English Dictionary: bits per second | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombardier \Bom`bar*dier"\, n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. {Bombardier beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a kind of beetle ({Brachinus crepitans}), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the {B. displosor}, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is {B. fumans}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Sponge \Sponge\, n. [OF. esponge, F. [82]ponge, L. spongia, Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Fungus}, {Spunk}.] [Formerly written also {spunge}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Spongi[91], or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under {Spongi[91]}. 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongi[91] (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus {Spongia}. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies. 3. Fig.: One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger. 4. Any spongelike substance. Specifically: (a) Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. (b) Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. (c) Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. 5. (Gun.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. 6. (Far.) The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, answering to the heel. {Bath sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges, especially {Spongia equina}. {Cup sponge}, a toilet sponge growing in a cup-shaped form. {Glass sponge}. See {Glass-sponge}, in the Vocabulary. {Glove sponge}, a variety of commercial sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety {tubulufera}), having very fine fibers, native of Florida, and the West Indies. {Grass sponge}, any one of several varieties of coarse commercial sponges having the surface irregularly tufted, as {Spongia graminea}, and {S. equina}, variety {cerebriformis}, of Florida and the West Indies. {Horse sponge}, a coarse commercial sponge, especially {Spongia equina}. {Platinum sponge}. (Chem.) See under {Platinum}. {Pyrotechnical sponge}, a substance made of mushrooms or fungi, which are boiled in water, dried, and beaten, then put in a strong lye prepared with saltpeter, and again dried in an oven. This makes the black match, or tinder, brought from Germany. {Sheep's-wool sponge}, a fine and durable commercial sponge ({Spongia equina}, variety {gossypina}) found in Florida and the West Indies. The surface is covered with larger and smaller tufts, having the oscula between them. {Sponge cake}, a kind of sweet cake which is light and spongy. {Sponge lead}, [or] {Spongy lead} (Chem.), metallic lead brought to a spongy form by reduction of lead salts, or by compressing finely divided lead; -- used in secondary batteries and otherwise. {Sponge tree} (Bot.), a tropical leguminous tree ({Acacia Farnesiana}), with deliciously fragrant flowers, which are used in perfumery. {Toilet sponge}, a very fine and superior variety of Mediterranean sponge ({Spongia officinalis}, variety {Mediterranea}); -- called also {turkish sponge}. {To set a sponge} (Cookery), to leaven a small mass of flour, to be used in leavening a larger quantity. {To throw up the sponge}, to give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; -- from a custom of the prize ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. [Cant or Slang] [bd]He was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate.[b8] --Lowell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Beauty \Beau"ty\, n.; pl. {Beautie}s . [OE. beaute, beute, OF. beaut[82], biaut[82], Pr. beltat, F. beaut[82], fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See {Beau}.] 1. An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the [91]sthetic faculty, or the moral sense. Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. --Locke. The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. --Wordsworth. The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, [bd]multitude in unity;[b8] and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. --Coleridge. 2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature. 3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. All the admired beauties of Verona. --Shak. 4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [Obs.] She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. --Jer. Taylor. {Beauty spot}, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast. | |
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Bedspread \Bed"spread`\, n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [U. S.] | |
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Boat-shaped \Boat"-shaped`\, a. (Bot.) See {Cymbiform}. | |
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Body \Bod"y\, n.; pl. {Bodies}. [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. [root]257. Cf. {Bodice}.] 1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person. Absent in body, but present in spirit. --1 Cor. v. 3 For of the soul the body form doth take. For soul is form, and doth the body make. --Spenser. 2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc. Who set the body and the limbs Of this great sport together? --Shak. The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. --Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. --Addison. 3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. --Col. ii. 17. 4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody. A dry, shrewd kind of a body. --W. Irving. 5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body. A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. --Prescott. 6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity. 7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an a[89]riform body. [bd]A body of cold air.[b8] --Huxley. By collision of two bodies, grind The air attrite to fire. --Milton. 8. Amount; quantity; extent. 9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs. 10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body. 11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body. 12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure. 13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body. Note: Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color. {After body} (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. {Body cavity} (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the c[91]lum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. {Body of a church}, the nave. {Body cloth}; pl. {Body cloths}, a cloth or blanket for covering horses. {Body clothes}. (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] --Addison. {Body coat}, a gentleman's dress coat. {Body color} (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. {Body of a law} (Law), the main and operative part. {Body louse} (Zo[94]l.), a species of louse ({Pediculus vestimenti}), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See {Grayback}. {Body plan} (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. {Body politic}, the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. --Wharton. As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of [bd]people[b8], or [bd]nation[b8]. --Bouvier. {Body servant}, a valet. {The bodies seven} (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.] Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. --Chaucer. {Body snatcher}, one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. {Body snatching} (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cavity \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit[82].] 1. Hollowness. [Obs.] The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin. 2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. --Arbuthnot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic[91]. --Quain. {Body cavity}, the c[d2]lum. See under {Body}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Alcornoque \[d8]Al`cor*no"que\, n. [Sp., cork tree.] The bark of several trees, esp. of {Bowdichia virgilioides} of Brazil, used as a remedy for consumption; of {Byrsonima crassifolia}, used in tanning; of {Alchornea latifolia}, used medicinally; or of {Quercus ilex}, the cork tree. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Budge \Budge\, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. [bd]Budge gowns.[b8] --Milton. 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. {Budge bachelor}, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. {Budge barrel} (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Budge \Budge\, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. [bd]Budge gowns.[b8] --Milton. 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. {Budge bachelor}, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. {Budge barrel} (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Butt shaft \Butt" shaft`\ An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Also {but shaft}.] --Shak. | |
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Butt shaft \Butt" shaft`\ An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Also {but shaft}.] --Shak. | |
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5. A situation or opportunity of work; as, he lost his job. [Colloq.] Note: Job is used adjectively to signify doing jobs, used for jobs, or let on hire to do jobs; as, job printer; job master; job horse; job wagon, etc. {By the job}, at a stipulated sum for the work, or for each piece of work done; -- distinguished from time work; as, the house was built by the job. {Job lot}, a quantity of goods, usually miscellaneous, sold out of the regular course of trade, at a certain price for the whole; as, these articles were included in a job lot. {Job master}, one who lest out horses and carriages for hire, as for family use. [Eng.] {Job printer}, one who does miscellaneous printing, esp. circulars, cards, billheads, etc. {Odd job}, miscellaneous work of a petty kind; occasional work, of various kinds, or for various people. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Batesburg, SC (town, FIPS 4285) Location: 33.90739 N, 81.54689 W Population (1990): 4082 (1627 housing units) Area: 11.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29006 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Batesville, AR (city, FIPS 4030) Location: 35.76824 N, 91.62228 W Population (1990): 9187 (3947 housing units) Area: 27.0 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72501 Batesville, IN (city, FIPS 3664) Location: 39.29794 N, 85.21829 W Population (1990): 4720 (1848 housing units) Area: 10.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47006 Batesville, MS (city, FIPS 3620) Location: 34.31946 N, 89.93684 W Population (1990): 6403 (2331 housing units) Area: 30.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 38606 Batesville, OH (village, FIPS 4192) Location: 39.91423 N, 81.28121 W Population (1990): 95 (46 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Batesville, TX (CDP, FIPS 5924) Location: 28.94731 N, 99.61434 W Population (1990): 1313 (461 housing units) Area: 30.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78829 | |
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Bath Springs, TN Zip code(s): 38311 | |
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Bettsville, OH (village, FIPS 6194) Location: 41.24404 N, 83.23357 W Population (1990): 752 (295 housing units) Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Bodega Bay, CA (CDP, FIPS 7260) Location: 38.32280 N, 123.02979 W Population (1990): 1127 (831 housing units) Area: 20.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 94923 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
bot spot n. [MUD] The user on a MUD with the longest connect time. Derives from the fact that {bot}s on MUDS often stay constantly connected and appear at the bottom of the list. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
batch file {operating system} commands which are executed automatically by the {command-line interpreter}. In {Unix}, this is called a "{shell script}" since it is the Unix {shell} which includes the {command-line interpreter}. Batch files can be used as a simple way to combine existing commands into new commands. {autoexec.bat} is the best known example of an {MS-DOS} batch file. (1996-01-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
batch processing commands or jobs, executes them and returns the results, all without human intervention. This contrasts with an {interactive} system where the user's commands and the computer's responses are interleaved during a single run. A batch system typically takes its commands from a disk file (or a set of {punched cards} or {magnetic tape} in the old days) and returns the results to a file (or prints them). Often there is a queue of jobs which the system processes as resources become available. Since the advent of the {personal computer}, the term "batch" has come to mean automating frequently performed tasks that would otherwise be done interactively by storing those commands in a "{batch file}" or "{script}". Usually this file is read by some kind of {command interpreter} but batch processing is sometimes used with GUI-based applications that define script equivalents for menu selections and other mouse actions. Such a recorded sequence of GUI actions is sometimes called a "{macro}". This may only exist in memory and may not be saved to disk whereas a batch normally implies something stored on disk. (1998-06-26) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bits per inch tape} or {disk}. (1995-04-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bits per pixel stored per {pixel} of an {image} or displayed by a {graphics adapter}. The more bits there are, the more colours can be represented, but the more memory is required to store or display the image. A colour can be described by the intensities of red, green and blue ({RGB}) components. Allowing 8 {bits} (1 {byte}) per component (24 bits per pixel) gives 256 levels for each component and over 16 million different colours - more than the human eye can distinguish. {Microsoft Windows} [and others?] calls this {truecolour}. An image of 1024x768 with 24 bpp requires over 2 MB of memory. "High colour" uses 16 bpp (or 15 bpp), 5 bits for blue, 5 bits for red and 6 bits for green. This reduced colour precision gives a slight loss of image quality at a 1/3 saving on memory. Standard {VGA} uses a {palette} of 16 colours (4 bpp), each colour in the palette is 24 bit. Standard {SVGA} uses a {palette} of 256 colours (8 bpp). Some graphics hardware and software support 32-bit colour depths, including an 8-bit "{alpha channel}" for transparency effects. (1999-08-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
bits per second rate} is measured. For example, a {modem}'s data rate is usually measured in {kilobits} per second. In 1996, the maximum modem speed for use on the {PSTN} was 33.6 kbps, rising to 56 kbps in 1997. Note that kilo- (k), mega- (M), etc. in data rates denote powers of 1000, not 1024. (2002-03-23) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Bath-sheba daughter of the oath, or of seven, called also Bath-shu'a (1 Chr. 3:5), was the daughter of Eliam (2 Sam. 11:3) or Ammiel (1 Chr. 3:5), and wife of Uriah the Hittite. David committed adultery with her (2 Sam. 11:4, 5; Ps. 51:1). The child born in adultery died (2 Sam. 12:15-19). After her husband was slain (11:15) she was married to David (11:27), and became the mother of Solomon (12:24; 1 Kings 1:11; 2:13). She took a prominent part in securing the succession of Solomon to the throne (1 Kings 1:11, 16-21). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Bathsheba, the seventh daughter; the daughter of satiety |