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astrophysics
1. n. The branch of astronomy or physics that deals with the physical properties of celestial bodies and with the interaction between matter and radiation in celestial bodies and in the space between them.
geology
1. n. The science that studies the structure of the earth (or other planets), together with its origin and development, especially by examination of its rocks.
2. n. The geological structure of a region.
The geology of the Alps.
relating
1. v. present participle of relate
2. n. The act of relating, or forming or identifying relationships; relation.
relate
1. v. To tell in a descriptive way.
2. v. To give an association.
3. v. To make a connection or correlation between one thing and another.
4. v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
5. v. (intransitive) To interact.
6. v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
7. v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.
8. v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
long
1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
2. adj. Having great duration.
The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont.
6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
No! That forehand is longnb....
8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
9. adv. Over a great distance in space.
He threw the ball long.
10. adv. For a particular duration.
How long is it until the next bus arrives?
11. adv. For a long duration.
Will this interview take long?
Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
Every uptick made the longs cheer.
15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
She longed for him to come back.
18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
20. n. longitude
term
1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
4. n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
5. n. Relations among people.
We are on friendly terms with each other.
6. n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
7. n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
8. n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
9. n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
10. n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
All the terms of this sum cancel out.
One only term is odd nobr - in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
11. n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
12. n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
13. n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
14. n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
15. v. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
16. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
term neonate
17. n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal)
18. v. To terminate one's employment
19. n. One whose employment has been terminated
non
1. adv. obsolete form of none
periodic
1. adj. Relative to a period or periods.
2. adj. Having repeated cycles.
3. adj. Occurring at regular intervals.
4. adj. Periodical.
5. adj. (astronomy) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
6. adj. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples ofk time steps, for somek>1.
7. adj. (rhetoric) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
8. adj. Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; Of or derived from a periodic acid.
irregularities
1. n. plural of irregularity
irregularity
1. n. An instance of being irregular.
2. n. The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
3. n. An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
an irregularity of surface
4. n. A violation of rules.
An investigation of the irregularities in the company's accounts uncovered a large-scale fraud.
5. n. (euphemism) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).
especially
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
planetary
1. adj. (astronomy) Of, or relating to planets, or the orbital motion of planets.
2. adj. Of, or relating to the Earth; terrestrial.
3. adj. Of, or relating to the whole Earth; global.
4. adj. (of a gear train) epicyclic
5. n. A planetary nebula.
motion
1. n. A state of progression from one place to another.
2. n. A change of position with respect to time.
3. n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
4. n. A parliamentary action to propose something.
The motion to amend is now open for discussion.
5. n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
6. n. (philosophy) from κίνησις (kinesis); any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration, augmentation and diminution, and change of place.
7. n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
8. n. (law) A formal request, oral or written, made to a judge or court of law to obtain an official court ruling or order for a legal action to be taken by, or on behalf of, the movant.
9. n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
10. n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale. Contrary motion is when parts move in opposite di
11. n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
12. v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
He motioned for me to come closer.
13. v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
14. v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
magnetic
1. adj. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.
a magnetic recorder
2. adj. Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
3. adj. Determined by earth's magnetic fields.
magnetic north
the magnetic meridian
4. adj. Having an extraordinary ability to attract.
He has a magnetic personality.
5. adj. (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.
a magnetic sleep
field
1. n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
There are several species of wild flowers growing in this field.
2. n. (usually plural) The open country near or belonging to a town or city.
3. n. # An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
4. n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
There were some cows grazing in a field.
A crop circle was made in a corn field.
5. n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
oil field; gold field
6. n. A place where competitive matches are carried out.
7. n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
8. n. An area reserved for playing a game or race with one’s physical force.
soccer field
Substitutes are only allowed onto the field after their boots are checked.
9. n. # (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by the other team (the bat).
10. n. # (baseball) The outfield.
11. n. A place where competitive matches are carried out with figures, playing field, in a boardgame or in a computer game.
12. n. A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
13. n. (metonymically) All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
This racehorse is the strongest in a weak field.
14. n. Any of various figurative meanings, regularly dead metaphors.
15. n. (physics) A physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region; a mathematical model of such a phenomenon that ass
magnetic field; gravitational field; scalar field
16. n. (Any of certain structures serving cognition.)
17. n. # The extent of a given perception.
# field of view
18. n. # A realm of practical, direct or natural operation, contrasted with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
# The design needs to be field-tested before we commit to manufacture.
# Field work traditionally distinguishes true archaeologists from armchair archaeologists.
# He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.
19. n. # A domain of study, knowledge or practice.
# He was an expert in the field of Chinese history.
20. n. # An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
21. n. # (algebra) A commutative ring satisfying the field axioms.
# The set of rational numbers,\mathbbQ, is the prototypical field.
22. n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of symbols.
23. n. # (heraldry) The background of the shield.
24. n. # (vexillology) The background of the flag.
25. n. # A concrete section in a form which is supposed to be filled with data.
# The form has fields for each element of the customer's home address and ship-to address.
26. n. # A component of a database in which a single unit of information is stored.
27. n. ## (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls.
28. v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
29. v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
The blue team are fielding first, while the reds are batting.
30. v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
The away team fielded two new players and the second-choice goalkeeper.
31. v. To answer; to address.
She will field questions immediately after her presentation.
32. v. To defeat.
They fielded a fearsome army.
33. v. To execute research (in the field).
He fielded the marketing survey about the upcoming product.
34. v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

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