Adapid
         n 1: extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on
               leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30
               to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include
               the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to
               anthropoids but others consider them only cousins [syn:
               {Adapid}, {Adapid group}]

English Dictionary: adapter	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Adapid group n extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins Synonym(s): Adapid, Adapid group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adapt v make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" Synonym(s): adapt, accommodate adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" Synonym(s): adjust, conform, adapt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaptability n the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances Antonym(s): unadaptability
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adaptable adj capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use; "to succeed one must be adaptable"; "the frame was adaptable to cloth bolts of different widths" Antonym(s): unadaptable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaptation n a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" Synonym(s): adaptation, version the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) Synonym(s): adaptation, adaption, adjustment (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adaptational adj of or relating to adaptation
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adaptative adj having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" Synonym(s): adaptive, adaptative Antonym(s): maladaptive
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adapted adj changed in order to improve or made more fit for a particular purpose; "seeds precisely adapted to the area"; "instructions altered to suit the children's different ages" Synonym(s): adapted, altered
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adapter n a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance Synonym(s): arranger, adapter, transcriber device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible Synonym(s): adapter, adaptor
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adaption n the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) Synonym(s): adaptation, adaption, adjustment
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adaptive adj having a capacity for adaptation; "the adaptive coloring of a chameleon" Synonym(s): adaptive, adaptative Antonym(s): maladaptive
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adaptive radiation n the development of many different forms from an originally homogeneous group of organisms as they fill different ecological niches
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adaptor n device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible Synonym(s): adapter, adaptor
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adept adj having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching" Synonym(s): adept, expert, good, practiced, proficient, skillful, skilful n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
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adeptness n skillful performance or ability without difficulty; "his quick adeptness was a product of good design"; "he was famous for his facility as an archer" Synonym(s): adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness
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adiabatic adj occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic expansion" Antonym(s): diabatic
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adiabatic process n (thermodynamics) any process that occurs without gain or loss of heat
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adopt v choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" Synonym(s): adopt, follow, espouse take up and practice as one's own Synonym(s): adopt, borrow, take over, take up take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?" Synonym(s): assume, adopt, take on, take over take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" Synonym(s): assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" Synonym(s): adopt, take in put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" Synonym(s): dramatize, dramatise, adopt take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith" Synonym(s): espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up
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adoptable adj suitable or eligible for adoption; "a shortage of adoptable babies" Antonym(s): unadoptable
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adopted adj acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country" Synonym(s): adopted, adoptive Antonym(s): native
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adoptee n someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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adopter n a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child Synonym(s): adoptive parent, adopter
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adoption n the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" Synonym(s): adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit) the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source; "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" Synonym(s): borrowing, adoption
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adoptive adj of parents and children; related by adoption; "adoptive parents" Antonym(s): biological acquired as your own by free choice; "my adopted state"; "an adoptive country" Synonym(s): adopted, adoptive Antonym(s): native
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adoptive parent n a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child Synonym(s): adoptive parent, adopter
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Aetobatus n a genus of Myliobatidae [syn: Aetobatus, {genus Aetobatus}]
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Aetobatus narinari n ray with back covered with white or yellow spots; widely distributed in warm seas Synonym(s): spotted eagle ray, spotted ray, Aetobatus narinari
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ahead of the game adv in an advantageous position; "she's ahead of the game"
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ahead of time adv before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time" Synonym(s): early, ahead of time, too soon Antonym(s): belatedly, late, tardily
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at bottom adv in reality; "she is very kind at heart" [syn: at heart, at bottom, deep down, inside, in spite of appearance]
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at-bat n (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit; "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats" Synonym(s): bat, at-bat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autophyte n plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances Synonym(s): autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism
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autophytic adj of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis Synonym(s): autotrophic, autophytic Antonym(s): heterotrophic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autophytic plant n plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances Synonym(s): autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scale \Scale\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scaled}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Scaling}.]       To weigh or measure according to a scale; to measure; also,       to grade or vary according to a scale or system.                   Scaling his present bearing with his past. --Shak.          {To} {scale, [or] scale down}, {a debt, wages, etc.}, to             reduce a debt, etc., according to a fixed ratio or scale.             [U.S.]
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Tiptoe \Tip"toe`\, n.; pl. {Tiptoes}.       The end, or tip, of the toe.                   He must . . . stand on his typtoon [tiptoes].                                                                               --Chaucer.                   Upon his tiptoes stalketh stately by.      --Spenser.          {To be}, [or] {To stand}, {a tiptoe} [or] {on tiptoe}, to be             awake or alive to anything; to be roused; to be eager or             alert; as, to be a tiptoe with expectation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, a.       Fitted; suited. [Obs.] --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.       adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]       To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as       to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.                   For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts                my sight.                                                --Swift.                   Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.                   Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy                persons.                                                --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptability \A*dapt`a*bil"i*ty\, Adaptableness    \A*dapt"a*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. [bd]General       adaptability for every purpose.[b8] --Farrar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptable \A*dapt"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being adapted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptability \A*dapt`a*bil"i*ty\, Adaptableness    \A*dapt"a*ble*ness\, n.       The quality of being adaptable; suitableness. [bd]General       adaptability for every purpose.[b8] --Farrar.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptation \Ad`ap*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. adaptation, LL.       adaptatio.]       1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state             of being adapted or fitted; fitness. [bd]Adaptation of the             means to the end.[b8] --Erskine.          2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptative \A*dapt"a*tive\, a.       Adaptive. --Stubbs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.       adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]       To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as       to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.                   For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts                my sight.                                                --Swift.                   Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.                   Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy                persons.                                                --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Meridian \Me*rid"i*an\, n. [F. m[82]ridien. See {Meridian}, a.]       1. Midday; noon.          2. Hence: The highest point, as of success, prosperity, or             the like; culmination.                         I have touched the highest point of all my                      greatness, And from that full meridian of my glory I                      haste now to my setting.                     --Shak.          3. (Astron.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the             poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It             is crossed by the sun at midday.          4. (Geog.) A great circle on the surface of the earth,             passing through the poles and any given place; also, the             half of such a circle included between the poles.          Note: The planes of the geographical and astronomical                meridians coincide. Meridians, on a map or globe, are                lines drawn at certain intervals due north and south,                or in the direction of the poles.          {Calculated for}, [or] {fitted to}, [or] {adapted to}, {the       meridian of}, suited to the local circumstances,             capabilities, or special requirements of.                         All other knowledge merely serves the concerns of                      this life, and is fitted to the meridian thereof.                                                                               --Sir M. Hale.          {First meridian}, the meridian from which longitudes are             reckoned. The meridian of Greenwich is the one commonly             employed in calculations of longitude by geographers, and             in actual practice, although in various countries other             and different meridians, chiefly those which pass through             the capitals of the countries, are occasionally used; as,             in France, the meridian of Paris; in the United States,             the meridian of Washington, etc.          {Guide meridian} (Public Land Survey), a line, marked by             monuments, running North and South through a section of             country between other more carefully established meridians             called principal meridians, used for reference in             surveying. [U.S.]          {Magnetic meridian}, a great circle, passing through the             zenith and coinciding in direction with the magnetic             needle, or a line on the earth's surface having the same             direction.          {Meridian circle} (Astron.), an instrument consisting of a             telescope attached to a large graduated circle and so             mounted that the telescope revolves like the transit             instrument in a meridian plane. By it the right ascension             and the declination of a star may be measured in a single             observation.          {Meridian instrument} (Astron.), any astronomical instrument             having a telescope that rotates in a meridian plane.          {Meridian of a globe}, [or] {Brass meridian}, a graduated             circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is             suspended and revolves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adaptedness \A*dapt"ed*ness\, n.       The state or quality of being adapted; suitableness; special       fitness.
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Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n.       1. One who adopts.          2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each             other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the             other is joined to another receiver. It is used in             distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to             increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite             two vessels whose openings have different diameters.             [Written also {adapter}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapter \A*dapt"er\, n.       1. One who adapts.          2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n.       1. One who adopts.          2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each             other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the             other is joined to another receiver. It is used in             distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to             increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite             two vessels whose openings have different diameters.             [Written also {adapter}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapter \A*dapt"er\, n.       1. One who adapts.          2. (Chem.) A connecting tube; an adopter.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adapt \A*dapt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adapted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adapting}.] [L. adaptare; ad + aptare to fit; cf. F.       adapter. See {Apt}, {Adept}.]       To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as       to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by to or for.                   For nature, always in the right, To your decays adapts                my sight.                                                --Swift.                   Appeals adapted to his [man's] whole nature. --Angus.                   Streets ill adapted for the residence of wealthy                persons.                                                --Macaulay.
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Adaption \A*dap"tion\, n.       Adaptation. --Cheyne.
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Adaptive \A*dapt"ive\, a.       Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by       adaptation; capable of adapting. --Coleridge. --       {A*dapt"ive*ly}, adv.
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Adaptive \A*dapt"ive\, a.       Suited, given, or tending, to adaptation; characterized by       adaptation; capable of adapting. --Coleridge. --       {A*dapt"ive*ly}, adv.
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Adaptiveness \A*dapt"ive*ness\, n.       The quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
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Adaptly \A*dapt"ly\, adv.       In a suitable manner. [R.] --Prior.
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Adaptness \A*dapt"ness\, n.       Adaptedness. [R.]
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Adaptorial \Ad`ap*to"ri*al\, a.       Adaptive. [R.]
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Adept \A*dept"\, n. [L. adeptus obtained (sc. artem), [?]he who       has obtained an art, p. p. of adipsci to arrive [?]at, to       obtain; ad + apisci to pursue. See {Apt}, and cf. {Adapt}.]       One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient;       as, adepts in philosophy.
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Adept \A*dept"\, a.       Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient.                   Beaus adept in everything profound.         --Cowper.
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Adeption \A*dep"tion\, n. [L. adeptio. See {Adept}, a.]       An obtaining; attainment. [Obs.]                   In the wit and policy of the capitain consisteth the                chief adeption of the victory.               --Grafton.
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Adeptist \A*dept"ist\, n.       A skilled alchemist. [Obs.]
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Adeptness \A*dept"ness\, n.       The quality of being adept; skill.
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Adhibit \Ad*hib"it\, v. t. [L. adhibitus, p. p. of adhibere to       hold to; ad + habere to have.]       1. To admit, as a person or thing; to take in. --Muirhead.          2. To use or apply; to administer. --Camden.          3. To attach; to affix. --Alison.
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Adhibition \Ad`hi*bi"tion\, n. [L. adhibitio.]       The act of adhibiting; application; use. --Whitaker.
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Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. +       [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics)       Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly},       adv.          {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the             variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it             expands without either receiving or giving out heat.             --Rankine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. +       [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics)       Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly},       adv.          {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the             variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it             expands without either receiving or giving out heat.             --Rankine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adiabatic \Ad`i*a*bat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?] not passable; 'a priv. +       [?] through + [?] to go.] (Physics)       Not giving out or receiving heat. -- {Ad`i*a*bat`ic*al*ly},       adv.          {Adiabatic line} or {curve}, a curve exhibiting the             variations of pressure and volume of a fluid when it             expands without either receiving or giving out heat.             --Rankine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.       F. adopter. See {Option}.]       1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,             friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child             of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own             child.          2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;             to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or             policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
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Adoptable \A*dopt"a*ble\, a.       Capable of being adopted.
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Adopted \A*dopt"ed\, a.       Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,       citizen, country, word. -- {A*dopt"ed*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.       F. adopter. See {Option}.]       1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,             friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child             of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own             child.          2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;             to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or             policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopted \A*dopt"ed\, a.       Taken by adoption; taken up as one's own; as, an adopted son,       citizen, country, word. -- {A*dopt"ed*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopter \A*dopt"er\, n.       1. One who adopts.          2. (Chem.) A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each             other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the             other is joined to another receiver. It is used in             distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to             increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite             two vessels whose openings have different diameters.             [Written also {adapter}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adopt \A*dopt"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adopted}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Adopting}.] [L. adoptare; ad + optare to choose, desire: cf.       F. adopter. See {Option}.]       1. To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir,             friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child             of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own             child.          2. To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally;             to select and take or approve; as, to adopt the view or             policy of another; these resolutions were adopted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adoption \A*dop"tion\, n. [L. adoptio, allied to adoptare to       adopt: cf. F. adoption.]       1. The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary             acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as             one's own child.          2. Admission to a more intimate relation; reception; as, the             adoption of persons into hospitals or monasteries, or of             one society into another.          3. The choosing and making that to be one's own which             originally was not so; acceptance; as, the adoption of             opinions. --Jer. Taylor.
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Adoptionist \A*dop"tion*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)       One of a sect which maintained that Christ was the Son of God       not by nature but by adoption.
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Adoptious \A*dop"tious\, a.       Adopted. [Obs.]
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Adoptive \A*dopt"ive\, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]       Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted       to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive       language. -- {A*dopt"ive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Father \Fa"ther\, n. [OE. fader, AS. f[91]der; akin to OS.       fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa[?]ir Sw. &       Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?], Skr.       pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[be] protect. [?][?][?],[?][?][?]. Cf.       {Papa}, {Paternal}, {Patriot}, {Potential}, {Pablum}.]       1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a             generator; a male parent.                         A wise son maketh a glad father.         --Prov. x. 1.          2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor;             especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or             family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors.                         David slept with his fathers.            --1 Kings ii.                                                                               10.                         Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16.          3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance,             affetionate care, counsel, or protection.                         I was a father to the poor.               --Job xxix.                                                                               16.                         He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all                      his house.                                          --Gen. xiv. 8.          4. A respectful mode of address to an old man.                         And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him                      [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!                                                                               --2 Kings                                                                               xiii. 14.          5. A senator of ancient Rome.          6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a             confessor (called also {father confessor}), or a priest;             also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a             legislative assembly, etc.                         Bless you, good father friar !            --Shak.          7. One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first             centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as             the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.          8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a             producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any             art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or             teacher.                         The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.                                                                               --Gen. iv. 21.                         Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak.                         The father of good news.                     --Shak.          9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first             person in the Trinity.                         Our Father, which art in heaven.         --Matt. vi. 9.                         Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent                      down his eye.                                    --Milton.          {Adoptive father}, one who adopts the child of another,             treating it as his own.          {Apostolic father}, {Conscript fathers, etc.} See under             {Apostolic}, {Conscript}, etc.          {Father in God}, a title given to bishops.          {Father of lies}, the Devil.          {Father of the bar}, the oldest practitioner at the bar.          {Fathers of the city}, the aldermen.          {Father of the Faithful}.             (a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9.             (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors.          {Father of the house}, the member of a legislative body who             has had the longest continuous service.          {Most Reverend Father in God}, a title given to archbishops             and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and             York.          {Natural father}, the father of an illegitimate child.          {Putative father}, one who is presumed to be the father of an             illegitimate child; the supposed father.          {Spiritual father}.             (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in                   leading a soul to God.             (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the                   sacrament of penance.          {The Holy Father} (R. C. Ch.), the pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adoptive \A*dopt"ive\, a. [L. adoptivus: cf. F. adoptif.]       Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted       to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive       language. -- {A*dopt"ive*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advoutrer \Ad*vou"trer\, n. [OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L.       adulter. Cf. {Adulterer}.]       An adulterer. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advoutress \Ad*vou"tress\, n.       An adulteress. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advoutry \Ad*vou"try\, Advowtry \Ad*vow"try\, n. [OE. avoutrie,       avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L.       adulterium. Cf. {Adultery}.]       Adultery. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Advoutry \Ad*vou"try\, Advowtry \Ad*vow"try\, n. [OE. avoutrie,       avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L.       adulterium. Cf. {Adultery}.]       Adultery. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottom \Bot"tom\ (b[ocr]t"t[ucr]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS.       botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden,       Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for       fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for       bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base.       [fb]257. Cf. 4th {Found}, {Fund}, n.]       1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a             tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.                         Or dive into the bottom of the deep.   --Shak.          2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and             supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person             sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or             the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.                         Barrels with the bottom knocked out.   --Macaulay.                         No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low                      backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W.                                                                               Irving.          3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal             or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.          4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.          5. The fundament; the buttocks.          6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden.          7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river;             low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. [bd]The bottoms and             the high grounds.[b8] --Stoddard.          8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under             water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.                         My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.                         Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London                      in the same bottoms in which they were shipped.                                                                               --Bancroft.          {Full bottom}, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a             large amount of merchandise.          9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.          10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson.          {At bottom}, {At the bottom}, at the foundation or basis; in             reality. [bd]He was at the bottom a good man.[b8] --J. F.             Cooper.          {To be at the bottom of}, to be the cause or originator of;             to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.]             --J. H. Newman.                         He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels.                                                                               --Addison.          {To go to the bottom}, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.          {To touch bottom}, to reach the lowest point; to find             something on which to rest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bottom \Bot"tom\ (b[ocr]t"t[ucr]m), n. [OE. botum, botme, AS.       botm; akin to OS. bodom, D. bodem, OHG. podam, G. boden,       Icel. botn, Sw. botten, Dan. bund (for budn), L. fundus (for       fudnus), Gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), Skr. budhna (for       bhudhna), and Ir. bonn sole of the foot, W. bon stem, base.       [fb]257. Cf. 4th {Found}, {Fund}, n.]       1. The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a             tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.                         Or dive into the bottom of the deep.   --Shak.          2. The part of anything which is beneath the contents and             supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person             sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or             the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.                         Barrels with the bottom knocked out.   --Macaulay.                         No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low                      backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. --W.                                                                               Irving.          3. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal             or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.          4. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.          5. The fundament; the buttocks.          6. An abyss. [Obs.] --Dryden.          7. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river;             low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. [bd]The bottoms and             the high grounds.[b8] --Stoddard.          8. (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under             water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.                         My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. --Shak.                         Not to sell the teas, but to return them to London                      in the same bottoms in which they were shipped.                                                                               --Bancroft.          {Full bottom}, a hull of such shape as permits carrying a             large amount of merchandise.          9. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.          10. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. --Johnson.          {At bottom}, {At the bottom}, at the foundation or basis; in             reality. [bd]He was at the bottom a good man.[b8] --J. F.             Cooper.          {To be at the bottom of}, to be the cause or originator of;             to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.]             --J. H. Newman.                         He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels.                                                                               --Addison.          {To go to the bottom}, to sink; esp. to be wrecked.          {To touch bottom}, to reach the lowest point; to find             something on which to rest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Atafter \At`aft"er\, prep.       After. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A-tiptoe \A-tip"toe\, adv.       On tiptoe; eagerly expecting.                   We all feel a-tiptoe with hope and confidence. --F.                                                                               Harrison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autopathic \Au`to*path"ic\, a. [See {Auto-}, and {Pathic}, a.]       (Med.)       Dependent upon, or due or relating to, the structure and       characteristics of the diseased organism; endopathic; as, an       autopathic disease; an autopathic theory of diseases.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autoptic \Au*top"tic\ ([add]*t[ocr]p"t[icr]k), Autoptical    \Au*top"tic*al\ (-t[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Gr. a'ytoptiko`s: cf. F.       autoptique.]       Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with,       personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autoptic \Au*top"tic\ ([add]*t[ocr]p"t[icr]k), Autoptical    \Au*top"tic*al\ (-t[icr]k*[ait]l), a. [Gr. a'ytoptiko`s: cf. F.       autoptique.]       Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with,       personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autoptically \Au*top"tic*al*ly\       ([add]*t[ocr]p"t[icr]*k[ait]l*l[ycr]), adv.       By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. --Sir T.       Browne.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ADAPT          A subset of {APT}.          [Sammet 1969, p. 606].          (1995-02-14)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptable User Interface          (AUI, Oracle Toolkit) A toolkit from {Oracle}       allowing applications to be written which will be portable       between different {windowing systems}.   AUI provides one {call       level interface} along with a resource manager and editor       across a range of "standard" {GUI}s, including {Macintosh},       {Microsoft Windows} and the {X Window System}.          (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptec          A company specialising in the aera of movement of       data between computers.   Adaptec designs hardware and software       products to transfer data from a computer to a {peripheral}       device or {network}.          Founded in 1981, the company achieved profitability in 1984,       went public in 1986, and to date has achieved 54 consecutive       profitable quarters.          Revenues for fiscal 1997 were $934 million, a 42% increase       over the prior year.   Net income, excluding acquisition       charges, for fiscal year 1997 was $198 million or $1.72 per       share.          {Home (http://www.adaptec.com)}.          (1999-08-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
adaptive answering          A feature which allows a {faxmodem} to answer       the telephone and decide whether the incoming call is a fax or       data call.   Most {Class 1} faxmodems do this.   The       {U.S. Robotics} Class 1 implementation however seems not to do       it, it must be set to answer as either one or the other.          (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptive Communication Environment          A {C++} wrapper library for       communications from the {University of California at Irvine}.          (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptive Digital Pulse Code Modulation          (ADPCM) A {compression} technique which       records only the difference between samples and adjusts the       coding scale dynamically to accomodate large and small       differences.   ADPCM is simple to implement, but introduces       much {noise}.          [Used where?   Does the {Sony} minidisk use ADPCM or {ATRAC}?]          (1998-12-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
adaptive learning          (Or "{Hebbian} learning") Learning where a system       programs itself by adjusting weights or strengths until it       produces the desired output.          (1995-03-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
adaptive routing          {dynamic routing}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptive Server Enterprise                that started life in the mid-eighties [first release?] as       "Sybase SQL Server".   For a number of years {Microsoft} was a       Sybase distributor, reselling the Sybase product for {OS/2}       and (later) {Windows NT} under the name "Microsoft SQL       Server".          Around 1994, Microsoft basically bought a copy of the {source       code} of Sybase SQL Server and then went its own way.   As       competitors, Sybase and Microsoft have been developing their       products independently ever since.   Microsoft has mostly       emphasised ease-of-use and "Window-ising" the product, while       Sybase has focused on maximising performance and reliability,       and running on high-end hardware.          When releasing version 11.5 in 1997, Sybase renamed its       product to "ASE" to better distinguish its database from       Microsoft's.   Both ASE and MS SQL Server call their query       language "Transact-SQL" and they are very similar.          Sybase SQL Server was the first true {client-server} RDBMS       which was also capable of handling real-world workloads.   In       contrast, other DBMSs have long been monolithic programs; for       example, {Oracle} only "bolted on" client-server functionality       in the mid-nineties.   Also, Sybase SQL Server was the first       commercially successful RDBMS supporting {stored procedures}       and {triggers}, and a cost-based {query optimizer}.          As with many other technology-driven competitors of Microsoft,       Sybase has lost market share to MS's superior marketing,       though many consider it has the superior system.          {(http://www.sypron.nl/whatis_ase.html)}.          (2003-07-02)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptive Simulated Annealing          (ASA) An {algorithm} for global optimisation of       generic {functions} by Lester Ingber       .          Latest version: 20.5, as of 2000-02-29.          {Home (http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/)}.          {Home (http://www.ingber.com/)}.          Mailing list: .          (2000-02-29)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding          (ATRAC) An audio compression {algorithm},       introduced by {Sony} for its {Mini Disk}, which relies on the       masking of low-amplitude frequency components by temporaly       adjacent high-amplitude components.   ATRAC consists of a       three-band {subband encoder} (0...5.5, 5.5...11, 11...22 kHz)       and a {MDCT} based transformation encoder.          [Does Sony Minidisk use {ADPCM}?]          (2001-12-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adaptor          (Automatic DAta Parallelism TranslatOR) A source to       source transformation tool that transforms {data parallel}       programs written in {Fortran 77} with {array} extensions,       parallel loops, and layout directives to parallel programs       with explicit {message passing}.   ADAPTOR generates {Fortran       77} host and node programs with message passing.   The new       generated source codes have to be compiled by the compiler of       the parallel computer.          Version 1.0 runs on {CM-5}, {iPCS/860}, {Meiko CS1}/CS2, {KSR       1}, {SGI}, {Alliant} or a network of {Sun}s or {RS/6000}s.          {(ftp://ftp.gmd.de/gmd/adaptor/adp_1.0.tar.Z)}.          [Connection with Thomas Brandes and GMD?]          (1993-06-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Adobe Type Manager          (ATM) Software that produces       {PostScript} {outline fonts} on screen and paper.   There are       versions that run under {Microsoft Windows} and on the       {Macintosh}.   ATM can do {hinting}, {multiple master} and       {anti-aliasing}.          (1998-03-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Audio Video Interleave          (AVI) An {audio}-{video} {standard} designed by       {Microsoft}.   Apparently proprietary and {Microsoft       Windows}-specific.          {(http://www2.echo.lu/oii/en/video.html#AVI)}.          [Details?]          (1996-09-08)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
autobaud          {automatic baud rate detection}
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Adoption       the giving to any one the name and place and privileges of a son       who is not a son by birth.                (1.) Natural. Thus Pharaoh's daughter adopted Moses (Ex.       2:10), and Mordecai Esther (Esther 2:7).                (2.) National. God adopted Israel (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 7:6; Hos.       11:1; Rom. 9:4).                (3.) Spiritual. An act of God's grace by which he brings men       into the number of his redeemed family, and makes them partakers       of all the blessings he has provided for them. Adoption       represents the new relations into which the believer is       introduced by justification, and the privileges connected       therewith, viz., an interest in God's peculiar love (John 17:23;       Rom. 5:5-8), a spiritual nature (2 Pet. 1:4; John 1:13), the       possession of a spirit becoming children of God (1 Pet. 1:14; 2       John 4; Rom. 8:15-21; Gal. 5:1; Heb. 2:15), present protection,       consolation, supplies (Luke 12:27-32; John 14:18; 1 Cor.       3:21-23; 2 Cor. 1:4), fatherly chastisements (Heb. 12:5-11), and       a future glorious inheritance (Rom. 8:17,23; James 2:5; Phil.       3:21).