English Dictionary: Ecballium | by the DICT Development Group |
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Horse \Horse\ (h[ocir]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse ({E. caballus}), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes. Note: Many varieties, differing in form, size, color, gait, speed, etc., are known, but all are believed to have been derived from the same original species. It is supposed to have been a native of the plains of Central Asia, but the wild species from which it was derived is not certainly known. The feral horses of America are domestic horses that have run wild; and it is probably true that most of those of Asia have a similar origin. Some of the true wild Asiatic horses do, however, approach the domestic horse in several characteristics. Several species of fossil ({Equus}) are known from the later Tertiary formations of Europe and America. The fossil species of other genera of the family {Equid[91]} are also often called horses, in general sense. 2. The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male. | |
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Easeful \Ease"ful\, a. Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. --Shak. -- {Ease"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Ease"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Easeful \Ease"ful\, a. Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. --Shak. -- {Ease"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Ease"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Easeful \Ease"ful\, a. Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful. --Shak. -- {Ease"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Ease"ful*ness}, n. | |
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Cucumber \Cu"cum*ber\ (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen. cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus {Cucumis}, esp. {Cucumis sativus}, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. {Bitter cucumber} (Bot.), the {Citrullus [or] Cucumis Colocynthis}. See {Colocynth}. {Cucumber beetle.} (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle ({Crepidodera cucumeris}), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. {Cucumber tree}. (a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus {Magnolia} {(M. acuminata)}, so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant ({Averrhoa Bilimbi}) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. {Jamaica cucumber}, {Jerusalem cucumber}, the prickly-fruited gherkin ({Cucumis Anguria}). {Snake cucumber}, a species ({Cucumis flexuosus}) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. {Squirting cucumber}, a plant ({Ecbalium Elaterium}) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See {Elaterium}. {Star cucumber}, a climbing weed ({Sicyos angulatus}) with prickly fruit. | |
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Elater \El"a*ter\, n. (Chem.) The active principle of elaterium, being found in the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber ({Ecballium agreste}, formerly {Motordica Elaterium}) and other related species. It is extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance, which is a violent purgative. | |
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Elaterium \El`a*te"ri*um\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?], neut. of [?] driving. See 2d {Elater}.] A cathartic substance obtained, in the form of yellowish or greenish cakes, as the dried residue of the juice of the wild or squirting cucumber ({Ecballium agreste}, formerly called {Momordica Elaterium}). | |
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Ecbolic \Ec*bol"ic\, n. [See {Ecbole}.] (Med.) A drug, as ergot, which by exciting uterine contractions promotes the expulsion of the contents of the uterus. | |
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Ecboline \Ec"bo*line\ (?; 104), n. [Gr. [?] a throwing out; [?] out + [?] to throw.] (Chem.) An alkaloid constituting the active principle of ergot; -- so named from its power of producing abortion. | |
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Eggplant \Egg"plant`\, n. (Bot.) A plant ({Solanum Melongena}), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple. | |
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Equability \E`qua*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See {Equable}.] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. --Ray. | |
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Equable \E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.] 1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe. 2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper. | |
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Equableness \E"qua*ble*ness\, n. Quality or state of being equable. | |
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Equably \E"qua*bly\, adv. In an equable manner. | |
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Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, n. [Equi- + balance.] Equal weight; equiponderance. | |
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Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equibalanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equibalancing}.] To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate. | |
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Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equibalanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equibalancing}.] To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate. | |
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Equibalance \E`qui*bal"ance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equibalanced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equibalancing}.] To make of equal weight; to balance equally; to counterbalance; to equiponderate. | |
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Equipollence \E`qui*pol"lence\, Equipollency \E`qui*pol"len*cy\, n. [Cf. F. [82]quipollence. See {Equipollent}.] 1. Equality of power, force, signification, or application. --Boyle. 2. (Logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language. | |
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Equipollence \E`qui*pol"lence\, Equipollency \E`qui*pol"len*cy\, n. [Cf. F. [82]quipollence. See {Equipollent}.] 1. Equality of power, force, signification, or application. --Boyle. 2. (Logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language. | |
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Equipollent \E`qui*pol"lent\, a. [L. aequipollens; aequus equal + pollens, -entis, p. pr. of pollere to be strong, able: cf. F. [82]quipollent.] 1. Having equal power or force; equivalent. --Bacon. 2. (Logic) Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently. | |
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Equipollently \E`qui*pol"lent*ly\, adv. With equal power. --Barrow. | |
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Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\, n. [Cf. F. [82]quivalence, LL. aequivalentia.] 1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions. 2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount. 3. (Chem.) (a) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See {Valence}. (b) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See {Equivalent}, n., 2. [R.] | |
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Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\, v. t. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Equivalency \E*quiv"a*len*cy\, n. Same as {Equivalence}. | |
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Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, v. t. To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.] | |
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Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, a. [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. [82]quivalent. See {Equal}, and {Valiant}.] 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. --South. 2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. | |
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Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, n. 1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse. --Macaulay. 2. (Chem.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16. | |
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Equivalently \E*quiv"a*lent*ly\, adv. In an equal manner. | |
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Equivalue \E`qui*val"ue\, v. t. To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. --W. Taylor. | |
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Equivalve \E"qui*valve\, Equivalved \E"qui*valved\, a. [Equi- + valve.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells. | |
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Equivalve \E"qui*valve\, Equivalved \E"qui*valved\, a. [Equi- + valve.] (Zo[94]l.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells. | |
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Equivalvular \E`qui*val"vu*lar\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Equivalve} or {Equivalved}. | |
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Escape \Es*cape"\, n. 1. The act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil; flight; as, an escape in battle; a narrow escape; also, the means of escape; as, a fire escape. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm. --Ps. lv. 8. 2. That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake; an oversight; also, transgression. [Obs.] I should have been more accurate, and corrected all those former escapes. --Burton. 3. A sally. [bd]Thousand escapes of wit.[b8] --Shak. 4. (Law) The unlawful permission, by a jailer or other custodian, of a prisoner's departure from custody. Note: Escape is technically distinguishable from prison breach, which is the unlawful departure of the prisoner from custody, escape being the permission of the departure by the custodian, either by connivance or negligence. The term escape, however, is applied by some of the old authorities to a departure from custody by stratagem, or without force. --Wharton. 5. (Arch.) An apophyge. 6. Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid. 7. (Elec.) Leakage or loss of currents from the conducting wires, caused by defective insulation. {Escape pipe} (Steam Boilers), a pipe for carrying away steam that escapes through a safety valve. {Escape valve} (Steam Engine), a relief valve; a safety valve. See under {Relief}, and {Safety}. {Escape wheel} (Horol.), the wheel of an escapement. | |
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Espalier \Es*pal"ier\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espaliered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Espaliering}.] To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier. | |
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Espalier \Es*pal"ier\, n. [F. espalier, fr. It. spalliera, fr. spalla shoulder, the same word as F. [82]paule. See {Epaulet}.] (Hort.) A railing or trellis upon which fruit trees or shrubs are trained, as upon a wall; a tree or row of trees so trained. And figs from standard and espalier join. --Pope. | |
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Espalier \Es*pal"ier\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espaliered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Espaliering}.] To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier. | |
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Espalier \Es*pal"ier\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espaliered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Espaliering}.] To form an espalier of, or to protect by an espalier. | |
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Espial \Es*pi"al\, n. [OE. & Norm. F. espiaille. See {Espy}.] 1. The act of espying; notice; discovery. Screened from espial by the jutting cape. --Byron. 2. One who espies; a spy; a scout. [Obs.] [bd]Their espials . . . brought word.[b8] --Holland. | |
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Esplanade \Es`pla*nade"\, n. [F. esplanade, Sp. esplanada, explanada, cf. It. spianata; fr. Sp. explanar to level, L. explanare to flatten or spread out. See {Explain}.] 1. (Fort.) (a) A clear space between a citadel and the nearest houses of the town. --Campbell (Mil. Dict. ). (b) The glacis of the counterscarp, or the slope of the parapet of the covered way toward the country. 2. (Hort.) A grass plat; a lawn. --Simmonds. 3. Any clear, level space used for public walks or drives; esp., a terrace by the seaside. | |
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Esplees \Es*plees"\, n. pl. [LL. expletia, OF. espleit. Cf. {Exploit}.] (Old Eng. Law) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like. --Cowell. | |
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Exciple \Ex"ci*ple\, d8Excipulum \[d8]Ex*cip"u*lum\, n. [NL. excipulum, fr. L. excipere. See {Except}.] (Bot.) The outer part of the fructification of most lichens. | |
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Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[91], as pieces of carious bone or of bark. 2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. | |
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Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\ v. t. To remove scales, lamin[91], or splinters from the surface of. | |
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Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[91], as pieces of carious bone or of bark. 2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. | |
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Exfoliate \Ex*fo"li*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exfoliated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exfoliating}.] [L. exfoliare to strip of leaves; ex out, from + folium leaf.] 1. To separate and come off in scales or lamin[91], as pieces of carious bone or of bark. 2. (Min.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition. | |
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Exfoliation \Ex*fo`li*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. exfoliation.] The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated. | |
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Exfoliative \Ex*fo"li*a"tive\, a. [Cf.F. exfoliatif.] Having the power of causing exfoliation. -- n. An exfoliative agent. --Wiseman. | |
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Exophyllous \Ex*oph"yl*lous\, a. [Exo- + Gr. [?] .] (Bot.) Not sheathed in another leaf. | |
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Exoplasm \Ex"o*plasm\, n. [Exo- + Gr. [?] from, fr. [?] to mold.] (Biol.) See {Ectosarc}, and {Ectoplasm}. | |
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Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. [bd]To expel the winter's flaw.[b8] --Shak. 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}. | |
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Expellable \Ex*pel"la*ble\, a. Capable of being expelled or driven out. [bd]Expellable by heat.[b8] --Kirwan. | |
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Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. [bd]To expel the winter's flaw.[b8] --Shak. 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}. | |
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Expeller \Ex*pel"ler\, n. One who, or that which, expels. | |
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Expel \Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.] 1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. [bd]To expel the winter's flaw.[b8] --Shak. 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. . Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}. | |
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Expilation \Ex`pi*la"tion\, n. [L. expiatio.] The act of expilating or stripping off; plunder; pillage. [Obs.] This ravenous expiation of the state. --Daniel. | |
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Expilator \Ex"pi*la`tor\, n. [L.] One who pillages; a plunderer; a pillager. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. i. To give an explanation. | |
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Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf. {Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. --Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. --Gay. {To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. [bd]Those explain the meaning quite away.[b8] --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. | |
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Explainable \Ex*plain"a*ble\, a. [L. explainabilis.] Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. --Sir. T. Browne. | |
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Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf. {Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. --Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. --Gay. {To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. [bd]Those explain the meaning quite away.[b8] --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. | |
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Explainer \Ex*plain"er\, n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter. | |
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Explain \Ex*plain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explaining}.] [L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out+plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF. esplaner, explaner. See {Plain},a., and cf. {Esplanade}.] 1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. --Evelyn. 2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible. Commentators to explain the difficult passages to you. --Gay. {To explain away}, to get rid of by explanation. [bd]Those explain the meaning quite away.[b8] --Pope. Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up. | |
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Explanate \Ex"pla*nate\, a. [L. explanatus, p. p. of explanare. See {Explain}.] (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Spreading or extending outwardly in a flat form. | |
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Explanation \Ex`pla*na"tion\, n. [L. explanatio: cf. OF. esplanation.] 1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory explanation. 3. The meaning attributed to anything by one who explains it; definition; interpretation; sense. Different explanations [of the Trinity]. --Bp. Burnet. 4. A mutual exposition of terms, meaning, or motives, with a view to adjust a misunderstanding, and reconcile differences; reconciliation; agreement; as, to come to an explanation. Syn: Definition; description; explication; exposition; interpretation; detail. See {Definition}. | |
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Explanative \Ex*plan"a*tive\, a. Explanatory. | |
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Explanatoriness \Ex*plan"a*to*ri*ness\, n. The quality of being explanatory. | |
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Explanatory \Ex*plan"a*to*ry\, a. [L. explanatorius.] Serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes. --Swift. | |
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Explat \Ex*plat"\, Explate \Ex*plate"\, v. t. [Pref. ex-+plat or plait.] To explain; to unfold. [Obs.] Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. --B. Jonson. | |
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Explat \Ex*plat"\, Explate \Ex*plate"\, v. t. [Pref. ex-+plat or plait.] To explain; to unfold. [Obs.] Like Solon's self explatest the knotty laws. --B. Jonson. | |
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Expletion \Ex*ple"tion\, n. [L. expletio a satisfying. See {Expletive}.] Accomplishment; fulfillment. [Obs.] --Killingbeck. | |
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Expletive \Ex"ple*tive\, a. [L. expletivus, from expletus, p. p. of explere to fill up; ex out+plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. expl[82]tif. See {Full}.] Filling up; hence, added merely for the purpose of filling up; superfluous. [bd]Expletive imagery.[b8] --Hallam. Expletive phrases to plump his speech. --Barrow. | |
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Expletive \Ex"ple*tive\, n. A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath. While explectives their feeble aid to join, And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. --Pope. | |
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Expletively \Ex"ple*tive*ly\, adv. In the manner of an expletive. | |
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Expletory \Ex"ple*to*ry\, a. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Explicable \Ex"pli*ca*ble\, a. [L. explicabilis: cf. F. explicable.] Capable of being explicated; that may be explained or accounted for; admitting explanation. It is not explicable upon any grounds. --Burke. | |
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Explicableness \Ex"pli*ca*ble*ness\, n. Quality of being explicable. | |
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Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, a. [L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare.] Evolved; unfolded. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] [bd]They explicate the leaves.[b8] --Blackmore. 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden. | |
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Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] [bd]They explicate the leaves.[b8] --Blackmore. 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden. | |
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Explicate \Ex"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Explicating}.] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [Obs.] [bd]They explicate the leaves.[b8] --Blackmore. 2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. --Dryden. | |
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Explication \Ex`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. explicatio: cf. F. explication.] 1. The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation. The explication of our Savior's parables. --Atterbury. 2. The sense given by an expositor. --Bp. Burnet. | |
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Explicative \Ex"pli*ca*tive\, a. [Cf. F. explicatif.] Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory. --Sir W. Hamilton. | |
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Explicator \Ex"pli*ca`tor\, n. [L.] One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer. | |
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Explicatory \Ex"pli*ca`to*ry\, a. Explicative. --Barrow. | |
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Explicit \Ex*plic"it\, a. [L. explicitus; p. p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite. See {Explicate}, {Exploit}.] 1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration. The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. --Bancroft. 2. Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement. {Explicit function}. (Math.) See under {Function}. Syn: Express; clear; plain; open; unreserved; unambiguous. Usage: {Explicit}, {Express}. Explicit denotes a setting forth in the plainest language, so that the meaning can not be misunderstood; as, an explicit promise. Express is stronger than explicit: it adds force to clearness. An express promise or engagement is not only unambiguous, but stands out in bold relief, with the most binding hold on the conscience. An explicit statement; a clear and explicit notion; explicit direction; no words can be more explicit. An explicit command; an express prohibition. [bd]An express declaration goes forcibly and directly to the point. An explicit declaration leaves nothing ambiguous.[b8] --C. J. Smith. | |
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Explicit \Ex*plic"it\, a. [L. explicitus; p. p. of explicare to unfold: cf. F. explicite. See {Explicate}, {Exploit}.] 1. Not implied merely, or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration. The language of the charter was too explicit to admit of a doubt. --Bancroft. 2. Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement. {Explicit function}. (Math.) See under {Function}. Syn: Express; clear; plain; open; unreserved; unambiguous. Usage: {Explicit}, {Express}. Explicit denotes a setting forth in the plainest language, so that the meaning can not be misunderstood; as, an explicit promise. Express is stronger than explicit: it adds force to clearness. An express promise or engagement is not only unambiguous, but stands out in bold relief, with the most binding hold on the conscience. An explicit statement; a clear and explicit notion; explicit direction; no words can be more explicit. An explicit command; an express prohibition. [bd]An express declaration goes forcibly and directly to the point. An explicit declaration leaves nothing ambiguous.[b8] --C. J. Smith. | |
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Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA. | |
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Explicitly \Ex*plic"it*ly\, adv. In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention. | |
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Explicitness \Ex*plic"it*ness\, n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes. 2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam. 3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. | |
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Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.] Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. --Milton. 2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. --Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently. 3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. 4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore. | |
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Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes. 2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam. 3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. | |
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Explodent \Ex*plod"ent\, n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive. 2. See {Explosive}, n., 2. | |
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Exploder \Ex*plod"er\, n. 1. One who or that which explodes. 2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. --South. | |
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Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes. 2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam. 3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. | |
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Exploit \Ex*ploit"\, n. [OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit,revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See {Ply}, and cf. {Explicit}, {Explicate}.] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. --Shak. 2. Combat; war. [Obs.] He made haste to exploit some warlike service. --Holland. 2. [F. exploiter.] To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion. [Recent] | |
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Exploitation \Ex`ploi*ta"tion\, n. [F.] The act of exploiting or utilizing. --J. D. Whitney. | |
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Exploiture \Ex*ploi"ture\ (?; 135), n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [Obs.] --Udall. 2. Exploitation. --Harper's Mag. | |
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Explorable \Ex*plor"a*ble\, a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region. | |
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Explorate \Ex*plo"rate\, v. t. [L. explorare, exploratum.] To explore. [Obs.] --Sir. T. Browne. | |
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Exploration \Ex`plo*ra"tion\, n. [L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration.] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination. [bd]An exploration of doctrine.[b8] --Bp. Hall. | |
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Explorative \Ex*plor"a*tive\, a. Exploratory. | |
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Explorator \Ex"plo*ra`tor\, n. [L.] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher. | |
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Exploratory \Ex*plor"a*to*ry\, a. [L. exploratorius.] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.] Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. --Pope. 2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. [bd]Hidden frauds [to] explore.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.] Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. --Pope. 2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. [bd]Hidden frauds [to] explore.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Explorement \Ex*plore"ment\, n. The act of exploring; exploration. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Explorer \Ex*plor"er\, n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell. | |
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Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.] Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. --Pope. 2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. [bd]Hidden frauds [to] explore.[b8] --Dryden. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Explosion \Ex*plo"sion\, n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See {Explode}.] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc. 2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc. 3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath. A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, n. 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine. 2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Explosively \Ex*plo"sive*ly\, adv. In an explosive manner. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expoliation \Ex*po`li*a"tion\, n. See {Exspoliation}. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expolish \Ex*pol"ish\, v. t. [Cf. L. expolire. See {Polish}.] To polish thoroughly. [Obs.] --Heywood. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expulse \Ex*pulse"\, v. t. [F. expulser or L. expulsare, intens. fr. expellere. See {Expel}.] To drive out; to expel. [Obs.] If charity be thus excluded and expulsed. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expulser \Ex*puls"er\, n. An expeller. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expulsion \Ex*pul"sion\, n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See {Expel}.] 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. --Shak. 2. The state of being expelled or driven out. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Expulsive \Ex*pul"sive\, a. [Cf. F. expulsif.] Having the power of driving out or away; serving to expel. The expulsive power of a new affection. --Chalmers. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exspoliation \Ex*spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. exspoliatio, fr. exspoliare to spoil, to plunder; ex out, from + spoliare. See {Spoliate}.] Spoliation. [Obs. or R.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exsufflate \Ex`suf*flate"\, v. t. [L. exsufflare to blow at or upon; ex out + sufflare. See {Sufflate}.] (Eccles.) To exorcise or renounce by blowing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exsufflation \Ex`suf*fla"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. --Jer. Taylor. 3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exsufflicate \Ex*suf"fli*cate\, a. Empty; frivolous. [A Shakespearean word only once used.] Such exsufflicate and blown surmises. --Shak. (Oth. iii. 3, 182). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Exuvial \Ex*u"vi*al\, a. Of or pertaining to exuvi[91]. [bd]Exuvial layers.[b8] [bd]Exuvial deposits.[b8] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Eye-splice \Eye"-splice`\, n. (Naut.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under {Splice}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
Exploder n. Used within Microsoft to refer to the Windows Explorer, the interface component of Windows 95 and WinNT 4. Our spies report that most of the heavy guns at MS came from a Unix background and use command line utilities; even they are scornful of the over-gingerbreaded {WIMP environment}s that they have been called upon to create. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
exploit n. [originally cracker slang] 1. A vulnerability in software that can be used for breaking security or otherwise attacking an Internet host over the network. The {Ping O' Death} is a famous exploit. 2. More grammatically, a program that exploits an exploit in sense 1, | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
equivalence class are related to each other by an {equivalence relation}. The equivalence classes of a set under some relation form a {partition} of that set (i.e. any two are either equal or {disjoint} and every element of the set is in some class). (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
equivalence class partitioning identifying a small set of representative input values that invoke as many different input conditions as possible. (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
equivalence relation c, which is reflexive (a R a), symmetric (a R b => b R a) and transitive (a R b R c => a R c). An equivalence relation defines an {equivalence} class. See also {partial equivalence relation}. (1996-05-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
ESPOL {Executive Systems Programming Oriented Language} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
explicit parallelism A feature of a programming language for a {parallel processing} system which allows or forces the programmer to annotate his program to indicate which parts should be executed as independent parallel tasks. This is obviously more work for the programmer than a system with {implicit parallelism} (where the system decides automatically which parts to run in parallel) but may allow higher performance. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
explicit type conversion construct ({syntax}) to specify that an expression's value should be converted to a different type. For example, in {C}, to convert an {integer} (usually 32 bits) to a {char} (usually 8 bits) we might write: int i = 42; char *p = &buf; *p = (char) i; The expression "(char)" (called a "cast") converts i's value to char type. Casts (including this one) are often not strictly necessary, due to automatic {coercions} performed by the compiler, but can be used to make the conversion obvious and to avoid warning messages. (1999-09-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
exploit of a security hole. "[...] {hackers} say exploit. {sysadmins} say hole" -- {Mike Emke (http://emke.com/)}. Emke reports that the stress is on the second syllable. If this is true, this may be a case of hackerly zero-deriving verbs (especially instantials) from nouns, akin to "write" as a noun to describe an instance of a disk drive writing to a disk. (2001-11-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) [J.W.Tukey, "Exploratory Data Analysis", 1977, Addisson Wesley]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Eshbaal man of Baal, the fourth son of king Saul (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He is also called Ish-bosheth (q.v.), 2 Sam. 2:8. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Esh-baal, the fire of the idol, or of the ruler |