English Dictionary: perambulation | by the DICT Development Group |
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Paranaphthalene \Par`a*naph"tha*lene\, n. [Pref. para- + naphthalene.] (Chem.) Anthracene; -- called also {paranaphthaline}. [Obs.] | |
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Paranaphthalene \Par`a*naph"tha*lene\, n. [Pref. para- + naphthalene.] (Chem.) Anthracene; -- called also {paranaphthaline}. [Obs.] | |
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Parumbilical \Par`um*bil"ic*al\, a. [Pref. para- + umbilical.] (Anat.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen. | |
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Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. | |
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Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park. | |
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Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. | |
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Perambulate \Per*am"bu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perambulating}.] [L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through + ambulare to walk. See {Per-}, and {Amble}.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. | |
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Perambulation \Per*am`bu*la"tion\, n. 1. The act of perambulating; traversing. --Bacon. 2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc. 3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. [bd]The . . . bounds of his own perambulation.[b8] [Obs.] --Holyday. | |
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Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who perambulates. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See {Odometer}. 3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing. | |
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Ambulator \Am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who walks about; a walker. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle of the genus {Lamia}. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus. 3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also {perambulator}. --Knight. | |
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Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who perambulates. 2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See {Odometer}. 3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing. | |
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Ambulator \Am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who walks about; a walker. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A beetle of the genus {Lamia}. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus. 3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also {perambulator}. --Knight. | |
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Perempt \Per*empt"\, v. t. [L. peremptus, p. p. of perimere to take away entirely, to destroy; per (see {Per-}) + OL. emere to take. See {Redeem}.] (Law) To destroy; to defeat. [R.] --Ayliffe. | |
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Peremption \Per*emp"tion\, n. [L. peremptio: cf. F. p[82]remption.] (Law) A quashing; a defeating. [Obs.] | |
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Peremptorily \Per"emp*to*ri*ly\, adv. In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively. --Bacon. | |
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Peremptoriness \Per"emp*to*ri*ness\, n. The quality of being peremptory; positiveness. | |
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Peremptory \Per"emp*to*ry\, a. [L. peremptorius destructive, deadly, decisive, final: cf. F. p[82]remptorie. See {Perempt}.] 1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. Be not too positive and peremptory. --Bacon. Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. --Shak. 3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] --Shak. {Peremptory challenge} (Law) See under {Challenge}. {Peremptory mandamus}, a final and absolute mandamus. {Peremptory plea}, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar. Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical. | |
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Peremptory \Per"emp*to*ry\, a. [L. peremptorius destructive, deadly, decisive, final: cf. F. p[82]remptorie. See {Perempt}.] 1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. Be not too positive and peremptory. --Bacon. Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. --Shak. 3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] --Shak. {Peremptory challenge} (Law) See under {Challenge}. {Peremptory mandamus}, a final and absolute mandamus. {Peremptory plea}, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar. Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical. | |
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Challenge \Chal"lenge\, n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See {Calumny}.] 1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons. A challenge to controversy. --Goldsmith. 2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign. 3. A claim or demand. [Obs.] There must be no challenge of superiority. --Collier. 4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game. 5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. --Blackstone 6. An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] {Challenge to the array} (Law), an exception to the whole panel. {Challenge to the favor}, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. {Challenge to the polls}, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. {Peremptory challenge}, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. {Principal challenge}, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true. | |
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Peremptory \Per"emp*to*ry\, a. [L. peremptorius destructive, deadly, decisive, final: cf. F. p[82]remptorie. See {Perempt}.] 1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. Be not too positive and peremptory. --Bacon. Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. --Shak. 3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] --Shak. {Peremptory challenge} (Law) See under {Challenge}. {Peremptory mandamus}, a final and absolute mandamus. {Peremptory plea}, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar. Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical. | |
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Peremptory \Per"emp*to*ry\, a. [L. peremptorius destructive, deadly, decisive, final: cf. F. p[82]remptorie. See {Perempt}.] 1. Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical. Be not too positive and peremptory. --Bacon. Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. --Shak. 3. Firmly determined; unawed. [Poetic] --Shak. {Peremptory challenge} (Law) See under {Challenge}. {Peremptory mandamus}, a final and absolute mandamus. {Peremptory plea}, a plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar. Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical. | |
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Perennibranchiate \Per*en`ni*bran"chi*ate\, a. [See {Perennial}, and {Branchiate}.] 1. (Anat.) Having branch[91], or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Belonging to the Perennibranchiata. | |
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Perineoplasty \Per`i*ne"o*plas`ty\, n. [Perineum + -plasty.] (Med.) The act or process of restoring an injured perineum. | |
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d8Perinephritis \[d8]Per`i*ne*phri"tis\, n. [NL. See {Peri-}, and {Nephritis}.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cellular tissue around the kidney. -- {Per`i*ne*phrit"ic}, a. | |
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Permeability \Per`me*a*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. perm[82]abilit[82].] The quality or state of being permeable. {Magnetic permeability} (Physics), the specific capacity of a body for magnetic induction, or its conducting power for lines of magnetic force. --Sir W. Thomson. | |
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Permeable \Per"me*a*ble\, a. [L. permeabilis: cf. F. perm[82]able. See {Permeate}.] Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fluids; as, wood is permeable to oil; glass is permeable to light. --I. Taylor. | |
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Permeably \Per"me*a*bly\, adv. In a permeable manner. | |
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Pre89mploy \Pre`[89]m*ploy\, v. t. To employ beforehand. [bd]Pre[89]mployed by him.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Pre89mpt \Pre*[89]mpt"\ (?; 215), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]mpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]mpting}.] [See {Pre[89]mption}.] To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by pre[89]mption. | |
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Pre89mpt \Pre*[89]mpt"\ (?; 215), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]mpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]mpting}.] [See {Pre[89]mption}.] To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by pre[89]mption. | |
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Pre89mpt \Pre*[89]mpt"\ (?; 215), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Pre[89]mpted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre[89]mpting}.] [See {Pre[89]mption}.] To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by pre[89]mption. | |
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Pre89mption \Pre*[89]mp"tion\ (?; 215), n. [Pref. pre- + emption: cf. F. pr[82]emption. See {Redeem}.] The act or right of purchasing before others. Specifically: (a) The privilege or prerogative formerly enjoyed by the king of buying provisions for his household in preference to others. [Eng.] (b) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants. --Abbott. | |
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Pre89mptioner \Pre*[89]mp"tion*er\, n. One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land. --Abbott. | |
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Pre89mptive \Pre*[89]mp"tive\, a. Of or pertaining to pre[89]mption; having power to pre[89]mpt; pre[89]mpting. | |
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Pre89mptory \Pre*[89]mpt"o*ry\, a. Pertaining to pre[89]mption. | |
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Preamble \Pre"am`ble\, n. [LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. pr[82]ambule. See {Amble}.] A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law. | |
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Preamble \Pre"am`ble\, v. t. & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [R.] --Feltham. Milton. | |
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Preambulary \Pre*am"bu*la*ry\, a. [Cf. OF. preambulaire.] Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. [bd]A preambulary tax.[b8] [R.] --Burke. | |
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Preambulate \Pre*am"bu*late\, v. i. [L. praeambulare. See {Preamble}.] To walk before. [R.] --Jordan. | |
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Preambulation \Pre*am`bu*la"tion\, n. 1. A walking or going before; precedence. [R.] 2. A preamble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Preambulatory \Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry\, a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.] Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Preambulous \Pre*am"bu*lous\, a. [See {Preamble}, n.] See {Perambulatory}. [R.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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d8Prima facie \[d8]Pri"ma fa"ci*e\ [L., from abl. of primus first + abl. of facies appearance.] At first view; on the first appearance. {Prima facie evidence} (of a fact) (Law), evidence which is sufficient to establish the fact unless rebutted. --Bouvier. | |
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{Prime and ultimate ratio}. (Math.). See {Ultimate}. {Prime conductor}. (Elec.) See under {Conductor}. {Prime factor} (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number. {Prime figure} (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc. {Prime meridian} (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. {Prime minister}, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. {Prime mover}. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc. (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation. {Prime number} (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11. {Prime vertical} (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon. {Prime-vertical dial}, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical. {Prime-vertical transit instrument}, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle. | |
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{Prime and ultimate ratio}. (Math.). See {Ultimate}. {Prime conductor}. (Elec.) See under {Conductor}. {Prime factor} (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number. {Prime figure} (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc. {Prime meridian} (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. {Prime minister}, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. {Prime mover}. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc. (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation. {Prime number} (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11. {Prime vertical} (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon. {Prime-vertical dial}, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical. {Prime-vertical transit instrument}, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle. | |
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Prime \Prime\, n. 1. The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. --Chaucer. In the very prime of the world. --Hooker. Hope waits upon the flowery prime. --Waller. 2. The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection. [bd]Cut off in their prime.[b8] --Eustace. [bd]The prime of youth.[b8] --Dryden. 3. That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part. Give him always of the prime. --Swift. 4. [F. prime, LL. prima (sc. hora). See {Prime}, a.] The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds. Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime. --Spenser. Note: Originally, prime denoted the first quarter of the artificial day, reckoned from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. Afterwards, it denoted the end of the first quarter, that is, 9 a. m. Specifically, it denoted the first canonical hour, as now. Chaucer uses it in all these senses, and also in the sense of def. 1, above. They sleep till that it was pryme large. --Chaucer. 5. (Fencing) The first of the chief guards. 6. (Chem.) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1. [Obs. or Archaic] 7. (Arith.) A prime number. See under {Prime}, a. 8. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [[b7]]. See 2d {Inch}, n., 1. {Prime of the moon}, the new moon at its first appearance. | |
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Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, n. 1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.] 2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle. {Prime vertical}, {Prime vertical dial}. See under {Prime}, a. | |
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{Prime and ultimate ratio}. (Math.). See {Ultimate}. {Prime conductor}. (Elec.) See under {Conductor}. {Prime factor} (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number. {Prime figure} (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc. {Prime meridian} (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. {Prime minister}, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. {Prime mover}. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc. (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation. {Prime number} (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11. {Prime vertical} (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon. {Prime-vertical dial}, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical. {Prime-vertical transit instrument}, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle. | |
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Vertical \Ver"ti*cal\, n. 1. Vertical position; zenith. [R.] 2. (Math.) A vertical line, plane, or circle. {Prime vertical}, {Prime vertical dial}. See under {Prime}, a. | |
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Primeval \Pri*me"val\, a. [L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See {Prime}, a., and {Age}.] Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. [bd]This is the forest primeval.[b8] --Longfellow. From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. --Keats. | |
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Primevally \Pri*me"val*ly\, adv. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. --Darwin. | |
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{Prime and ultimate ratio}. (Math.). See {Ultimate}. {Prime conductor}. (Elec.) See under {Conductor}. {Prime factor} (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number. {Prime figure} (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc. {Prime meridian} (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. {Prime minister}, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. {Prime mover}. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc. (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation. {Prime number} (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11. {Prime vertical} (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon. {Prime-vertical dial}, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical. {Prime-vertical transit instrument}, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Prime and ultimate ratio}. (Math.). See {Ultimate}. {Prime conductor}. (Elec.) See under {Conductor}. {Prime factor} (Arith.), a factor which is a prime number. {Prime figure} (Geom.), a figure which can not be divided into any other figure more simple than itself, as a triangle, a pyramid, etc. {Prime meridian} (Astron.), the meridian from which longitude is reckoned, as the meridian of Greenwich or Washington. {Prime minister}, the responsible head of a ministry or executive government; applied particularly to that of England. {Prime mover}. (Mech.) (a) A natural agency applied by man to the production of power. Especially: Muscular force; the weight and motion of fluids, as water and air; heat obtained by chemical combination, and applied to produce changes in the volume and pressure of steam, air, or other fluids; and electricity, obtained by chemical action, and applied to produce alternation of magnetic force. (b) An engine, or machine, the object of which is to receive and modify force and motion as supplied by some natural source, and apply them to drive other machines; as a water wheel, a water-pressure engine, a steam engine, a hot-air engine, etc. (c) Fig.: The original or the most effective force in any undertaking or work; as, Clarkson was the prime mover in English antislavery agitation. {Prime number} (Arith.), a number which is exactly divisible by no number except itself or unity, as 5, 7, 11. {Prime vertical} (Astron.), the vertical circle which passes through the east and west points of the horizon. {Prime-vertical dial}, a dial in which the shadow is projected on the plane of the prime vertical. {Prime-vertical transit instrument}, a transit instrument the telescope of which revolves in the plane of the prime vertical, -- used for observing the transit of stars over this circle. | |
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Primevous \Pri*me"vous\, a. Primeval. [Obs.] | |
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Primiparous \Pri*mip"a*rous\, a. [See {Primipara}.] Belonging to a first birth; bearing young for the first time. | |
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Primipilar \Pri*mip"i*lar\, a. [L. primipilaris, fr. primipilus the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion, fr. primus pilus the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army.] Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army. --Barrow. | |
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Primp \Primp\, v. i. & t. [Cf. {Prim}, a.] To be formal or affected in dress or manners; -- often with up. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Halliwell. | |
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Prinpriddle \Prin"prid`dle\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Proembryo \Pro*em"bry*o\, n. [Pref. pro- + embryo. ] (Bot.) (a) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. (b) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses. | |
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Proemptosis \Pro`emp*to"sis\, n. [NL., from Gr. [?] to fall in before; [?] before + [?] in + [?] to fall.] (Chron.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar. [R.] See {Metemptosis}. | |
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Promove \Pro*move"\, v. t. [See {Promote}.] To move forward; to advance; to promote. [Obs.] --Bp. Fell. | |
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Promover \Pro*mov"er\, n. A promoter. [Obs.] | |
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Prompt \Prompt\, n. (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See {Prompt-note}. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. --J. S. Mill. | |
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Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. | |
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Prompt-book \Prompt"-book`\, n. The book used by a prompter of a theater. | |
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Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. | |
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Promt \Promt\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Prompter}; superl. {Promptest}.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See {Redeem}. ] 1. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons. Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. --Clarendon. Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. --Shak. Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. --Dryden. 2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. --Ames. 3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. --Sir H. Wotton. Syn: Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. Usage: {Prompt}, {Ready}, {Expeditious}. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness. | |
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Prompter \Prompt"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action. 2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater. | |
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Promt \Promt\ (?; 215), a. [Compar. {Prompter}; superl. {Promptest}.] [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See {Redeem}. ] 1. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons. Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. --Clarendon. Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. --Shak. Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. --Dryden. 2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. --Ames. 3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. --Sir H. Wotton. Syn: Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. Usage: {Prompt}, {Ready}, {Expeditious}. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness. | |
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Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prompting}.] 1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To suggest; to dictate. And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams. --Pope. 3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. | |
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Promptitude \Prompt"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See {Prompt}, a.] The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience. Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. --I. Taylor. | |
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Promptly \Prompt"ly\, adv. In a prompt manner. | |
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Promptness \Prompt"ness\, n. 1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action. 2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity. | |
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Prompt-note \Prompt"-note`\, n. (Com.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due, given to the purchaser at a sale of goods. | |
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Promptuary \Promp"tu*a*ry\, a. Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] --Bacon. | |
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Promptuary \Promp"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. promptuarium, fr. promptuarius belonging to distribution, distributing: cf, F. promptuaire. See {Prompt}, a.] That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. --Woodward. | |
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Prompture \Promp"ture\ (?; 135), n. [See {Prompt}, a.] Suggestion; incitement; prompting. [R.] --Shak. Coleridge. | |
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Pronephric \Pro*neph"ric\, a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pronephros. | |
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d8Yucca \[d8]Yuc"ca\, n. [NL., from Yuca, its name in St. Domingo.] (Bot.) A genus of American liliaceous, sometimes arborescent, plants having long, pointed, and often rigid, leaves at the top of a more or less woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms. Note: The species with more rigid leaves (as {Yucca aloifolia}, {Y. Treculiana}, and {Y. baccata}) are called {Spanish bayonet}, and one with softer leaves ({Y. filamentosa}) is called {bear grass}, and {Adam's needle}. {Yucca moth} (Zo[94]l.), a small silvery moth ({Pronuba yuccasella}) whose larv[91] feed on plants of the genus Yucca. | |
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Pronubial \Pro*nu"bi*al\, a. [L. pronuba bridesmaid; pro before + nubere to marry.] Presiding over marriage. [R.] | |
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Pruniferous \Pru*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. prunum a plum + -ferous.] Bearing plums. | |
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Pure \Pure\, a. [Compar. {Purer}; superl. {Purest}.] [OE. pur, F. pur, fr. L. purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. p[?] to clean, and perh. E. fire. Cf. {Putative}.] 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. The pure fetters on his shins great. --Chaucer. A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy. --I. Watts. 2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; -- applied to persons. [bd]Keep thyself pure.[b8] --1 Tim. v. 22. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience. --1 Tim. i. 5. 3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions. [bd]Pure religion and impartial laws.[b8] --Tickell. [bd]The pure, fine talk of Rome.[b8] --Ascham. Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records. --Macaulay. 4. (Script.) Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. --Lev. xxiv. 6. 5. (Phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; -- said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. {Pure-impure}, completely or totally impure. [bd]The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans.[b8] --Fuller. {Pure blue}. (Chem.) See {Methylene blue}, under {Methylene}. {Pure chemistry}. See under {Chemistry}. {Pure mathematics}, that portion of mathematics which treats of the principles of the science, or contradistinction to applied mathematics, which treats of the application of the principles to the investigation of other branches of knowledge, or to the practical wants of life. See {Mathematics}. --Davies & Peck (Math. Dict. ) {Pure villenage} (Feudal Law), a tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. --Blackstone. Syn: Unmixed; clear; simple; real; true; genuine; unadulterated; uncorrupted; unsullied; untarnished; unstained; stainless; clean; fair; unspotted; spotless; incorrupt; chaste; unpolluted; undefiled; immaculate; innocent; guiltless; guileless; holy. | |
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Pahrump, NV (CDP, FIPS 53800) Location: 36.25281 N, 116.01807 W Population (1990): 7424 (3509 housing units) Area: 717.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 89041 | |
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Perrineville, NJ Zip code(s): 08535 | |
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Perronville, MI Zip code(s): 49873 | |
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Prineville, OR (city, FIPS 59850) Location: 44.30546 N, 120.84154 W Population (1990): 5355 (2287 housing units) Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97754 | |
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Prompton, PA (borough, FIPS 62744) Location: 41.58978 N, 75.32955 W Population (1990): 238 (104 housing units) Area: 4.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18456 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
pre-emptive multitasking the {scheduler} can interrupt and suspend ("swap out") the currently running task in order to start or continue running ("swap in") another task. The tasks under pre-emptive multitasking can be written as though they were the only task and the {scheduler} decides when to swap them. The scheduler must ensure that when swapping tasks, sufficient state is saved and restored that tasks do not interfere. The length of time for which a process runs is known as its "{time slice}" and may depend on the task's priority or its use of resources such as memory and I/O. {OS/2}, {Unix} and the {Amiga} use pre-emptive multitasking. This contrasts with {cooperative multitasking} where each task must include calls to allow it to be {deschedule}d periodically. (1995-03-20) |