Rentenbeginn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

rain dance
n 1: a ritual dance intended to bring rain

English Dictionary: Rentenbeginn	by the DICT Development Group
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rain down v precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding" Synonym(s): rain, rain down
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ram down v strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" Synonym(s): ram, ram down, pound teach by drills and repetition Synonym(s): hammer in, drill in, ram down, beat in
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Ramadan n the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month of fasting; the holiest period for the Islamic faith (Islam) a fast (held from sunrise to sunset) that is carried out during the Islamic month of Ramadan
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Rana temporaria n a common semiterrestrial European frog [syn: grass frog, Rana temporaria]
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random adj lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; "a random choice"; "bombs fell at random"; "random movements" Antonym(s): nonrandom
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random access memory n the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Synonym(s): random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory
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random memory n the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Synonym(s): random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory
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random number generator n a routine designed to yield a random number
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random sample n a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected a sample grabbed at random
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random sampling n the selection of a random sample; each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected
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random variable n a variable quantity that is random [syn: random variable, variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable]
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random walk n a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance
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random-access memory n the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible Synonym(s): random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, RAM, read/write memory
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randomisation n a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance Synonym(s): randomization, randomisation
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randomise v arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" Synonym(s): randomize, randomise
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randomised adj set up or distributed in a deliberately random way [syn: randomized, randomised]
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randomization n a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance Synonym(s): randomization, randomisation
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randomize v arrange in random order; "Randomize the order of the numbers" Synonym(s): randomize, randomise
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randomized adj set up or distributed in a deliberately random way [syn: randomized, randomised]
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randomly adv in a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" Synonym(s): randomly, indiscriminately, haphazardly, willy- nilly, arbitrarily, at random, every which way
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randomness n (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" Synonym(s): randomness, entropy, S the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan Synonym(s): randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise
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ranting n a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion Synonym(s): harangue, rant, ranting
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remitment n a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remission, remitment] (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court) Synonym(s): remission, remitment, remit
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remittance n a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn: remittance, remittal, remission, remitment]
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remittance man n an exile living on money sent from home
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remittent adj (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity; "a remittent fever"
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remoteness n the property of being remote [syn: farness, remoteness, farawayness] Antonym(s): closeness, nearness a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner Synonym(s): aloofness, remoteness, standoffishness, withdrawnness
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remotion n the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" Synonym(s): removal, remotion
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rending adj resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" Synonym(s): rending, ripping, splitting
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renting n the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) Synonym(s): rental, renting
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rhinotomy n surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus
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room temperature n the normal temperature of room in which people live
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round angle n an angle of 360 degrees Synonym(s): perigon, round angle
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round dance n a folk dance; dancers form a circle [syn: round dance, ring dance] a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement Synonym(s): round dance, round dancing
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round dancing n a ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement [syn: round dance, round dancing]
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round down v express as a round number; "round off the amount" [syn: round off, round down, round out, round]
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round hand n a clearly written style of longhand with large round curves
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round window n fenestra leading into the cochlea [syn: fenestra rotunda, fenestra cochleae, round window, fenestra of the cochlea]
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rounding n (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" Synonym(s): rounding, rounding error
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rounding error n (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small" Synonym(s): rounding, rounding error
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roundness n the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" Synonym(s): roundness, rotundity the quality of being round numbers; "he gave us the results in round numbers, but their roundness didn't affect the point he was making" the property possessed by a line or surface that is curved and not angular Antonym(s): angularity the bodily property of being well rounded Synonym(s): plumpness, embonpoint, roundness
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Ruandan adj of or pertaining to Rwanda; "Rwandan mountains" [syn: Rwandan, Ruandan]
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ruination n an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" Synonym(s): ruin, ruination an event that results in destruction Synonym(s): ruin, ruination failure that results in a loss of position or reputation Synonym(s): downfall, ruin, ruination destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined Synonym(s): laying waste, ruin, ruining, ruination, wrecking
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run down v trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down, check out] move downward; "The water ran down" injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle Synonym(s): run down, run over use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" Synonym(s): poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" Synonym(s): scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" Synonym(s): run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
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run-down adj worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" Synonym(s): creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
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run-time n the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run (computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program
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run-time error n an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time Synonym(s): semantic error, run-time error, runtime error
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rundown n a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) Synonym(s): summation, summing up, rundown
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runtime error n an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time Synonym(s): semantic error, run-time error, runtime error
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runtiness n smallness of stature [syn: puniness, runtiness, stuntedness]
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Rwandan adj of or pertaining to Rwanda; "Rwandan mountains" [syn: Rwandan, Ruandan] n a native or inhabitant of Rwanda
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d8Ramadan \[d8]Ram`a*dan"\, n. [Ar. ramad[be]n, or ramaz[be]n, properly, the hot month.] [Written also {Ramadhan}, {Ramadzan}, and {Rhamadan}.] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month. 2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.
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Randan \Ran"dan\, n. A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
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Randan \Ran"dan\, n. The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran. [Prov. Eng.]
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Randing \Rand"ing\, n. 1. (Shoemaking) The act or process of making and applying rands for shoes. 2. (Mil.) A kind of basket work used in gabions.
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Random \Ran"dom\, n. [OE. randon, OF. randon force, violence, rapidity, a randon, de randon, violently, suddenly, rapidly, prob. of German origin; cf. G. rand edge, border, OHG. rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to E. rand, n. See {Rand}, n.] 1. Force; violence. [Obs.] For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force. --E. Hall. 2. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; -- commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. Counsels, when they fly At random, sometimes hit most happily. --Herrick. O, many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant ! --Sir W. Scott. 3. Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of a rifle ball. --Sir K. Digby. 4. (Mining) The direction of a rake-vein. --Raymond.
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Random \Ran"dom\, a. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. --H. Spencer. {Random courses} (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. {Random shot}, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. {Random work} (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
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Random \Ran"dom\, a. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. --H. Spencer. {Random courses} (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. {Random shot}, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. {Random work} (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
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Random \Ran"dom\, a. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. --H. Spencer. {Random courses} (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. {Random shot}, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. {Random work} (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
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Random \Ran"dom\, a. Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. Some random truths he can impart. --Wordsworth. So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random. --H. Spencer. {Random courses} (Masonry), courses of unequal thickness. {Random shot}, a shot not directed or aimed toward any particular object, or a shot with the muzzle of the gun much elevated. {Random work} (Masonry), stonework consisting of stones of unequal sizes fitted together, but not in courses nor always with flat beds.
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Randomly \Ran"dom*ly\, adv. In a random manner.
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Randon \Ran"don\, v. i. To go or stray at random. [Obs.]
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Randon \Ran"don\, n. Random. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Rant \Rant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ranted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ranting}.] [OD. ranten, randen, to dote, to be enraged.] To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher. Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes! --Shak.
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Rantingly \Rant"ing*ly\, adv. In a ranting manner.
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Remedy \Rem"e*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remedied} (-d?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Remedying}.] [L. remediare, remediari: cf. F. rem[?]dier. See {Remedy}, n.] To apply a remedy to; to relieve; to cure; to heal; to repair; to redress; to correct; to counteract. I will remedy this gear ere long. --Shak.
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Remitment \Re*mit"ment\ (-ment), n. The act of remitting, or the state of being remitted; remission. Disavowing the remitment of Claudius. --Milton.
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Remittance \Re*mit"tance\ (r?-m?t"tans), n. 1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation. 2. The sum or thing remitted. --Addison.
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Remittent \Re*mit"tent\ (r?-m?t"tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. r[82]mittent.] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. {Remittent fever} (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See {Malarial fever}, under {Malarial}.
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Remittent \Re*mit"tent\ (r?-m?t"tent), a. [L. remittens, p. pr. : cf. F. r[82]mittent.] Remitting; characterized by remission; having remissions. {Remittent fever} (Med.), a fever in which the symptoms temporarily abate at regular intervals, but do not wholly cease. See {Malarial fever}, under {Malarial}.
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Remit \Re*mit"\ (r?-m?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Remitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Remitting}.] [L. remittere, remissum, to send back, to slacken, relax; pref. re- re- + mittere to send. See {Mission}, and cf. {Remise}, {Remiss}.] 1. To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign. In the case the law remits him to his ancient and more certain right. --Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. --Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. --Dryden. 2. To restore. [Obs.] The archbishop was . . . remitted to his liberty. --Hayward. 3. (Com.) To transmit or send, esp. to a distance, as money in payment of a demand, account, draft, etc.; as, he remitted the amount by mail. 4. To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. [bd]Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen.[b8] --Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision. [bd]Whether the counsel be good I remit it to the wise readers.[b8] --Sir T. Elyot. 5. To relax in intensity; to make less violent; to abate. So willingly doth God remit his ire. --Milton. 6. To forgive; to pardon; to remove. Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them. --John xx. 23. 7. To refrain from exacting or enforcing; as, to remit the performance of an obligation. [bd]The sovereign was undoubtedly competent to remit penalties.[b8] --Macaulay. Syn: To relax; release; abate; relinguish; forgive; pardon; absolve.
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Remote \Remote"\ (r?-m?t"), a. [Compar. {Remoter} (-?r); superl. {Remotest}.] [L. remotus, p. p. of removere to remove. See {Remove}.] 1. Removed to a distance; not near; far away; distant; -- said in respect to time or to place; as, remote ages; remote lands. Places remote enough are in Bohemia. --Shak. Remote from men, with God he passed his days. --Parnell. 2. Hence, removed; not agreeing, according, or being related; -- in various figurative uses. Specifically: (a) Not agreeing; alien; foreign. [bd]All these propositions, how remote soever from reason.[b8] --Locke. (b) Not nearly related; not close; as, a remote connection or consanguinity. (c) Separate; abstracted. [bd]Wherever the mind places itself by any thought, either amongst, or remote from, all bodies.[b8] --Locke. (d) Not proximate or acting directly; primary; distant. [bd]From the effect to the remotest cause.[b8] --Granville. (e) Not obvious or sriking; as, a remote resemblance. 3. (Bot.) Separated by intervals greater than usual. -- {Remote"ly}, adv. -- {Re*mote"ness}, n.
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Remotion \Re*mo"tion\ (r?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. remotio. See {Remove}.] 1. The act of removing; removal. [Obs.] This remotion of the duke and her Is practice only. --Shak. 2. The state of being remote; remoteness. [R.] The whitish gleam [of the stars] was the mask conferred by the enormity of their remotion. --De Quincey.
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Rend \Rend\ (r[ecr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r?nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[?]na to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.] 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi. 11. {To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch. Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.
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Renewedness \Renew"edness\, n. The state of being renewed.
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Renitence \Reni"tence\ (r?-n?"tens), Renitency \Reni"ten*cy\ (-te-s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]nitence.] The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. --Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. --E. Darwin.
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Renitence \Reni"tence\ (r?-n?"tens), Renitency \Reni"ten*cy\ (-te-s?), n. [Cf. F. r[82]nitence.] The state or quality of being renitent; resistance; reluctance. --Sterne. We find a renitency in ourselves to ascribe life and irritability to the cold and motionless fibers of plants. --E. Darwin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Renitent \Re*ni"tent\ (-tent), a. [L. renitens, -entis, p. pr. of renit to strive or struggle against, resist; pref. re- re- + niti to struggle or strive: cf. F. r[82]nitent.] 1. Resisting pressure or the effect of it; acting against impulse by elastic force. [bd][Muscles] soft and yet renitent.[b8] --Ray. 2. Persistently opposed.
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Renneting \Ren"net*ing\, n. (Bot.) Same as 1st {Rennet}.
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Rent \Rent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Renting}.] [F. renter. See {Rent}, n.] 1. To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.
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Reunition \Re`u*ni"tion\, n. A second uniting. [R.]
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d8Ramadan \[d8]Ram`a*dan"\, n. [Ar. ramad[be]n, or ramaz[be]n, properly, the hot month.] [Written also {Ramadhan}, {Ramadzan}, and {Rhamadan}.] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month. 2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month.
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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [Canada] {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds. {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.] {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long. {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti. {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shark \Shark\, n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. {Shark}, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera {Carcharhinus}, {Carcharodon}, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark ({Carcharodon carcharias, [or] Rondeleti}) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark ({Carcharhinus glaucus}) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast ({Charcarodon Atwoodi}) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of {C. carcharias}. The dusky shark ({Carcharhinus obscurus}), and the smaller blue shark ({C. caudatus}), both common species on the coast of the United States, are of moderate size and not dangerous. They feed on shellfish and bottom fishes. 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.] 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.] --South. {Baskin shark}, {Liver shark}, {Nurse shark}, {Oil shark}, {Sand shark}, {Tiger shark}, etc. See under {Basking}, {Liver}, etc. See also {Dogfish}, {Houndfish}, {Notidanian}, and {Tope}. {Gray shark}, the sand shark. {Hammer-headed shark}. See {Hammerhead}. {Port Jackson shark}. See {Cestraciont}. {Shark barrow}, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. {Shark ray}. Same as {Angel fish} (a), under {Angel}. {Thrasher} shark, [or] {Thresher shark}, a large, voracious shark. See {Thrasher}. {Whale shark}, a huge harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund}, {roundel}, {Rundlet}.] 1. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. --Milton. 2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. 3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round haunches gored.[b8] --Shak. 4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. --Arbuthnot. 5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. --Shak. Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. --Tennyson. 6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. 7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. 8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold. Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak. 9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.] In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. --Peacham. 10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. --Bacon. {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden. {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels. {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder. {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog. {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand. {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.] (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish. {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance. {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}. {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet. {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison. {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc. {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.] Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Round \Round\, a. [OF. roond, roont, reond, F. rond, fr. L. rotundus, fr. rota wheel. See {Rotary}, and cf. {Rotund}, {roundel}, {Rundlet}.] 1. Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball. [bd]The big, round tears.[b8] --Shak. Upon the firm opacous globe Of this round world. --Milton. 2. Having the form of a cylinder; cylindrical; as, the barrel of a musket is round. 3. Having a curved outline or form; especially, one like the arc of a circle or an ellipse, or a portion of the surface of a sphere; rotund; bulging; protuberant; not angular or pointed; as, a round arch; round hills. [bd]Their round haunches gored.[b8] --Shak. 4. Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers. Pliny put a round number near the truth, rather than the fraction. --Arbuthnot. 5. Not inconsiderable; large; hence, generous; free; as, a round price. Three thousand ducats; 'tis a good round sum. --Shak. Round was their pace at first, but slackened soon. --Tennyson. 6. Uttered or emitted with a full tone; as, a round voice; a round note. 7. (Phonetics) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, making the opening more or less round in shape; rounded; labialized; labial. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11. 8. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath. [bd]The round assertion.[b8] --M. Arnold. Sir Toby, I must be round with you. --Shak. 9. Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.] In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. --Peacham. 10. Complete and consistent; fair; just; -- applied to conduct. Round dealing is the honor of man's nature. --Bacon. {At a round rate}, rapidly. --Dryden. {In round numbers}, approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, etc.; as, a bin holding 99 or 101 bushels may be said to hold in round numbers 100 bushels. {Round bodies} (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder. {Round clam} (Zo[94]l.), the quahog. {Round dance} one which is danced by couples with a whirling or revolving motion, as the waltz, polka, etc. {Round game}, a game, as of cards, in which each plays on his own account. {Round hand}, a style of penmanship in which the letters are formed in nearly an upright position, and each separately distinct; -- distinguished from running hand. {Round robin}. [Perhaps F. round round + ruban ribbon.] (a) A written petition, memorial, remonstrance, protest, etc., the signatures to which are made in a circle so as not to indicate who signed first. [bd]No round robins signed by the whole main deck of the Academy or the Porch.[b8] --De Quincey. (b) (Zo[94]l.) The cigar fish. {Round shot}, a solid spherical projectile for ordnance. {Round Table}, the table about which sat King Arthur and his knights. See {Knights of the Round Table}, under {Knight}. {Round tower}, one of certain lofty circular stone towers, tapering from the base upward, and usually having a conical cap or roof, which crowns the summit, -- found chiefly in Ireland. They are of great antiquity, and vary in heigh from thirty-five to one hundred and thiry feet. {Round trot}, one in which the horse throws out his feet roundly; a full, brisk, quick trot. --Addison. {Round turn} (Naut.), one turn of a rope round a timber, a belaying pin, etc. {To bring up with a round turn}, to stop abruptly. [Colloq.] Syn: Circular; spherical; globular; globase; orbicular; orbed; cylindrical; full; plump; rotund.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Round \Round\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rounding}.] 1. To make circular, spherical, or cylindrical; to give a round or convex figure to; as, to round a silver coin; to round the edges of anything. Worms with many feet, which round themselves into balls, are bred chiefly under logs of timber. --Bacon. The figures on our modern medals are raised and rounded to a very great perfection. --Addison. 2. To surround; to encircle; to encompass. The inclusive verge Of golden metal that must round my brow. --Shak. 3. To bring to fullness or completeness; to complete; hence, to bring to a fit conclusion. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. --Shak. 4. To go round wholly or in part; to go about (a corner or point); as, to round a corner; to round Cape Horn. 5. To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. --Swift. {To round in} (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. --Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rounding \Round"ing\, a. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rounding \Round"ing\, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also {service}. 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roundness \Round"ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc. 2. Fullness; smoothness of flow; as, the roundness of a period; the roundness of a note; roundness of tone. 3. Openess; plainess; boldness; positiveness; as, the roundness of an assertion. Syn: Circularity; sphericity; globosity; globularity; globularness; orbicularness; cylindricity; fullness; plumpness; rotundity.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ruination \Ru`in*a"tion\, n. [LL. ruinatio.] The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bread \Bread\, n. [AS. bre[a0]d; akin to OFries. br[be]d, OS. br[?]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau[?], Sw. & Dan. br[94]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. [?] See {Brew}.] 1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. Note: {Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. {Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. {Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only. {A[89]rated bread}. See under {A[89]rated}. {Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living. {Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}. {Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}. 2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Random Lake, WI (village, FIPS 66200) Location: 43.55496 N, 87.95602 W Population (1990): 1439 (584 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53075
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rendon, TX (CDP, FIPS 61568) Location: 32.57998 N, 97.23654 W Population (1990): 7658 (2873 housing units) Area: 64.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Renton, WA (city, FIPS 57745) Location: 47.48188 N, 122.19662 W Population (1990): 41688 (19243 housing units) Area: 42.1 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 98055, 98056, 98058, 98059
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Riomedina, TX Zip code(s): 78066
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Round Mountain, NV Zip code(s): 89045 Round Mountain, TX (town, FIPS 63476) Location: 30.43611 N, 98.35383 W Population (1990): 59 (26 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 78663
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
rain dance n. 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished. This especially applies to reseating printed circuit boards, reconnecting cables, etc. "I can't boot up the machine. We'll have to wait for Greg to do his rain dance." 2. Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or software in order to achieve some goal; the term is usually restricted to rituals that include both an {incantation} or two and physical activity or motion. Compare {magic}, {voodoo programming}, {black art}, {cargo cult programming}, {wave a dead chicken}; see also {casting the runes}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
random adj. 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organized. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly." 5. In no particular order, though deterministic. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly." 6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file." 7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e., poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What {randomness}! 8. n. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way. 9. n. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking); the noun form of sense 2. "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions". 10. n. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also {J. Random}, {some random X}. 11. [UK] Conversationally, a non sequitur or something similarly out-of-the-blue. As in: "Stop being so random!" This sense equates to `hatstand', taken from the Viz comic character "Roger Irrelevant - He's completely Hatstand."
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
Random Number God [rec.games.roguelike.angband; often abbreviated `RNG'] The malign force which lurks behind the random number generator in {Angband} (and by extension elsewhere). A dark god that demands sacrifices and toys with its victims. "I just found a really great item; I suppose the RNG is about to punish me..." Apparently, Angband's random number generator occasionally gets locked in a repetition, so you get something with a 3% chance happening 8 times in a row. Improbable, but far too common to be pure chance. Compare {Shub-Internet}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
random numbers n. When one wishes to specify a large but random number of things, and the context is inappropriate for {N}, certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognized as placeholders). These include the following: 17 Long described at MIT as `the least random number'; see 23. 23 Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5). 42 The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. (Note that this answer is completely fortuitous. `:-)') 69 From the sexual act. This one was favored in MIT's ITS culture. 105 69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal. 666 The Number of the Beast. For further enlightenment, study the "Principia Discordia", "{The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}", "The Joy of Sex", and the Christian Bible (Revelation 13:18). See also {Discordianism} or consult your pineal gland. See also {for values of}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
randomness n. 1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous inelegance. 2. A {hack} or {crock} that depends on a complex combination of coincidences (or, possibly, the combination upon which the crock depends for its accidental failure to malfunction). "This hack can output characters 40-57 by putting the character in the four-bit accumulator field of an XCT and then extracting six bits -- the low 2 bits of the XCT opcode are the right thing." "What randomness!" 3. Of people, synonymous with `flakiness'. The connotation is that the person so described is behaving weirdly, incompetently, or inappropriately for reasons which are (a) too tiresome to bother inquiring into, (b) are probably as inscrutable as quantum phenomena anyway, and (c) are likely to pass with time. "Maybe he has a real complaint, or maybe it's just randomness. See if he calls back." Despite the negative connotations jargon uses of this term have, it is worth noting that randomness can actually be a valuable resource, very useful for applications in cryptography and elsewhere. Computers are so thoroughly deterministic that they have a hard time generating high-quality randomess, so hackers have sometimes felt the need to built special-purpose contraptions for this purpose alone. One well-known website offers random bits generated by radioactive decay (http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/). Another derives random bits from images of Lava Lite lamps (http://lavarand.sgi.com/). (Hackers invariably find the latter hilarious. If you have to ask why, you'll never get it.)
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
room-temperature IQ quant. [IBM] 80 or below (nominal room temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit, 22 degrees Celsius). Used in describing the expected intelligence range of the {luser}. "Well, but how's this interface going to play with the room-temperature IQ crowd?" See {drool-proof paper}. This is a much more insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius thermometers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
rain dance 1. Any ceremonial action taken to correct a hardware problem, with the expectation that nothing will be accomplished. This especially applies to reseating {printed circuit board}s, reconnecting cables, etc. "I can't boot up the machine. We'll have to wait for Greg to do his rain dance." 2. Any arcane sequence of actions performed with computers or software in order to achieve some goal; the term is usually restricted to rituals that include both an {incantation} or two and physical activity or motion. Compare {magic}, {voodoo programming}, {black art}, {cargo cult programming}, {wave a dead chicken}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-09)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
random 1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organised. "The program has a random set of misfeatures." "That's a random name for that function." "Well, all the names were chosen pretty randomly." 5. In no particular order, though {deterministic}. "The I/O channels are in a pool, and when a file is opened one is chosen randomly." 6. Arbitrary. "It generates a random name for the scratch file." 7. Gratuitously wrong, i.e. poorly done and for no good apparent reason. For example, a program that handles file name defaulting in a particularly useless way, or an assembler routine that could easily have been coded using only three registers, but redundantly uses seven for values with non-overlapping lifetimes, so that no one else can invoke it without first saving four extra registers. What {randomness}! 8. A random hacker; used particularly of high-school students who soak up computer time and generally get in the way. 9. Anyone who is not a hacker (or, sometimes, anyone not known to the hacker speaking). "I went to the talk, but the audience was full of randoms asking bogus questions". 10. (occasional MIT usage) One who lives at Random Hall. See also {J. Random}, {some random X}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-12-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter (RAMDAC) A combination of three fast {DAC}s with a small {SRAM} used in graphics {display adapters} to store the {colour palette} and to generate the analog signals to drive a colour {monitor}. The logical colour number from the display memory is fed into the address inputs of the SRAM to select a palette entry to appear on the output of the SRAM. This entry is composed of three separate values corresponding to the three components (red, green, and blue) of the desired physical colour. Each component value is fed to a separate DAC, whose analog output goes to the monitor, and ultimately to one of its three {electron guns} (or equivalent in non-{CRT} displays). DAC word lengths range usually from 6 to 10 bits. The SRAM's wordlength is three times the DAC's word length. The SRAM acts as a {colour lookup table}. It usually has 256 entries (and thus an 8-bit address). If the DAC's word length is also 8 bits, we have a 256 x 24-bit SRAM which allows a selection of 256 out of 16777216 possible colours for the display. The contents of the SRAM can be changed while the display is not active (during {display blanking} times). The SRAM can usually be bypassed and the DACs can be fed directly by display data (for {true colour} modes). (1996-03-24)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
random numbers 1. {pseudorandom number}. 2. When one wishes to specify a large but random number of things, and the context is inappropriate for {N}, certain numbers are preferred by hacker tradition (that is, easily recognised as placeholders). These include the following: 17 - Long described at MIT as "the least random number"; see 23. 23 - Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5). 42 - The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything, as revealed in Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxly". Note that this answer is completely fortuitous :-) (US pronunciation). It has been observed that in the little-used number base 13, the answer to the ultimate question, "What is 6 x 9?", is indeed 42, showing that in six dimensions white mice have 13 digits. 69 - From the sexual act. This one was favoured in {MIT}'s {ITS} culture. 105 - 69 {hex} = 105 decimal and 69 decimal = 105 {octal}. 666 - The Number of the Beast. For further enlightenment, study the "Principia Discordia", "The Joy of Sex", and the Christian Bible (Revelation 13:18). See also {Discordianism} or consult your pineal gland. See also {for values of}. (1997-02-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
random testing A {black-box testing} approach in which {software} is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work. (2001-04-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
random-access memory (RAM) (Previously "direct-access memory"). A data storage device for which the order of access to different locations does not affect the speed of access. This is in contrast to, say, a {magnetic disk}, {magnetic tape} or a {mercury delay line} where it is very much quicker to access data sequentially because accessing a non-sequential location requires physical movement of the storage medium rather than just electronic switching. The most common form of RAM in use today is built from {semiconductor} {integrated circuit}s, which can be either static ({SRAM}) or dynamic ({DRAM}). In the 1970s magnetic {core} memory was used. RAM is still referred to as core by some old-timers. The term "RAM" has gained the additional meaning of read-write. Most kinds of semiconductor {read-only memory} (ROM) are actually "random access" in the above sense but are never referred to as RAM. Furthermore, memory referred to as RAM can usually be read and written equally quickly (approximately), in contrast to the various kinds of {programmable read-only memory}. Finally, RAM is usually volatile though {non-volatile random-access memory} is also used. Interestingly, some {DRAM} devices are not truly random access because various kinds of "{page mode}" or "column mode" mean that sequential access is faster than random access. (1995-12-05)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
randomness 1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous inelegance. 2. A {hack} or {crock} that depends on a complex combination of coincidences (or, possibly, the combination upon which the crock depends for its accidental failure to malfunction). "This hack can output characters 40--57 by putting the character in the four bit accumulator field of an XCT and then extracting six bits - the low 2 bits of the XCT opcode are the right thing." "What randomness!" 3. Of people, synonymous with "flakiness". The connotation is that the person so described is behaving weirdly, incompetently, or inappropriately for reasons which are (a) too tiresome to bother inquiring into, (b) are probably as inscrutable as quantum phenomena anyway, and (c) are likely to pass with time. "Maybe he has a real complaint, or maybe it's just randomness. See if he calls back." [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Part of the {Java} {programming language} {library} which enables a Java program running on one computer to access the {objects} and {method}s of another Java program running on a different computer. {Home (http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/docs/guide/rmi/index.html)}. (1997-09-04)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
remote monitoring (RMON) A {network management} {protocol} that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas {SNMP} gathers network data from a single type of {Management Information Base} (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a much richer set of data about network usage. For RMON to work, network devices, such as {hubs} and {switches}, must be designed to support it. The newest version of RMON, RMON 2, provides data about {traffic} at the {network layer} in addition to the {physical layer}. This allows administrators to analyse traffic by protocol. (2003-09-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
room-temperature IQ (IBM) 80 or below. Used in describing the expected intelligence range of the {luser}. "Well, but how's this interface going to play with the room-temperature IQ crowd?" This is a much more insulting phrase in countries that use Celsius thermometers. See {drool-proof paper}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-04-06)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run time 1. The elapsed time to perform a computation on a particular computer. 2. The amount of time a processor actually spent on a particular process and not on other processes or overhead (see {time-sharing}). 3. The period of time during which a program is being executed, as opposed to {compile-time} or load time. The term should be hyphenated when used as an adjective. 4. {run-time support}. (2001-09-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run-time environment A collection of subroutines and {environment variable}s that provide commonly used functions and data for a program while it is running. Compare {run-time support}. (1995-03-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run-time error An {error} in the execution of a program which occurs at {run time}, as opposed to a {compile-time error}. A good programming language should, among other things, aim to replace run-time errors by compile-time errors. Language features such as {strong typing} help. A good program should attempt to avoid run-time errors by, for example, checking that their input data is sensible. Where this is not possible, the program should attempt to detect the error and handle it gracefully rather than just exiting via the language or operating system's default handler. Here again, a good language will make this easy to do (or at least possible). See also {abort}, {core dump}, {GPF}. (1997-01-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run-time library A file containing routines which are linked with a program at {run time} rather than at {compile-time}. The advantage of such {dynamic linking} is that only one copy of the library needs to be stored, rather than a copy being included with each {executable} that refers to it. This can greatly reduce the disk space occupied by programs. Furthermore, it means that all programs immediately benefit from changes (e.g. {bug} fixes) to the single copy of the library without requiring recompilation. Since the library code is normally classified as read-only to the {memory management} system, it is possible for a single copy of the library to be loaded into memory and shared by all active programs, thus reducing {RAM} and {virtual memory} requirements and program load time. (1997-07-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run-time support {run-time system}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
run-time system (RTS, run-time support, run-time) Library code and processes which support software written in a particular language running on a particular {platform}. The RTS typically deals with details of the interface between the program and the {operating system} such as {system calls}, program start-up and termination, and {memory management}. (1999-07-26)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Run-Time Type Information (RTTI) Facilities included in {C++} {compilers} to allow the {type} of an object to be determined at {run time}. This facility, found in good C++ compilers and some other {high level languages}, adds type information to memory resident objects (i.e. type name or unique type-id). This allows the {run-time system} to determine if an object is of a specific type, for example, to ensure that a {cast} of an object is valid. (1996-04-15)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ramathaim-zophim the two heights of the Zophites or of the watchers (only in 1 Sam. 1:1), "in the land of Zuph" (9:5). Ramathaim is another name for Ramah (4). One of the Levitical families descended from Kohath, that of Zuph or Zophai (1 Chr. 6:26, 35), had a district assigned to them in Ephraim, which from this circumstance was called "the land of Zuph," and hence the name of the town, "Zophim." It was the birth-place of Samuel and the seat of his authority (1 Sam. 2:11; 7:17). It is frequently mentioned in the history of that prophet and of David (15:34; 16:13; 19:18-23). Here Samuel died and was buried (25:1). This town has been identified with the modern Neby Samwil ("the prophet Samuel"), about 4 or 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem. But there is no certainty as to its precise locality. Some have supposed that it may be identical with Arimathea of the New Testament. (See {MIZPAH}).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ramath-mizpeh the height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower (Josh. 13:26), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. This was the Mizpeh where Jacob and Laban made a covenant, "Mizpeh of Gilead," called also Galeed and Jegar-sahadutha. It has been identified with the modern es-Salt, where the roads from Jericho and from Shechem to Damascus unite, about 25 miles east of the Jordan and 13 south of the Jabbok.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ramathaim-zophim, the two watch-towers
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ramath-mizpeh, elevation of the watch-tower