English Dictionary: tininess | by the DICT Development Group |
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Tameness \Tame"ness\, n. The quality or state of being tame. | |
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Tame \Tame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taming}.] [AS. tamian, temian, akin to D. tammen, temmen, G. z[84]hmen, OHG. zemmen, Icel. temja, Goth. gatamjan. See {Tame}, a.] 1. To reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; to reclaim; to domesticate; as, to tame a wild beast. They had not been tamed into submission, but baited into savegeness and stubbornness. --Macaulay. 2. To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth. | |
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Tan \Tan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tanning}.] [F. tanner, LL. tannare. See {Tan}, n.] 1. To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water. Note: The essential result in tanning is due to the fact that the tannins form, with gelatins and albuminoids, a series of insoluble compounds which constitute leather. Similar results may be produced by the use of other reagents in place of tannin, as alum, and some acids or chlorides, which are employed in certain processes of tanning. 2. To make brown; to imbrown, as by exposure to the rays of the sun; as, to tan the skin. | |
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Tanning \Tan"ning\, n. The art or process of converting skins into leather. See {Tan}, v. t., 1. | |
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Tawniness \Taw"ni*ness\, n. The quality or state of being tawny. | |
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Teaming \Team"ing\, n. 1. The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team. 2. (Manuf.) Contract work. [R.] --Knight. | |
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Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Teemed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teeming}.] [OE. temen, AS. t[c7]man, t[?]man, from te[a0]m. See {Team}.] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison. | |
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Teeming \Teem"ing\, a. Prolific; productive. Teeming buds and cheerful appear. --Dryden. | |
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Tenancy \Ten"an*cy\, n.; pl. {Tenacies}. [Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See {Tenant}.] (Law) (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. --Blount. Blackstone. Wharton. | |
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Tenon \Ten"on\, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a member when it passes entirely through the thickness of the piece in which the mortise is cut, and shows on the other side. Cf. {Tooth}, {Tusk}. {Tenon saw}, a saw with a thin blade, usually stiffened by a brass or steel back, for cutting tenons. [Corruptly written {tenant saw}.] --Gwilt. | |
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Chance \Chance\ (ch[adot]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [87]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. --Samuel Clark. Any society into which chance might throw him. --Macaulay. That power Which erring men call Chance. --Milton. 2. The operation or activity of such agent. By chance a priest came down that way. --Luke x. 31. 3. The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. It was a chance that happened to us. --1 Sam. vi. 9. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. --Pope. I spake of most disastrous chance. --Shak. 4. A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on 't --Shak. 5. (Math.) Probability. Note: The mathematical expression, of a chance is the ratio of frequency with which an event happens in the long run. If an event may happen in a ways and may fail in b ways, and each of these a + b ways is equally likely, the chance, or probability, that the event will happen is measured by the fraction a/a + b, and the chance, or probability, that it will fail is measured by b/a + b. {Chance comer}, one who comes unexpectedly. {The last chance}, the sole remaining ground of hope. {The main chance}, the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest. {Theory of chances}, {Doctrine of chances} (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions. {To mind one's chances}, to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity. | |
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Ministerial \Min`is*te"ri*al\, a. [L. ministerialis: cf. F. minist[82]riel. See {Minister}, and cf. {Minstrel}.] 1. Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. --Prior. 2. Of or pertaining to the office of a minister or to the ministry as a body, whether civil or sacerdotal. [bd]Ministerial offices.[b8] --Bacon. [bd]A ministerial measure.[b8] --Junius. [bd]Ministerial garments.[b8] --Hooker. 3. Tending to advance or promote; contributive. [bd]Ministerial to intellectual culture.[b8] --De Quincey. {The ministerial benches}, the benches in the House of Commons occupied by members of the cabinet and their supporters; -- also, the persons occupying them. [bd]Very solid and very brilliant talents distinguish the ministerial benches.[b8] --Burke. Syn: Official; priestly; sacerdotal; ecclesiastical. | |
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Crystallization \Crys`tal*li*za"tion\ (kr[icr]s`t[ait]l*l[icr]*z[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [Cf. F. cristallization.] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized. 2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. Note: The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. {The Isometric, [or] Monometric, system} has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. {The Tetragonal, [or] Dimetric, system} has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. {The Orthorhombic, [or] Trimetric, system} has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. {The Monoclinic system}, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. {The Triclinic system}, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. {The Hexagonal system} (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. Note: The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic. | |
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Theomancy \The"o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. [?] a god + -mancy: cf. F. th[82]omancie, Gr. [?] a spirit of prophecy,.] A kind of divination drawn from the responses of oracles among heathen nations. | |
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Thin \Thin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thinning}.] [Cf. AS. ge[thorn]ynnian.] To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective). | |
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{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.] {Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time persons have worked. {Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman visits certain stations in his beat. {Time enough}, in season; early enough. [bd]Stanly at Bosworth field, . . . came time enough to save his life.[b8] --Bacon. {Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain definite interval after being itself ignited. {Time immemorial}, [or] {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See under {Immemorial}. {Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed. {Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the day, as [bd]good morning,[b8] [bd]good evening,[b8] and the like; greeting. {To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t. {To make time}. (a) To gain time. (b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something; as, the trotting horse made fast time. {To move}, {run}, [or] {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time. {True time}. (a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly. (b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit of the sun's center over the meridian. | |
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Timenoguy \Ti*men"o*guy\, n. (Naut.) A rope carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship. | |
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Time \Time\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Timed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Timing}.] 1. To appoint the time for; to bring, begin, or perform at the proper season or time; as, he timed his appearance rightly. There is no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. --Bacon. 2. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. Who overlooked the oars, and timed the stroke. --Addison. He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 3. To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen. 4. To measure, as in music or harmony. | |
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Tin \Tin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinning}.] To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil. | |
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Tinning \Tin"ning\, n. 1. The act, art, or process of covering or coating anything with melted tin, or with tin foil, as kitchen utensils, locks, and the like. 2. The covering or lining of tin thus put on. | |
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Monkey \Mon"key\, v. t. & i. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. {To monkey with}, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.] | |
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Tone \Tone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toning}.] 1. To utter with an affected tone. 2. To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See {Tune}, v. t. 3. (Photog.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. {To tone down}. (a) To cause to give lower tone or sound; to give a lower tone to. (b) (Paint.) To modify, as color, by making it less brilliant or less crude; to modify, as a composition of color, by making it more harmonius. Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly. --C. Kingsley. (c) Fig.: To moderate or relax; to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of; to soften. The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence, and then use it to tone down their religious strictures. --Palfrey. {To tone up}, to cause to give a higher tone or sound; to give a higher tone to; to make more intense; to heighten; to strengthen. | |
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Tune \Tune\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tuned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tuning}.] 1. To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. [bd] Tune your harps.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Tuning \Tun"ing\, a. & n. from {Tune}, v. {Tuning fork} (Mus.), a steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or for ascertaining the pitch of tunes. | |
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Tuning \Tun"ing\, a. & n. from {Tune}, v. {Tuning fork} (Mus.), a steel instrument consisting of two prongs and a handle, which, being struck, gives a certain fixed tone. It is used for tuning instruments, or for ascertaining the pitch of tunes. | |
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Tun \Tun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tunning}.] To put into tuns, or casks. --Boyle. | |
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Twining \Twin"ing\, a. Winding around something; twisting; embracing; climbing by winding about a support; as, the hop is a twinning plant. | |
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Twining \Twin"ing\, a. The act of one who, or that which, twines; (Bot.) the act of climbing spirally. | |
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Twine \Twine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twining}.] [OE. twinen, fr. AS. tw[imac]n a twisted thread; akin to D. twijnen to twine, Icel. & Sw. tvinna, Dan. tvinde. See {Twine}, n.] 1. To twist together; to form by twisting or winding of threads; to wreathe; as, fine twined linen. 2. To wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body. Let me twine Mine arms about that body. --Shak. 3. To wind about; to embrace; to entwine. Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine. --Pope. 4. To change the direction of. [Obs.] --Fairfax. 5. To mingle; to mix. [Obs.] --Crashaw. | |
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Twin \Twin\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twinning}.] 1. To bring forth twins. --Tusser. 2. To be born at the same birth. --Shak. | |
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Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n. | |
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Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n. | |
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Twinning \Twin"ning\, n. (Crystallog.) The assemblage of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other in accordance with some definite law; also, rarely, in artificial twinning (accomplished for example by pressure), the process by which this reversal is brought about. {Polysynthetic twinning}, repeated twinning of crystal lamell[91], as that of the triclinic feldspars. {Repeated twinning}, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. {Twinning axis}, {Twinning plane}. See the Note under {Twin}, n. | |
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Timmonsville, SC (town, FIPS 71980) Location: 34.13415 N, 79.94240 W Population (1990): 2182 (856 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29161 | |
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Tununak, AK (city, FIPS 79230) Location: 60.57890 N, 165.24476 W Population (1990): 316 (92 housing units) Area: 11.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 99681 | |
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Twining, MI (village, FIPS 81020) Location: 44.11264 N, 83.80782 W Population (1990): 169 (86 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 48766 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
tweening program generates extra frames between the key frames that the user has created. This gives smoother animation without the user having to draw every frame. A scene is described by a mathematical model - a set of two- or three-dimensional objects whose positions in are given by sets of coordinates. Tweening uses mathematical formulae to generate these coordinates at a sequence of discrete times. The simplest system would move each point at a constant rate in a straight line between its initial and final positions, though other kinds of path are possible. The coordinates at each time step are used to generate (or "render") a two-dimensional image of the scene which forms one "frame" of the animation. Tweening is similar to {morphing} except that morphing is usually performed by interpolating between corresponding points marked by the user on two images, rather than between two configurations of a model. (1995-04-04) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
twinning (1997-07-18) |