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English Dictionary: viscosimetric	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vacuousness n indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas; "the vacuousness of her face belied her feelings"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vagus nerve n a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera Synonym(s): vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vasoconstriction n decrease in the diameter of blood vessels
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vasoconstrictive n any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure Synonym(s): vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vasoconstrictor n any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure Synonym(s): vasoconstrictor, vasoconstrictive, pressor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vesicant adj causing blisters Synonym(s): vesicatory, vesicant n a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) Synonym(s): vesicant, vesicatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vice chancellor n a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viciousness n the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness, savagery]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vicugna n a genus of Camelidae Synonym(s): Vicugna, genus Vicugna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Vicugna vicugna n small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat Synonym(s): vicuna, Vicugna vicugna
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vigesimal adj relating to or based on the number twenty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscosimeter n a measuring instrument for measuring viscosity [syn: viscometer, viscosimeter]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscosimetric adj of or relating to the measurement of viscosity [syn: viscometric, viscosimetric]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscosimetry n the measurement of viscosity [syn: viscometry, viscosimetry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
viscousness n resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) Synonym(s): viscosity, viscousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
voice communication n (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" Synonym(s): speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vacuousness \Vac"uousness\, n. The quality or state of being vacuous; emptiness; vacuity. --W. Montagu.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vasoconstrictor \Vas`oconstrict"or\, a. (Physiol.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called {vasohypertonic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vesicant \Ves"i*cant\, n. [L. vesica blister: cf. F. v[82]sicant.] (Med.) A vesicatory.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vessicnon \Ves"sicnon\, Vessignon \Ves"signon\, n. [F. vessigon, fr. L. vesica a bladder, blister.] (Far.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vessicnon \Ves"sicnon\, Vessignon \Ves"signon\, n. [F. vessigon, fr. L. vesica a bladder, blister.] (Far.) A soft swelling on a horse's leg; a windgall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consul \Con"sul\, n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See {Consult}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also. 2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.] Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. --Shak. With kings and consuls of the earth. --Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. ) 3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul. 4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. {Consul general}, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls. {Vice consul}, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vice \Vice\, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. {Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts. {Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral. {Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott. {Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.] {Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery. {Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul. {Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy. {Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l[82]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate. {Vice presidency}, the office of vice president. {Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr[82]sident], an officer next in rank below a president.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vicious \Vi"cious\, a. [OF. vicious, F. vicieux, fr. L. vitiosus, fr. vitium vice. See {Vice} a fault.] 1. Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect. Though I perchance am vicious in my guess. --Shak. The title of these lords was vicious in its origin. --Burke. A charge against Bentley of vicious reasoning. --De Quincey. 2. Addicted to vice; corrupt in principles or conduct; depraved; wicked; as, vicious children; vicious examples; vicious conduct. Who . . . heard this heavy curse, Servant of servants, on his vicious race. --Milton. 3. Wanting purity; foul; bad; noxious; as, vicious air, water, etc. --Dryden. 4. Not correct or pure; corrupt; as, vicious language; vicious idioms. 5. Not well tamed or broken; given to bad tricks; unruly; refractory; as, a vicious horse. 6. Bitter; spiteful; malignant. [Colloq.] Syn: Corrupt; faulty; wicked; depraved. -- {Vi"ciously}, adv. -- {Vi"ciousness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigesimal \Viges"imal\, a. [L. vigesimus twentieth, from viginti twenty.] Twentieth; divided into, or consisting of, twenties or twenty parts. --Tylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigesimation \Viges`ima"tion\, n. The act of putting to death every twentieth man. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigesimo-quarto \Viges"imo-quar"to\, a. [L. vigesimus quartus twenty-fourth. Cf. {Duodecimo}.] Having twenty-four leaves to a sheet; as, a vigesimo-quarto form, book, leaf, size, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vigesimo-quarto \Viges"imo-quar"to\, n.; pl. {-tos}. A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into twenty-four leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 24mo, or 24[deg].
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscosimeter \Vis`cosim"eter\, n. [Viscosity + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the degree of viscosity of liquids, as solutions of gum.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Viscous \Vis"cous\, a. [L. viscosus. See {Viscid}.] Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- {Vis"cous*ness}, n. Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
vaxism /vak'sizm/ n. A piece of code that exhibits {vaxocentrism} in critical areas. Compare {PC-ism}, {unixism}.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
vaxocentrism /vak`soh-sen'trizm/ n. [analogy with `ethnocentrism'] A notional disease said to afflict C programmers who persist in coding according to certain assumptions that are valid (esp. under Unix) on {VAXen} but false elsewhere. Among these are: 1. The assumption that dereferencing a null pointer is safe because it is all bits 0, and location 0 is readable and 0. Problem: this may instead cause an illegal-address trap on non-VAXen, and even on VAXen under OSes other than BSD Unix. Usually this is an implicit assumption of sloppy code (forgetting to check the pointer before using it), rather than deliberate exploitation of a misfeature. 2. The assumption that characters are signed. 3. The assumption that a pointer to any one type can freely be cast into a pointer to any other type. A stronger form of this is the assumption that all pointers are the same size and format, which means you don't have to worry about getting the casts or types correct in calls. Problem: this fails on word-oriented machines or others with multiple pointer formats. 4. The assumption that the parameters of a routine are stored in memory, on a stack, contiguously, and in strictly ascending or descending order. Problem: this fails on many RISC architectures. 5. The assumption that pointer and integer types are the same size, and that pointers can be stuffed into integer variables (and vice-versa) and drawn back out without being truncated or mangled. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures or word-oriented machines with funny pointer formats. 6. The assumption that a data type of any size may begin at any byte address in memory (for example, that you can freely construct and dereference a pointer to a word- or greater-sized object at an odd char address). Problem: this fails on many (esp. RISC) architectures better optimized for {HLL} execution speed, and can cause an illegal address fault or bus error. 7. The (related) assumption that there is no padding at the end of types and that in an array you can thus step right from the last byte of a previous component to the first byte of the next one. This is not only machine- but compiler-dependent. 8. The assumption that memory address space is globally flat and that the array reference `foo[-1]' is necessarily valid. Problem: this fails at 0, or other places on segment-addressed machines like Intel chips (yes, segmentation is universally considered a {brain-damaged} way to design machines (see {moby}), but that is a separate issue). 9. The assumption that objects can be arbitrarily large with no special considerations. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures and under non-virtual-addressing environments. 10. The assumption that the stack can be as large as memory. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures or almost anything else without virtual addressing and a paged stack. 11. The assumption that bits and addressable units within an object are ordered in the same way and that this order is a constant of nature. Problem: this fails on {big-endian} machines. 12. The assumption that it is meaningful to compare pointers to different objects not located within the same array, or to objects of different types. Problem: the former fails on segmented architectures, the latter on word-oriented machines or others with multiple pointer formats. 13. The assumption that an `int' is 32 bits, or (nearly equivalently) the assumption that `sizeof(int) == sizeof(long)'. Problem: this fails on PDP-11s, 286-based systems and even on 386 and 68000 systems under some compilers (and on 64-bit systems like the Alpha, of course). 14. The assumption that `argv[]' is writable. Problem: this fails in many embedded-systems C environments and even under a few flavors of Unix. Note that a programmer can validly be accused of vaxocentrism even if he or she has never seen a VAX. Some of these assumptions (esp. 2-5) were valid on the PDP-11, the original C machine, and became endemic years before the VAX. The terms `vaxocentricity' and `all-the-world's-a-VAX syndrome' have been used synonymously.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vaxism /vak'sizm/ A piece of code that exhibits {vaxocentrism} in critical areas. Compare {PC-ism}, {Unixism}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
vaxocentrism /vak"soh-sen"trizm/ [analogy with "ethnocentrism"] A notional disease said to afflict C programmers who persist in coding according to certain assumptions that are valid (especially under Unix) on {VAXen} but false elsewhere. Among these are: 1. The assumption that dereferencing a null pointer is safe because it is all bits 0, and location 0 is readable and 0. Problem: this may instead cause an illegal-address trap on non-VAXen, and even on VAXen under OSes other than BSD Unix. Usually this is an implicit assumption of sloppy code (forgetting to check the pointer before using it), rather than deliberate exploitation of a misfeature. 2. The assumption that characters are signed. 3. The assumption that a pointer to any one type can freely be cast into a pointer to any other type. A stronger form of this is the assumption that all pointers are the same size and format, which means you don't have to worry about getting the casts or types correct in calls. Problem: this fails on word-oriented machines or others with multiple pointer formats. 4. The assumption that the parameters of a routine are stored in memory, on a stack, contiguously, and in strictly ascending or descending order. Problem: this fails on many RISC architectures. 5. The assumption that pointer and integer types are the same size, and that pointers can be stuffed into integer variables (and vice-versa) and drawn back out without being truncated or mangled. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures or word-oriented machines with funny pointer formats. 6. The assumption that a data type of any size may begin at any byte address in memory (for example, that you can freely construct and dereference a pointer to a word- or greater-sized object at an odd char address). Problem: this fails on many (especially RISC) architectures better optimised for {HLL} execution speed, and can cause an illegal address fault or bus error. 7. The (related) assumption that there is no padding at the end of types and that in an array you can thus step right from the last byte of a previous component to the first byte of the next one. This is not only machine- but compiler-dependent. 8. The assumption that memory address space is globally flat and that the array reference "foo[-1]" is necessarily valid. Problem: this fails at 0, or other places on segment-addressed machines like Intel chips (yes, segmentation is universally considered a {brain-damaged} way to design machines (see {moby}), but that is a separate issue). 9. The assumption that objects can be arbitrarily large with no special considerations. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures and under non-virtual-addressing environments. 10. The assumption that the stack can be as large as memory. Problem: this fails on segmented architectures or almost anything else without virtual addressing and a paged stack. 11. The assumption that bits and addressable units within an object are ordered in the same way and that this order is a constant of nature. Problem: this fails on {big-endian} machines. 12. The assumption that it is meaningful to compare pointers to different objects not located within the same array, or to objects of different types. Problem: the former fails on segmented architectures, the latter on word-oriented machines or others with multiple pointer formats. 13. The assumption that an "int" is 32 bits, or (nearly equivalently) the assumption that "sizeof(int) == sizeof(long)". Problem: this fails on {PDP-11}s, {Intel 80286}-based systems and even on {Intel 80386} and {Motorola 68000} systems under some compilers. 14. The assumption that "argv[]" is writable. Problem: this fails in many embedded-systems C environments and even under a few flavours of Unix. Note that a programmer can validly be accused of vaxocentrism even if he or she has never seen a VAX. Some of these assumptions (especially 2--5) were valid on the {PDP-11}, the original {C} machine, and became endemic years before the VAX. The terms "vaxocentricity" and "all-the-world"s-a-VAX syndrome' have been used synonymously. [{Jargon File}]