English Dictionary: catamountain | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rattlesnake \Rat"tle*snake`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera {Crotalus} and {Caudisona}, or {Sistrurus}. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp ratting sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States ({Crotalus horridus}), and the diamond rattlesnake of the south ({C. adamanteus}), are the best known. See Illust. of {Fang}. | |
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Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr. L. frater brother. See {Brother}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order, but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz: {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b) Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary. 2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page. 3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides. {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; -- called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus. {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. --Brande & C. {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood. {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare}) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp. --Milton. {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate}, {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Golden \Gold"en\, a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See {Gold}, and cf. {Guilder}.] 1. Made of gold; consisting of gold. 2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. 3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions. {Golden age}. (a) The fabulous age of primeval simplicity and purity of manners in rural employments, followed by the silver, bronze, and iron ages. --Dryden. (b) (Roman Literature) The best part (B. C. 81 -- A. D. 14) of the classical period of Latinity; the time when Cicero, C[91]sar, Virgil, etc., wrote. Hence: (c) That period in the history of a literature, etc., when it flourishes in its greatest purity or attains its greatest glory; as, the Elizabethan age has been considered the golden age of English literature. {Golden balls}, three gilt balls used as a sign of a pawnbroker's office or shop; -- originally taken from the coat of arms of Lombardy, the first money lenders in London having been Lombards. {Golden bull}. See under {Bull}, an edict. {Golden chain} (Bot.), the shrub {Cytisus Laburnum}, so named from its long clusters of yellow blossoms. {Golden club} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Orontium aquaticum}), bearing a thick spike of minute yellow flowers. {Golden cup} (Bot.), the buttercup. {Golden eagle} (Zo[94]l.), a large and powerful eagle ({Aquila Chrysa[89]tos}) inhabiting Europe, Asia, and North America. It is so called from the brownish yellow tips of the feathers on the head and neck. A dark variety is called the {royal eagle}; the young in the second year is the {ring-tailed eagle}. {Golden fleece}. (a) (Mythol.) The fleece of gold fabled to have been taken from the ram that bore Phryxus through the air to Colchis, and in quest of which Jason undertook the Argonautic expedition. (b) (Her.) An order of knighthood instituted in 1429 by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; -- called also {Toison d'Or}. {Golden grease}, a bribe; a fee. [Slang] {Golden hair} (Bot.), a South African shrubby composite plant with golden yellow flowers, the {Chrysocoma Coma-aurea}. {Golden Horde} (Hist.), a tribe of Mongolian Tartars who overran and settled in Southern Russia early in the 18th century. {Golden Legend}, a hagiology (the [bd]Aurea Legenda[b8]) written by James de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, in the 13th century, translated and printed by Caxton in 1483, and partially paraphrased by Longfellow in a poem thus entitled. {Golden marcasite} tin. [Obs.] {Golden mean}, the way of wisdom and safety between extremes; sufficiency without excess; moderation. Angels guard him in the golden mean. --Pope. {Golden mole} (Zo[94]l), one of several South African Insectivora of the family {Chrysochlorid[91]}, resembling moles in form and habits. The fur is tinted with green, purple, and gold. {Golden number} (Chronol.), a number showing the year of the lunar or Metonic cycle. It is reckoned from 1 to 19, and is so called from having formerly been written in the calendar in gold. {Golden oriole}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Oriole}. {Golden pheasant}. See under {Pheasant}. {Golden pippin}, a kind of apple, of a bright yellow color. {Golden plover} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of plovers, of the genus {Charadrius}, esp. the European ({C. apricarius, [or] pluvialis}; -- called also {yellow, black-breasted, hill, [and] whistling, plover}. The common American species ({C. dominicus}) is also called {frostbird}, and {bullhead}. {Golden robin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Baltimore oriole}, in Vocab. {Golden rose} (R. C. Ch.), a gold or gilded rose blessed by the pope on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and sent to some church or person in recognition of special services rendered to the Holy See. {Golden rule}. (a) The rule of doing as we would have others do to us. Cf. --Luke vi. 31. (b) The rule of proportion, or rule of three. {Golden samphire} (Bot.), a composite plant ({Inula crithmoides}), found on the seashore of Europe. {Golden saxifrage} (Bot.), a low herb with yellow flowers ({Chrysosplenium oppositifolium}), blossoming in wet places in early spring. {Golden seal} (Bot.), a perennial ranunculaceous herb ({Hydrastis Canadensis}), with a thick knotted rootstock and large rounded leaves. {Golden sulphide, [or] sulphuret}, {of antimony} (Chem.), the pentasulphide of antimony, a golden or orange yellow powder. {Golden warbler} (Zo[94]l.), a common American wood warbler ({Dendroica [91]stiva}); -- called also {blue-eyed yellow warbler}, {garden warbler}, and {summer yellow bird}. {Golden wasp} (Zo[94]l.), a bright-colored hymenopterous insect, of the family {Chrysidid[91]}. The colors are golden, blue, and green. {Golden wedding}. See under {Wedding}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Blackthorn \Black"thorn`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A spreading thorny shrub or small tree ({Prunus spinosa}), with blackish bark, and bearing little black plums, which are called sloes; the sloe. (b) A species of {Crat[91]gus} or hawthorn ({C. tomentosa}). Both are used for hedges. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[acr]d*m>emac/"[ait]n), a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta], [epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron], [pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called Cadmean letters. {Cadmean victory}, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cadmean \Cad*me"an\ (k[acr]d*m>emac/"[ait]n), a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr. Kadmei^os, from Ka`dmos (L. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta], [epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron], [pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called Cadmean letters. {Cadmean victory}, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Furnace \Fur"nace\, n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F. fournaise, from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to E. forceps.] 1. An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc. Note: Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when the fire is urged only by the natural draught; as blast furnaces, when the fire is urged by the injection artificially of a forcible current of air; and as reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to the chimney, is thrown down by a low arched roof upon the materials operated upon. 2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. --Deut. iv. 20. {Bustamente furnace}, a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores. {Furnace bridge}, Same as {Bridge wall}. See {Bridge}, n., 5. {Furnace} {cadmiam [or] cadmia}, the oxide of zinc which accumulates in the chimneys of furnaces smelting zinciferous ores. --Raymond. {Furnace hoist} (Iron Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal, etc., to the mouth of a blast furnace. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cadmian \Cad"mi*an\, a. [R.] See {Cadmean}. | |
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Cadmium \Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. {Cadmium yellow}, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Yellow \Yel"low\, n. 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. [bd]A long motley coat guarded with yellow.[b8] --Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. {Cadmium yellow}, {Chrome yellow}, {Indigo yellow}, {King's yellow}, etc. See under {Cadmium}, {Chrome}, etc. {Naples yellow}, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. {Patent yellow} (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- called also {Turner's yellow}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cadmium \Cad"mi*um\, n. [NL. See {Cadmia}.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. {Cadmium yellow}, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cat o' nine tails \Cat" o' nine" tails`\ See under {Cat}. | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catamenial \Cat`a*me"ni*al\ (-[ait]l), a. [Gr. [?] monthly; kata` down, back, again + [?] month.] Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Puma \Pu"ma\ (p[umac]"m[adot]), n. [Peruv. puma.] (Zo[94]l.) A large American carnivore ({Felis concolor}), found from Canada to Patagonia, especially among the mountains. Its color is tawny, or brownish yellow, without spots or stripes. Called also {catamount}, {cougar}, {American lion}, {mountain lion}, and {panther} or {painter}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Catamount \Cat"a*mount\, n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zo[94]l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cougar \Cou"gar\ (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo[94]l.) An American feline quadruped ({Felis concolor}), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the {American lion}. Called also {puma}, {panther}, {mountain lion}, and {catamount}. See {Puma}. | |
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Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus {Nepeta} ({N. Cataria}), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it. | |
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Catonian \Ca*to"ni*an\, a. [L. Catonionus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible. | |
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Caution \Cau"tion\, n. [F. caution a security, L. cautio, fr. cavere (For scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show.] 1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness. 2. Security; guaranty; bail. [R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. --Clarendon. 3. Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction. In way of caution I must tell you. --Shak. {Caution money}, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university. Syn: Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence; watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety; providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition. | |
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Caution \Cau"tion\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cautioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cautioning}.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed. You cautioned me against their charms. --Swift. | |
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Cd2nenchym \C[d2]*nen"chym\, d8Cd2nenchyma \[d8]C[d2]*nen"chy*ma\n. [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. [?] common + [?] something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Zo[94]l.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See {Coral}. | |
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Chatoyment \Cha*toy"ment\, n. [F. chatoiement. See {Chatoyant}.] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. --Cleaceland. | |
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Chthonian \Chtho"ni*an\, a. [Gr. [?] in or under the earth, fr. [?], [?], earth.] Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts. | |
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Coati \Co*a"ti\ (k[osl]*[aum]"t[esl] or k[osl]*[amac]"t[icr]), n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo[94]l.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus {Nasua}, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose. Note: The red coati ({N. socialis}), called also {coati mondi}, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati ({N. narica}) is found in Surinam and Brazil. | |
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Coetanean \Co`e*ta"ne*an\, n. A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.] A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton. --Aubrey. | |
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Cotenant \Co*ten"ant\ (k?-t?n"ant), n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant. | |
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Toothache \Tooth"ache`\, n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. {Toothache grass} (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Ctenium Americanum}) having a very pungent taste. {Toothache tree}. (Bot.) (a) The prickly ash. (b) A shrub of the genus {Aralia} ({A. spinosa}). | |
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Tuko-tuko \Tu"ko-tu*ko\, n. [From the native name .] (Zo[94]l.) A burrowing South American rodent ({Ctenomys Braziliensis}). It has small eyes and ears and a short tail. It resembles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines. [Written also {tucu-tuco}.] | |
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Cydonin \Cy*do"nin\ (s?-d?"n?n), n. (Chem.) A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince ({Cydonia vulgaris}), and regarded as a variety of amylose. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Chittenango, NY (village, FIPS 15561) Location: 43.04557 N, 75.87334 W Population (1990): 4734 (1715 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13037 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
code monkey n 1. A person only capable of grinding out code, but unable to perform the higher-primate tasks of software architecture, analysis, and design. Mildly insulting. Often applied to the most junior people on a programming team. 2. Anyone who writes code for a living; a programmer. 3. A self-deprecating way of denying responsibility for a {management} decision, or of complaining about having to live with such decisions. As in "Don't ask me why we need to write a compiler in+COBOL, I'm just a code monkey." | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
code management A source code management system helps program developers keep track of version history, releases, parallel versions etc. There are several in popular use. (1994-12-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
codomain The set of values or type containing all possible results of a function. The codomain of a function f of type D -> C is C. A function's {image} is a subset of its codomain. (1994-12-23) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
cadmium Symbol: Cd Atomic number: 48 Atomic weight: 112.40 Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in 1817 by F. Stromeyer. |