English Dictionary: vision defect | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Vacant \Va"cant\, a. [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to E. void. Cf. {Evacuate}, {Void}, a.] 1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. --Shak. Being of those virtues vacant. --Shak. There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. --Longfellow. 2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world. --Dr. H. More. There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant. --Bp. Fell. 3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish. Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use and wearing. --Shak. 4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --Sir H. Wotton. When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood. --Wordsworth. 5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. --Bouvier. {Vacant succession} (Law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. --Burrill. Syn: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged; unincumbered; uncrowded; idle. Usage: {Vacant}, {Empty}. A thing is empty when there is nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle. Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled, or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected there. | |
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Vacant \Va"cant\, a. [F., fr. L. vacans, -antis, p. pr. of vacare to be empty, to be free or unoccupied, to have leisure, also vocare; akin to vacuus empty, and probably to E. void. Cf. {Evacuate}, {Void}, a.] 1. Deprived of contents; not filled; empty; as, a vacant room. Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. --Shak. Being of those virtues vacant. --Shak. There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. --Longfellow. 2. Unengaged with business or care; unemployed; unoccupied; disengaged; free; as, vacant hours. Religion is the interest of all; but philosophy of those . . . at leisure, and vacant from the affairs of the world. --Dr. H. More. There was not a minute of the day which he left vacant. --Bp. Fell. 3. Not filled or occupied by an incumbent, possessor, or officer; as, a vacant throne; a vacant parish. Special dignities which vacant lie For thy best use and wearing. --Shak. 4. Empty of thought; thoughtless; not occupied with study or reflection; as, a vacant mind. The duke had a pleasant and vacant face. --Sir H. Wotton. When on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood. --Wordsworth. 5. (Law) Abandoned; having no heir, possessor, claimant, or occupier; as, a vacant estate. --Bouvier. {Vacant succession} (Law), one that is claimed by no person, or where all the heirs are unknown, or where all the known heirs to it have renounced it. --Burrill. Syn: Empty; void; devoid; free; unemployed; disengaged; unincumbered; uncrowded; idle. Usage: {Vacant}, {Empty}. A thing is empty when there is nothing in it; as, an empty room, or an empty noddle. Vacant adds the idea of having been previously filled, or intended to be filled or occupied; as, a vacant seat at table; a vacant office; vacant hours. When we speak of a vacant look or a vacant mind, we imply the absence of the intelligence naturally to be expected there. | |
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Vacantly \Va"cant*ly\, adv. In a vacant manner; inanely. | |
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Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. | |
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Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. | |
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Vaccinate \Vac"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaccinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaccinating}.] [See {Vaccine}.] To inoculate with the cowpox by means of a virus, called vaccine, taken either directly or indirectly from cows. | |
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Vaccination \Vac`ci*na"tion\, n. The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. {Inoculation}. | |
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Vaccinator \Vac"ci*na`tor\, n. One who, or that which, vaccinates. | |
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Vacuometer \Vac`u*om"e*ter\, n. [Vacuum + -meter.] (Physics) (a) An instrument for the comparison of barometers. (b) An apparatus for the measurement of low pressures. | |
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2. The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch. {Vacuum brake}, a kind of continuous brake operated by exhausting the air from some appliance under each car, and so causing the pressure of the atmosphere to apply the brakes. {Vacuum pan} (Technol.), a kind of large closed metallic retort used in sugar making for boiling down sirup. It is so connected with an exhausting apparatus that a partial vacuum is formed within. This allows the evaporation and concentration to take place at a lower atmospheric pressure and hence also at a lower temperature, which largely obviates the danger of burning the sugar, and shortens the process. {Vacuum pump}. Same as {Pulsometer}, 1. {Vacuum tube} (Phys.), a glass tube provided with platinum electrodes and exhausted, for the passage of the electrical discharge; a Geissler tube. | |
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Vagient \Va"gi*ent\, a. [L. vagiens, p. pr. of vagire to cry like a young child.] Crying like a child. [Obs.] | |
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Vaginate \Vag"i*nate\, Vaginated \Vag"i*na`ted\, a. [See {Vagina}.] Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf. | |
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Vaginate \Vag"i*nate\, Vaginated \Vag"i*na`ted\, a. [See {Vagina}.] Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf. | |
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Vasomotor \Vas`o*mo"tor\, a. [L. vas a vessel + motor that which moves fr. movere to move.] (Physiol.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels. {Vasomotor center}, the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels. | |
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Vasomotor \Vas`o*mo"tor\, a. [L. vas a vessel + motor that which moves fr. movere to move.] (Physiol.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels. {Vasomotor center}, the chief dominating or general center which supplies all the unstriped muscles of the arterial system with motor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels. | |
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Vicinity \Vi*cin"i*ty\ (?; 277), n. [L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. [?] a house, Skr. v[?][?]a a house, vi[?] to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinit[82]. Cf. {Diocese}, {Economy}, {Parish}, {Vicinage}, {Wick} a village.] 1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats. A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. --Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. [bd]The vicinity of the sun.[b8] --Bentley. Syn: Neighborhood; vicinage. See {Neighborhood}. | |
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Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}. {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court. | |
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Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}. {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court. | |
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Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng. Law) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king. | |
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Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}. {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court. | |
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Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng. Law) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king. | |
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Vicontiel \Vi*con"ti*el\, a. [From OE. vicounte a viscount. See {Viscount}.] (O. Eng. Law) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a country. {Vicontiel rents}. See {Vicontiels}. {Vicontiel writs}, such writs as were triable in the sheriff, or county, court. | |
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Vicontiels \Vi*con"ti*els\, n. pl. [See {Vicontiel}.] (O. Eng. Law) Things belonging to the sheriff; especially, farms (called also {vicontiel rents}) for which the sheriff used to pay rent to the king. | |
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Vicount \Vi"count\, n. See {Viscount}. | |
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Vigintivirate \Vi`gin*tiv"i*rate\, n. [L. vigintiviratus, fr. vigintiviri; viginti twenty + vir a man.] The office of the vigintiviri, a body of officers of government consisting of twenty men; also, the vigintiviri. [R.] | |
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Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. | |
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Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a vine. See {Vine}, and cf. {Vinette}.] 1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. 2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position; hence, by extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. | |
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Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, n. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind. | |
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Vignetter \Vi*gnett"er\, n. 1. A device used by photographers in printing vignettes, consisting of a screen of paper or glass with a central aperture the edges of which become opaque by intensible gradations. 2. A maker of vignettes. | |
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Viscount \Vis"count`\, n. [OE. vicounte, OF. visconte, vescunte, F. vicomte, LL. vicecomes; L. vice (see {Vice}, a.) + comes a companion, LL., a count. See {Count}.] 1. (O. Eng. Law) An officer who formerly supplied the place of the count, or earl; the sheriff of the county. 2. A nobleman of the fourth rank, next in order below an earl and next above a baron; also, his degree or title of nobility. See {Peer}, n., 3. [Eng.] --Chaucer. | |
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Viscountcy \Vis"count`cy\, n. The dignity or jurisdiction of a viscount. --Sir B. Burke. | |
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Viscountess \Vis"count`ess\, n. [F. vicomtesse, LL. vicecomitissa.] The wife of a viscount. | |
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Viscountship \Vis"count`ship\, Viscounty \Vis"count`y\, n. [F. vicomt[82].] The quality, rank, or office of a viscount. | |
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Viscountship \Vis"count`ship\, Viscounty \Vis"count`y\, n. [F. vicomt[82].] The quality, rank, or office of a viscount. | |
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Visioned \Vi"sioned\, a. Having the power of seeing visions; inspired; also, seen in visions. [R.] --Shelley. | |
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Vision \Vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Visioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Visioning}.] To see in a vision; to dream. For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters haunt. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
voice-net n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a digital network. Usenet {sig block}s not uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; common variants of this are "Voicenet" and "V-Net". Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
voice-net Hackish way of referring to the {plain old telephone system}, comparing it to a digital {network}. {Usenet} {sig block}s sometimes include the sender's telephone number next to a "Voice:" or "Voice-Net:" header; variants of this are "Voicenet" and "V-Net". Compare {paper-net}, {snail-mail}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-16) |