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hydrology
1. n. The science of the properties, distribution, and effects of water on a planet's surface, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere
2. n. The properties, distribution, and flows of water in a specific locale; the hydrological characteristics of a particular place or region.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
speed
1. n. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.
How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?
2. n. The rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
3. n. (photography) The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
4. n. (photography) The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
5. n. (photography) The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
6. n. (photography) The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
7. n. (slang) Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.
8. n. (archaic) Luck, success, prosperity.
9. n. (slang) Personal preference.
We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.
10. n. (finance) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
11. v. (intransitive, archaic) To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
12. v. (transitive, archaic) To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
God speed, until we meet again.
13. v. (intransitive) To go fast.
The Ferrari was speeding along the road.
14. v. (intransitive) To exceed the speed limit.
Why do you speed when the road is so icy?
15. v. To increase the rate at which something occurs.
16. v. (intransitive, slang) To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
17. v. (obsolete) To be expedient.
18. v. (archaic) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
19. v. (archaic) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
20. v. To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
21. v. To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
which
1. det. (interrogative) What, of those mentioned or implied.
Which song made the charts?
2. det. (relative) The one or ones that.
Show me which one is bigger.
They couldn't decide which song to play.
3. det. (relative) The one or ones mentioned.
He once owned a painting of the house, which painting would later be stolen.
For several seconds he sat in silence, during which time the tea and sandwiches arrived.
I'm thinking of getting a new car, in which case I'd get a red one.
4. pron. (interrogative) What one or ones (of those mentioned or implied).
Which is bigger?; Which is which?
5. pron. (relative) Who; whom; what (of those mentioned or implied).
He walked by a door with a sign, which read: PRIVATE OFFICE.
We've met some problems which are very difficult to handle.
He had to leave, which was very difficult.
No art can be properly understood apart from the culture of which it is a part.
6. pron. (relative, archaic) Used of people (now generally who, whom or that).
7. n. An occurrence of the word which.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
perturbation
1. n. Agitation; the state of being perturbed
2. n. A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
3. n. (astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
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
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
flow
1. n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
2. n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
3. n. (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
4. n. The rising movement of the tide.
5. n. Smoothness or continuity.
The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
6. n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
7. n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
8. n. The emission of blood during menstruation.
Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
9. n. (Scotland) A morass or marsh.
10. n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
11. v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.
12. v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
Wealth flows from industry and economy.
13. v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
14. v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
15. v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
a flowing mantle; flowing locks
16. v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
17. v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
18. v. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
19. v. To cover with varnish.
20. v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
propagates
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of propagate
propagate
1. v. (transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production
2. v. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space
to propagate sound or light
3. v. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To multiply; to increase.
5. v. To generate; to produce.
6. v. (biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants
7. v. (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
8. v. (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.
through
1. prep. From one side of an opening to the other.
I went through the window.
2. prep. Entering, then later leaving.
I drove through the town at top speed without looking left or right.
3. prep. Surrounded by (while moving).
We slogged through the mud for hours before turning back and giving up.
4. prep. By means of.
This team believes in winning through intimidation.
5. prep. (North America) To (or up to) and including, with all intermediate values.
from 1945 through 1991; the numbers 1 through 9; your membership is active through March 15, 2013
6. adj. Passing from one side of something to the other.
Interstate highways form a nationwide system of through roads.
7. adj. Finished; complete.
They were through with laying the subroof by noon.
8. adj. Valueless; without a future.
After being implicated in the scandal, he was through as an executive in financial services.
9. adj. No longer interested.
She was through with him.
10. adj. Proceeding from origin to destination without delay due to change of equipment.
The through flight through Memphis was the fastest.
11. adj. (association football) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.
12. adv. From one side to the other by way of the interior.
The arrow went straight through.
13. adv. From one end to the other.
Others slept; he worked straight through.
She read the letter through.
14. adv. To the end.
He said he would see it through.
15. adv. Completely.
Leave the yarn in the dye overnight so the color soaks through.
16. adv. Out into the open.
The American army broke through at St. Lo.
17. n. A large slab of stone laid in a dry-stone wall from one side to the other; a perpend.
18. n. (obsolete) A coffin, sarcophagus or tomb of stone; a large slab of stone laid on a tomb.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
flow
1. n. A movement in people or things with a particular way in large numbers or amounts
2. n. The movement of a real or figurative fluid.
3. n. (math) A formalization of the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid, as a group action of the real numbers on a set.
The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations.
4. n. The rising movement of the tide.
5. n. Smoothness or continuity.
The room was small, but it had good symmetry and flow.
6. n. The amount of a fluid that moves or the rate of fluid movement.
Turn on the valve and make sure you have sufficient flow.
Other devices measure water flow in streams fed by melted ice.
7. n. (psychology) A mental state characterized by concentration, focus and enjoyment of a given task.
8. n. The emission of blood during menstruation.
Tampons can be small or large, slender or thick. From “slender” to “super”, you can pick the size that matches your flow.
9. n. (Scotland) A morass or marsh.
10. n. (rap music slang) The ability to skilfully rap along to a beat.
The production on his new mixtape is mediocre but his flow is on point.
11. v. (intransitive) To move as a fluid from one position to another.
Rivers flow from springs and lakes.
Tears flow from the eyes.
12. v. (intransitive) To proceed; to issue forth.
Wealth flows from industry and economy.
13. v. (intransitive) To move or match smoothly, gracefully, or continuously.
The writing is grammatically correct, but it just doesn't flow.
14. v. (intransitive) To have or be in abundance; to abound, so as to run or flow over.
15. v. (intransitive) To hang loosely and wave.
a flowing mantle; flowing locks
16. v. (intransitive) To rise, as the tide; opposed to ebb.
The tide flows twice in twenty-four hours.
17. v. (transitive, computing) To arrange (text in a wordprocessor, etc.) so that it wraps neatly into a designated space; to reflow.
18. v. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.
19. v. To cover with varnish.
20. v. (intransitive) To discharge excessive blood from the uterus.
domain
1. n. A geographic area owned or controlled by a single person or organization.
The king ruled his domain harshly.
2. n. A field or sphere of activity, influence or expertise.
Dealing with complaints isn't really my domain: get in touch with customer services.
His domain is English history.
3. n. A group of related items, topics, or subjects.
4. n. (mathematics) The set of all possible mathematical entities (points) where a given function is defined.
5. n. (mathematics, set theory) The set of input (argument) values for which a function is defined.
6. n. (mathematics) A ring with no zero divisors; that is, in which no product of nonzero elements is zero.
(hyponyms, en, integral domain)
7. n. (mathematics, topology, analysis) An open and connected set in some topology. For example, the interval (0,1) as a subset of the real numbers.
8. n. (computing, Internet) Any DNS domain name, particularly one which has been delegated and has become representative of the delegated domain name and its subdomains.
9. n. (computing, Internet) A collection of DNS or DNS-like domain names consisting of a delegated domain name and all its subdomains.
10. n. (computing) A collection of information having to do with a domain, the computers named in the domain, and the network on which the computers named in the domain reside.
11. n. (computing) The collection of computers identified by a domain's domain names.
12. n. (physics) A small region of a magnetic material with a consistent magnetization direction.
13. n. (computing) Such a region used as a data storage element in a bubble memory.
14. n. (data processing) A form of technical metadata that represent the type of a data item, its characteristics, name, and usage.
15. n. , url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/globalization/terminology/d.html
16. n. , accessdate=2013-12-29
17. n. (taxonomy) The highest rank in the classification of organisms, above kingdom; in the three-domain system, one of the taxa Bacteria, Archaea, or Eukaryota.
18. n. (biochemistry) A folded section of a protein molecule that has a discrete function.

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