English Dictionary: Zählwaage | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Zählwaage | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Z \Z\ (z[emac]; in England commonly, and in America sometimes, z[ecr]d; formerly, also, [icr]z"z[ecr]rd) Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. [?], L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 273, 274. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Z++ ["Z++, an Object-Oriented Extension to Z", Lano, Z User Workshop, Oxford 1990, Springer Workshops in Computing, 1991, pp.151-172]. (1995-04-22) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Z /zed/ theory}) A {specification language} developed by the {Programming Research Group} at Oxford University around 1980. Z is used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is based on {axiomatic set theory} and {first order predicate logic}. Z is written using many non-{ASCII} symbols. It was used in the {IBM} {CICS} project. See also {Z++}. ["Understanding Z", J.M. Spivey, Cambridge U Press 1988]. 2. {simulation} language from {ZOLA Technologies}. (1995-08-11) |