English Dictionary: Paul Cezanne | by the DICT Development Group |
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Ground \Ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or some indefinite portion of it. There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii. 5. The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23. Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the earth. 2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground. From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton. 3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens, lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the grounds of the estate are well kept. Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds. --Dryden. 4. 4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope. 5. (Paint. & Decorative Art) (a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground. See {Background}, {Foreground}, and {Middle-ground}. (b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief. (c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground. See {Brussels lace}, under {Brussels}. 6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle. 7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; -- usually in the plural. Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering floated flush with them. 8. (Mus.) (a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody. (b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song. --Moore (Encyc.). On that ground I'll build a holy descant. --Shak. 9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby the earth is made part of an electrical circuit. 10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs; lees; feces; as, coffee grounds. 11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. {Ground angling}, angling with a weighted line without a float. {Ground annual} (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land. {Ground ash}. (Bot.) See {Groutweed}. {Ground bailiff} (Mining), a superintendent of mines. --Simmonds. {Ground bait}, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc., thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon. {Ground bass} [or] {base} (Mus.), fundamental base; a fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody. {Ground beetle} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of carnivorous beetles of the family {Carabid[91]}, living mostly in burrows or under stones, etc. {Ground chamber}, a room on the ground floor. {Ground cherry}. (Bot.) (a) A genus ({Physalis}) of herbaceous plants having an inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry tomato ({P. Alkekengi}). See {Alkekengl}. (b) A European shrub ({Prunus Cham[91]cerasus}), with small, very acid fruit. {Ground cuckoo}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Chaparral cock}. {Ground cypress}. (Bot.) See {Lavender cotton}. {Ground dove} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small American pigeons of the genus {Columbigallina}, esp. {C. passerina} of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live chiefly on the ground. {Ground fish} (Zo[94]l.), any fish which constantly lives on the botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut. {Ground floor}, the floor of a house most nearly on a level with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in England, the {first floor}. {Ground form} (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root. | |
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Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[amac]"k[icr]), n. [Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably from the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus {Pithecia}. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile. Note: The black saki ({Pithecia satanas}), the white-headed ({P. leucocephala}), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki ({P. chiropotes}), are among the best-known. | |
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Palace \Pal"ace\, n. [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, [?] which Augustus had his residence. Cf. {Paladin}.] 1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. --Chaucer. 2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage. 3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. {Palace car}. See under {Car}. {Palace court}, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. | |
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Car \Car\, n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. {Chariot}.] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. 2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.] Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See {Train}. 3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic]. The gilded car of day. --Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. --Tennyson. 4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. --Dryden. 5. The cage of a lift or elevator. 6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. 7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] {Car coupling}, or {Car coupler}, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] {Dummy car} (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. {Freight car} (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] {Hand car} (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] {Horse car}, or {Street car}, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] {Palace car}, {Drawing-room car}, {Sleeping car}, {Parlor car}, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers. | |
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Palace \Pal"ace\, n. [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, [?] which Augustus had his residence. Cf. {Paladin}.] 1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. --Chaucer. 2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage. 3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. {Palace car}. See under {Car}. {Palace court}, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] --Mozley & W. | |
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Palacious \Pa*la"cious\, a. Palatial. [Obs.] --Graunt. | |
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Paleaceous \Pa`le*a"ceous\, a. [L. palea chaff.] (Bot.) Chaffy; resembling or consisting of pale[91], or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle. | |
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Paleozo94ogy \Pa`le*o*zo*[94]"o*gy\, n. [Paleo- + zo[94]logy.] The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology. | |
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Paleozoic \Pa`le*o*zo"ic\, a. [Paleo- + Gr. [?] life, fr. [?] to live.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of {Geology}. | |
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Palsical \Pal"si*cal\, a.[From {Palsy}.] Affected with palsy; palsied; paralytic. [R.] --Johnson. | |
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Palsy \Pal"sy\, n.; pl. {Palsies}. [OE. palesie, parlesy, OF. paralesie, F. paralysie, L. paralysis. See {Paralysis}.] (Med.) Paralysis, complete or partial. See {Paralysis}. [bd]One sick of the palsy.[b8] --Mark ii. 3. {Bell's palsy}, paralysis of the facial nerve, producing distortion of one side of the face; -- so called from Sir Charles Bell, an English surgeon who described it. {Scrivener's palsy}. See {Writer's cramp}, under {Writer}. {Shaking palsy}, paralysis agitans, a disease usually occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait. | |
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Pelagic \Pe*lag"ic\, a. [L. pelagicus.] Of or pertaining to the ocean; -- applied especially to animals that live at the surface of the ocean, away from the coast. | |
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Pelasgian \Pe*las"gi*an\, Pelasgic \Pe*las"gic\, a. [L. Pelasgus, Gr. [?] a Pelasgian.] 1. Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Wandering. | |
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Pelusiac \Pe*lu"si*ac\, a. [L. Pelusiacus.] Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile. | |
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Phallicism \Phal"li*cism\, n. See {Phallism}. | |
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Phlogistian \Phlo*gis"tian\, n. A believer in the existence of phlogiston. | |
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Phlogistic \Phlo*gis"tic\, a. 1. (Old Chem.) Of or pertaining to phlogiston, or to belief in its existence. 2. (Med.) Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers. | |
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Phlogistical \Phlo*gis"tic*al\, a. (Old Chem.) Phlogistic. | |
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Phlogisticate \Phlo*gis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phlogisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phlogisticating}.] (Old Chem.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances. | |
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Phlogisticate \Phlo*gis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phlogisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phlogisticating}.] (Old Chem.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances. | |
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Phlogisticate \Phlo*gis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Phlogisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Phlogisticating}.] (Old Chem.) To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances. | |
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Phlogistication \Phlo*gis`ti*ca"tion\, n. (Old Chem.) The act or process of combining with phlogiston. | |
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Phlogiston \Phlo*gis"ton\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] burnt, set on fire, fr. [?] to set on fire, to burn, fr. [?], [?], a flame, blaze. See {Phlox}.] (Old Chem.) The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element. Note: This was supposed to be united with combustible (phlogisticated) bodies and to be separated from incombustible (dephlogisticated) bodies, the phenomena of flame and burning being the escape of phlogiston. Soot and sulphur were regarded as nearly pure phlogiston. The essential principle of this theory was, that combustion was a decomposition rather than the union and combination which it has since been shown to be. | |
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Phlogogenous \Phlo*gog"e*nous\, a. [Gr. [?], [?] fire + -genous.] (Med.) Causing inflammation. | |
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Phyllocyst \Phyl"lo*cyst\, n. [Phyllo- + cyst.] (Zo[94]l.) The cavity of a hydrophyllium. | |
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Pillowcase \Pil"low*case`\, n. A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth. | |
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Place \Place\, n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[rsdot]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. Here is the place appointed. --Shak. What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. 2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. [bd]Hangman boys in the market place.[b8] --Shak. 3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. Are you native of this place? --Shak. 4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. [bd]The enervating magic of place.[b8] --Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. 5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). [bd]In place of Lord Bassanio.[b8] --Shak. 6. A definite position or passage of a document. The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. 7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. 8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. 9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. {Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm. {High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. [bd]Him that offereth in the high place.[b8] --Jer. xlviii. 35. {In place}, in proper position; timely. {Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place. {Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground. {Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy. {To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. [bd]Neither give place to the devil.[b8] --Eph. iv. 27. [bd]Let all the rest give place.[b8] --Shak. {To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart. {To take place}. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. [bd]If your doctrine takes place.[b8] --Berkeley. [bd]But none of these excuses would take place.[b8] --Spenser. {To take the place of}, to be substituted for. Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. | |
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Place-kick \Place"-kick`\, v. t. & i. To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- {Place"-kick`er}, n. | |
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Place-kick \Place"-kick`\, v. t. & i. To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- {Place"-kick`er}, n. | |
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Placoganoid \Plac`o*ga"noid\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Placoganoidei. | |
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Plagiocephalic \Pla`gi*o*ce*phal"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] oblique + [?] the head.] (Anat.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. | |
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Plagiocephaly \Pla`gi*o*ceph"a*ly\, n. (Anat.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. | |
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Plagioclase \Pla"gi*o*clase\, n. [Gr. [?] oblique + [?] to break.] (Min.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under {Feldspar}. | |
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{Skew pantograph}, a kind of pantograph for drawing a copy which is inclined with respect to the original figure; -- also called {plagiograph}. | |
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d8Plagiostomi \[d8]Pla`gi*os"to*mi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. [?] slanting + [?], [?], mouth.] (Zo[94]l.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also {Plagiostomata}. | |
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Plagiostomatous \Pla`gi*o*stom"a*tous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Plagiostomous}. | |
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Plagiostome \Pla"gi*o*stome\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Plagiostomi. | |
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Plagiostomous \Pla`gi*os"to*mous\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi. | |
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Plagose \Pla*gose"\, a. [L. plagosus. See {Plague}.] Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master. [R.] | |
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Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. [?], fr. [?] to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. {Plaint}.] 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. --Shak. And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. --Wyclif. The different plague of each calamity. --Shak. 2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. [bd]A plague upon the people fell.[b8] --Tennyson. {Cattle plague}. See {Rinderpest}. {Plague mark}, {Plague spot}, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. | |
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Plesiosaur \Ple"si*o*saur\, n. (Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria. | |
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d8Plesiosaurus \[d8]Ple`si*o*sau"rus\, n.; pl. {Plesiosauri}. [NL., fr. Gr [?] near + [?] a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age. | |
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Plesiosaurian \Ple`si*o*sau"ri*an\, n. (Paleon.) A plesiosaur. | |
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Plexus \Plex"us\, n. A network; an intricate or interwoven combination of elements or parts in a coherent structure. In the perception of a tree the reference to an object is circumscribed and directed by a plexus of visual and other presentations. --G. F. Stout. | |
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Plexus \Plex"us\, n.; pl. L. {Plexus}, E. {Plexuses}. [L., a twining, braid, fr. plectere, plexum, to twine, braid.] 1. (Anat.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers. 2. (Math.) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. --Brande & C. | |
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Plexus \Plex"us\, n.; pl. L. {Plexus}, E. {Plexuses}. [L., a twining, braid, fr. plectere, plexum, to twine, braid.] 1. (Anat.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers. 2. (Math.) The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. --Brande & C. | |
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d8Baya \[d8]Ba"ya\, n. [Native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The East Indian weaver bird ({Ploceus Philippinus}). | |
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Plowgang \Plow"gang`\, Ploughgang \Plough"gang`\, n. Same as {Plowgate}. | |
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Plowgate \Plow"gate`\, Ploughgate \Plough"gate`\, n. The Scotch equivalent of the English word {plowland}. Not having one plowgate of land. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Plowshare \Plow"share`\, Ploughshare \Plough"share"\, n. The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. {Plowshare bone} (Anat.), the pygostyle. | |
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{Salt acid} (Chem.), hydrochloric acid. {Salt block}, an apparatus for evaporating brine; a salt factory. --Knight. {Salt bottom}, a flat piece of ground covered with saline efflorescences. [Western U.S.] --Bartlett. {Salt cake} (Chem.), the white caked mass, consisting of sodium sulphate, which is obtained as the product of the first stage in the manufacture of soda, according to Leblanc's process. {Salt fish}. (a) Salted fish, especially cod, haddock, and similar fishes that have been salted and dried for food. (b) A marine fish. {Salt garden}, an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore. {Salt gauge}, an instrument used to test the strength of brine; a salimeter. {Salt horse}, salted beef. [Slang] {Salt junk}, hard salt beef for use at sea. [Slang] {Salt lick}. See {Lick}, n. {Salt marsh}, grass land subject to the overflow of salt water. {Salt-marsh caterpillar} (Zo[94]l.), an American bombycid moth ({Spilosoma acr[91]a} which is very destructive to the salt-marsh grasses and to other crops. Called also {woolly bear}. See Illust. under {Moth}, {Pupa}, and {Woolly bear}, under {Woolly}. {Salt-marsh fleabane} (Bot.), a strong-scented composite herb ({Pluchea camphorata}) with rayless purplish heads, growing in salt marshes. {Salt-marsh hen} (Zo[94]l.), the clapper rail. See under {Rail}. {Salt-marsh terrapin} (Zo[94]l.), the diamond-back. {Salt mine}, a mine where rock salt is obtained. {Salt pan}. (a) A large pan used for making salt by evaporation; also, a shallow basin in the ground where salt water is evaporated by the heat of the sun. (b) pl. Salt works. {Salt pit}, a pit where salt is obtained or made. {Salt rising}, a kind of yeast in which common salt is a principal ingredient. [U.S.] {Salt raker}, one who collects salt in natural salt ponds, or inclosures from the sea. {Salt sedative} (Chem.), boracic acid. [Obs.] {Salt spring}, a spring of salt water. {Salt tree} (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Halimodendron argenteum}) growing in the salt plains of the Caspian region and in Siberia. {Salt water}, water impregnated with salt, as that of the ocean and of certain seas and lakes; sometimes, also, tears. Mine eyes are full of tears, I can not see; And yet salt water blinds them not so much But they can see a sort of traitors here. --Shak. {Salt-water sailor}, an ocean mariner. {Salt-water tailor}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Bluefish}. | |
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Plucky \Pluck"y\, a. [Compar. {Pluckier}; superl. {Pluckiest}.] Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race. If you're plucky, and not over subject to fright. --Barham. | |
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Plus \Plus\, a. [L., more; akin to Gr. [?], [?], and E. full. See {Full}, a., and cf. {Pi[97]}, {Pleonasm}.] 1. (Math.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to {minus}. 2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power. --Emerson. {Plus sign} (Math.), the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity. | |
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Y \Y\ (w[imac]), n.; pl. {Y's} (w[imac]z) or {Ys}. Something shaped like the letter Y; a forked piece resembling in form the letter Y. Specifically: (a) One of the forked holders for supporting the telescope of a leveling instrument, or the axis of a theodolite; a wye. (b) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting. (c) (Railroads) A portion of track consisting of two diverging tracks connected by a cross track. {Y level} (Surv.), an instrument for measuring differences of level by means of a telescope resting in Y's. {Y moth} (Zo[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth {Plusia gamma}) which has a bright, silvery mark, shaped like the letter Y, on each of the fore wings. Its larva, which is green with five dorsal white species, feeds on the cabbage, turnip, bean, etc. Called also {gamma moth}, and {silver Y}. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. [?] citizen, fr. [?] city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough. 2. That which concerns the order of the community; the internal regulation of a state. 3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or district, whose particular duties are the preservation of good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the enforcement of the laws. 4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. 5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state [?] a camp as to cleanliness. {Police commissioner}, a civil officer, usually one of a board, commissioned to regulate and control the appointment, duties, and discipline of the police. {Police constable}, [or] {Police officer}, a policeman. {Police court}, a minor court to try persons brought before it by the police. {Police inspector}, an officer of police ranking next below a superintendent. {Police jury}, a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier. {Police justice}, [or] {Police magistrate}, a judge of a police court. {Police offenses} (Law), minor offenses against the order of the community, of which a police court may have final jurisdiction. {Police station}, the headquarters of the police, or of a section of them; the place where the police assemble for orders, and to which they take arrested persons. | |
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Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n.; pl. {Policies}. [L. politia, Gr. [?]; cf. F. police, Of. police. See {Police}, n.] 1. Civil polity. [Obs.] 2. The settled method by which the government and affairs of a nation are, or may be, administered; a system of public or official administration, as designed to promote the external or internal prosperity of a state. 3. The method by which any institution is administered; system of management; course. 4. Management or administration based on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem. 5. Prudence or wisdom in the management of public and private affairs; wisdom; sagacity; wit. The very policy of a hostess, finding his purse so far above his clothes, did detect him. --Fuller. 6. Motive; object; inducement. [Obs.] What policy have you to bestow a benefit where it is counted an injury? --Sir P. Sidney. Syn: See {Polity}. | |
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Policy \Pol"i*cy\, n. [F. police; cf. Pr. polissia, Sp. p[a2]lizia, It. p[a2]lizza; of uncertain origin; cf. L. pollex thumb (as being used in pressing the seal), in LL. also, seal; or cf. LL. politicum, poleticum, polecticum, L. polyptychum, account book, register, fr. Gr. [?] having many folds or leaves; [?] many + [?] fold, leaf, from [?] to fold; or cf. LL. apodixa a receipt.] 1. A ticket or warrant for money in the public funds. 2. The writing or instrument in which a contract of insurance is embodied; an instrument in writing containing the terms and conditions on which one party engages to indemnify another against loss arising from certain hazards, perils, or risks to which his person or property may be exposed. See {Insurance}. 3. A method of gambling by betting as to what numbers will be drawn in a lottery; as, to play policy. {Interest policy}, a policy that shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the matter insured. {Open policy}, one in which the value of the goods or property insured is not mentioned. {Policy book}, a book to contain a record of insurance policies. {Policy holder}, one to whom an insurance policy has been granted. {Policy shop}, a gambling place where one may bet on the numbers which will be drawn in lotteries. {Valued policy}, one in which the value of the goods, property, or interest insured is specified. {Wager policy}, a policy that shows on the face of it that the contract it embodies is a pretended insurance, founded on an ideal risk, where the insured has no interest in anything insured. | |
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Polka \Pol"ka\, n. [Pol. Polka a Polish woman: cf. F. & G. polka.] 1. A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time. 2. (Mus.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented. {Polka jacket}, a kind of knit jacket worn by women. | |
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Pollock \Pol"lock\, n. [See {Pollack}.] (Zo[94]l.) A marine gadoid fish ({Pollachius carbonarius}), native both of the European and American coasts. It is allied to the cod, and like it is salted and dried. In England it is called {coalfish}, {lob}, {podley}, {podling}, {pollack}, etc. | |
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Cuddy \Cud"dy\, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E. cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zo[94]l) The coalfish ({Pollachius carbonarius}). [Written also {cudden}.] | |
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Pollack \Pol"lack\, n. [Cf. G. & D. pollack, and Gael. pollag a little pool, a sort of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A marine gadoid food fish of Europe ({Pollachius virens}). Called also {greenfish}, {greenling}, {lait}, {leet}, {lob}, {lythe}, and {whiting pollack}. (b) The American pollock; the coalfish. | |
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d8Pollex \[d8]Pol"lex\, n.; pl. {Pollices}. [the thumb.] (Anat.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing. | |
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Polyacoustic \Pol`y*a*cous"tic\, a. [Poly- + acoustic: cf. F. polyacoustique.] Multiplying or magnifying sound. -- n. A polyacoustic instrument. | |
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Polyacoustics \Pol`y*a*cous"tics\, n. The art of multiplying or magnifying sounds. | |
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Polycystid \Pol`y*cys"tid\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) One of the Polycystidea. (b) One of the Polycystina. -- a. Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina. | |
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Polycystine \Pol`y*cys"tine\, a. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Polycystina. -- n. One of the Polycystina. | |
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Polygastrian \Pol`y*gas"tri*an\ (p[ocr]l`[icr]*g[acr]s"tr[icr]*[ait]n), n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Polygastrica. [Obs.] | |
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Polygastric \Pol`y*gas"tric\ (-tr[icr]k), a. [Poly- + gastric: cf. F. polygastrique.] 1. (Anat.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Pertaining to the Polygastrica. [Obs.] | |
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Polygastric \Pol`y*gas"tric\ (p[ocr]l`[icr]*g[acr]s"tr[icr]k), n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Polygastrica. | |
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Pulicose \Pu"li*cose`\, Pulicous \Pu"li*cous\, a. [L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.] Abounding with fleas. | |
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Pulicose \Pu"li*cose`\, Pulicous \Pu"li*cous\, a. [L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea.] Abounding with fleas. | |
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Pulse \Pulse\, n. [OE. pous, OF. pous, F. pouls, fr. L. pulsus (sc. venarum), the beating of the pulse, the pulse, from pellere, pulsum, to beat, strike; cf. Gr. [?] to swing, shake, [?] to shake. Cf. {Appeal}, {Compel}, {Impel}, {Push}.] 1. (Physiol.) The beating or throbbing of the heart or blood vessels, especially of the arteries. Note: In an artery the pulse is due to the expansion and contraction of the elastic walls of the artery by the action of the heart upon the column of blood in the arterial system. On the commencement of the diastole of the ventricle, the semilunar valves are closed, and the aorta recoils by its elasticity so as to force part of its contents into the vessels farther onwards. These, in turn, as they already contain a certain quantity of blood, expand, recover by an elastic recoil, and transmit the movement with diminished intensity. Thus a series of movements, gradually diminishing in intensity, pass along the arterial system (see the Note under {Heart}). For the sake of convenience, the radial artery at the wrist is generally chosen to detect the precise character of the pulse. The pulse rate varies with age, position, sex, stature, physical and psychical influences, etc. 2. Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement. The measured pulse of racing oars. --Tennyson. When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke. --Burke. {Pulse glass}, an instrument consisting to a glass tube with terminal bulbs, and containing ether or alcohol, which the heat of the hand causes to boil; -- so called from the pulsating motion of the liquid when thus warmed. {Pulse wave} (Physiol.), the wave of increased pressure started by the ventricular systole, radiating from the semilunar valves over the arterial system, and gradually disappearing in the smaller branches. the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. --H. N. Martin. {To feel one's pulse}. (a) To ascertain, by the sense of feeling, the condition of the arterial pulse. (b) Hence, to sound one's opinion; to try to discover one's mind. | |
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Palacios, TX (town, FIPS 54684) Location: 28.71363 N, 96.23582 W Population (1990): 4418 (1896 housing units) Area: 12.2 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 77465 | |
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Palo Seco, PR (comunidad, FIPS 59139) Location: 18.00956 N, 65.93733 W Population (1990): 1221 (377 housing units) Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Palos Heights, IL (city, FIPS 57381) Location: 41.66530 N, 87.79715 W Population (1990): 11478 (3980 housing units) Area: 9.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60463 | |
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Pawley's Island, SC (town, FIPS 55015) Location: 33.42201 N, 79.12610 W Population (1990): 176 (506 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
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Pawleys Island, SC Zip code(s): 29585 | |
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Pawley's Island, SC (town, FIPS 55015) Location: 33.42201 N, 79.12610 W Population (1990): 176 (506 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) | |
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Pawleys Island, SC Zip code(s): 29585 | |
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Plessis, NY Zip code(s): 13675 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Pulaski County, AR (county, FIPS 119) Location: 34.77010 N, 92.31082 W Population (1990): 349660 (151538 housing units) Area: 1996.8 sq km (land), 95.7 sq km (water) Pulaski County, GA (county, FIPS 235) Location: 32.23708 N, 83.47360 W Population (1990): 8108 (3470 housing units) Area: 640.8 sq km (land), 6.4 sq km (water) Pulaski County, IL (county, FIPS 153) Location: 37.22782 N, 89.13118 W Population (1990): 7523 (3410 housing units) Area: 520.1 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water) Pulaski County, IN (county, FIPS 131) Location: 41.03737 N, 86.69456 W Population (1990): 12643 (5541 housing units) Area: 1123.3 sq km (land), 2.3 sq km (water) Pulaski County, KY (county, FIPS 199) Location: 37.10259 N, 84.57649 W Population (1990): 49489 (22328 housing units) Area: 1713.6 sq km (land), 40.0 sq km (water) Pulaski County, MO (county, FIPS 169) Location: 37.82498 N, 92.20888 W Population (1990): 41307 (13838 housing units) Area: 1416.9 sq km (land), 11.4 sq km (water) Pulaski County, VA (county, FIPS 155) Location: 37.06319 N, 80.71385 W Population (1990): 34496 (14740 housing units) Area: 830.3 sq km (land), 23.4 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
plesiochronous communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to {ITU-T} {standards}, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits. [Pronunciation? /ples'ee-oh-kroh'nus/?] (1995-03-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy communication using {plesiochronous} synchronisation. PDH is the conventional {multiplexing} technology for network transmission systems. The transmitter adds dummy information bits to allow multiple channels to be bit interleaved. The receiver discards these bits once the signals have been demultiplexed. PDH combines multiple 2 Mb/s ({E1}) channels in Europe and 1.544 Mb/s ({DS1}) channels in the US and Japan. PDH is being replaced by {SONET} and other SDH ({Synchronous Digital Hierarchy}) schemes. (2003-09-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Plexus A modular {World-Wide Web} {server} written in {Perl} by Tony Sanders many other information services to be served via the Web. {Version 3.0m 1994-07-22 (ftp://ftp.earth.com/plexus/)}. (1994-07-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
PL/Seq Programming Language for Sequences. A DSP language. "A General High Level Language for Signal Processors", J. Skytta & O. Hyvarinen, Digital Signal Processing 84, Proc Intl Conf, Fiorence, Italy, Sep 1984, pp.217-221. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) A method by which an audio signal is represented as digital data. Virtually all digital audio systems use PCM, including, {CD}, {DAT}, F1 format, 1630 format, DASH, DCC, and MD. Many people get confused because "PCM" is also slang for Sony's F1 format which stores PCM digital audio on videotape. (1995-02-09) |