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   aerobatics
         n 1: the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
               [syn: {acrobatics}, {aerobatics}, {stunting}, {stunt
               flying}]

English Dictionary: arbitrarily	by the DICT Development Group
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aerobiotic adj living or active only in the presence of oxygen; "aerobiotic bacteria"
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aerophyte n plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it Synonym(s): air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
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air potato n yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers Synonym(s): air potato, Dioscorea bulbifera
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Arabidopsis n a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis Synonym(s): Arabidopsis, genus Arabidopsis
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Arabidopsis lyrata n a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana
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Arabidopsis thaliana n a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described Synonym(s): Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress
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Arafat n Palestinian statesman who was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (1929-2004) Synonym(s): Arafat, Yasser Arafat
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arbiter n someone with the power to settle matters at will; "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion" Synonym(s): arbiter, supreme authority someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case" Synonym(s): arbiter, arbitrator, umpire
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arbitrable adj appropriate for or subject to settlement by arbitration; "an arbitrable wage and health benefits policy"; "an arbitrable dispute" Antonym(s): nonarbitrable
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arbitrage n a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price v practice arbitrage, as in the stock market
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arbitrager n someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) Synonym(s): arbitrageur, arbitrager, arb
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arbitrageur n someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) Synonym(s): arbitrageur, arbitrager, arb
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arbitral adj relating to or resulting from arbitration; "the arbitral adjustment of the controversy"; "an arbitrational settlement" Synonym(s): arbitral, arbitrational
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arbitrament n the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" Synonym(s): arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement
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arbitrarily 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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arbitrariness n the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" Synonym(s): flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness
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arbitrary adj based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves" Antonym(s): nonarbitrary, unarbitrary
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arbitrate v act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement" Synonym(s): intercede, mediate, intermediate, liaise, arbitrate
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arbitration n (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" Synonym(s): arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement
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arbitration clause n a clause in a contract providing for arbitration of disputes arising under the contract
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arbitrational adj relating to or resulting from arbitration; "the arbitral adjustment of the controversy"; "an arbitrational settlement" Synonym(s): arbitral, arbitrational
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arbitrative adj relating to or having the authority to arbitrate; "an arbitrative board"
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arbitrator n someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case" Synonym(s): arbiter, arbitrator, umpire
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arbitrement n the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" Synonym(s): arbitration, arbitrament, arbitrement
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arbutus n any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America
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Arbutus menziesii n evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries; wood used for furniture and bark for tanning Synonym(s): madrona, madrono, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii
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Arbutus unedo n small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor Synonym(s): strawberry tree, Irish strawberry, Arbutus unedo
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arrive at v reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" Synonym(s): reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
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arrivederci n a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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Ayurveda n (Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A89robiotic \A`[89]robi*ot"ic\ (?; 101), a. (Biol.) Related to, or of the nature of, a[89]robies; as, a[89]robiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
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A89roboat \A"[89]roboat`\, n. [A[89]ro- + boat.] A form of hydro-a[89]roplane; a flying boat.
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A89rophyte \A"[89]rophyte\, n. [A[89]ro- + Gr. [?] plant, [?] to grow: cf. F. a[82]rophyte.] (Bot.) A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor \Va"por\, n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. [?] smoke, [?] to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. {Vapid}.] [Written also {vapour}.] 1. (Physics) Any substance in the gaseous, or a[89]riform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid. Note: The term vapor is sometimes used in a more extended sense, as identical with gas; and the difference between the two is not so much one of kind as of degree, the latter being applied to all permanently elastic fluids except atmospheric air, the former to those elastic fluids which lose that condition at ordinary temperatures. The atmosphere contains more or less vapor of water, a portion of which, on a reduction of temperature, becomes condensed into liquid water in the form of rain or dew. The vapor of water produced by boiling, especially in its economic relations, is called steam. Vapor is any substance in the gaseous condition at the maximum of density consistent with that condition. This is the strict and proper meaning of the word vapor. --Nichol. 2. In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc. The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided]. --Chaucer. Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word. --Ps. cxlviii. 8. 3. Wind; flatulence. [Obs.] --Bacon. 4. Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. --James iv. 14. 5. pl. An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues. [bd]A fit of vapors.[b8] --Pope. 6. (Pharm.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor. --Brit. Pharm. {Vapor bath}. (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body, or part of it, in a close place; also, the place itself. (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of copper, for drying and heating filter papers, precipitates, etc.; -- called also {air bath}. A modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid, by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the required degree. {Vapor burner}, a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon. {Vapor density} (Chem.), the relative weight of gases and vapors as compared with some specific standard, usually hydrogen, but sometimes air. The vapor density of gases and vaporizable substances as compared with hydrogen, when multiplied by two, or when compared with air and multiplied by 28.8, gives the molecular weight. {Vapor engine}, an engine worked by the expansive force of a vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
14. (Paint.) (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc. (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt. 15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse. Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump. {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}. {Air bath}. (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body. (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature. {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}. {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power. {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine. {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air. {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air. {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast. {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road. {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. --Knight. {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air. {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized. {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature. {Air threads}, gossamer. {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap. {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room. {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter. {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine. {In the air}. (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors. (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled. (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air. {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public. {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vapor \Va"por\, n. [OE. vapour, OF. vapour, vapor, vapeur, F. vapeur, L. vapor; probably for cvapor, and akin to Gr. [?] smoke, [?] to breathe forth, Lith. kvepti to breathe, smell, Russ. kopote fine soot. Cf. {Vapid}.] [Written also {vapour}.] 1. (Physics) Any substance in the gaseous, or a[89]riform, state, the condition of which is ordinarily that of a liquid or solid. Note: The term vapor is sometimes used in a more extended sense, as identical with gas; and the difference between the two is not so much one of kind as of degree, the latter being applied to all permanently elastic fluids except atmospheric air, the former to those elastic fluids which lose that condition at ordinary temperatures. The atmosphere contains more or less vapor of water, a portion of which, on a reduction of temperature, becomes condensed into liquid water in the form of rain or dew. The vapor of water produced by boiling, especially in its economic relations, is called steam. Vapor is any substance in the gaseous condition at the maximum of density consistent with that condition. This is the strict and proper meaning of the word vapor. --Nichol. 2. In a loose and popular sense, any visible diffused substance floating in the atmosphere and impairing its transparency, as smoke, fog, etc. The vapour which that fro the earth glood [glided]. --Chaucer. Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word. --Ps. cxlviii. 8. 3. Wind; flatulence. [Obs.] --Bacon. 4. Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. --James iv. 14. 5. pl. An old name for hypochondria, or melancholy; the blues. [bd]A fit of vapors.[b8] --Pope. 6. (Pharm.) A medicinal agent designed for administration in the form of inhaled vapor. --Brit. Pharm. {Vapor bath}. (a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body, or part of it, in a close place; also, the place itself. (b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of copper, for drying and heating filter papers, precipitates, etc.; -- called also {air bath}. A modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid, by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the required degree. {Vapor burner}, a burner for burning a vaporized hydrocarbon. {Vapor density} (Chem.), the relative weight of gases and vapors as compared with some specific standard, usually hydrogen, but sometimes air. The vapor density of gases and vaporizable substances as compared with hydrogen, when multiplied by two, or when compared with air and multiplied by 28.8, gives the molecular weight. {Vapor engine}, an engine worked by the expansive force of a vapor, esp. a vapor other than steam.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
14. (Paint.) (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc. (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt. 15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse. Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump. {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}. {Air bath}. (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body. (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature. {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}. {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power. {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine. {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air. {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air. {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast. {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road. {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. --Knight. {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air. {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized. {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature. {Air threads}, gossamer. {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap. {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room. {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter. {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine. {In the air}. (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors. (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled. (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air. {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public. {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Air bed \Air" bed`\ A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbiter \Ar"bi*ter\, n. [L. arbiter; ar- (for ad) + the root of betere to go; hence properly, one who comes up to look on.] 1. A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them. Note: In modern usage, arbitrator is the technical word. 2. Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. For Jove is arbiter of both to man. --Cowper. Syn: Arbitrator; umpire; director; referee; controller; ruler; governor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbiter \Ar"bi*ter\, v. t. To act as arbiter between. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrable \Ar"bitrable\, a. [Cf. F. arbitrable, fr. L. arbitrari. See {Arbitrate}, v. t.] Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable. [Archaic] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrage \Ar"bi*trage\, n. [F., fr. arbiter to give judgment, L. arbitrari.] 1. Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination. [Archaic] 2. (Com) A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitral \Ar"bi*tral\, a. [L. arbitralis.] Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration. [R.]
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Arbitrament \Arbit"rament\, n. [LL. arbitramentum.] 1. Determination; decision; arbitration. The arbitrament of time. --Everett. Gladly at this moment would MacIvor have put their quarrel to personal arbitrament. --Sir W. Scott. 2. The award of arbitrators. --Cowell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrarily \Ar"bitrari*ly\, adv. In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely.
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Arbitrariness \Ar"bitrari*ness\, n. The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrarious \Ar`bitra"rious\, a. [L. arbitrarius. See {Arbitrary}.] Arbitrary; despotic. [Obs.] -- {Ar`bitra"rious*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrarious \Ar`bitra"rious\, a. [L. arbitrarius. See {Arbitrary}.] Arbitrary; despotic. [Obs.] -- {Ar`bitra"rious*ly}, adv. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrary \Ar"bitrary\, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. --Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. --Landor. 2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. --Washington. 3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. --Dryden. {Arbitrary constant}, {Arbitrary function} (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. {Arbitrary quantity} (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coefficient \Co`effi"cient\, n. 1. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect. 2. [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x. 3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. {Arbitrary coefficient} (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily* in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrary \Ar"bitrary\, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. --Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. --Landor. 2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. --Washington. 3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. --Dryden. {Arbitrary constant}, {Arbitrary function} (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. {Arbitrary quantity} (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constant \Con"stant\, n. 1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable. 2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction to {variable}. {Absolute constant} (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all circumstances, as the number 10, or any numeral. {Arbitrary constant}, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrary \Ar"bitrary\, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. --Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. --Landor. 2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. --Washington. 3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. --Dryden. {Arbitrary constant}, {Arbitrary function} (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. {Arbitrary quantity} (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Function \Func"tion\, n. [L. functio, fr. fungi to perform, execute, akin to Skr. bhuj to enjoy, have the use of: cf. F. fonction. Cf. {Defunct}.] 1. The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance. [bd]In the function of his public calling.[b8] --Swift. 2. (Physiol.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body. 3. The natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. As the mind opens, and its functions spread. --Pope. 4. The course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession. Tradesmen . . . going about their functions. --Shak. The malady which made him incapable of performing his regal functions. --Macaulay. 5. (Math.) A quantity so connected with another quantity, that if any alteration be made in the latter there will be a consequent alteration in the former. Each quantity is said to be a function of the other. Thus, the circumference of a circle is a function of the diameter. If x be a symbol to which different numerical values can be assigned, such expressions as x^{2}, 3^{x}, Log. x, and Sin. x, are all functions of x. {Algebraic function}, a quantity whose connection with the variable is expressed by an equation that involves only the algebraic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, raising to a given power, and extracting a given root; -- opposed to transcendental function. {Arbitrary function}. See under {Arbitrary}. {Calculus of functions}. See under {Calculus}. {Carnot's function} (Thermo-dynamics), a relation between the amount of heat given off by a source of heat, and the work which can be done by it. It is approximately equal to the mechanical equivalent of the thermal unit divided by the number expressing the temperature in degrees of the air thermometer, reckoned from its zero of expansion. {Circular functions}. See {Inverse trigonometrical functions} (below). -- Continuous function, a quantity that has no interruption in the continuity of its real values, as the variable changes between any specified limits. {Discontinuous function}. See under {Discontinuous}. {Elliptic functions}, a large and important class of functions, so called because one of the forms expresses the relation of the arc of an ellipse to the straight lines connected therewith. {Explicit function}, a quantity directly expressed in terms of the independently varying quantity; thus, in the equations y = 6x^{2}, y = 10 -x^{3}, the quantity y is an explicit function of x. {Implicit function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is expressed indirectly by an equation; thus, y in the equation x^{2} + y^{2} = 100 is an implicit function of x. {Inverse trigonometrical functions}, [or] {Circular function}, the lengths of arcs relative to the sines, tangents, etc. Thus, AB is the arc whose sine is BD, and (if the length of BD is x) is written sin ^{-1}x, and so of the other lines. See {Trigonometrical function} (below). Other transcendental functions are the exponential functions, the elliptic functions, the gamma functions, the theta functions, etc. {One-valued function}, a quantity that has one, and only one, value for each value of the variable. -- {Transcendental functions}, a quantity whose connection with the variable cannot be expressed by algebraic operations; thus, y in the equation y = 10^{x} is a transcendental function of x. See {Algebraic function} (above). -- {Trigonometrical function}, a quantity whose relation to the variable is the same as that of a certain straight line drawn in a circle whose radius is unity, to the length of a corresponding are of the circle. Let AB be an arc in a circle, whose radius OA is unity let AC be a quadrant, and let OC, DB, and AF be drawnpependicular to OA, and EB and CG parallel to OA, and let OB be produced to G and F. E Then BD is the sine of the arc AB; OD or EB is the cosine, AF is the tangent, CG is the cotangent, OF is the secant OG is the cosecant, AD is the versed sine, and CE is the coversed sine of the are AB. If the length of AB be represented by x (OA being unity) then the lengths of Functions. these lines (OA being unity) are the trigonometrical functions of x, and are written sin x, cos x, tan x (or tang x), cot x, sec x, cosec x, versin x, coversin x. These quantities are also considered as functions of the angle BOA.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrary \Ar"bitrary\, a. [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F. arbitraire. See {Arbiter}.] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. --Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. --Landor. 2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. --Washington. 3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. --Dryden. {Arbitrary constant}, {Arbitrary function} (Math.), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. {Arbitrary quantity} (Math.), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arbitrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arbitrating}.] [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See {Arbiter}.] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. 2. To decide, or determine generally. --South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. i. 1. To decide; to determine. --Shak. 2. To act as arbitrator or judge; as, to arbitrate upon several reports; to arbitrate in disputes among neighbors; to arbitrate between parties to a suit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arbitrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arbitrating}.] [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See {Arbiter}.] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. 2. To decide, or determine generally. --South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrate \Ar"bi*trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arbitrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arbitrating}.] [L. arbitratus, p. p. of arbitrari to be a hearer or beholder of something, to make a decision, to give judgment, fr. arbiter. See {Arbiter}.] 1. To hear and decide, as arbitrators; as, to choose to arbitrate a disputed case. 2. To decide, or determine generally. --South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitration \Ar`bi*tra"tion\, n. [F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari.] The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. Note: This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award. --Bouvier {Arbitration bond}, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. {Arbitration of Exchange}, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitration \Ar`bi*tra"tion\, n. [F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari.] The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. Note: This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award. --Bouvier {Arbitration bond}, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. {Arbitration of Exchange}, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formul[91] by a short line or dash. See Diagram of {Benzene nucleus}, and {Valence}. {Arbitration bond}. See under {Arbitration}. {Bond crediter} (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. --Blackstone. {Bond debt} (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. --Burrows. {Bond} ([or] {lap}) {of a slate}, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. {Bond timber}, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally. Syn: Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitration \Ar`bi*tra"tion\, n. [F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari.] The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. Note: This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award. --Bouvier {Arbitration bond}, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. {Arbitration of Exchange}, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. 2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. 3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. --Shak. 4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B. 5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. --Blackstone. 6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}. {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}. {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}. {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation. Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitration \Ar`bi*tra"tion\, n. [F. arbitration, L. arbitratio, fr. arbitrari.] The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties. Note: This may be done by one person; but it is usual to choose two or three called arbitrators; or for each party to choose one, and these to name a third, who is called the umpire. Their determination is called the award. --Bouvier {Arbitration bond}, a bond which obliges one to abide by the award of an arbitration. {Arbitration of Exchange}, the operation of converting the currency of one country into that of another, or determining the rate of exchange between such countries or currencies. An arbitrated rate is one determined by such arbitration through the medium of one or more intervening currencies.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exchange \Ex*change"\, n. [OE. eschange, eschaunge, OF. eschange, fr. eschangier, F. [82]changer, to exchange; pref. ex- out + F. changer. See {Change}, and cf. {Excamb}.] 1. The act of giving or taking one thing in return for another which is regarded as an equivalent; as, an exchange of cattle for grain. 2. The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views. 3. The thing given or received in return; esp., a publication exchanged for another. --Shak. 4. (Com.) The process of setting accounts or debts between parties residing at a distance from each other, without the intervention of money, by exchanging orders or drafts, called bills of exchange. These may be drawn in one country and payable in another, in which case they are called foreign bills; or they may be drawn and made payable in the same country, in which case they are called inland bills. The term bill of exchange is often abbreviated into exchange; as, to buy or sell exchange. Note: A in London is creditor to B in New York, and C in London owes D in New York a like sum. A in London draws a bill of exchange on B in New York; C in London purchases the bill, by which A receives his debt due from B in New York. C transmits the bill to D in New York, who receives the amount from B. 5. (Law) A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple for fee simple. --Blackstone. 6. The place where the merchants, brokers, and bankers of a city meet at certain hours, to transact business. In this sense often contracted to 'Change. {Arbitration of exchange}. See under {Arbitration}. {Bill of exchange}. See under {Bill}. {Exchange broker}. See under {Broker}. {Par of exchange}, the established value of the coin or standard of value of one country when expressed in the coin or standard of another, as the value of the pound sterling in the currency of France or the United States. The par of exchange rarely varies, and serves as a measure for the rise and fall of exchange that is affected by the demand and supply. Exchange is at par when, for example, a bill in New York, for the payment of one hundred pounds sterling in London, can be purchased for the sum. Exchange is in favor of a place when it can be purchased there at or above par. {Telephone exchange}, a central office in which the wires of any two telephones or telephone stations may be connected to permit conversation. Syn: Barter; dealing; trade; traffic; interchange.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitrator \Ar"bi*tra`tor\, n. [L., fr. arbitrari: cf. F. arbitrateur.] 1. A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See {Arbitration}. 2. One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor. Though Heaven be shut, And Heaven's high Arbitrators sit secure. --Milton. Masters of their own terms and arbitrators of a peace. --Addison. Syn: Judge; umpire; referee; arbiter. See {Judge}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitratrix \Ar"bi*tra`trix\, n. [L., fem. of arbitrator.] A female who arbitrates or judges.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbitress \Ar"bi*tress\, n. [From {Arbiter}.] A female arbiter; an arbitratrix. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family ({Epig[91]a repens}), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arbutus \Ar"bu*tus\, Arbute \Ar"bute\, n. [L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree.] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. {Trailing arbutus} (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family ({Epig[91]a repens}), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as {mayflower}; -- called also {ground laurel}. --Gray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Madroa4a \Ma*dro"[a4]a\, n. [Sp. madro[a4]o.] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub ({Arbutus Menziesii}), of California, having a smooth bark, thick shining leaves, and edible red berries, which are often called madro[a4]a apples. [Written also {madro[a4]o}.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arreption \Ar*rep"tion\, n. [L. arripere, arreptum, to seize, snatch; ad + rapere to snatch. See {Rapacious}.] The act of taking away. [Obs.] [bd]This arreption was sudden.[b8] --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arreptitious \Ar`rep*ti"tious\, a. [L. arreptitius.] Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [Obs.] Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. --Howell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arrive \Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Arrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arriving}.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F. arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. {Riparian}.] 1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from. [bd]Arrived in Padua.[b8] --Shak. [[92]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. --Holland. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. --Macaulay. 2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. {To arrive at}, or attain to. When he arrived at manhood. --Rogers. We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. --McCosh. If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton. 3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. 4. To happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. --Waller.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Arbutus, MD (CDP, FIPS 1975) Location: 39.24260 N, 76.69229 W Population (1990): 19750 (7966 housing units) Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Arvada, CO (city, FIPS 3455) Location: 39.82113 N, 105.10674 W Population (1990): 89235 (34541 housing units) Area: 57.3 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80002, 80003, 80004, 80005 Arvada, WY Zip code(s): 82831
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
arbitrary precision calculator An arbitrary precision {C}-like calculator. {Interpreter} version 1.26.4 by David I. Bell . Ported to {Linux}. {(ftp://ftp.uu.net/pub/calc)}. (1993-06-15)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Arbathite a name given to Abi-albon, or, as elsewhere called, Abiel, one of David's warriors (2 Sam. 23:31; 1 Chr. 11:32), probably as being an inhabitant of Arabah (Josh. 15:61), a town in the wilderness of Judah.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Arpad (Isa. 10:9; 36:19; 37:13), also Arphad, support, a Syrian city near Hamath, along with which it is invariably mentioned (2 Kings 19:13; 18:34; Isa. 10:9), and Damascus (Jer. 49:23). After a siege of three years it fell (B.C. 742) before the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser II. Now Tell Erfud.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Arvad wandering, (Ezek. 27:8), a small island and city on the coast of Syria, mentioned as furnishing mariners and soldiers for Tyre. The inhabitants were called Arvadites. The name is written Aruada or Arada in the Tell-el-Amarna tablets.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Arpad, the light of redemption