English Dictionary: vulcanization | by the DICT Development Group |
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Bilberry \Bil"ber*ry\, n.; pl. {Bilberries}. [Cf. Dan. b[94]lleb[91]r bilberry, where b[94]lle is perh. akin to E. ball.] 1. (Bot.) The European whortleberry ({Vaccinium myrtillus}); also, its edible bluish black fruit. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak. 2. (Bot.) Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species {Vaccinium myrtilloides}, {V. c[91]spitosum} and {V. uliginosum}. | |
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Tape \Tape\, n. [AS. t[91]ppe a fillet. Cf. {Tapestry}, {Tippet}.] 1. A narrow fillet or band of cotton or linen; a narrow woven fabric used for strings and the like; as, curtains tied with tape. 2. A tapeline; also, a metallic ribbon so marked as to serve as a tapeline; as, a steel tape. {Red tape}. See under {Red}. {Tape grass} (Bot.), a plant ({Vallisneria spiralis}) with long ribbonlike leaves, growing in fresh or brackish water; -- called also {fresh-water eelgrass}, and, in Maryland, {wild celery}. {Tape needle}. See {Bodkin}, n., 4. | |
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Velocimeter \Vel`o*cim"e*ter\, n. [L. velox, -ocis, rapid + -meter.] An apparatus for measuring speed, as of machinery or vessels, but especially of projectiles. | |
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Villakin \Vil"la*kin\, n. A little villa. [R.] --Gay. | |
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Violascent \Vi`o*las"cent\, a. Violescent. [R.] | |
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Violescent \Vi`o*les"cent\, a. [L. viola a violet.] Tending to a violet color; violascent. | |
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Vlissmaki \Vliss*ma"ki\, n. [From the native name.] (Zo[94]l.) The diadem indris. See {Indris}. | |
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Volcanian \Vol*ca"ni*an\, a. Volcanic. [R.] --Keats. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Ash \Ash\, n., sing. of {Ashes}. Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash. {Bone ash}, burnt powered; bone earth. {Volcanic ash}. See under {Ashes}. | |
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Ashes \Ash"es\, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [91]sce, axe; akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, Goth. azgo.] 1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal. 2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when [bd]returned to dust[b8] by natural decay. Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton. The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. --Macaulay. 3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron. {In dust and ashes}, {In sackcloth and ashes}, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. {Volcanic ashes}, [or] {Volcanic ash}, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes. | |
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Ashes \Ash"es\, n. pl. [OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, [91]sce, axe; akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, Goth. azgo.] 1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal. 2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when [bd]returned to dust[b8] by natural decay. Their martyred blood and ashes sow. --Milton. The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. --Macaulay. 3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. --Byron. {In dust and ashes}, {In sackcloth and ashes}, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. {Volcanic ashes}, [or] {Volcanic ash}, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. [?].] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See {Shell}. 3. A bomb ketch. {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar vessel}. {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. [bd]I noticed volcanic bombs.[b8] --Darwin. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Volcanic neck \Vol*can"ic neck\ (Geol.) A column of igneous rock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surrounding rocks. | |
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Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
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Volcanic wind \Volcanic wind\ (Meteorol.) A wind associated with a volcanic outburst and due to the eruption or to convection currents over hot lava. | |
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Volcanically \Vol*can"ic*al*ly\, adv. Like a volcano. | |
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Volcanicity \Vol`can*ic"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. volcanicit[82].] Quality or state of being volcanic; volcanic power. | |
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Volcanism \Vol"can*ism\, n. Volcanic power or action; volcanicity. | |
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Volcanist \Vol"can*ist\, n. [Cf. F. volcaniste, vulcaniste.] 1. One versed in the history and phenomena of volcanoes. 2. One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. {Neptunist}. | |
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Volcanity \Vol*can"i*ty\, n. [See {Volcanic}, and {Volcanicity}.] The quality or state of being volcanic, or volcanic origin; volcanicity. [R.] | |
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Volcanization \Vol`can*i*za"tion\, n. The act of volcanizing, or the state of being volcanized; the process of undergoing volcanic heat, and being affected by it. | |
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Volcanize \Vol"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volcanizing}.] [Cf. {Vulcanize}.] To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action. | |
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Volcanize \Vol"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volcanizing}.] [Cf. {Vulcanize}.] To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action. | |
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Volcanize \Vol"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volcanizing}.] [Cf. {Vulcanize}.] To subject to, or cause to undergo, volcanic heat, and to be affected by its action. | |
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Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. {Volcanoes}. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See {Vulkan}.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a {burning mountain}. Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters. | |
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Volcano \Vol*ca"no\, n.; pl. {Volcanoes}. [It. volcano, vulcano, fr. L. Vulcanus Vulkan, the god of fire. See {Vulkan}.] (Geol.) A mountain or hill, usually more or less conical in form, from which lava, cinders, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; -- often popularly called a {burning mountain}. Note: Volcanoes include many of the most conspicuous and lofty mountains of the earth, as Mt. Vesuvius in Italy (4,000 ft. high), Mt. Loa in Hawaii (14,000 ft.), Cotopaxi in South America (nearly 20,000 ft.), which are examples of active volcanoes. The crater of a volcano is usually a pit-shaped cavity, often of great size. The summit crater of Mt. Loa has a maximum length of 13,000 ft., and a depth of nearly 800 feet. Beside the chief crater, a volcano may have a number of subordinate craters. | |
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{Half volley}. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has touched the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. {On the volley}, at random. [Obs.] [bd]What we spake on the volley begins work.[b8] --Massinger. {Volley gun}, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse. | |
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Vowelism \Vow"el*ism\, n. The use of vowels. [R.] | |
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Vulcan \Vul"can\, n. [L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulk[be] a firebrand, meteor. Cf. {Volcano}.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Heph[91]stus. | |
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Vulcan powder \Vul"can pow"der\ A dynamite composed of nitroglycerin (30 parts), sodium nitrate (52.5), charcoal (10.5), and sulphur (7), used in mining and blasting. | |
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Vulcanian \Vul*ca"ni*an\, a. [L. Vulcanius.] 1. Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals. Ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend. --Macaulay. 2. (Geol.) Volcanic. | |
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Vulcanic \Vul*can"ic\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian. 2. Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists. | |
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Vulcanicity \Vul`can*ic"i*ty\, n. Volcanicity. | |
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Vulcanism \Vul"can*ism\, n. Volcanism. | |
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Vulcanist \Vul"can*ist\, n. A volcanist. | |
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Vulcanite \Vul"can*ite\, n. Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur. | |
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Vulcanization \Vul`can*i*za"tion\, n. [See {Vulcan}.] The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure. | |
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Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. {Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. {Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized. | |
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Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. {Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. {Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized. | |
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Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. {Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. {Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized. | |
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Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. {Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. {Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized. | |
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Vulcanizer \Vul"can*i`zer\, n. One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc. | |
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Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vulcanized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vulcanizing}.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. {Vulcanized fiber}, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight. {Vulcanized rubber}, India rubber, vulcanized. | |
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Vulcano \Vul*ca"no\, n. A volcano. [Obs.] | |
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Vulcanology \Vul`can*ol"o*gy\, n. [See {Vulcan}, and {-logy}.] The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. [R.] | |
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Vulcan nerve pinch n. [from the old "Star Trek" TV series via Commodore Amiga hackers] The keyboard combination that forces a soft-boot or jump to ROM monitor (on machines that support such a feature). On many micros this is Ctrl-Alt-Del; on Suns, L1-A; on Macintoshes, it is Also called {three-finger salute}. Compare {quadruple bucky}. | |
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VLSM {Variable Length Subnet Masks} | |
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VULCAN 1. Wayne Ratliff ca. 1980. CP/M port of JPLDIS which evolved into dBASE II. 2. The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product. [same as 1?] 3. Early string manipulation language. "VULCAN - A String Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS (Fall 1970). 4. Kahn et al, Xerox PARC. Concurrent object orientation and logic programming. An object-oriented preprocessor for FCP. "Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming, A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987. | |
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Vulcan death grip Trek {classic} epsisode where a non-existant "Vulcan death grip" was used to fool Romulans that Spock had killed Kirk. (1996-10-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Vulcan nerve pinch the old "Star Trek" TV series via {Commodore} {Amiga} {hackers}) The keyboard combination that forces a {soft boot} or jump to {ROM monitor} (on machines that support such a feature). On an Amiga this is done with Ctrl/Right Amiga/Left Amiga; on {IBM PC}s and many {microcomputers} it is Ctrl/Alt/Del; on {Suns}, L1-A; on some {Macintoshes}, it is dextrous however, as these machines use the five-finger combination: Left Shift/Left Ctrl/Left Alt/Keypad Divide/F12. Compare {quadruple bucky}. [{Jargon File}] (2000-04-04) |