worldly-minded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   whorled
         adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: {coiling}, {helical},
                  {spiral}, {spiraling}, {volute}, {voluted}, {whorled},
                  {turbinate}]
         2: forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves
            around a stem) [syn: {verticillate}, {verticillated},
            {whorled}]

English Dictionary: worldly-minded	by the DICT Development Group
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whorled aster n North American perennial with apparently whorled leaves and showy white purple-tinged flowers Synonym(s): whorled aster, Aster acuminatus
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whorled caraway n a caraway with whorled leaves
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whorled loosestrife n common North American yellow-flowered plant [syn: {whorled loosestrife}, Lysimachia quadrifolia]
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whorled milkweed n milkweed of the eastern United States with narrow leaves in whorls and greenish-white flowers Synonym(s): whorled milkweed, Asclepias verticillata
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world adj involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" Synonym(s): global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide n everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" Synonym(s): universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest; "the Western world" Synonym(s): world, domain all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were" Synonym(s): world, reality the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world" Synonym(s): Earth, earth, world, globe people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" Synonym(s): populace, public, world a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the outdoor world"; "the world of insects" the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" Synonym(s): worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" Synonym(s): world, human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man
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world affairs n affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" Synonym(s): world affairs, international affairs
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World Bank n a United Nations agency created to assist developing nations by loans guaranteed by member governments Synonym(s): International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank, IBRD
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world council n a council with representatives from different nations
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World Council of Churches n an ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters
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World Court n a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations Synonym(s): International Court of Justice, World Court
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World Cup n a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion
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World Health Organization n a United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services Synonym(s): World Health Organization, WHO
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World Meteorological Organization n the United Nations agency concerned with the international collection of meteorological data Synonym(s): World Meteorological Organization, WMO
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world organisation n an international alliance involving many different countries Synonym(s): world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization
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world organization n an international alliance involving many different countries Synonym(s): world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization
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world power n a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world Synonym(s): world power, major power, great power, power, superpower
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world premiere n (music) the first public performance (as of a dramatic or musical work) anywhere in the world
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world record n the best record in the whole world
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World Series n series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship; "we watched the World Series on TV"
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World Tamil Association n a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war" Synonym(s): Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement
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World Tamil Movement n a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war" Synonym(s): Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, LTTE, Tamil Tigers, Tigers, World Tamil Association, World Tamil Movement
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World Trade Center n twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 Synonym(s): World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers
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World Trade Organization n an international organization based in Geneva that monitors and enforces rules governing global trade Synonym(s): World Trade Organization, WTO
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world traveler n someone who travels widely and often [syn: globetrotter, world traveler]
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world view n a comprehensive view of the world and human life [syn: Weltanschauung, world view]
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world war n a war in which the major nations of the world are involved
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World War 1 n a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 Synonym(s): World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
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World War 2 n a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 Synonym(s): World War II, World War 2, Second World War
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World War I n a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 Synonym(s): World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
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World War II n a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945 Synonym(s): World War II, World War 2, Second World War
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World Wide Web n computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol Synonym(s): World Wide Web, WWW, web
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world-beater n a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king, queen, world-beater]
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world-class adj ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" Synonym(s): first, foremost, world-class
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world-shaking adj sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world- shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering" Synonym(s): earthshaking, world- shaking, world-shattering
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world-shattering adj sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world- shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering" Synonym(s): earthshaking, world- shaking, world-shattering
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world-weariness n sadness on thinking about the evils of the world [syn: world-weariness, Weltschmerz]
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world-weary adj tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air" Synonym(s): bored, world- weary
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world-wide adj involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" Synonym(s): global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" Synonym(s): worldwide, world-wide of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" Synonym(s): cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide
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worldliness n the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment Synonym(s): sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity Antonym(s): naiveness, naivete, naivety concern with worldly affairs to the neglect of spiritual needs; "he disliked the worldliness of many bishops around him" Antonym(s): otherworldliness, spiritism, spiritualism, spirituality
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worldling n a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world an inhabitant of the earth Synonym(s): tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling
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worldly adj characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement"; "temporal possessions of the church" Synonym(s): worldly, secular, temporal Antonym(s): unworldly very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" Synonym(s): blase, worldly
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worldly belongings n all the property that someone possess; "he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter" Synonym(s): worldly possessions, worldly belongings, worldly goods
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worldly concern n the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" Synonym(s): worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
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worldly good n a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings Synonym(s): worldly possession, worldly good
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worldly goods n all the property that someone possess; "he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter" Synonym(s): worldly possessions, worldly belongings, worldly goods
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worldly possession n a commodity or good associated with the earthly, rather than the spiritual, existence of human beings Synonym(s): worldly possession, worldly good
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worldly possessions n all the property that someone possess; "he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter" Synonym(s): worldly possessions, worldly belongings, worldly goods
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worldly-minded adj marked by materialism [syn: materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded]
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worldly-wise adj experienced in and wise to the ways of the world
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worldwide adj spanning or extending throughout the entire world; "worldwide distribution"; "a worldwide epidemic" Synonym(s): worldwide, world-wide involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance" Synonym(s): global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" Synonym(s): cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide
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Wurlitzer n United States businessman (born in German) who founded a company to make pipe organs (1831-1914) Synonym(s): Wurlitzer, Rudolf Wurlitzer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Whirl \Whirl\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whirled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whirling}.] [OE. whirlen, probably from the Scand.; cf. Icel. & Sw. hvirfla, Dan. hvirvle; akin to D. wervelen, G. wirbeln, freq. of the verb seen in Icel. hverfa to turn. [root]16. See {Wharf}, and cf. {Warble}, {Whorl}.] 1. To turn round rapidly; to cause to rotate with velocity; to make to revolve. He whirls his sword around without delay. --Dryden. 2. To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry. --Chaucer. See, see the chariot, and those rushing wheels, That whirled the prophet up at Chebar flood. --Milton. The passionate heart of the poet is whirl'd into folly. --Tennyson.
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Whorled \Whorled\, a. Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
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Wire \Wire\, n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[c6]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [?][?][?][?].] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel. Note: Wire is made of any desired form, as round, square, triangular, etc., by giving this shape to the hole in the drawplate, or between the rollers. 2. A telegraph wire or cable; hence, an electric telegraph; as, to send a message by wire. [Colloq.] {Wire bed}, {Wire mattress}, an elastic bed bottom or mattress made of wires interwoven or looped together in various ways. {Wire bridge}, a bridge suspended from wires, or cables made of wire. {Wire cartridge}, a shot cartridge having the shot inclosed in a wire cage. {Wire cloth}, a coarse cloth made of woven metallic wire, -- used for strainers, and for various other purposes. {Wire edge}, the thin, wirelike thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it. {Wire fence}, a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between. {Wire gauge} [or] {gage}. (a) A gauge for measuring the diameter of wire, thickness of sheet metal, etc., often consisting of a metal plate with a series of notches of various widths in its edge. (b) A standard series of sizes arbitrarily indicated, as by numbers, to which the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal in usually made, and which is used in describing the size or thickness. There are many different standards for wire gauges, as in different countries, or for different kinds of metal, the Birmingham wire gauges and the American wire gauge being often used and designated by the abbreviations B. W. G. and A. W. G. respectively. {Wire gauze}, a texture of finely interwoven wire, resembling gauze. {Wire grass} (Bot.), either of the two common grasses {Eleusine Indica}, valuable for hay and pasture, and {Poa compressa}, or blue grass. See {Blue grass}. {Wire grub} (Zo[94]l.), a wireworm. {Wire iron}, wire rods of iron. {Wire lathing}, wire cloth or wire netting applied in the place of wooden lathing for holding plastering. {Wire mattress}. See {Wire bed}, above. {Wire micrometer}, a micrometer having spider lines, or fine wires, across the field of the instrument. {Wire nail}, a nail formed of a piece of wire which is headed and pointed. {Wire netting}, a texture of woven wire coarser than ordinary wire gauze. {Wire rod}, a metal rod from which wire is formed by drawing. {Wire rope}, a rope formed wholly, or in great part, of wires.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.] 1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20. With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. --Milton. 2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts. Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton. There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign. --W. B. Sprague. 3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton. 4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety. --Shak. Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world's end -- for so they counted Britain. --Milton. 5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison. 6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. 7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. --Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak. 8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii. 9. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. --1 John ii. 15, 16. 9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant. Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak. A world of woes dispatched in little space. --Dryden. {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not save him. {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.] O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. --Shak. {For all the world}. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak. {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end. Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.] 1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20. With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. --Milton. 2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts. Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton. There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign. --W. B. Sprague. 3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton. 4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety. --Shak. Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world's end -- for so they counted Britain. --Milton. 5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison. 6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. 7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. --Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak. 8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii. 9. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. --1 John ii. 15, 16. 9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant. Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak. A world of woes dispatched in little space. --Dryden. {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not save him. {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.] O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. --Shak. {For all the world}. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak. {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end. Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldliness \World"li*ness\, n. The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldling \World"ling\, [World + -ling.] A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments. A foutre for the world and worldlings base. --Shak. If we consider the expectations of futurity, the worldling gives up the argument. --Rogers. And worldlings blot the temple's gold. --Keble.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly \World"ly\, a. [AS. woroldlic.] 1. Relating to the world; human; common; as, worldly maxims; worldly actions. [bd]I thus neglecting worldly ends.[b8] --Shak. Many years it hath continued, standing by no other worldly mean but that one only hand which erected it. --Hooker. 2. Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men. With his soul fled all my worldly solace. --Shak. 3. Lay, as opposed to clerical. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly \World"ly\, adv. With relation to this life; in a worldly manner. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly-minded \World"ly-mind`ed\, a. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- {World"lymind`edness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldly-minded \World"ly-mind`ed\, a. Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns. -- {World"lymind`edness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worldlywise \World"ly*wise`\, a. Wise in regard to things of this world. --Bunyan.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS. weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt, worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver[94]ld, Sw. verld, Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity; AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime, age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.] 1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the system of created things; existent creation; the universe. The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20. With desire to know, What nearer might concern him, how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first began. --Milton. 2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. [bd]Lord of the worlds above.[b8] --I. Watts. Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant, but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton. There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their almighty Sovereign. --W. B. Sprague. 3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the sum of human affairs and interests. That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton. 4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future world; the heathen world. One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety. --Shak. Murmuring that now they must be put to make war beyond the world's end -- for so they counted Britain. --Milton. 5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison. 6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as, to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and begin the world anew. 7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in general; the public; mankind. Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to any purpose that the world can say against it. --Shak. Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak. 8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind. I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii. 9. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. --1 John ii. 15, 16. 9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity; a large number. [bd]A world of men.[b8] --Chapman. [bd]A world of blossoms for the bee.[b8] --Bryant. Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak. A world of woes dispatched in little space. --Dryden. {All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not save him. {A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or surprising to see. [Obs.] O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame, when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. --Shak. {For all the world}. (a) Precisely; exactly. (b) For any consideration. {Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. {To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] [bd]Thus goes every one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and cry heighho for a husband![b8] --Shak. {World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world; the remotest regions. {World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if in a state of existence having no end. Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii. 21.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
World-wide \World"-wide`\, a. Extended throughout the world; as, world-wide fame. --Tennyson.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World Time {Coordinated Universal Time}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) The main standards body for the {World-Wide Web}. W3C works with the global community to establish international {standards} for {client} and {server} {protocols} that enable on-line commerce and communications on the {Internet}. It also produces reference software. W3C was created by the {Massachusetts Institute of Technology} (MIT) on 25 October 1994. {Netscape Communications Corporation} was a founding member. The Consortium is run by {MIT LCS} and {INRIA}, in collaboration with {CERN} where the web originated. W3C is funded by industrial members but its products are freely available to all. The director is Tim Berners-Lee who invented the {World-Wide Web} at the Center for European Particle Research (CERN). {Home (http://www.w3.org/)}. (1996-11-03)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World-Wide Wait A pejorative expansion of {WWW} reflecting on the slowness of some network connections and sites. (1997-03-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World-Wide Web (WWW, W3, The Web) An {Internet} {client-server} {hypertext} distributed information retrieval system which originated from the {CERN} High-Energy Physics laboratories in Geneva, Switzerland. An extensive user community has developed on the Web since its public introduction in 1991. In the early 1990s, the developers at CERN spread word of the Web's capabilities to scientific audiences worldwide. By September 1993, the share of Web traffic traversing the {NSFNET} {Internet} {backbone} reached 75 {gigabytes} per month or one percent. By July 1994 it was one {terabyte} per month. On the WWW everything (documents, menus, indices) is represented to the user as a {hypertext} object in {HTML} format. {Hypertext} {links} refer to other documents by their {URL}s. These can refer to local or remote resources accessible via {FTP}, {Gopher}, {Telnet} or {news}, as well as those available via the {http} protocol used to transfer {hypertext} documents. The client program (known as a {browser}), e.g. {NCSA} {Mosaic}, {Netscape} {Navigator}, runs on the user's computer and provides two basic navigation operations: to follow a {link} or to send a query to a server. A variety of client and server software is freely available. Most clients and servers also support "forms" which allow the user to enter arbitrary text as well as selecting options from customisable menus and on/off switches. Following the widespread availability of web browsers and servers, many companies from about 1995 realised they could use the same software and protocols on their own private internal {TCP/IP} networks giving rise to the term "{intranet}". If you don't have a WWW {browser}, but you are on the {Internet}, you can access the Web using the command: telnet www.w3.org (Internet address 128.141.201.74) but it's much better if you install a browser on your own computer. The {World Wide Web Consortium} is the main standards body for the web. {An article by John December (http://sunsite.unc.edu/cmc/mag/1994/oct/webip.html)}. {A good place to start exploring (http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/StartingPoints/NetworkStartingPoints.html)}. {WWW servers, clients and tools (http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Status.html)}. Mailing list: . {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.infosystems.www.misc}, {news:comp.infosystems.www.providers}, {news:comp.infosystems.www.users}, {news:comp.infosystems.announce}. The best way to access {this dictionary} is via the Web since you will get the latest version and be able to follow cross-references easily. If you are reading a plain text version of this dictionary then you will see lots of curly brackets and strings like {(http://hostname/here/there/page.html)}. These are transformed into hypertext links when you access it via the Web. See also {Java}, {webhead}. (1996-10-28)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World-Wide Web browser A {browser} for the {World-Wide Web}. (1996-11-22)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
World-Wide Web Worm (WWWW) One of the first automatic indexing tools for the {World-Wide Web}, being developed in September 1994 by Oliver McBryan at the {University of Colorado}. The worm created a database of 300000 {multimedia} objects which can be obtained or searched for keywords via the WWW. {Home (http://www.cs.colorado.edu/home/mcbryan/WWWW.html)}. (1996-05-19)
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]:
World World:Geography Map references: World, Time Zones Area: total area: 510.072 million sq km land area: 148.94 million sq km water area: 361.132 million sq km comparative area: land area about 16 times the size of the US note: 70.8% of the world is water, 29.2% is land Land boundaries: the land boundaries in the world total 250,883.64 km (not counting shared boundaries twice) Coastline: 356,000 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm claimed by most but can vary continental shelf: 200-m depth claimed by most or to depth of exploitation, others claim 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm claimed by most but can vary exclusive economic zone: 200 nm claimed by most but can vary territorial sea: 12 nm claimed by most but can vary note: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 nm; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe Climate: two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to subtropical climates Terrain: highest elevation is Mt. Everest at 8,848 meters and lowest depression is the Dead Sea at 392 meters below sea level; greatest ocean depth is the Marianas Trench at 10,924 meters Natural resources: the rapid using up of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe and the former USSR) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address Land use: arable land: 10% permanent crops: 1% meadows and pastures: 24% forest and woodland: 31% other: 34% Irrigated land: NA sq km Environment: current issues: large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion natural hazards: large areas subject to severe weather (tropical cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) international agreements: 23 selected international environmental agreements included under the Environment entry for each country and in Appendix E: Selected International Environmental Agreements World:People Population: 5,733,687,096 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 31.6% (female 882,809,689; male 928,121,801) 15-64 years: 62% (female 1,752,393,539; male 1,802,004,124) 65 years and over: 6.4% (female 209,437,234; male 158,246,581) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.5% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 24 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 64 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 62 years male: 61 years female: 64 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 3.1 children born/woman (1995 est.) Labor force: 2.24 billion (1992) by occupation: NA World:Government Digraph: XX Administrative divisions: 265 nations, dependent areas, other, and miscellaneous entries Legal system: varies by individual country; 186 (note including Yugoslavia) are parties to the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) Economy Overview: Led by recovery in Western Europe and strong performances by the US, Canada, and key Third World countries, real global output - gross world product (GWP) - rose 3% in 1994 compared with 2% in 1993. Results varied widely among regions and countries. Average growth of 3% in the GDP of industrialized countries (60% of GWP in 1994) and average growth of 6% in the GDP of less developed countries (34% of GWP) were partly offset by a further 11% drop in the GDP of the former USSR/Eastern Europe area (now only 6% of GWP). With the notable exception of Japan at 2.9%, unemployment was typically 5%-12% in the industrial world. The US accounted for 22% of GWP in 1994; Western Europe accounted for another 22%; and Japan accounted for 8%. These are the three "economic superpowers" which are presumably destined to compete for mastery in international markets on into the 21st century. As for the less developed countries, China, India, and the Four Dragons - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore - once again posted records of 5% growth or better; however, many other countries, especially in Africa, continued to suffer from drought, rapid population growth, inflation, and civil strife. Central Europe made considerable progress in moving toward "market-friendly" economies, whereas the 15 ex-Soviet countries (with the notable exceptions of the three Baltic states) typically experienced further declines in output, sometimes as high as 30%. Externally, the nation-state, as a bedrock economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology. Internally, the central government in a number of cases is losing control over resources as separatist regional movements - typically based on ethnicity - gain momentum, e.g., in the successor states of the former Soviet Union, in the former Yugoslavia, and in India. In Western Europe, governments face the difficult political problem of channeling resources away from welfare programs in order to increase investment and strengthen incentives to seek employment. The addition of nearly 100 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification, underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Because of their own internal problems, the industrialized countries have inadequate resources to deal effectively with the poorer areas of the world, which, at least from the economic point of view, are becoming further marginalized. (For the specific economic problems of each country, see the individual country entries in this volume.) National product: GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity - $30.7 trillion (1994 est.) National product real growth rate: 3.2% (1994 est.) National product per capita: $5,400 (1994 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): all countries: 25% developed countries: 5% developing countries: 50% (1994 est.) note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from stable prices to hyperinflation Unemployment rate: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically 5%-12% unemployment Exports: $4 trillion (f.o.b., 1994 est.) commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services partners: in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries Imports: $4.1 trillion (c.i.f., 1994 est.) commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and services partners: in value, about 75% of imports by the developed countries External debt: $1 trillion for less developed countries (1993 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1994 est.) Electricity: capacity: 2,773,000,000 kW production: 11.601 trillion kWh consumption per capita: 1,937 kWh (1993) Industries: industry worldwide is dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces, and the technological gap between the industrial nations and the less-developed countries continues to widen; the rapid development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems Agriculture: the production of major food crops has increased substantially in the last 20 years; the annual production of cereals, for instance, has risen by 50%, from about 1.2 billion metric tons to about 1.8 billion metric tons; production increases have resulted mainly from increased yields rather than increases in planted areas; while global production is sufficient for aggregate demand, about one-fifth of the world's population remains malnourished, primarily because local production cannot adequately provide for large and rapidly growing populations, which are too poor to pay for food imports; conditions are especially bad in Africa where drought in recent years has intensified the consequences of overpopulation Economic aid: $NA World:Transportation Railroads: total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr attained by France's SNCF TGV-Atlantique line broad gauge: 251,153 km standard gauge: 710,754 km narrow gauge: 239,430 km Highways: total: NA paved: NA unpaved: NA Ports: Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi (Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama Merchant marine: total: 25,364 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 435,458,296 GRT/697,171,651 DWT ships by type: barge carrier 39, bulk 5,202, cargo 8,121, chemical tanker 911, combination bulk 293, combination ore/oil 290, container 1,903, liquefied gas 675, livestock carrier 48, multifunction large-load carrier 53, oil tanker 4,332, passenger 287, passenger-cargo 114, railcar carrier 24, refrigerated cargo 1,023, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,047, short-sea passenger 465, specialized tanker 77, vehicle carrier 460 (April 1995) World:Communications Telephone system: local: NA intercity: NA international: NA Radio: broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: NA televisions: NA World:Defense Forces Branches: ground, maritime, and air forces at all levels of technology Defense expenditures: a further decline in 1994, by perhaps 5%-10%, to roughly three-quarters of a trillion dollars, or 2.5% of gross world product (1994 est.)