English Dictionary: myopic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[94]l.) A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also {coon}, and {mapach}. {Raccoon dog} (Zo[94]l.), the tanate. {Raccoon fox} (Zo[94]l.), the cacomixle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Song \Song\ (?; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[94]ngr, Goeth. sagws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. [bd]That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.[b8] --Hawthorne. 2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad. 3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem. The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song. --Dryden. 4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse. This subject for heroic song. --Milton. 5. An object of derision; a laughingstock. And now am I their song. yea, I am their byword. --Job xxx. 9. 6. A trifle. [bd]The soldier's pay is a song.[b8] --Silliman. {Old song}, a trifle; nothing of value. [bd]I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song.[b8] --Dr. H. More. {Song bird} (Zo[94]l.), any singing bird; one of the Oscines. {Song sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a very common North American sparrow ({Melospiza fasciata}, or {M. melodia}) noted for the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in the center. {Song thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a common European thrush ({Turdus musicus}), noted for its melodius song; -- called also {mavis}, {throsite}, and {thrasher}. Syn: Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn; descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse. | |
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Mavis \Ma"vis\ (m[amac]"v[icr]s), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.] (Zo[94]l.) The European throstle or song thrush ({Turdus musicus}). | |
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Song \Song\ (?; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. s[94]ngr, Goeth. sagws. See {Sing}.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. [bd]That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets.[b8] --Hawthorne. 2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad. 3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem. The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song. --Dryden. 4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse. This subject for heroic song. --Milton. 5. An object of derision; a laughingstock. And now am I their song. yea, I am their byword. --Job xxx. 9. 6. A trifle. [bd]The soldier's pay is a song.[b8] --Silliman. {Old song}, a trifle; nothing of value. [bd]I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song.[b8] --Dr. H. More. {Song bird} (Zo[94]l.), any singing bird; one of the Oscines. {Song sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a very common North American sparrow ({Melospiza fasciata}, or {M. melodia}) noted for the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in the center. {Song thrush} (Zo[94]l.), a common European thrush ({Turdus musicus}), noted for its melodius song; -- called also {mavis}, {throsite}, and {thrasher}. Syn: Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn; descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse. | |
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Mavis \Ma"vis\ (m[amac]"v[icr]s), n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.] (Zo[94]l.) The European throstle or song thrush ({Turdus musicus}). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.] The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days. -- Lowell. {June beetle}, {June bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna} and related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in the northern United States, about the first of June. The larv[91] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also {May bug} or {May beetle}. {June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
May \May\, n. [F. Mai, L. Maius; so named in honor of the goddess Maia (Gr. [?]), daughter of Atlas and mother of Mercury by Jupiter.] 1. The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. --Chaucer. 2. The early part or springtime of life. His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood. --Shak. 3. (Bot.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn. The palm and may make country houses gay. --Nash. Plumes that micked the may. --Tennyson. 4. The merrymaking of May Day. --Tennyson. {Italian may} (Bot.), a shrubby species of {Spir[91]a} ({S. hypericifolia}) with many clusters of small white flowers along the slender branches. {May apple} (Bot.), the fruit of an American plant ({Podophyllum peltatum}). Also, the plant itself (popularly called {mandrake}), which has two lobed leaves, and bears a single egg-shaped fruit at the forking. The root and leaves, used in medicine, are powerfully drastic. {May beetle}, {May bug} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of large lamellicorn beetles that appear in the winged state in May. They belong to {Melolontha}, and allied genera. Called also {June beetle}. {May Day}, the first day of May; -- celebrated in the rustic parts of England by the crowning of a May queen with a garland, and by dancing about a May pole. {May dew}, the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed. {May flower} (Bot.), a plant that flowers in May; also, its blossom. See {Mayflower}, in the vocabulary. {May fly} (Zo[94]l.), any species of {Ephemera}, and allied genera; -- so called because the mature flies of many species appear in May. See {Ephemeral fly}, under {Ephemeral}. {May game}, any May-day sport. {May lady}, the queen or lady of May, in old May games. {May lily} (Bot.), the lily of the valley ({Convallaria majalis}). {May pole}. See {Maypole} in the Vocabulary. {May queen}, a girl or young woman crowned queen in the sports of May Day. {May thorn}, the hawthorn. | |
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Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, n. [See {Chafer} the beetle.] (Zo[94]l.) A beetle of the genus {Melolontha} (esp. {M. vulgaris}) and allied genera; -- called also {May bug}, {chafer}, or {dorbeetle}. | |
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Maybush \May"bush`\, n. (Bot.) The hawthorn. | |
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Mayfish \May"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A common American minnow ({Fundulus majalis}). See {Minnow}. | |
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Mobbish \Mob"bish\, a. Like a mob; tumultuous; lawless; as, a mobbish act. --Bp. Kent. | |
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Mopish \Mop"ish\, a. Dull; spiritless; dejected. -- {Mop"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Mop"ish*ness}, n. | |
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Mopsey \Mop"sey\, Mopsy \Mop"sy\, n. 1. A moppet. 2. A slatternly, untidy woman. --Halliwell. | |
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Mopsey \Mop"sey\, Mopsy \Mop"sy\, n. 1. A moppet. 2. A slatternly, untidy woman. --Halliwell. | |
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Mopus \Mo"pus\, n. A mope; a drone. [Obs.] --Swift. | |
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Muffish \Muff"ish\, a. [See {Muff}, 4 & 5.] Stupid; awkward. [Colloq.] | |
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Myopic \My*op"ic\, a. Pertaining to, or affected with, or characterized by, myopia; nearsighted. {Myopic astigmatism}, a condition in which the eye is affected with myopia in one meridian only. | |
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Mahopac, NY (CDP, FIPS 44534) Location: 41.36953 N, 73.74159 W Population (1990): 7755 (2972 housing units) Area: 13.8 sq km (land), 2.9 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 10541 | |
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Mapes, ND Zip code(s): 58344 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
MIPS /mips/ n. [abbreviation] 1. A measure of computing speed; formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!); often rendered by hackers as `Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed' or in other unflattering ways, such as `Meaningless Information Provided by Salesmen'. This joke expresses an attitude nearly universal among hackers about the value of most {benchmark} claims, said attitude being one of the great cultural divides between hackers and {marketroid}s (see also {BogoMIPS}). The singular is sometimes `1 MIP' even though this is clearly etymologically wrong. See also {KIPS} and {GIPS}. 2. Computers, especially large computers, considered abstractly as sources of {computron}s. "This is just a workstation; the heavy MIPS are hidden in the basement." 3. The corporate name of a particular RISC-chip company; among other things, they designed the processor chips used in {DEC}'s 3100 workstation series. 4. Acronym for `Meaningless Information per Second' (a joke, prob. from sense 1). | |
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mbps {megabits per second} | |
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MBS {mobile broadband services} | |
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MFC {Microsoft Foundation Class} (1995-11-16) | |
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MIPS 1. The unit commonly used to give the rate at which a processor executes instructions. Often rendered by hackers as "Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed" or in other unflattering ways. This expresses a nearly universal attitude about the value of most {benchmark} claims, said attitude being one of the great cultural divides between hackers and {marketroid}s. The etymologically incorrect singular "1 MIP" is sometimes heard. See also {KIPS} and {GIPS}. 2. {VAX MIPS}. 3. Stages}. 4. [{Jargon File}] (1996-03-01) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Mops Like {Yerk}, Mops is descended from the ex-commercial {object-oriented} language {Neon}. It was developed by Michael Hore optimising {native}-code compiler; it is much faster than Yerk, but less compatible with Neon. Mops includes extensions such as {multiple inheritance}. Version 2.3.1 includes a compiler, documentation and an editor. A {Macintosh} version is available. {(ftp://oddjob.uchicago.edu/pub/Yerk)}. | |
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MPC 1. [Origin?] 2. 3. {Multiprocess Communications}. | |
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MPEG {Moving Picture Experts Group} | |
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MPEG-1 {MPEG} format for compressed {video}, optimised for {CD-ROM}. MPEG-1 was designed for the transmission rates of about 1.5 {Mbps} achievable with {Video-CD} and {CD-i}. It uses {discrete cosine transform} (DCT) and {Huffman coding} to remove spatially redundant data within a frame and block-based {motion compensated prediction} (MCP) to remove data which is temporally redundant between frames. Audio is compressed using {subband encoding}. These {algorithms} allow better than VHS quality video and almost CD quality audio to be compressed onto and streamed off a {single speed} (1x) {CD-ROM} drive. MPEG encoding can introduce blockiness, colour bleed and shimmering effects on video and lack of detail and quantisation effects on audio. The official name of MPEG-1 is {International Standard} {IS-11172}. (1999-01-06) | |
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MPEG-2 the {MPEG} video and audio {compression} {algorithm} and file format, optimised for {broadcast quality video}. MPEG-2 was designed to transmit images using {progressive coding} at 4 {Mbps} or higher for use in broadcast {digital TV} and {DVD}. An MPEG-2 player can handle {MPEG-1} data as well. MPEG-2 has been approved as {International Standard} {IS-13818}. (1995-04-18) | |
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MPEG-21 format} designed to merge very different things in one object, so you can store interactive material in this format (audio, video, questions, answers, overlays, non-linear order, calculation from user inputs, etc.) [Technical details?] (2001-12-02) | |
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MPEG-3 variant of the {MPEG} {video} and {audio} {compression} {algorithm} and {file} format. MPEG-3 was intended as an extension of {MPEG-2} to cater for {HDTV} but was eventually merged into MPEG-2. Not to be confused with MP3 - {MPEG-1 layer 3}. [Technical details?] (1999-01-06) | |
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MPEG-4 compression} standard planned for late 1998. MPEG-4 extends the earlier {MPEG-1} and {MPEG-2} algorithms with synthesis of speech and video, {fractal compression}, {computer visualisation} and {artificial intelligence}-based {image processing} techniques. [Technical details?] (1999-01-06) | |
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MPEG-7 not standardized yet. (2001-12-02) | |
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MPG vary", i.e. "{Your mileage may vary}". | |
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mpg {MPEG} format. (1995-03-07) | |
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MPG vary", i.e. "{Your mileage may vary}". | |
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mpg {MPEG} format. (1995-03-07) | |
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MPS III Solving matrices and producing reports. "MPS III DATAFORM User Manual", Management Science Systems (1976). | |
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MPSX Mathematical Programming System Extended. Solution strategy for mathematical programming. "Mathematical Programming System Extended (MPSX) Control Language User's Manual", SH20-0932, IBM. Sammet 1978. | |
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MPX {Multiplexor Channel} | |
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MVC 1. 2. images output by {Sony}'s {Mavica} range of {digital cameras}. (2002-05-28) | |
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MVCC {Multi-Version Concurrency Control} | |
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MVS {Multiple Virtual Storage} | |
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MVS/OE {Multiple Virtual Storage} | |
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MVS/XA {Multiple Virtual Storage} |