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Secede \Se"cede"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seceded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seceding}.] [L. secedere, secessum; pref se- aside + cedere to go, move. See {Cede}.] To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body. | |
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Sectant \Sec"tant\, n. [L. secare, sectum, to cut.] One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes. | |
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Section \Sec"tion\, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies. 2. A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. Specifically: (a) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character [sect], often used to denote such a division. It is hardly possible to give a distinct view of his several arguments in distinct sections. --Locke. (b) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct. The extreme section of one class consists of bigoted dotards, the extreme section of the other consists of shallow and reckless empirics. --Macaulay. (c) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and pre[89]mption laws. 3. (Geom.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign [sect]. 5. (Mus.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See {Phrase}. 6. The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile. Note: In mechanical drawing, as in these Illustrations of a cannon, a longitudinal section (a) usually represents the object as cut through its center lengthwise and vertically; a cross or transverse section (b), as cut crosswise and vertically; and a horizontal section (c), as cut through its center horizontally. Oblique sections are made at various angles. In architecture, a vertical section is a drawing showing the interior, the thickness of the walls, ets., as if made on a vertical plane passed through a building. {Angular sections} (Math.), a branch of analysis which treats of the relations of sines, tangents, etc., of arcs to the sines, tangents, etc., of their multiples or of their parts. [R.] {Conic sections}. (Geom.) See under {Conic}. {Section liner} (Drawing), an instrument to aid in drawing a series of equidistant parallel lines, -- used in representing sections. {Thin sections}, a section or slice, as of mineral, animal, or vegetable substance, thin enough to be transparent, and used for study under the microscope. Syn: Part; portion; division. Usage: {Section}, {Part}. The English more commonly apply the word section to a part or portion of a body of men; as, a section of the clergy, a small section of the Whigs, etc. In the United States this use is less common, but another use, unknown or but little known in England, is very frequent, as in the phrases [bd]the eastern section of our country,[b8] etc., the same sense being also given to the adjective sectional as, sectional feelings, interests, etc. | |
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Section \Sec"tion\, n. [L. sectio, fr. secare, sectum, to cut; akin to E. saw a cutting instrument: cf. F. section. See {Saw}, and cf. {Scion}, {Dissect}, {Insect}, {Secant}, {Segment}.] 1. The act of cutting, or separation by cutting; as, the section of bodies. 2. A part separated from something; a division; a portion; a slice. Specifically: (a) A distinct part or portion of a book or writing; a subdivision of a chapter; the division of a law or other writing; a paragraph; an article; hence, the character [sect], often used to denote such a division. It is hardly possible to give a distinct view of his several arguments in distinct sections. --Locke. (b) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like; a part of a territory separated by geographical lines, or of a people considered as distinct. The extreme section of one class consists of bigoted dotards, the extreme section of the other consists of shallow and reckless empirics. --Macaulay. (c) One of the portions, of one square mile each, into which the public lands of the United States are divided; one thirty-sixth part of a township. These sections are subdivided into quarter sections for sale under the homestead and pre[89]mption laws. 3. (Geom.) The figure made up of all the points common to a superficies and a solid which meet, or to two superficies which meet, or to two lines which meet. In the first case the section is a superficies, in the second a line, and in the third a point. 4. (Nat. Hist.) A division of a genus; a group of species separated by some distinction from others of the same genus; -- often indicated by the sign [sect]. 5. (Mus.) A part of a musical period, composed of one or more phrases. See {Phrase}. 6. The description or representation of anything as it would appear if cut through by any intersecting plane; depiction of what is beyond a plane passing through, or supposed to pass through, an object, as a building, a machine, a succession of strata; profile. Note: In mechanical drawing, as in these Illustrations of a cannon, a longitudinal section (a) usually represents the object as cut through its center lengthwise and vertically; a cross or transverse section (b), as cut crosswise and vertically; and a horizontal section (c), as cut through its center horizontally. Oblique sections are made at various angles. In architecture, a vertical section is a drawing showing the interior, the thickness of the walls, ets., as if made on a vertical plane passed through a building. {Angular sections} (Math.), a branch of analysis which treats of the relations of sines, tangents, etc., of arcs to the sines, tangents, etc., of their multiples or of their parts. [R.] {Conic sections}. (Geom.) See under {Conic}. {Section liner} (Drawing), an instrument to aid in drawing a series of equidistant parallel lines, -- used in representing sections. {Thin sections}, a section or slice, as of mineral, animal, or vegetable substance, thin enough to be transparent, and used for study under the microscope. Syn: Part; portion; division. Usage: {Section}, {Part}. The English more commonly apply the word section to a part or portion of a body of men; as, a section of the clergy, a small section of the Whigs, etc. In the United States this use is less common, but another use, unknown or but little known in England, is very frequent, as in the phrases [bd]the eastern section of our country,[b8] etc., the same sense being also given to the adjective sectional as, sectional feelings, interests, etc. | |
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Sectional \Sec"tion*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a sections or distinct part of larger body or territory; local. All sectional interests, or party feelings, it is hoped, will hereafter yield to schemes of ambition. --Story. 2. Consisting of sections, or capable of being divided into sections; as, a sectional steam boiler. | |
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Boiler \Boil"er\, n. 1. One who boils. 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc. 3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes. Note: The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside. Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures. Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and tubular boilers. {Barrel of a boiler}, the cylindrical part containing the flues. {Boiler plate}, {Boiler iron}, plate or rolled iron of about a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc. {Cylinder boiler}, one which consists of a single iron cylinder. {Flue boilers} are usually single shells containing a small number of large flues, through which the heat either passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water. {Locomotive boiler}, a boiler which contains an inclosed fire box and a large number of small flues leading to the chimney. {Multiflue boiler}. Same as {Tubular boiler}, below. {Sectional boiler}, a boiler composed of a number of sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built up. {Tubular boiler}, a boiler containing tubes which form flues, and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler. See Illust. {of Steam boiler}, under {Steam}. {Tubulous boiler}. See under {Tubulous}. See {Tube}, n., 6, and 1st {Flue}. | |
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Dock \Dock\, n. [Akin to D. dok; of uncertain origin; cf. LL. doga ditch, L. doga ditch, L. doga sort of vessel, Gr. [?] receptacle, fr. [?] to receive.] 1. An artificial basin or an inclosure in connection with a harbor or river, -- used for the reception of vessels, and provided with gates for keeping in or shutting out the tide. 2. The slip or water way extending between two piers or projecting wharves, for the reception of ships; -- sometimes including the piers themselves; as, to be down on the dock. 3. The place in court where a criminal or accused person stands. {Balance dock}, a kind of {floating dock} which is kept level by pumping water out of, or letting it into, the compartments of side chambers. {Dry dock}, a dock from which the water may be shut or pumped out, especially, one in the form of a chamber having walls and floor, often of masonry and communicating with deep water, but having appliances for excluding it; -- used in constructing or repairing ships. The name includes structures used for the examination, repairing, or building of vessels, as graving docks, floating docks, hydraulic docks, etc. {Floating dock}, a dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water. {Graving dock}, a dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc. {Hydraulic dock}, a dock in which a vessel is raised clear of the water by hydraulic presses. {Naval dock}, a dock connected with which are naval stores, materials, and all conveniences for the construction and repair of ships. {Sectional dock}, a form of {floating dock} made in separate sections or caissons. {Slip dock}, a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above high-water mark, and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. {Wet dock}, a dock where the water is shut in, and kept at a given level, to facilitate the loading and unloading of ships; -- also sometimes used as a place of safety; a basin. | |
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Sectionalism \Sec"tion*al*ism\, n. A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national. [U. S.] | |
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Sectionality \Sec"tion*al"i*ty\, n. The state or quality of being sectional; sectionalism. | |
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Sectionalize \Sec"tion*al*ize\, v. t. To divide according to gepgraphical sections or local interests. [U. S.] The principal results of the struggle were to sectionalize parties. --Nicilay & Hay (Life of Lincoln). | |
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Sectionally \Sec"tion*al*ly\, adv. In a sectional manner. | |
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Sectionize \Sec"tion*ize\, v. t. To form into sections. [R.] | |
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Sectiuncle \Sect"i*un`cle\, n. A little or petty sect. [R.] [bd]Some new sect or sectiuncle.[b8] --J. Martineau. | |
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Sesquitone \Ses"qui*tone\, n. [Sesqui- + tone.] (Mus.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones. | |
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Sestine \Ses"tine\, n. See {Sextain}. | |
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Sextain \Sex"tain\, n. [L. sextus sixth, fr. sex six: cf. It. sestina.] (Pros.) A stanza of six lines; a sestine. | |
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Sextant \Sex"tant\, n. [L. sextans, -antis, the sixth part of an as, fr. sextus sixth, sex six. See {Six}.] 1. (Math.) The sixth part of a circle. 2. An instrument for measuring angular distances between objects, -- used esp. at sea, for ascertaining the latitude and longitude. It is constructed on the same optical principle as Hadley's quadrant, but usually of metal, with a nicer graduation, telescopic sight, and its arc the sixth, and sometimes the third, part of a circle. See {Quadrant}. 3. (Astron.) The constellation Sextans. {Box sextant}, a small sextant inclosed in a cylindrical case to make it more portable. | |
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Sexteyn \Sex"teyn\, n. A sacristan. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.] An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. {Sexton beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a burying beetle. | |
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Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a dead body + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus {Necrophorus} and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, {carrion beetle}, {sexton beetle}. | |
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Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.] An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. {Sexton beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a burying beetle. | |
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Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. {Carrion beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called {sexton beetle} and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family {Silphid[91]}. {Carrion buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as {Ibycter}, {Milvago}, and {Polyborus}), which act as scavengers. See {Caracara}. {Carrion crow}, the common European crow ({Corvus corone}) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. | |
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Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a dead body + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus {Necrophorus} and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, {carrion beetle}, {sexton beetle}. | |
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Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.] An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. {Sexton beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a burying beetle. | |
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Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. {Carrion beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called {sexton beetle} and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family {Silphid[91]}. {Carrion buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as {Ibycter}, {Milvago}, and {Polyborus}), which act as scavengers. See {Caracara}. {Carrion crow}, the common European crow ({Corvus corone}) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. | |
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Necrophore \Nec"ro*phore\, n. [Gr. [?] a dead body + [?] to bear.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of beetles of the genus {Necrophorus} and allied genera; -- called also {burying beetle}, {carrion beetle}, {sexton beetle}. | |
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Sexton \Sex"ton\, n. [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.] An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. {Sexton beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a burying beetle. | |
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Carrion \Car"ri*on\, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. --Shak. {Carrion beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called {sexton beetle} and {burying beetle}. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family {Silphid[91]}. {Carrion buzzard} (Zo[94]l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as {Ibycter}, {Milvago}, and {Polyborus}), which act as scavengers. See {Caracara}. {Carrion crow}, the common European crow ({Corvus corone}) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. | |
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Sextoness \Sex"ton*ess\, n. A female sexton; a sexton's wife. | |
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Sextonry \Sex"ton*ry\, n. Sextonship. [Obs.] --Ld. Bernes. | |
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Sextonship \Sex"ton*ship\, n. The office of a sexton. --Swift. | |
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Shagged \Shag"ged\, a. Shaggy; rough. --Milton. -- {Shag"ged*ness}, n. --Dr. H. More. | |
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Shakedown \Shake"down`\, n. A temporary substitute for a bed, as one made on the floor or on chairs; -- perhaps originally from the shaking down of straw for this purpose. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Shoe \Shoe\, n.; pl. {Shoes}, formerly {Shoon}, now provincial. [OE. sho, scho, AS. sc[?]h, sce[a2]h; akin to OFries. sk[?], OS. sk[?]h, D. schoe, schoen, G. schuh, OHG. scuoh, Icel. sk[?]r, Dan. & Sw. sko, Goth. sk[?]hs; of unknown origin.] 1. A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg. Your hose should be ungartered, . . . yourshoe untied. --Shak. Spare none but such as go in clouted shoon. --Shak. 2. Anything resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. Specifically: (a) A plate or rim of iron nailed to the hoof of an animal to defend it from injury. (b) A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow. (c) A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill. (d) The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion. (e) (Arch.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building. (f) (Milling.) The trough or spout for conveying the grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone. (g) An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill. (h) An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter. (i) An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile. (j) (Mach.) A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; -- called also {slipper}, and {gib}. Note: Shoe is often used adjectively, or in composition; as, shoe buckle, or shoe-buckle; shoe latchet, or shoe-latchet; shoe leathet, or shoe-leather; shoe string, shoe-string, or shoestring. {Shoe of an anchor}. (Naut.) (a) A small block of wood, convex on the back, with a hole to receive the point of the anchor fluke, -- used to prevent the anchor from tearing the planks of the vessel when raised or lowered. (b) A broad, triangular piece of plank placed upon the fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. {Shoe block} (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. {Shoe bolt}, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. {Shoe pac}, a kind of moccasin. See {Pac}. {Shoe stone}, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather. | |
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Show \Show\, n. [Formerly written also shew.] 1. The act of showing, or bringing to view; exposure to sight; exhibition. 2. That which os shown, or brought to view; that which is arranged to be seen; a spectacle; an exhibition; as, a traveling show; a cattle show. As for triumphs, masks, feasts, and such shows. --Bacon. 3. Proud or ostentatious display; parade; pomp. I envy none their pageantry and show. --Young. 4. Semblance; likeness; appearance. He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed. --Milton. 5. False semblance; deceitful appearance; pretense. Beware of the scribes, . . . which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers. --Luke xx. 46. 47. 6. (Med.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occuring a short time before labor. 7. (Mining) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp. --Raymond. {Show bill}, a broad sheet containing an advertisement in large letters. {Show box}, a box xontaining some object of curiosity carried round as a show. {Show card}, an advertising placard; also, a card for displaying samples. {Show case}, a gla[?]ed case, box, or cabinet for displaying and protecting shopkeepers' wares, articles on exhibition in museums, etc. {Show glass}, a glass which displays objects; a mirror. {Show of hands}, a raising of hands to indicate judgment; as, the vote was taken by a show of hands. {Show stone}, a piece of glass or crystal supposed to have the property of exhibiting images of persons or things not present, indicating in that way future events. | |
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Siccation \Sic*ca"tion\, n. [L. siccatio.] The act or process of drying. [R.] --Bailey. | |
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Sighting \Sight"ing\, a. & n. from {Sight}, v. t. {Sighting shot}, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot. | |
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Sight \Sight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sighting}.] 1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. --Kane. 2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star. 3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon. | |
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Sighting \Sight"ing\, a. & n. from {Sight}, v. t. {Sighting shot}, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot. | |
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Sistine \Sis"tine\, a.[It. sistino.] Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. {Sistine chapel}, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others. | |
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Sistine \Sis"tine\, a.[It. sistino.] Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus. {Sistine chapel}, a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others. | |
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Sixteen \Six"teen`\, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects. 2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi. | |
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Sixteen \Six"teen`\, a. [AS. sixt[?]ne, sixt[?]ne. See {Six}, and {Ten}, and cf. {Sixty}.] Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more. | |
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Sixteenmo \Six*teen"mo\, n.; pl. {Sixteenmos}. See {Sextodecimo}. | |
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Sixteenmo \Six*teen"mo\, n.; pl. {Sixteenmos}. See {Sextodecimo}. | |
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Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From {Sixteen}: cf. AS. sixte[a2][?]a.] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth. 2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. {Sixteenth note} (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver. | |
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Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole. 2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth. 3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. --Moore (Encyc. of Music.) | |
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Sixteenth \Six"teenth`\, a. [From {Sixteen}: cf. AS. sixte[a2][?]a.] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth. 2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. {Sixteenth note} (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver. | |
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Succedane \Suc"ce*dane\, n. A succedaneum. [Obs.] | |
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Succedaneum \Suc`ce*da"ne*um\, n.; pl. {Succedanea}. [NL. See {Succedaneous}.] One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.), a remedy used as a substitute for another. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. --Walpole. | |
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Succedaneous \Suc`ce*da"ne*ous\, a. [L. succedaneus. See {Succeed}.] Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Succedaneum \Suc`ce*da"ne*um\, n.; pl. {Succedanea}. [NL. See {Succedaneous}.] One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.), a remedy used as a substitute for another. In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, Lady Harriet Stanhope. --Walpole. | |
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Succeedant \Suc*ceed"ant\, a. (Her.) Succeeding one another; following. | |
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Succeed \Suc*ceed"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Succeeded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Succeeding}.] [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere to go, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succ[82]der. See {Cede}, and cf. {Success}.] 1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. As he saw him nigh succeed. --Spenser. 2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] --Shak. 3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. --Sir T. Browne. 4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] Succeed my wish and second my design. --Dryden. | |
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Succeeding \Suc*ceed"ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. --Shak. | |
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Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. {Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. {Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. {Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. | |
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Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. {Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. {Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. {Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. | |
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Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. {Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. {Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. {Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. | |
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Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. {Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. {Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. {Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. | |
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Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. {Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. {Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. {Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. | |
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Sustain \Sus*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sustained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sustaining}.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see {Sub-}) + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Sustenance}.] 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. --Tillotson. 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden. 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain? --Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak. 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo. | |
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Sustain \Sus*tain"\, n. One who, or that which, upholds or sustains; a sustainer. [Obs.] I waked again, for my sustain was the Lord. --Milton. | |
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Sustainable \Sus*tain"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. soutenable, OF. soustenable.] Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. | |
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Sustain \Sus*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sustained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sustaining}.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see {Sub-}) + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Sustenance}.] 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. --Tillotson. 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden. 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain? --Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak. 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo. | |
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Sustained \Sus*tained"\, a. Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music. | |
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Sustainer \Sus*tain"er\, n. One who, or that which, sustains. --Waterland. | |
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Sustain \Sus*tain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sustained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sustaining}.] [OE. sustenen, susteinen, OF. sustenir, sostenir, F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- (see {Sub-}) + tenere to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Sustenance}.] 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. --Tillotson. 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. --Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. --Dryden. 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain? --Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. --Shak. 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Syn: To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo. | |
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Sustainment \Sus*tain"ment\, n. The act of sustaining; maintenance; support. --Milton. Lowell. | |
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Sustenance \Sus"te*nance\, n. [OF. sustenance, sostenance, soustenance: cf. L. sustenentia endurance. See {Sustain}.] 1. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life. 2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance. [bd]A man of little sustenance.[b8] --Chaucer. For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. --Milton. | |
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Sustentacle \Sus*ten"ta*cle\, n. [L. sustentaculum. See {Sustentation}.] Sustenance. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Sustentacular \Sus`ten*tac"u*lar\, a. [See {Sustenance}.] (Anat.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue. | |
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Sustentate \Sus"ten*tate\, v. t. To sustain. [R.] --C. Reade. | |
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Sustentation \Sus`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See {Sustain}.] 1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. 2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. {Sustentation fund} (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland. | |
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Sustentation \Sus`ten*ta"tion\, n. [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See {Sustain}.] 1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. 2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. {Sustentation fund} (Eccl.), a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland. | |
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Sustentative \Sus"ten*ta*tive\, a. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations. {Sustentative functions} (Physiol.), those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass. | |
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Sustentative \Sus"ten*ta*tive\, a. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations. {Sustentative functions} (Physiol.), those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass. | |
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Sustention \Sus*ten"tion\, n. Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.] In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote. --J. Morley. | |
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Cascade system \Cascade system\ (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called {tandem, [or] concatenated}, {system}; the connection a {cascade, tandem, [or] concatenated}, {connection}, or {a concatenation}; and the control of the motors so obtained a {tandem, [or] concatenation}, {control}. Note: In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line. | |
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9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. --Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir W. Scott. 10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry. 11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}. 12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes. 13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression. 14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12 above. {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open order}. {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer. {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders. {Holy orders}. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson. {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. {Money order}. See under {Money}. {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. {Order book}. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.] {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain] {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle. {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day. {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation. {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise. {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea. {Standing order}. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command. {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak. {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning. Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak. Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}. | |
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System \Sys"tem\, n. [L. systema, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to place together; sy`n with + [?] to place: cf. F. syst[8a]me. See {Stand}.] 1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. | |
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Cascade system \Cascade system\ (Elec.) A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called {tandem, [or] concatenated}, {system}; the connection a {cascade, tandem, [or] concatenated}, {connection}, or {a concatenation}; and the control of the motors so obtained a {tandem, [or] concatenation}, {control}. Note: In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me. --Shak. The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir W. Scott. 10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry. 11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is hardly recognizable, and also used a modified Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan, Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of {Capital}. 12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. Note: The Linn[91]an artificial orders of plants rested mainly on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany) equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes. 13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression. 14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. {Artificial order} [or] {system}. See {Artificial classification}, under {Artificial}, and Note to def. 12 above. {Close order} (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a distance of about half a pace between them; with a distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open order}. {The four Orders}, {The Orders four}, the four orders of mendicant friars. See {Friar}. --Chaucer. {General orders} (Mil.), orders issued which concern the whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction from special orders. {Holy orders}. (a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10 above. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained. {In order to}, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to. The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson. {Minor orders} (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader, doorkeeper. {Money order}. See under {Money}. {Natural order}. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note. {Order book}. (a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered. (b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all orders are recorded for the information of officers and men. (c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed orders must be entered. [Eng.] {Order in Council}, a royal order issued with and by the advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain] {Order of battle} (Mil.), the particular disposition given to the troops of an army on the field of battle. {Order of the day}, in legislative bodies, the special business appointed for a specified day. {Order of a differential equation} (Math.), the greatest index of differentiation in the equation. {Sailing orders} (Naut.), the final instructions given to the commander of a ship of war before a cruise. {Sealed orders}, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a ship is at sea. {Standing order}. (a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of parliamentary business. (b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer temporarily in command. {To give order}, to give command or directions. --Shak. {To take order for}, to take charge of; to make arrangements concerning. Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak. Syn: Arrangement; management. See {Direction}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
System \Sys"tem\, n. [L. systema, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to place together; sy`n with + [?] to place: cf. F. syst[8a]me. See {Stand}.] 1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is cumulative. {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Identism \I*den"tism\, n. [See {Identity}.] (Metaph.) The doctrine taught by Schelling, that matter and mind, and subject and object, are identical in the Absolute; -- called also the {system [or] doctrine of identity}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dualistic \Du`al*is"tic\, a. Consisting of two; pertaining to dualism or duality. {Dualistic} {system [or] theory} (Chem.), the theory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematic \Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. syst[82]matique.] 1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. --Whewell. 2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. 3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical. --Boyle. 4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Botany \Bot"a*ny\, n.; pl. {Botanies}. [F. botanique, a. & n., fr. Gr. [?] botanic, fr. [?] herb, plant, fr. [?] to feed, graze.] 1. The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See {Plant}. 2. A book which treats of the science of botany. Note: Botany is divided into various departments; as, {Structural Botany}, which investigates the structure and organic composition of plants; {Physiological Botany}, the study of their functions and life; and {Systematic Botany}, which has to do with their classification, description, nomenclature, etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Systematic theology}. See under {Theology}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Theology \The*ol"o*gy\, n.; pl. {Theologies}. [L. theologia, Gr. [?]; [?] God + [?] discourse: cf. F. th[82]ologie. See {Theism}, and {Logic}.] The science of God or of religion; the science which treats of the existence, character, and attributes of God, his laws and government, the doctrines we are to believe, and the duties we are to practice; divinity; (as more commonly understood) [bd]the knowledge derivable from the Scriptures, the systematic exhibition of revealed truth, the science of Christian faith and life.[b8] Many speak of theology as a science of religion [instead of [bd]science of God[b8]] because they disbelieve that there is any knowledge of God to be attained. --Prof. R. Flint (Enc. Brit.). Theology is ordered knowledge; representing in the region of the intellect what religion represents in the heart and life of man. --Gladstone. {Ascetic theology}, {Natural theology}. See {Ascetic}, {Natural}. {Moral theology}, that phase of theology which is concerned with moral character and conduct. {Revealed theology}, theology which is to be learned only from revelation. {Scholastic theology}, theology as taught by the scholastics, or as prosecuted after their principles and methods. {Speculative theology}, theology as founded upon, or influenced by, speculation or metaphysical philosophy. {Systematic theology}, that branch of theology of which the aim is to reduce all revealed truth to a series of statements that together shall constitute an organized whole. --E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematic \Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. syst[82]matique.] 1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. --Whewell. 2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. 3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical. --Boyle. 4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematically \Sys`tem*at"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a systematic manner; methodically. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematism \Sys"tem*a*tism\, n. The reduction of facts or principles to a system. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematist \Sys"tem*a*tist\, n. [Cf. F. syst[82]matiste.] 1. One who forms a system, or reduces to system. 2. One who adheres to a system. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematization \Sys`tem*a*ti*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. syst[82]matization.] The act or operation of systematizing. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematize \Sys"tem*a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systematized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systematizing}.] [Cf. F. syst[82]matiser. Cf. {Systemize}.] To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts. --Harris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematize \Sys"tem*a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systematized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systematizing}.] [Cf. F. syst[82]matiser. Cf. {Systemize}.] To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts. --Harris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematizer \Sys"tem*a*ti`zer\, n. One who systematizes. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines. --Harris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematize \Sys"tem*a*tize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systematized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systematizing}.] [Cf. F. syst[82]matiser. Cf. {Systemize}.] To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; to methodize; as, to systematize a collection of plants or minerals; to systematize one's work; to systematize one's ideas. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized into arts. --Harris. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systematology \Sys`tem*a*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?], [?], system + -logy.] The doctrine of, or a treatise upon, systems. --Dunglison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemic \Sys*tem"ic\, a. 1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood. 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. {Systemic death}. See the Note under {Death}, n., 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemic \Sys*tem"ic\, a. 1. Of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood. 2. (Anat. & Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases. {Systemic death}. See the Note under {Death}, n., 1. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemization \Sys`tem*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of systematizing; systematization. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemize \Sys"tem*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systemized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systemizing}.] [Cf. {Systematize}.] To reduce to system; to systematize. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemize \Sys"tem*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systemized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systemizing}.] [Cf. {Systematize}.] To reduce to system; to systematize. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemizer \Sys"tem*i`zer\, n. One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemize \Sys"tem*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Systemized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Systemizing}.] [Cf. {Systematize}.] To reduce to system; to systematize. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Systemless \Sys"tem*less\, a. 1. Being without system. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification. 3. (Biol.)Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sacaton, AZ (CDP, FIPS 61720) Location: 33.08215 N, 111.74608 W Population (1990): 1452 (419 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 85247 | |
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Saxton, PA (borough, FIPS 68072) Location: 40.21296 N, 78.24724 W Population (1990): 838 (403 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 16678 | |
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Saxtons River, VT (village, FIPS 62950) Location: 43.13893 N, 72.51128 W Population (1990): 541 (242 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05154 | |
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Section, AL (town, FIPS 69000) Location: 34.58100 N, 85.98382 W Population (1990): 777 (335 housing units) Area: 11.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35771 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Sextons Creek, KY Zip code(s): 40983 | |
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Shiocton, WI (village, FIPS 73625) Location: 44.44523 N, 88.57650 W Population (1990): 913 (363 housing units) Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 54170 | |
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Sisseton, SD (city, FIPS 59260) Location: 45.66241 N, 97.04607 W Population (1990): 2181 (1008 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Sugden, OK (town, FIPS 71250) Location: 34.08119 N, 97.97835 W Population (1990): 65 (28 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
sysadmin /sis'ad-min/ n. Common contraction of `system admin'; see {admin}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
system n. 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer. 2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor program or OS, and possibly other software. 3. Any large-scale program. 4. Any method or algorithm. 5. `System hacker': one who hacks the system (in senses 1 and 2 only; for sense 3 one mentions the particular program: e.g., `LISP hacker') | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
system mangler n. Humorous synonym for `system manager', poss. from the fact that one major IBM OS had a {root} account called SYSMANGR. Refers specifically to a systems programmer in charge of administration, software maintenance, and updates at some site. Unlike {admin}, this term emphasizes the technical end of the skills involved. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
systems jock n. See {jock}, sense 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sacadm A {Unix} (Solaris?) command for administering both {ttymon} and {listen}. It can be used to add and remove, start and stop, and enable and disable {port monitors}. (2002-12-30) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
SECD machine {Stack Environment Control Dump machine} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
seek time head(s) from one {track} to another. The seek time depends on the power of the servo, the mass of the heads, the number of tracks traversed and the time taken to position the heads over the target track accurately enough to start data transfer. See also: {average seek time}, {minimum seek time}, {maximum seek time}. (1997-07-15) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
sysadmin {system administrator} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system 1. The {supervisor} program or {operating system} on a computer. 2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices, the {supervisor} program or {operating system} and possibly other {software}. 3. Any large program. 4. Any method or {algorithm}. [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System 5 {System V} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System 7.5 of Oct 1996 was 7.5.5. Superseded by Mac OS 7.6 around March 1997. {Mac OS home (http://www.macos.apple.com/)}. [Dates? Features?] (1997-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Account Manager {database} stored as a {registry file} in {Windows NT} and {Windows 2000}. The System Account Manager (SAM) database stores users' passwords in a {hashed} format. Since a {hash function} is one-way, this provides some measure of security for the storage of the passwords. In an attempt to enhance the security of the SAM database against {offline cracking}, Microsoft introduced the {SYSKEY} utility in {Windows NT} 4.0. (2000-07-19) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system administration "admin", "sysadmin", "site admin") such as monitoring security configuration, managing allocation of {user names} and {passwords}, monitoring disk space and other resource use, performing {backups}, and setting up new hardware and software. system administrators often also help users, though in a large organisation this may be a separate job. Compare {postmaster}, {sysop}, {system management}, {systems programmer}. [Other tasks?] (1999-05-02) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system administrator {system administration} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system analysis {systems analysis} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system analyst {systems analysis} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system board {motherboard} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system call {application program} to request service from the {operating system}. System calls often use a special {machine code} instruction which causes the processor to change mode (e.g. to "supervisor mode" or "{protected mode}"). This allows the OS to perform restricted actions such as accessing hardware devices or the {memory management unit}. (1995-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system catalog catalogue stores {meta-data} including the {schemas} of the {databases}. It is a mini-database, and is usually stored using the DBMS itself in special {tables} called {system tables}. It maybe referred to as being "on line", as it is active, and can be queried by users like any other table. (1999-04-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Control Language {operating system} on the {ICL2900}. SCL was {block structured} and supported strings, lists of strings ("superstrings"), {integer}, {Boolean}, and {array} types. You could trigger a {block} whenever a condition on a variable value occured. It supported {macros} and default arguments. Commands were treated like procedure calls. ["VME/B SCL Syntax", Intl Computers Ltd. 1980]. (2003-01-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System F A {type system} by J-Y. Girard. Also known as Lambda-2 or the {polymorphic lambda-calculus}. ["Proofs and Types", J-Y. Girard, Cambridge U Press 1989]. (1994-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system management minimise the use of excessive, redundant resources to address the overlapping requirements of performance balancing, network management, reducing outages, system maintenance costs, diagnosis and repair, and migration to new hardware and software system versions. Compare: {system administration}. (1995-11-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Management Bus for communication with low-bandwidth devices on a motherboard, especially power related chips such as a laptop's rechargeable battery subsystem (see {Smart Battery Data}). Other devices might include temperature sensors and lid switches. A device can provide manufacturer information, indicate its model/part number, save its state for a {suspend} event, report different types of errors, accept control parameters, and return status. The SMB is generally not user configurable or accessible. The bus carries clock, data, and instructions and is based on {Philip's} {I2C} serial bus protocol. Support for SMBus devices is provided on {Windows 2000}. {Windows 98} does not support such devices. The {PIIX4} {chipset} provides SMBus functionality. Vendors using SMBus would be required to pay royalties. {SMBus website (http://www.sbs-forum.org/smbus/)}. {Software to interrogate a SMB motherboard (http://www.online.de/home/podien/SMB.HTM)}. {SMB devices, Part 8 Kernel Mode Driver Design Guide, Win2000 DDK (http://www.microsoft.com/ddk/)}. (1999-08-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Management Mode some {Intel} {microprocessors}. When a {CPU} enters SMM it saves its current state in a special area of {static RAM} called SMRAM (System Management {RAM}) and then runs a program, also stored in SMRAM, the SMM handler. SMM is implemented in all {Intel} "SL" suffixed CPUs. In June 1993, Intel announced it was discontinuing its SL range and instead making all its current processors SL enhanced. See also {Auto Idle}. (1994-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Management Server NT system administrators} to manage {personal computers} on any size network. SMS can distribute software to desktops from one central location, detect every machine on the network, track software and hardware configurations, send key information back to a central database, and perform other tasks. {Home (http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/management/exec/overview/sms.asp)}. (1999-03-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system manager {system management} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system mangler from the fact that one major {IBM} {operating system} had a {root} account called SYSMANGR. The term refers specifically to a systems programmer in charge of administration, software maintenance, and updates at some site. Unlike {admin}, this term emphasises the technical end of the skills involved. [{Jargon File}] (1995-11-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system operator used in the {BBS} world for the operator of a bulletin-board system (who is usually also the owner). A common neophyte mistake on {FidoNet} is to address a message to "sysop" in an international {echo}, thus sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world. Contrast: {system administrator}. (1999-10-20) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System Product Interpreter {Restructured EXtended eXecutor} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system programming language {Ousterhout's dichotomy} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System R {IBM San Jose Research} (now {IBM Almaden Research Center}) in the 1970s. System R introduced the {SQL} language and also demonstrated that a {relational system database} could provide good {transaction processing} performance. {Home (http://www.mcjones.org/System_R/)}. (1998-09-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system software production or execution of {application programs} but which is not specific to any particular application. System software typically includes an {operating system} to control the execution of other programs; user environment software such as a {command-line interpreter}, {window system}, {desktop}; development tools for building other programs such as {assemblers}, {compilers}, {linkers}, {libraries}, {interpreters}, {cross-reference generators}, {version control}, {make}; {debugging}, {profiling} and monitoring tools; utility programs, e.g. for sorting, printing, and editting. Different people would classify some or all of the above system software as part of the operating system while others might say the operating system was just the {kernel}. (1997-09-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system testing confirm that all code modules work as specified, and that the system as a whole performs adequately on the {platform} on which it will be deployed. System testing should be performed by testers who are trained to plan, execute, and report on application and system code. They should be aware of scenarios that might not occur to the end user, like testing for null, negative, and format inconsistent values. A tester should be able to repeat the steps that caused an error. (2003-09-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
system unit plastic or metal enclosure, the {motherboard}, and (typically) internal {disk drives}, a {power supply}, cooling fans, and whatever circuit boards plugged into the mother board, such as a {video card}. The system unit is occasionally referred to as the {CPU}, though this really means {central processing unit}. (2000-08-10) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System V 1. The other major versions of the {Unix} {operating system} apart from {BSD}. Developed by {AT&T}. Later versions of Unix such as {SunOS} combined the best features of {System V} and {BSD} Unix. (1994-10-31) [Differences?] 2. A supplier of {Unix} {open system}s for {Intel x86} processors. They supply products from {SCO} and {Solaris} and offer general support for {Unix}, {TCP/IP}, and {Internet}. They serve and create third-party {WWW} pages and provide on-line support for commercial and non-commercial applications. {(http://www.systemv.com/)}. See also {System V Interface Definition}. (1994-12-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System V Interface Definition (SVID) A standard allowing source code portability between different {platform}s running Unix System V. (1995-03-28) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
System/360 1964-04-07. Operating System/360 ({OS/360}) was developed for System/360. [Mainframe? Features?] (2001-03-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Systems Administrators Guild (SAGE) A special technical group of the {USENIX Association}. {Home (http://www.usenix.org/sage)}. [Details?] (2001-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems analysis and implementation of a computer system for business. What a systems analyst does. (1997-04-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Systems Analysis Definition system and the identification of the requirements that it should meet. SAD is the starting point for system design. The term is most commonly used in the context of commercial programming, where software developers are often classed as either {systems analysts} or programmers. The systems analysts are responsible for identifying requirements (i.e. systems analysis) and producing a design. The programmers are then responsible for implementing it. (1996-03-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems analyst {systems analysis} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Systems Application Architecture which enable {software} to be written independently of {hardware} and {operating system}. (1997-04-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Systems Development Life Cycle analyst} to develop an {information system}, including {requirements}, {validation}, training, and user ownership. An SDLC should result in a high quality system that meets or exceeds customer expectations, within time and cost estimates, works effectively and efficiently in the current and planned {Information Technology} {infrastructure}, and is cheap to maintain and cost-effective to enhance. {US DOJ SDLC (http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/irm/lifecycle/table.htm)}. (2000-12-24) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems jock {jock} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Systems Network Architecture {protocol} {standard}, used by IBM and IBM compatible {mainframes}. Also referred to as "Blue Glue", SNA is a bletcherous protocol once widely favoured at commercial shops. The official IBM definition is "that which binds blue boxes together." It may be relevant that {Blue Glue} is also a 3M product commonly used to hold down carpets in {dinosaur pens}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-23) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems operator {system operator} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems programmer specialist roles such as writing low-level code that talks to directly to the {operating system} on a {server}. Typical skills required are experience of specific operating systems, networking ({TCP/IP}, {ATM}, {Ethernet}, {DNS}), electronic mail ({POP}, {IMAP}, {SMTP}), {web servers}, {RDBMS}, operating system and network security, and hardware ({SCSI}, {hard disks}, and back-up devices). Contrast: {system administration}. (1999-09-14) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
systems programming {systems programmer} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Sosthenes safe in strength, the chief ruler of the synagogue at Corinth, who was seized and beaten by the mob in the presence of Gallio, the Roman governor, when he refused to proceed against Paul at the instigation of the Jews (Acts 18:12-17). The motives of this assault against Sosthenes are not recorded, nor is it mentioned whether it was made by Greeks or Romans. Some identify him, but without sufficient grounds, with one whom Paul calls "Sosthenes our brother," a convert to the faith (1 Cor. 1:1). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Sosthenes, savior; strong; powerful |