English Dictionary: Lermontov | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Learn \Learn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Learned}, or {Learnt} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Learning}.] [OE. lernen, leornen, AS. leornian; akin to OS. lin[d3]n, for lirn[d3]n, OHG. lirn[c7]n, lern[c7]n, G. lernen, fr. the root of AS. l[?]ran to teach, OS. l[c7]rian, OHG. l[c7]ran, G. lehren, Goth. laisjan, also Goth lais I know, leis acquainted (in comp.); all prob. from a root meaning, to go, go over, and hence, to learn; cf. AS. leoran to go . Cf. {Last} a mold of the foot, {lore}.] 1. To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. [bd]Learn to do well.[b8] --Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. --Matt. xxiv. 32. 2. To communicate knowledge to; to teach. [Obs.] Hast thou not learned me how To make perfumes ? --Shak. Note: Learn formerly had also the sense of teach, in accordance with the analogy of the French and other languages, and hence we find it with this sense in Shakespeare, Spenser, and other old writers. This usage has now passed away. To learn is to receive instruction, and to teach is to give instruction. He who is taught learns, not he who teaches. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Learning \Learn"ing\, n. [AS. leornung.] 1. The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy. 2. The knowledge or skill received by instruction or study; acquired knowledge or ideas in any branch of science or literature; erudition; literature; science; as, he is a man of great learning. {Book learning}. See under {Book}. Syn: Literature; erudition; lore; scholarship; science; letters. See {Literature}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Lernean \Ler*ne"an\ (l[etil]r*n[emac]"[ait]n), n. [See {Lern[91]a}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of a family ({Lern[91]id[91]}) of parasitic Crustacea found attached to fishes and other marine animals. Some species penetrate the skin and flesh with the elongated head, and feed on the viscera. See Illust. in Appendix. | |
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Lyerman \Ly"er*man\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The cicada. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Lorman, MS Zip code(s): 39096 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
learning curve performing some action against the number of times it has been performed. The term probably entered engineering via the aircraft industry in the 1930s, where it was used to describe plots showing the cost of making some particular design of aeroplane against the number of units made. The term is also used in psychology to mean a graph showing some measure of something learned against the number of trials. The psychology graphs normally slope upward whereas the manufacturing ones normally slope downward but they are both usually steep to start with and then level out. {Marketroids} often misuse the term to mean the amount of time it takes to learn to use something ("reduce the learning curve") or the ease of learning it ("easy learning curve"). The phrase "steep learning curve" is sometimes used incorrectly to mean "hard to learn" whereas of course it implies rapid learning. {Engineering (http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47-68-85-1942_STO61762,00.html)}. {Psychology (http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~wpoff/cor/mem/opereinf.html)}. (2002-01-22) |