English Dictionary: ready money | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Radium \Ra`di*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. radius ray.] (Chem.) An intensely radioactive metallic element found (combined) in minute quantities in pitchblende, and various other uranium minerals. Symbol, Ra; atomic weight, 226.4. Radium was discovered by M. and Mme. Curie, of Paris, who in 1902 separated compounds of it by a tedious process from pitchblende. Its compounds color flames carmine and give a characteristic spectrum. It resembles barium chemically. Radium preparations are remarkable for maintaining themselves at a higher temperature than their surroundings, and for their radiations, which are of three kinds: alpha rays, beta rays, and gamma rays (see these terms). By reason of these rays they ionize gases, affect photographic plates, cause sores on the skin, and produce many other striking effects. Their degree of activity depends on the proportion of radium present, but not on its state of chemical combination or on external conditions.The radioactivity of radium is therefore an atomic property, and is explained as result from a disintegration of the atom. This breaking up occurs in at least seven stages; the successive main products have been studied and are called {radium emanation} or exradio, {radium A}, {radium B}, {radium C}, etc. (The emanation is a heavy gas, the later products are solids.) These products are regarded as unstable elements, each with an atomic weight a little lower than its predecessor. It is possible that lead is the stable end product. At the same time the light gas helium is formed; it probably consists of the expelled alpha particles. The heat effect mentioned above is ascribed to the impacts of these particles. Radium, in turn, is believed to be formed indirectly by an immeasurably slow disintegration of uranium. | |
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Rattoon \Rat*toon"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rattooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rattooning}.] [Cf. Sp. reto[a4]ar.] To sprout or spring up from the root, as sugar cane of the previous year's planting. | |
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{Money scrivener}, a person who produces the loan of money to others. [Eng.] {Money spider}, {Money spinner} (Zo[94]l.), a small spider; -- so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters. {Money's worth}, a fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid. {A piece of money}, a single coin. {Ready money}, money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction; cash. {To make money}, to gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings. | |
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Ready \Read"y\, a. [Compar. {Readier}; superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[aemac]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[a0]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. {Array}, 1st {Curry}.] 1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. [bd]When she redy was.[b8] --Chaucer. 2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. [bd]Dinner was ready.[b8] --Fielding. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 4. 3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton. 4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. [bd]Ready in devising expedients.[b8] --Macaulay. Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. --Sir W. Scott. 5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. [bd]The readiest way.[b8] --Milton. A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden. 6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. My heart is ready to crack. --Shak. 7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. {All ready}, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. [bd][I] am all redy at your hest.[b8] --Chaucer. {Ready money}, means of immediate payment; cash. [bd]'Tis all the ready money fate can give.[b8] --Cowley. {Ready reckoner}, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc. {To make ready}, to make preparation; to get in readiness. Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See {Prompt}. | |
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Reattainment \Re`at*tain"ment\, n. The act of reattaining. | |
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{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. | |
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{Red horse}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any large American red fresh-water sucker, especially {Moxostoma macrolepidotum} and allied species. (b) See the Note under {Drumfish}. {Red lead}. (Chem) See under {Lead}, and {Minium}. {Red-lead ore}. (Min.) Same as {Crocoite}. {Red liquor} (Dyeing), a solution consisting essentially of aluminium acetate, used as a mordant in the fixation of dyestuffs on vegetable fiber; -- so called because used originally for red dyestuffs. Called also {red mordant}. {Red maggot} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of the wheat midge. {Red manganese}. (Min.) Same as {Rhodochrosite}. {Red man}, one of the American Indians; -- so called from his color. {Red maple} (Bot.), a species of maple ({Acer rubrum}). See {Maple}. {Red mite}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Red spider}, below. {Red mulberry} (Bot.), an American mulberry of a dark purple color ({Morus rubra}). {Red mullet} (Zo[94]l.), the surmullet. See {Mullet}. {Red ocher} (Min.), a soft earthy variety of hematite, of a reddish color. {Red perch} (Zo[94]l.), the rosefish. {Red phosphorus}. (Chem.) See under {Phosphorus}. {Red pine} (Bot.), an American species of pine ({Pinus resinosa}); -- so named from its reddish bark. {Red precipitate}. See under {Precipitate}. {Red Republican} (European Politics), originally, one who maintained extreme republican doctrines in France, -- because a red liberty cap was the badge of the party; an extreme radical in social reform. [Cant] {Red ribbon}, the ribbon of the Order of the Bath in England. {Red sanders}. (Bot.) See {Sanders}. {Red sandstone}. (Geol.) See under {Sandstone}. {Red scale} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Aspidiotus aurantii}) very injurious to the orange tree in California and Australia. {Red silver} (Min.), an ore of silver, of a ruby-red or reddish black color. It includes {proustite}, or light red silver, and {pyrargyrite}, or dark red silver. {Red snapper} (Zo[94]l.), a large fish ({Lutlanus aya [or] Blackfordii}) abundant in the Gulf of Mexico and about the Florida reefs. {Red snow}, snow colored by a mocroscopic unicellular alga ({Protococcus nivalis}) which produces large patches of scarlet on the snows of arctic or mountainous regions. {Red softening} (Med.) a form of cerebral softening in which the affected parts are red, -- a condition due either to infarction or inflammation. {Red spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very small web-spinning mite ({Tetranychus telarius}) which infests, and often destroys, plants of various kinds, especially those cultivated in houses and conservatories. It feeds mostly on the under side of the leaves, and causes them to turn yellow and die. The adult insects are usually pale red. Called also {red mite}. {Red squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), the chickaree. {Red tape}, the tape used in public offices for tying up documents, etc.; hence, official formality and delay. | |
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Redden \Red"den\ (r?d"d'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reddened} (-d'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reddening}.] [From {Red}, a.] To make red or somewhat red; to give a red color to. | |
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Redeem \Re*deem"\ (r?*d?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Redeemed}. (-d[?]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Redeeming}.] [F. r[82]dimer, L. redimere; pref. red-, re- re- + emere, emptum, to buy, originally, to take, cf. OIr. em (in comp.), Lith. imti. Cf. {Assume}, {Consume}, {Exempt}, {Premium}, {Prompt}, {Ransom}.] 1. To purchase back; to regain possession of by payment of a stipulated price; to repurchase. If a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold. --Lev. xxv. 29. 2. Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) To recall, as an estate, or to regain, as mortgaged property, by paying what may be due by force of the mortgage. (b) (Com.) To regain by performing the obligation or condition stated; to discharge the obligation mentioned in, as a promissory note, bond, or other evidence of debt; as, to redeem bank notes with coin. 3. To ransom, liberate, or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to be forfeited, by paying a price or ransom; to ransom; to rescue; to recover; as, to redeem a captive, a pledge, and the like. Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. --Ps. xxv. 22. The Almighty from the grave Hath me redeemed. --Sandys. 4. (Theol.) Hence, to rescue and deliver from the bondage of sin and the penalties of God's violated law. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us. --Gal. iii. 13. 5. To make good by performing fully; to fulfill; as, to redeem one's promises. I will redeem all this on Percy's head. --Shak. 6. To pay the penalty of; to make amends for; to serve as an equivalent or offset for; to atone for; to compensate; as, to redeem an error. Which of ye will be mortal, to redeem Man's mortal crime? --Milton. It is a chance which does redeem all sorrows. --Shak. {To redeem the time}, to make the best use of it. | |
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Redemand \Re`de*mand"\ (r?`d[b5]-m?nd"), v. t. [Pref. re- back, again + demand: cf. F. redemander.] To demand back; to demand again. | |
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Redemand \Re`de*mand"\, n. A demanding back; a second or renewed demand. | |
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Redemonstrate \Re*dem"on*strate\ (r?*d?m"?n*str?t [or] r?`d?*m?n"-str?t), v. t. To demonstrate again, or anew. Every truth of morals must be redemonstrated in the experience of the individual man before he is capable of utilizing it as a constituent of character or a guide in action. --Lowell. | |
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Rediminish \Re`di*min"ish\ (-m?n"?sh), v. t. To diminish again. | |
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Retain \Re*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retaining}.] [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Rein} of a bridle, {Retention}, {Retinue}.] 1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. [bd]Thy shape invisibleretain.[b8] --Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. --Blackstone. 2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense. --Addison. 3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. {Retaining wall} (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also {retain wall}. Syn: To keep; hold; retrain. See {Keep}. | |
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Retainer \Re*tain"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, retains. 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger-on. 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and wearing his master's livery. --Cowell. 4. (Law) (a) The act of a client by which he engages a lawyer or counselor to manage his cause. (b) The act of withholding what one has in his hands by virtue of some right. (c) A fee paid to engage a lawyer or counselor to maintain a cause, or to prevent his being employed by the opposing party in the case; -- called also {retaining fee}. --Bouvier. --Blackstone. | |
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Retain \Re*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Retaining}.] [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re- re- + tenere to hold, keep. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Rein} of a bridle, {Retention}, {Retinue}.] 1. To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to retrain from departure, escape, or the like. [bd]Thy shape invisibleretain.[b8] --Shak. Be obedient, and retain Unalterably firm his love entire. --Milton. An executor may retain a debt due to him from the testator. --Blackstone. 2. To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage; as, to retain a counselor. A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defense. --Addison. 3. To restrain; to prevent. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. {Retaining wall} (Arch. & Engin.), a wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also {retain wall}. Syn: To keep; hold; retrain. See {Keep}. | |
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Retainment \Re*tain"ment\, n. The act of retaining; retention. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Rhadamanthine \Rhad`a*man"thine\, a. Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment. | |
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Rhodammonium \Rho`dam*mo"ni*um\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds. | |
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Bitterling \Bit"ter*ling\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]l.) A roachlike European fish ({Rhodima amarus}). | |
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Rhodomontade \Rhod`o*mon*tade"\, n. See {Rodomontade}. | |
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Rhodomontader \Rhod`o*mon*tad"er\, n. See {Rodomontador}. | |
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Rhythming \Rhyth"ming\, a. Writing rhythm; verse making. [bd]The rhythming monk.[b8] --Fuller. | |
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Rhythmometer \Rhyth*mom"e*ter\, n. [Rhythm + -meter.] An instrument for marking time in musical movements. See {Metronome}. | |
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Columbiad \Co*lum"bi*ad\, n. [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. Note: Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the {Rodman gun}. | |
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Rodomont \Rod"o*mont\, n. [F. rodomont, It. rodomonte, fr. Rodomonte, Rodamonte, a boasting hero in the [bd]Orlando Furioso[b8] of Ariosto, and the [bd]Orlando Innamorato[b8] of Bojardo; properly, one who rolls away mountains; Prov. It. rodare to roll away (fr. L. rota a wheel) + It. monte a mountain, L. mons. See {Rotary}, {Mount}, n.] A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio. --Sir T. Herbert. | |
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Rodomont \Rod"o*mont\, a. Bragging; vainly boasting. | |
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Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, n. [F., fr. It. rodomontana. See {Rodomont}, n.] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. --Dryden. | |
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Rodomontade \Rod`o*mon*tade"\, v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant. | |
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Rodomontadist \Rod`o*mon*tad"ist\, n. One who boasts. | |
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Rodomontado \Rod`o*mon*ta"do\, n. Rodomontade. | |
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Rodomontador \Rod`o*mon*ta"dor\, n. A rodomontadist. | |
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Rudiment \Ru"di*ment\, v. t. To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. --Gayton. | |
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Rudiment \Ru"di*ment\, n. [L. rudimentum, fr. rudis unwrought, ignorant, rude: cf. F. rudiment. See {Rude}.] 1. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. but I will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. --Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. --I. Taylor. 2. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step. This boy is forest-born, And hath been tutored in the rudiments of many desperate studies. --Shak. There he shall first lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare. --Milton. 3. (Biol.) An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed. | |
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Rudimental \Ru`di*men"tal\, a. Rudimentary. --Addison. | |
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Rudimentary \Ru`di*men"ta*ry\, a. [Cf. F. rudimentaire.] 1. Of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays. 2. (Biol.) Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic. | |
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Redmon, IL (village, FIPS 63069) Location: 39.64499 N, 87.86175 W Population (1990): 201 (91 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Redmond, OR (city, FIPS 61200) Location: 44.25948 N, 121.17123 W Population (1990): 7163 (2932 housing units) Area: 21.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 97756 Redmond, UT (town, FIPS 63240) Location: 39.00532 N, 111.86449 W Population (1990): 648 (242 housing units) Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Redmond, WA (city, FIPS 57535) Location: 47.67420 N, 122.11480 W Population (1990): 35800 (14972 housing units) Area: 37.4 sq km (land), 1.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98052, 98053 | |
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Rittman, OH (city, FIPS 67356) Location: 40.97105 N, 81.78326 W Population (1990): 6147 (2329 housing units) Area: 14.5 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 44270 | |
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Rodman, IA (city, FIPS 68340) Location: 43.02598 N, 94.52630 W Population (1990): 56 (27 housing units) Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50580 Rodman, NY Zip code(s): 13682 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Rate monotonic scheduling periodic {hard-deadline} {real-time} users of a resource. The users are assigned priorities such that a shorter fixed period between deadlines is associated with a higher priority. Rate monotonic scheduling provides a low-overhead, reasonably resource-efficient means of guaranteeing that all users will meet their deadlines provided that certain analytical equations are satisfied during the system design. It avoids the design complexity of {time-line scheduling} and the overhead of dynamic approaches such as {earliest-deadline scheduling}. [D. R. Wilcox, Naval Ocean Systems Center Technical Report 1310, August 1989, "Periodic Phase Adjustment Distributed Clock Synchronization in the Hard Realtime Environment", p. 9]. (1996-03-23) | |
From The Elements (22Oct97) [elements]: | |
ruthenium Symbol: Ru Atomic number: 44 Atomic weight: 101.07 Hard white metallic transition element. Found with platinum, used as a catalyst in some platinum alloys. Dissolves in fused alkalis, and is not attacked by acids. Reacts with halogens and oxygen at high temperatures. Isolated in 1844 by K.K. Klaus. |