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   Paleo-American
         n 1: a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the
               earliest human inhabitants of North America and South
               America during the late Pleistocene epoch [syn: {Paleo-
               American}, {Paleo-Amerind}, {Paleo-Indian}]

English Dictionary: palmyra palm	by the DICT Development Group
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Paleo-American culture n the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Synonym(s): Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture
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Paleo-Amerind n a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch Synonym(s): Paleo- American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian
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Paleo-Amerind culture n the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America Synonym(s): Paleo-American culture, Paleo-Amerind culture, Paleo-Indian culture
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Palinuridae n spiny lobsters Synonym(s): Palinuridae, family Palinuridae
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Palinurus n type genus of the family Palinuridae [syn: Palinurus, genus Palinurus]
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palm reading n telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand [syn: palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology]
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palmar adj relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot; "the volar surface"; "the palmar muscle" Synonym(s): palmar, volar
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Palmer n United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: Palmer, {Arnold Palmer}, Arnold Daniel Palmer]
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Palmer Peninsula n a large peninsula of Antarctica that extends some 1200 miles north toward South America; separates the Weddell Sea from the South Pacific Synonym(s): Antarctic Peninsula, Palmer Peninsula
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palmyra n tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving Synonym(s): palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
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palmyra palm n tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving Synonym(s): palmyra, palmyra palm, toddy palm, wine palm, lontar, longar palm, Borassus flabellifer
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Paul Leonard Newman n United States film actor (born in 1925) [syn: Newman, Paul Newman, Paul Leonard Newman]
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phylum Arthropoda n jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes Synonym(s): Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda
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phylum Rotifera n a phylum including: rotifers [syn: Rotifera, {phylum Rotifera}]
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planar adj involving two dimensions [syn: planar, {two- dimensional}] Antonym(s): cubic, linear, one-dimensional, three-dimensional
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planaria n free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts Synonym(s): planarian, planaria
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planarian n free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts Synonym(s): planarian, planaria
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planer n a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood [syn: plane, planer, planing machine]
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Planera n a deciduous tree of the family Ulmaceae that grows in the southeastern United States Synonym(s): Planera, genus Planera
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planner n a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver, deviser] a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done, etc.
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plenarily adv in a plenary manner; "an empire destined to enter the Commonwealth plenarily"
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plenary adj full in all respects; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"
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pleomorphic adj relating to or characterized by pleomorphism
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pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma n form of rhabdomyosarcoma that affects limb muscles of older adults Synonym(s): pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma
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pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma n form of rhabdomyosarcoma that affects limb muscles of older adults Synonym(s): pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, pleomorphic rhabdosarcoma
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pleomorphism n (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound Synonym(s): polymorphism, pleomorphism (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms
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Plumeria n deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers Synonym(s): Plumeria, genus Plumeria, Plumiera
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Plumeria acutifolia n frangipani of India having an erect habit and conical form; grown in temple gardens Synonym(s): pagoda tree, temple tree, Plumeria acutifolia
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Plumeria alba n tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers Synonym(s): West Indian jasmine, pagoda tree, Plumeria alba
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Plumiera n deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers Synonym(s): Plumeria, genus Plumeria, Plumiera
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polymer n a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
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polymerase n an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA
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polymeric adj of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; "a polymeric compound"
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polymeric amide n a polymer containing repeated amide groups [syn: polyamide, polymeric amide]
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polymerisation n a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound Synonym(s): polymerization, polymerisation
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polymerise v cause (a compound) to polymerize [syn: polymerize, polymerise] undergo polymerization Synonym(s): polymerize, polymerise
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polymerization n a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound Synonym(s): polymerization, polymerisation
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polymerize v cause (a compound) to polymerize [syn: polymerize, polymerise] undergo polymerization Synonym(s): polymerize, polymerise
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polymorph n an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites
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polymorphemic adj consisting of two or more morphemes
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polymorphic adj relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" Synonym(s): polymorphous, polymorphic relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" Synonym(s): polymorphic, polymorphous having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" Synonym(s): polymorphic, polymorphous
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polymorphism n (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound Synonym(s): polymorphism, pleomorphism (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
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polymorphous adj relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" Synonym(s): polymorphous, polymorphic relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" Synonym(s): polymorphic, polymorphous having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" Synonym(s): polymorphic, polymorphous
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polyneuritic psychosis n dementia observed during the last stages of severe chronic alcoholism; involves loss of memory for recent events although long term memory is intact Synonym(s): alcoholic dementia, alcohol amnestic disorder, Korsakoff's psychosis, Korsakoff's syndrome, Korsakov's psychosis, Korsakov's syndrome, polyneuritic psychosis
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polyneuritis n inflammation of many or all of the peripheral nerves (as in leprosy) Synonym(s): polyneuritis, multiple neuritis
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Palinurus \Pal`inu"rus\, n. [So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot of [92]neas.] (Naut.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede.
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Palmar \Pal"mar\, a. [L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf. F. palmaire.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.
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d8Palmarium \[d8]Palma"rium\, n.; pl. {Palmaria}. [NL. See {Palmar}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
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Palmary \Pal"ma*ry\, a. [L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.] Worthy of the palm; palmy; pre[89]minent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. --Br. Horne.
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Palmary \Pal"ma*ry\, a. (Anat.) Palmar.
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A palmerworm. 2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n. [From {Palm}, v. t.] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n.[From {Palm} the tree.] A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places. --Chaucer. Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together. --P. Plowman. The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all. --T. Staveley.
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A palmerworm. 2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
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Palmer \Palm"er\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A palmerworm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. (Angling) Short for {Palmer fly}, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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Palmerworm \Palm"er*worm`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. --Joel. i. 4. (b) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of {Ypsolophus pometellus}, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
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Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede.
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Palmyra \Pal*my"ra\, n. (Bot.) A species of palm ({Borassus flabelliformis}) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts.
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Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune. {Plain battle}, open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Plain chant} (Mus.) Same as {Plain song}, below. {Plain chart} (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. {Plain dealer}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] --Shak. {Plain dealing}. See under {Dealing}. {Plain molding} (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. {Plain sewing}, sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments. {Plain song}. (a) The Gregorian chant, or {canto fermo}; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave. (b) A simple melody. {Plain speaking}, plainness or bluntness of speech. Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See {Manifest}.
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Plain-hearted \Plain"-heart`ed\, a. Frank; sincere; artless. --Milton. -- {Plain"-heart`ed*ness}, n.
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Plain-hearted \Plain"-heart`ed\, a. Frank; sincere; artless. --Milton. -- {Plain"-heart`ed*ness}, n.
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d8Planaria \[d8]Plana"ria\, n.; pl. L. {Planari[91]}, E. {-rias}. [NL. See {Planary}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to {Planaria}, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.
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Planarian \Plana"rian\, n. (Zo[94]l.) One of the Planarida, or Dendroc[d2]la; any turbellarian worm. -- {Plana"rian}, a.
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Planarioid \Plana"rioid\, a. [Planaria + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Like the planarians.
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Planary \Pla"na*ry\, a. [L. planarius level. See {Plane}, a.] Of or pertaining to a plane. [R.]
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Plane \Plane\, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See {Plane}, v. & a.] 1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature. 2. (Astron.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator. 3. (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. 4. (Joinery) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc. {Objective plane} (Surv.), the horizontal plane upon which the object which is to be delineated, or whose place is to be determined, is supposed to stand. {Perspective plane}. See {Perspective}. {Plane at infinity} (Geom.), a plane in which points infinitely distant are conceived as situated. {Plane iron}, the cutting chisel of a joiner's plane. {Plane of polarization}. (Opt.) See {Polarization}. {Plane of projection}. (a) The plane on which the projection is made, corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective; -- called also principal plane. (b) (Descriptive Geom.) One of the planes to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position in space. {Plane of refraction} [or] {reflection} (Opt.), the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray.
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Flotation \Flo*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See {Flotilla}.] 1. The act, process, or state of floating. 2. The science of floating bodies. {Center of flotation}. (Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. --Rankine. {Plane, [or] Line}, {of flotation}, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See {Bearing}, n., 9 (c) . {Surface of flotation} (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.
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Planer \Plan"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals. 2. (Print.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. --Hansard. {Planer centers}. See under {Center}.
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Planer \Plan"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals. 2. (Print.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. --Hansard. {Planer centers}. See under {Center}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Center \Cen"ter\, n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr. [?] to prick, goad.] 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place. 2. The middle or central portion of anything. 3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction. 4. The earth. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See {Right}, and {Left}. 6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. 7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. Note: In a lathe the {live center} is in the spindle of the head stock; the {dead center} is on the tail stock. {Planer centers} are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis. {Center of an army}, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. {Center of a} {curve [or] surface} (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar co[94]rdinates. See {Co[94]rdinates}. {Center of curvature of a curve} (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See {Circle}. {Center of a fleet}, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. {Center of gravity} (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. {Center of gyration} (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation. {Center of inertia} (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. {Center of motion}, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. {Center of oscillation}, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. {Center of percussion}, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. {Center of pressure} (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Planer tree \Plan"er tree`\ [From J. S. Planer, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A small-leaved North American tree ({Planera aquatica}) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Planer tree \Plan"er tree`\ [From J. S. Planer, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A small-leaved North American tree ({Planera aquatica}) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Planner \Plan"ner\, n. One who plans; a projector.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plano-horizontal \Pla"no-hor`i*zon"tal\, a. [Plano- + horizontal.] Having a level horizontal surface or position. --Lee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plano-orbicular \Pla"no-orbic"ular\, a. [Plano- + orbicular.] Plane or flat on one side, and spherical on the other.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Planorbis \[d8]Pla*nor"bis\, n. [NL., fr. L. planus flat + orbis a circle.] (Zo[94]l.) Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to {Planorbis} and other allied genera, having shells of a discoidal form.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenarily \Ple"narily\, adv. In a plenary manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenariness \Ple"nariness\, n. Quality or state of being plenary.
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Plenarty \Plen"ar*ty\, n. The state of a benefice when occupied. --Blackstone.
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Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. {Plenary indulgence} (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. {Plenary inspiration}. (Theol.) See under {Inspiration}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, n. (Law) Decisive procedure. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. {Plenary indulgence} (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. {Plenary inspiration}. (Theol.) See under {Inspiration}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inspiration \In`spi*ra"tion\, n. [F. inspiration, L. inspiratio. See {Inspire}.] 1. The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration. 2. The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc. Your father was ever virtuous, and holy men at their death have good inspirations. --Shak. 3. (Theol.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God. --2 Tim. iii. 16. The age which we now live in is not an age of inspiration and impulses. --Sharp. {Plenary inspiration} (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message. {Verbal inspiration} (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plenary \Ple"na*ry\, a. [LL. plenarius, fr. L. plenus full. See {Plenty}.] Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. --I. Watts. {Plenary indulgence} (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. {Plenary inspiration}. (Theol.) See under {Inspiration}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleomorphic \Ple`o*mor"phic\, a. Pertaining to pleomorphism; as, the pleomorphic character of bacteria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleomorphism \Ple`o*mor"phism\, n. [Gr. [?] more + [?] form.] 1. (Crystallog.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism. 2. (Biol.) The theory that the various genera of bacteria are phases or variations of growth of a number of Protean species, each of which may exhibit, according to undetermined conditions, all or some of the forms characteristic of the different genera and species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pleomorphous \Ple`o*mor"phous\, a. Having the property of pleomorphism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plumery \Plum"er*y\, n. Plumes, collectively or in general; plumage. [R.] --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snakewood \Snake"wood`\, n. (Bot.) (a) An East Indian climbing plant ({Strychnos colubrina}) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. (b) An East Indian climbing shrub ({Ophioxylon serpentinum}) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. (c) Same as {Trumpetwood}. (d) A tropical American shrub ({Plumieria rubra}) which has very fragrant red blossoms. (e) Same as {Letterwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polemarch \Pol"e*march\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] war + [?] leader, from [?] to be first.] (Gr. Antiq.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollenarious \Pol`lena"rious\, a. Consisting of meal or pollen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymer \Pol"y*mer\, n. [See {Polymeric}.] (Chem.) Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization. [Formerly also written polymere.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymeric \Pol`y*mer"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. [?] part.] (Chem.) Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid ({CNOH}), fulminic acid ({C2N2O2H2}), and cyanuric acid ({C3N3O3H3}), are polymeric with each other. Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each element in a number of polymeric substances are respectively multiples and factors of each other, or have some simple common divisor. The relation may be merely a numerical one, as in the example given above, or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde, paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymerism \Polym"erism\, n. (Chem.) (a) The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. (b) The act or process of forming polymers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymerization \Pol`ymer`iza"tion\, n. (Chem.) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymerize \Pol"ymerize\, v. t. (Chem.) To cause polymerization of; to produce polymers from; to increase the molecular weight of, without changing the atomic proportions; thus, certain acids polymerize aldehyde.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymerize \Pol"ymerize\, v. i. (Chem.) To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymerous \Polym"erous\, a. 1. (Bot.) Having many parts or members in each set. --Gray. 2. (Chem.) Polymeric. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymorph \Pol"y*morph\, n. [Gr. [?] multiform; poly`s many + [?] form: cf. F. polymorphe.] (Crystallog.) A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. {Allomorph}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymorphic \Pol`y*mor"phic\, a. Polymorphous.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymorphism \Pol`y*mor"phism\, n. 1. (Crystallog.) Same as {Pleomorphism}. 2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymorphous \Pol`y*mor"phous\, a. 1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. --De Quincey. 2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymorphy \Pol"y*mor`phy\, n. Existence in many forms; polymorphism.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palm Harbor, FL (CDP, FIPS 54350) Location: 28.08764 N, 82.76324 W Population (1990): 50256 (23953 housing units) Area: 46.4 sq km (land), 22.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 34683, 34685
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palm River, FL (CDP, FIPS 54370) Location: 26.27692 N, 81.77642 W Population (1990): 3507 (1736 housing units) Area: 5.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palm River-Clair Mel, FL (CDP, FIPS 54387) Location: 27.93155 N, 82.38325 W Population (1990): 13691 (4939 housing units) Area: 21.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmarejo, PR (comunidad, FIPS 57978) Location: 18.07004 N, 66.32596 W Population (1990): 1088 (315 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palmarejo, PR (comunidad, FIPS 58150) Location: 18.04346 N, 67.07754 W Population (1990): 1150 (417 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmer, AK (city, FIPS 58660) Location: 61.59892 N, 149.10987 W Population (1990): 2866 (1169 housing units) Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palmer, IA (city, FIPS 61050) Location: 42.62880 N, 94.59831 W Population (1990): 230 (110 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 50571 Palmer, IL (village, FIPS 57303) Location: 39.45844 N, 89.40794 W Population (1990): 275 (103 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palmer, KS (city, FIPS 54200) Location: 39.63373 N, 97.13931 W Population (1990): 121 (70 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66962 Palmer, MA (CDP, FIPS 52070) Location: 42.16091 N, 72.32232 W Population (1990): 4069 (1881 housing units) Area: 10.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01069 Palmer, NE (village, FIPS 38155) Location: 41.22750 N, 98.21888 W Population (1990): 753 (316 housing units) Area: 145.1 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68864 Palmer, PR (comunidad, FIPS 58666) Location: 18.37237 N, 65.77449 W Population (1990): 1472 (471 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palmer, TN (town, FIPS 56560) Location: 35.35794 N, 85.56515 W Population (1990): 769 (298 housing units) Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37365 Palmer, TX (town, FIPS 54744) Location: 32.42729 N, 96.67242 W Population (1990): 1659 (583 housing units) Area: 7.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75152
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmer Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 57680) Location: 40.68963 N, 75.26850 W Population (1990): 3960 (1459 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmer Lake, CO (town, FIPS 57025) Location: 39.11677 N, 104.90590 W Population (1990): 1480 (702 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 80133
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmer Park, MD (CDP, FIPS 59650) Location: 38.91810 N, 76.87228 W Population (1990): 7019 (2224 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmersville, TN Zip code(s): 38241
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmerton, PA (borough, FIPS 57696) Location: 40.80117 N, 75.61704 W Population (1990): 5394 (2254 housing units) Area: 6.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 18071
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmhurst, TX (city, FIPS 54780) Location: 26.25380 N, 98.30087 W Population (1990): 326 (103 housing units) Area: 4.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Palmyra, IL (village, FIPS 57329) Location: 39.43487 N, 89.99621 W Population (1990): 722 (346 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Palmyra, IN (town, FIPS 57726) Location: 38.40818 N, 86.11421 W Population (1990): 621 (259 housing units) Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 47164 Palmyra, ME Zip code(s): 04965 Palmyra, MI Zip code(s): 49268 Palmyra, MO (city, FIPS 56036) Location: 39.79642 N, 91.52470 W Population (1990): 3371 (1465 housing units) Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 63461 Palmyra, NC Zip code(s): 27859 Palmyra, NE (village, FIPS 38190) Location: 40.70574 N, 96.39162 W Population (1990): 545 (209 housing units) Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68418 Palmyra, NJ (borough, FIPS 55800) Location: 40.00200 N, 75.03486 W Population (1990): 7056 (3035 housing units) Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08065 Palmyra, NY (village, FIPS 56187) Location: 43.06160 N, 77.23069 W Population (1990): 3566 (1550 housing units) Area: 3.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 14522 Palmyra, PA (borough, FIPS 57720) Location: 40.30954 N, 76.59501 W Population (1990): 6910 (3120 housing units) Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17078 Palmyra, TN Zip code(s): 37142 Palmyra, WI (village, FIPS 61025) Location: 42.87899 N, 88.58811 W Population (1990): 1539 (600 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53156
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Plumerville, AR (city, FIPS 56480) Location: 35.16060 N, 92.64122 W Population (1990): 832 (337 housing units) Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72127
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Plummer, ID (city, FIPS 63910) Location: 47.32970 N, 116.88407 W Population (1990): 804 (306 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83851 Plummer, MN (city, FIPS 51712) Location: 47.91566 N, 96.03945 W Population (1990): 277 (127 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56748
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLANNER A language for writing {theorem prover}s by {Carl Hewitt} {MIT} 1967. Never fully implemented. {CONNIVER} was an outgrowth of {PLANNER} and {microPLANNER} a subset. {PLASMA} is a PLANNER-like system modelled on {Actors}. See also {POPLER}, {QLISP}, {Scheme}. ["PLANNER: A Language for Proving Theorems in Robots", Carl Hewitt, Proc IJCAI-69, Wash DC, May 1969].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Planner-73 The original name for {PLASMA}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
polymorphic {polymorphism}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
polymorphic lambda-calculus (Or "second order typed lambda-calculus"). An extension of {typed lambda-calculus} allowing functions which take types as parameters. E.g. the {polymorphic} function "twice" may be written: twice = /\ t . \ (f :: t -> t) . \ (x :: t) . f (f x) (where "/\" is an upper case Greek lambda and "(v :: T)" is usually written as v with subscript T). The parameter t will be bound to the type to which twice is applied, e.g.: twice Int takes and returns a function of type Int -> Int. (Actual type arguments are often written in square brackets [ ]). Function twice itself has a higher type: twice :: Delta t . (t -> t) -> (t -> t) (where Delta is an upper case Greek delta). Thus /\ introduces an object which is a function of a type and Delta introduces a type which is a function of a type. Polymorphic lambda-calculus was invented by Jean-Yves Girard in 1971 and independently by John C. Reynolds in 1974. (1994-12-16)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
polymorphism A concept first identified by {Christopher Strachey} (1967) and developed by Hindley and Milner, allowing {types} such as list of anything. E.g. in {Haskell}: length :: [a] -> Int is a function which operates on a list of objects of any type, a (a is a {type variable}). This is known as parametric polymorphism. Polymorphic typing allows strong type checking as well as generic functions. {ML} in 1976 was the first language with polymorphic typing. Ad-hoc polymorphism (better described as {overloading}) is the ability to use the same syntax for objects of different types, e.g. "+" for addition of reals and integers or "-" for unary negation or diadic subtraction. Parametric polymorphism allows the same object code for a function to handle arguments of many types but overloading only reuses syntax and requires different code to handle different types. See also {generic type variable}. In {object-oriented programming}, the term is used to describe a {variable} that may refer to objects whose {class} is not known at {compile time} and which respond at {run time} according to the actual class of the object to which they refer. (2002-08-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Palmer-worm (Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands (Joel 1:4; 2:25), the wingless locusts, or the migratory locust in its larva state.
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
Palmyra Atoll (territory of the US) Palmyra Atoll:Geography Location: Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 11.9 sq km land area: 11.9 sq km comparative area: about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 14.5 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: equatorial, hot, and very rainy Terrain: low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 100% other: 0% Irrigated land: 0 sq km Environment: current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA Note: about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall Palmyra Atoll:People Population: uninhabited Palmyra Atoll:Government Names: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Palmyra Atoll Digraph: LQ Type: incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC Economy Overview: no economic activity Palmyra Atoll:Transportation Highways: much of the road and many causeways built during the war are unserviceable and overgrown Ports: West Lagoon Airports: total: 1 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1 Palmyra Atoll:Defense Forces Note: defense is the responsibility of the US