyle}, of two and a quarter diameters; {Diastyle}, of three diameters; {Ar[91]ostyle}, of four or more, and so great that a wooden architrave has to be used instead of stone; {Ar[91]osystyle}, when the intercolumniations are alternately systyle and ar[91]ostyle. | |
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Diastyle \Di"a*style\, n. [L. diastylus, Gr. [?]; dia` through, asunder + [?] pillar, column: cf. F. diastyle.] (Arch.) See under {Intercolumniation}. | |
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Dicotyledon \Di*cot`y*le"don\, n. [Pref. di- + cotyledon.] (Bot.) A plant whose seeds divide into two seed lobes, or cotyledons, in germinating. | |
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Dicotyledonous \Di*cot`y*le"don*ous\, a. (Bot.) Having two cotyledons or seed lobes; as, a dicotyledonous plant. | |
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Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South American name: cf. F. p[82]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo[94]l.) A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}. Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({D. labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South America. | |
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Digital \Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination. | |
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Digitalis \Dig`i*ta"lis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linn[91]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove. 2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove ({Digitalis purpurea}), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. | |
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Digitalis \Dig`i*ta"lis\, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linn[91]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove. 2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove ({Digitalis purpurea}), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. | |
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Foxglove \Fox"glove`\, n. [AS. foxes-gl[omac]fa, foxes-cl[omac]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus {Digitalis}. The common English foxglove ({Digitalis purpurea}) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See {Digitalis}. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne. | |
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Digitule \Dig"i*tule\, n. [L. digitulus, dim. of digitus.] (Zo[94]l.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one. | |
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Discoidal \Dis*coid"al\, a. [Cf. F. disco[8b]dal.] Disk-shaped; discoid. | |
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Disquietal \Dis*qui"et*al\, n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [Obs.] [It] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Disquietly \Dis*qui"et*ly\, adv. In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. [R.] --Wiseman. | |
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Dissettle \Dis*set"tle\, v. t. To unsettle. [Obs.] | |
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Dissettlement \Dis*set"tle*ment\, n. The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. --Marvell. | |
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Distal \Dis"tal\, a. [From {Distant}.] (Physiol.) (a) Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to {proximal}. (b) Pertaining to that which is distal; as, the distal tuberosities of a bone. | |
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Distally \Dis"tal*ly\, adv. (Anat.) Toward a distal part. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. --Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak. | |
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Distil \Dis*til"\, v. t. & i. See {Distill}. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. --Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak. | |
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Distil \Dis*til"\, v. t. & i. See {Distill}. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. --Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. t. 1. To let fall or send down in drops. Or o'er the glebe distill the kindly rain. --Pope. The dew which on the tender grass The evening had distilled. --Drayton. 2. To obtain by distillation; to extract by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. [bd]Distilling odors on me.[b8] --Tennyson. 3. To subject to distillation; as, to distill molasses in making rum; to distill barley, rye, corn, etc. 4. To dissolve or melt. [R.] Swords by the lightning's subtle force distilled. --Addison. | |
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Distillable \Dis*till"a*ble\, a. (Chem.) Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable. | |
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Distillate \Dis*till"ate\, n. (Chem.) The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses. | |
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Distillation \Dis`til*la"tion\, n. [F. distillation, L. destillatio.] 1. The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops. 2. That which falls in drops. [R.] --Johnson 3. (Chem.) The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam. Note: The evaporation of water, its condensation into clouds, and its precipitation as rain, dew, frost, snow, or hail, is an illustration of natural distillation. 4. The substance extracted by distilling. --Shak. {Destructive distillation} (Chem.), the distillation, especially of complex solid substances, so that the ultimate constituents are separated or evolved in new compounds, -- usually requiring a high degree of heat; as, the destructive distillation of soft coal or of wood. {Dry distillation}, the distillation of substances by themselves, or without the addition of water or of other volatile solvent; as, the dry distillation of citric acid. {Fractional distillation}. (Chem.) See under {Fractional}. | |
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Distillatory \Dis*til"la*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. distillatoire.] Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n. A distillatory apparatus; a still. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. --Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak. | |
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Verdigris \Ver"di*gris\, n. [F. vert-de-gris, apparently from verd, vert, green + de of + gris gray, but really a corruption of LL. viride aeris (equivalent to L. aerugo), from L. viridis green + aes, aeris, brass. See {Verdant}, and 2d {Ore}.] 1. (Chem.) A green poisonous substance used as a pigment and drug, obtained by the action of acetic acid on copper, and consisting essentially of a complex mixture of several basic copper acetates. 2. The green rust formed on copper. [Colloq.] Note: This rust is a carbonate of copper, and should not be confounded with true verdigris. --U. S. Disp. {Blue verdigris} (Chem.), a verdigris having a blue color, used a pigment, etc. {Distilled verdigris} (Old Chem.), an acid copper acetate; -- so called because the acetic acid used in making it was obtained from distilled vinegar. {Verdigris green}, clear bluish green, the color of verdigris. | |
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Distiller \Dis*till"er\, n. 1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation. 2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus. | |
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Distillery \Dis*till"er*y\, n.; pl. {Distilleries}. [F. distillerie.] 1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.] --Todd. | |
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Distillery \Dis*till"er*y\, n.; pl. {Distilleries}. [F. distillerie.] 1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. [R.] --Todd. | |
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Distill \Dis*till"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Distilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distilling}.] [F. distiller, from L. destillare, destillatum; de + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, icicle; prob. akin to stare, E. stand. Cf. {Still}, n. & v., {Instill}.] [Written also {distil}.] 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. --Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out of the mountains of Armenia. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. To practice the art of distillation. --Shak. | |
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Distillment \Dis*till"ment\, n. Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Distyle \Dis"tyle\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] pillar: cf. F. distyle.] (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like. {Distyle in antis}, having columns between two ant[91]. See {Anta}. | |
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Distyle \Dis"tyle\, a. [Gr. di- = di`s- twice + [?] pillar: cf. F. distyle.] (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like. {Distyle in antis}, having columns between two ant[91]. See {Anta}. | |
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Disutilize \Dis*u"til*ize\, v. t. To deprive of utility; to render useless. [R.] --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Doggedly \Dog"ged*ly\, adv. In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution. | |
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Dog's-tail grass \Dog's"-tail grass`\, n. (Bot.) A hardy species of British grass ({Cynosurus cristatus}) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also {goldseed}. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
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Dog's-tail grass \Dog's"-tail grass`\, n. (Bot.) A hardy species of British grass ({Cynosurus cristatus}) which abounds in grass lands, and is well suited for making straw plait; -- called also {goldseed}. | |
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Crab \Crab\ (kr[acr]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is {Cancer padurus}. {Soft-shelled crabs} are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See {Cancer}; also, {Box crab}, {Fiddler crab}, {Hermit crab}, {Spider crab}, etc., under {Box}, {Fiddler}. etc. 2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer. 3. [See {Crab}, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. --Shak. 4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] --Garrick. 5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. {Calling crab}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Fiddler}., n., 2. {Crab apple}, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple ({Pyrus Malus} var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple ({Pyrus baccata}); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}). {Crab grass}. (Bot.) (a) A grass ({Digitaria, [or] Panicum, sanguinalis}); -- called also {finger grass}. (b) A grass of the genus {Eleusine} ({E. Indica}); -- called also {dog's-tail grass}, {wire grass}, etc. {Crab louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius pubis}), sometimes infesting the human body. {Crab plover} (Zo[94]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas ardeola}). {Crab's eyes}, [or] {Crab's stones}, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. {Crab spider} (Zo[94]l.), one of a group of spiders ({Laterigrad[91]}); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. {Crab tree}, the tree that bears crab applies. {Crab wood}, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. --McElrath. {To catch a crab} (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Doughtily \Dough"ti*ly\, adv. In a doughty manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See {Duct}.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See {Duct}.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ductile \Duc"tile\, a. [L. ductilis, fr. ducere to lead: cf. F. ductile. See {Duct}.] 1. Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people. --Addison. Forms their ductile minds To human virtues. --Philips. 2. Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads. Gold . . . is the softest and most ductile of all metals. --Dryden. -- {Duc"tile*ly}, adv. -- {Duc"tile*ness}, n. | |
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Ductilimeter \Duc`ti*lim"e*ter\, n. [Ductile + -meter.] An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Ductility \Duc*til"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. ductilit[82].] 1. The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments. 2. Tractableness; pliableness. --South. | |
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Ductless \Duct"less\, a. Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland. | |
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Dustless \Dust"less\, a. Without dust; as a dustless path. | |
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Dysodile \Dys"o*dile\, n. [Gr. [?] ill smell, from [?] ill-smelling; [?] ill, bad + [?] to smell.] (Min.) An impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly fetid odor when burning. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dysteleology \Dys*te`le*ol"o*gy\, n. [Pref. dys- + teleology.] (Biol.) The doctrine of purposelessness; a term applied by Haeckel to that branch of physiology which treats of rudimentary organs, in view of their being useless to the life of the organism. To the doctrine of dysteleology, or the denial of final causes, a proof of the real existence of such a thing as instinct must necessarily be fatal. --Word (Dynamic Sociology). | |
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Desoto Lakes, FL (CDP, FIPS 17300) Location: 27.37117 N, 82.48995 W Population (1990): 2807 (1098 housing units) Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DACTL Declarative Alvey Compiler Target Language. An intermediate language from the {University of East Anglia}, used in the {Flagship} project. DACTL is based on a form of {graph rewriting} which can be used to implement {functional language}s, {logic language}s and {imperative} languages. The current version is Dactl0. ["DACTL - A Computational Model and Compiler Target Language Based on Graph Reduction", J.R.W. Glauert et al, ICL Tech J 5(3) (1987)]. (1994-09-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DCDL Digital Control Design Language. A language for simulating computer systems. ["DCDS Digital Simulating System", H. Potash et al, Proc FJCC 35, AFIPS (Fall 1969)]. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Corporation}. (1995-12-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital A description of {data} which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most commonly this means {binary} data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals. The opposite is {analogue}. (1998-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Corporation}. (1995-12-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital A description of {data} which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most commonly this means {binary} data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals. The opposite is {analogue}. (1998-10-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital audio from a continuous sound ({audio}) waveform. Tens of thousands of samples are taken each second. Each sample represents the intensity of the sound pressure wave at that instant. Apart from the sampling frequency, the other parameter is the digital encoding of each sample including the number of {bit}s used. The encoding may be linear, logarithmic or {mu-law}. Digital audio is typically created by taking 16-bit samples over a spectrum of 44.1 thousand cycles per second (kHz), this means that CD quality sound requires 1.4 million bits of data per second. Digital telephone systems use lower sample rates. {Filename extension}: .au ({Unix}), .snd ({MS-DOS}, {MS Windows}). See also {Audio IFF}, {MP3}, {wav}. {Usenet} newsgroups: alt.binaries.sounds.*. A {FAQ} on audio file formats is available. {Part 1 (ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/audio/AudioFormats.part1)}, {Part 2 (ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/audio/AudioFormats.part2)}. (1999-07-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Audio Tape tape, developed in the mid-1980s by {Sony} and {Philips}. As digital music was popularized by {compact disc}s, the need for a digital recording format for the consumer existed. The problem is that digital music contains over 5 megabytes of data per minute before error correction and supplementary information. Before DAT, the only way to record digitally was to use a video or a reel-to-reel recorder. DAT uses a rotary-head (or "helical scan") format, where the read/write head spins diagonally across the tape like a video cassette recorder. Thus the proper name is "R-DAT", where "R" for rotary distinguishes it from "S-DAT", a stationary design that did not make it out of the laboratories. Studio reel-to-reel decks are able to use stationary heads because they can have wider tape and faster tape speeds, but for the desired small medium of DAT the rotary-head compromise was made despite the potential problems with more moving parts. Most DAT recorders appear to be a cross between a typical analog cassette deck and a {compact disc} player. In addition to the music, one can record subcode information such as the number of the track (so one can jump between songs in a certain order) or absolute time (counted from the beginning of the tape). The tape speed is much faster than a regular deck (one can rewind 30 minutes of music in 10-25 seconds), though not quite as fast as a compact disc player. DAT decks have both analog and digital inputs and outputs. DAT tapes have only one recordable side and can be as long 120 minutes. DAT defines the following recording modes with the following performance specifications... 2 channel 48KHz Sample rate, 16-bit linear encoding 120 min max. Frequency Response 2-22KHz (+-0.5dB) SN = 93 dB DR = 93 dB 2 channel 44.1Khz Sample rate, 16-bit linear encoding 120 min max Frequency Response 2-22KHz (+-0.5dB) SN = 93 dB DR = 93 dB 2 channel 32KHz Sample Rate, 12-bit non-linear encoding 240 min max Frequency Response 2-14.5KHz (+-0.5dB) SN = 92 dB DR = 92 dB 4 channel 32KHz (not supported by any deck) DAT is also used for recording computer data. Most computer DAT recorders use DDS format which is the same as audio DAT but they usually have completely different connectors and it is not always possible to read tapes from one system on the other. Computer tapes can be used in audio machines but are usually more expensive. You can record for two minutes on each metre of tape. (1995-02-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital camera images as {digital} data instead of on photographic film. The first digital cameras became available in the early 1990s[?]. [Which and when was the first?] (2000-08-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital carrier signals; broadly equivalent to the {physical layer} of the {OSI} seven layer model of networks. Carriers can be described as {baseband} or {broadband}. A baseband carrier can include direct current (DC), whereas broadband carriers are modulated by various methods into frequency bands which do not include DC. Sometimes a {modem} (modulator/demodulator) or {codec} (coder/decoder) combines several channels on one transmission path. The combining of channels is called {multiplexing}, and their separation is called demultiplexing, independent of whether a modem or codec bank is used. Modems can be associated with {frequency division multiplexing} (FDM) and codecs with {time division multiplexing} (TDM) though this grouping of concepts is somewhat arbitrary. If the medium of a carrier is copper telephone wire, the circuit may be called {T1}, {T3}, etc. as these designations originally described such. T1 carriers used a restored polar line coding scheme which allowed a baseband signal to be transported as broadband and restored to baseband at the receiver. T1 is not used in this sense today, and indeed it is often confused with the {DS1} signal carried. (1996-03-31) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital computer using discrete internal states, in contrast to the continuously varying quantities used in an {analog computer}. Some of the fundamental ideas behind the digital computer were proposed by {Alan Turing} between 1936 and 1938. The design of the {Atanasoff-Berry Computer} (1937-1942) included some of the important implementation details but the first digital computer to successfully run real programs was the {Z3} (1941). {ENIAC} (1943-1946) was the first electronic digital computer but was only programmable by manual rewiring or switches. (2003-10-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital dashboard {business intelligence} and {knowledge management}. {Microsoft}'s version has a launch screen including stock quotes, voice mail and e-mail messages, a calendar, a weather forecast, traffic information, access to news feeds, customer and sales data, and Internet conferences. A digital dashboard might previously have been thought of as an executive information system. In the future, digital dashboards could be available on {personal digital assistants} and cellular phones. ["Gates pitches 'digital dashboards' to bevy of top CEOs", Bob Trott, pub. InfoWorld Electric, 1999-05-19]. (1999-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Data Service telecommunications companies for transmitting digital data as opposed to voice. (1995-02-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications {standard} developed by the {European Telecommunication Standard Institute} from 1988, governing pan-European {digital mobile telephony}. DECT covers wireless {PBX}s, {telepoint}, residential {cordless telephones}, wireless access to the {public switched telephone network}, Closed User Groups (CUGs), {Local Area Networks}, and wireless {local loop}. DECT defines only the radio connection between two points and can be used for remote access to public and private networks. Other mobility standards, such as {GSM}, {TACS}, and {DCS 1800} add the necessary switching, signaling, and management functions that are not specified by DECT. The DECT Common Interface radio standard is a {multicarrier} {time division multiple access}, {time division duplex} (MC-TDMA-TDD) radio transmission technique using ten {radio frequency} channels from 1880 to 1930 MHz, each divided into 24 time slots of 10ms, and twelve {full-duplex} accesses per {carrier}, for a total of 120 possible combinations. A DECT base station (an RFP, Radio Fixed Part) can transmit all 12 possible accesses (time slots) simultaneously by using different frequencies or using only one frequency. All signaling information is transmitted from the RFP within a multiframe (16 frames). {Voice} signals are digitally encoded into a 32 kbit/s signal using {Adaptive Differential Pulse Code Modulation}. The {handover} process is requested autonomously by the portable terminal and the Radio Fixed Parts, according to the carrier signal levels. A "Generic Access Profile" defines a minimum set of requirements for the support of speech telephony. {(http://www.italtel.it/catalog/data/inglese/capc_5.htm)}. (1999-04-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital envelope {(http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/faq/html/2-2-4.html)}. [Summary?] (1999-03-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Equipment Computer Users Society (DECUS) A world wide organisation of {Information Technology} professionals interested in the products, services, and technologies of {Digital Equipment Corporation} and related vendors. Membership in the US chapter is free and provides participants with the means to enhance their professional development, forums for technical training, mechanisms for obtaining up-to-date information, advocacy programs, and opportunities for informal disclosure and interaction with professional colleagues of like interest. Address: 334 South Street, SHR3-1/T25, Shrewsbury, MA 01545-4195, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) DECUS55. (1995-02-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Equipment Corporation Before the {killer micro} revolution of the late 1980s, hackerdom was closely symbiotic with DEC's pioneering {time-sharing} machines. The first of the group of hacker cultures nucleated around the {PDP-1} (see {TMRC}). Subsequently, the {PDP-6}, {PDP-10}, {PDP-20}, {PDP-11} and {VAX} were all foci of large and important hackerdoms, and DEC machines long dominated the {ARPANET} and {Internet} machine population. The first PC from DEC was a {CP/M} computer called {Rainbow}, announced in 1981-82. DEC was the technological leader of the minicomputer era (roughly 1967 to 1987), but its failure to embrace {microcomputers} and {Unix} early cost it heavily in profits and prestige after {silicon} got cheap. However, the {microprocessor} design tradition owes a heavy debt to the {PDP-11} {instruction set}, and every one of the major general-purpose microcomputer {operating systems} so far (CP/M, {MS-DOS}, {Unix}, {OS/2}) were either genetically descended from a DEC OS, or incubated on DEC {hardware} or both. Accordingly, DEC is still regarded with a certain wry affection even among many hackers too young to have grown up on DEC machines. The contrast with {IBM} is instructive. Quarterly sales $3923M, profits -$1746M (Aug 1994). DEC was taken over by {Compaq Computer Corporation} in 1998. {Home (http://www.digital.com/.html)}. (1999-06-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Equipment Corporation Network computers such as the {Vax}. [More details?] (1999-06-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital European Cordless Telecommunications {Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications} | |
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Digital Express Group, Inc. (Digex) The largest {Internet provider} in the Washington metropolitan area with {POP}s in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California. {(http://www.digex.net)}. (1994-10-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Lempel Ziv 1 which maps variable length input strings to variable length output symbols. During compression, the algorithm builds a dictionary of strings which is accessed by means of a {hash table}. Compression occurs when input data matches a string in the table and is replaced with the output symbol. DLZ1 is used on {Digital Linear Tape}. (1997-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Library Initiative A project to research digital libraries which aims to provide real collections to real users (high school students, University researchers and students, users in public libraries). The project is sponsored jointly by three US federal funding agencies, led by the National Science Foundation. The {University of Michigan}, one of the six sites selected in 1994 to collaborate, will provide collections on earth and space sciences. The project, known there as the University of Michigan Digital Library Project (UMDL), is a large, multi-year project headed by Daniel Atkins, Dean of the School of Information and Library Studies. {UMDL (http://http2.sils.umich.edu/UMDL/HomePage.html)}. (1995-02-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Linear Tape originally developed by {DEC} and now marketed by {Quantum}. DLT drives implement the {Digital Lempel Ziv 1} (DLZ1) {compression} {algorithm} in a combination of {hardware} and {firmware}. They use a popular chip by {Stac} (now {hi/fn}) to do the string searching. Counting, sorting and {Huffman encoding} are done in firmware (with hardware support for the Huffman algorithm?). In April 1997 DLT drives can transfer 5 {megabytes} per second and can store 35 {gigabytes} on a single cartridge. Compression might roughly double these figures. (1997-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Multimeter measuring voltage, current, resistance, and possibly other electircal quantities and displaying the value in number form. (1997-02-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Radio Mondiale using {carrier} frequencies below 30 MHz. DRM uses {MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile} and {SBR} at data rates of 16-25 kbps. {Home (http://www.drm.org/)}. (2001-12-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Research system} used on many of the first generation 8-bit {microprocessor}-based {personal computers}. Digital Research also produced {DR-DOS}. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA. (1998-03-17) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital service unit {data service unit} | |
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Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or {image}) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (1994-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Signal Processing Language ["The Programming Language DSPL", A. Schwarte & H. Hanselmann, Proc PCIM 90, 1990]. (1994-12-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital signature identifies and authenticates the sender and message data using {public-key encryption}. The sender uses a {one-way hash function} to generate a hash-code of about 32 bits from the message data. He then encrypts the hash-code with his private key. The receiver recomputes the hash-code from the data and decrypts the received hash with the sender's public key. If the two hash-codes are equal, the receiver can be sure that data has not been corrupted and that it came from the given sender. (1995-02-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Signature Standard signatures} (authenticating both a message and the signer) that was first announced in 1991. It is based on an {algorithm} using {discrete logarithms}, which is a variant of the {Elgamal algorithm} with Schnorr's improvements. DSS's security is currently considered very strong - comparable to {RSA}. It is estimated that DSS's 1024-bit keys would take 1.4E16 {MIPS}-years to crack. (1995-11-16) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
digital signatures {digital signature} | |
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Digital Simulation Language computer} functions. Version DSL/90 ran on the {IBM 7090}. ["DSL/90 - A Digital Simulation Program for Continuous System Modelling", Proc SJCC 28, AFIPS, Spring 1966]. [Sammet 1969, p 632]. (1996-10-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data for multiplexing compressed speech with digital data for transmission over a normal telephone line. DSVD isn't standardised yet, so generally you have to have the same make of modem at both ends for it to work. [How does it work? Which modems? References?] (1997-06-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
DIGITAL Standard MUMPS (DSM) {DEC}'s version of {MUMPS}. (1995-01-10) | |
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Digital Subscriber Line xDSL - see below) A family of {digital} {telecommunications} {protocols} designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing {copper} telephone lines between end-users and telephone companies. When two conventional {modems} are connected through the telephone system ({PSTN}), it treats the communication the same as voice conversations. This has the advantage that there is no investment required from the telephone company (telco) but the disadvantage is that the {bandwidth} available for the communication is the same as that available for voice conversations, usually 64 kb/s ({DS0}) at most. The {twisted-pair} copper cables into individual homes or offices can usually carry significantly more than 64 kb/s but the telco needs to handle the signal as digital rather than analog. There are many implementation of the basic scheme, differing in the communication {protocol} used and providing varying {service levels}. The throughput of the communication can be anything from about 128 kb/s to over 8 Mb/s, the communication can be either symmetric or asymmetric (i.e. the available bandwidth may or may not be the same {upstream} and {downstream}). Equipment prices and service fees also vary considerably. The first technology based on DSL was {ISDN}, although ISDN is not often recognised as such nowadays. Since then a large number of other protocols have been developed, collectively referred to as xDSL, including {HDSL}, {SDSL}, {ADSL}, and {VDSL}. As yet none of these have reached very wide deployment but wider deployment is expected for 1998-1999. {(http://www.cyberventure.com/~cedpa/databus-issues/v38n1/xdsl.html)}. {2Wire DSL provider lookup (http://www.2Wire.com/)}. ["Data Cooks, But Will Vendors Get Burned?", "Supercomm Spotlight On ADSL" & "Lucent Sells Paradine", Wilson & Carol, Inter@ctive Week Vol. 3 #13, p1 & 6, June 24 1996]. (2001-04-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Subscriber Line Access Module Access Multiplexer) The generic term for the {Central Office} (CO) equipment where x{DSL} lines are terminated. The multiple {DSL} signals may be {multiplexed} onto a {wideband} channel such as {ATM}. (2000-04-05) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Subscriber Loop {Digital Subscriber Line} | |
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Digital Switched Network {PSTN}. (1997-07-18) | |
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Digital to Analog Converter outputs a voltage which is proportional to the input value. Typical uses include digital generation of audio signals or conversion of a {bitmap image} to a signal to drive a {CRT}. (1998-02-15) | |
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Digital Versatile Disc storage medium with improved capacity and bandwidth compared with the {Compact Disc}. DVD, like CD, was initally marketed for entertainment and later for computer users. [When was it first available?] A DVD can hold a full-length film with up to 133 minutes of high quality video, in {MPEG-2} format, and audio. The first DVD drives for computers were read-only drives ("DVD-ROM"). These provide over seven times the storage capacity of CD-ROM (4.7 GBytes). DVD-ROM drives read existing {CD-ROM}s and music CDs and are compatible with installed sound and video boards. Additionally, the DVD-ROM drive can read DVD films using an advanced (MPEG-2) video board, required to decode the high resolution video format. The first drives, using a single-layer disc of 4.7GB, were expected to be available during the second half of 1996 from {Toshiba}, {Philips}, {Sony}, {Hitachi} and others. In 1997, dual-layer discs were expected to increase the disc capacity to 8.5 GB. Double-sided, dual-layer discs will eventually increase the capacity to 17 GB. Write-once DVD-R ("recordable") drives record a 3.9GB DVD-R disc that can be read on a DVD-ROM drive. The first DVD-R drive was expected by mid 1997. By the end of 1997, the rewritable DVD-RAM (by false analogy with {random access memory}) drive was expected to become available. DVD-RAM drives read and write to a 2.6 GB DVD-RAM disc, read and write-once to a 3.9GB DVD-R disc, and read a 4.7 GB or 8.5 GB DVD-ROM. Also, it was expected that a DVD-RAM disc would be readable on both the DVD-R and DVD-ROM drives. {Background (http://www.tacmar.com/dvd_background.htm)}. {RCA home (http://www.imagematrix.com/DVD/home.html)}. {(http://www.zdnet.com/products/special/current/dvd.html)}. {(http://www.zdnet.com/products/special/current/dvdsum.html)}. [Did this happen as predicted? Current state?] (1999-07-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Digital Video Disc {Digital Versatile Disc} | |
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DYSTAL DYnamic STorage ALlocation. Adds lists, strings, sorting, statistics and matrix operations to Fortran. Sammet 1969, p.388. "DYSTAL: Dynamic Storage Allocation Language in FORTRAN", J.M. Sakoda, in Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques, D.G. Bobrow ed, N-H 1971, pp.302- 311. (1995-03-17) |