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abbreviation
- (context, preposition) circa
- The document was written in the Middle Ages, 1250.
- (context, noun) city
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abbreviation
- Circa.
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| cable |
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noun
- A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
- An assembly of two or more wires which are used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more may be insulated.
- (nautical) A heavy rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship
- (communications) A system for receiving television or Internet service over coaxial or fibreoptic cables
- I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
- A telegram
- (finance) in financial markets 'cable' is used to refer to the currency pair Great British Pounds against United States Dollars
- (nautical) A unit of length
verb to cable
- To send a telegram
- To wrap wires to form a cable
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noun - (physics, uncountable) The property of an element of an electrical circuit that permits it to store charge
- (physics, countable) That part of an electrical circuit exhibiting capacitance
- (physics, uncountable) The ratio C of charge to potential in a conductor
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noun
- (electronics) An electronic component capable of storing an electric charge; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.
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| cascade |
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noun
- A waterfall or series of small waterfalls
- Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in . -Cawper
- (figuratively) A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
- The rise in serotonin levels sets off a of chemical events — Richard M. Restak, The Secret Life of the Brain, Joseph Henry Press, 2001
- A series of electrical components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next; See also daisy chain
verb (cascad, ing)
- (intransitive) To fall as a waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
- To occur as a causal sequence.
- (archaic) (slang) To vomit.
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| cathode |
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noun - the electrode of an electrochemical cell at which reduction occurs
- the negative terminal of an electrolytic cell
- the positive terminal of a galvanic cell
- the electron-emitting electrode of an electron tube
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| charge |
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noun
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, i.e. a child to a babysitter.
- A load or burden.
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 261a.
- : we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that ;
- The amount of money levy, levied for a service.
- An instruction.
- An impetuous attack.
- An electric charge.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon
verb (charg, ing)
- To place a burden upon.
- To assign a duty to.
- I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
- To formally accuse of a crime.
- I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
- To assign a debit to an account.
- Let's charge this to marketing.
- To pay using a credit card.
- Can I charge this with my corporate card?
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- (military) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- (cricket) (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To ready a firearm for use
- Charge your weapons, we're moving up
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noun - A device that charges or recharges.
- Put the batteries in the overnight so we can use them tomorrow.
- A large horse trained for battle and used by the cavalry. They were of a lighter build than a destrier
- The knight rode a white .
- A large platter.
- The fancy restaurant used a white porcelain when serving.
- One who charges.
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| choke |
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noun
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- (sports): In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which effects the spread of the shot.
verb (chok, ing)
- (intransitive): To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe.
- (transitive): To prevent someone from breathing by strangling them.
- (intransitive): To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
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| circuitry |
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noun
- electrical circuits considered as a group
- a specific system of such circuits in a particular device; the design of such a system
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| coax |
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noun (wikipedia, coaxial cable)
- Short form of coaxial cable
verb (coaxes, coaxing, coaxed)
- (obsolete) to fondle, kid, pet, tease
- To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
- He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
- To manipulate carefully into a particular situation or position.
- They coaxed the rope through the pipe.
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| coaxial cable |
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noun
- A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.
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| cog |
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noun
- (historical) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
verb (cog, g, ed)
- to cheat at dice
- to cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently
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| collector |
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noun
- A person or thing which collects, or which creates or manages a collection.
- He is an avid of nineteenth-century postage stamps.
- That old piano is just a big dust .
- A person who is employed to collect payments.
- She works for the government as a tax .
- (context, electronics) The amplified terminal on a bipolar junction transistor.
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noun - A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
- The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
- The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.
- A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.
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| compound |
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noun
- an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
verb
- (intransitive) to come together
- (intransitive) to come to terms of agreement
- (transitive) to put together
- (transitive) to add to
- (context, transitive, law) to settle by agreeing on less than the claim
adjective
- composed of elements; not simple
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| conductance |
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noun - (physics) a measure of the ability of a material to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance
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| conductivity |
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noun
- (physics) The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat or sound.
- The reciprocal of resistivity.
(wikipedia, thermal conductivity)
(wikipedia, electrical conductivity)
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| conductor |
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noun
- A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble.
- A person who takes tickets on public transportation
- train
- Something which can transmit electricity, heat, light or sound.
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| conduit |
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noun
- A pipe or channel for conveying water etc.
- A duct or tube into which electrical cables may be pulled; a type of raceway.
- A means by which something is transmitted.
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| contact |
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noun
- The act of touching physically.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (colloquial) A contact lens.
- (electrical) a device designed for repetitive connections.
- Touch the to ground and read the number again.
- Someone with whom one is in communication.
- The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
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| converter |
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noun
- A person or thing that converts.
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| cord |
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noun (countable except where indicated; plural cords)
- A long, thin, flexible length of twisted strands of fibre/fiber, for example rope; (uncountable) such a length of twisted strands considered as a commodity.
- The burglar tied up the householder with a cord.
- He looped some cord around his fingers.
- A small flexible conductor assembly of insulated wires, "lamp" or "sweeper" cords.
- A unit of measurement used for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 x 4 x 8 feet).
- (in plural cords) See cords.
- A cross-section measurement of an aircraft's wing.
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noun (plural: coronae or coronas)
- A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.
- (star): The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse,
- (biology): Any crown-like appendage of a plant or animal.
- (electrical): a low energy discharge caused by ionization of a gas by an electric field quite common at conductor bends of 12kV or higher.
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| coulomb |
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noun
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C
- He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end.
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| Coulomb's law |
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proper noun
- (physics) the fundamental law of electrostatics - the force between two point charges is proportional to the product of their charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
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| coulometer |
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noun
- (physics),(chemistry) a device, used in coulometry, to determine the amount of substance released during electrolysis
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| current |
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noun
- The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
- The time rate of flow of electric charge.
- Units:
- :SI: ampere (A)
- :CGS: esu/second (esu/s)
- A tendency or a course of events.
adjective
- existing or occurring at the moment
- events
- leaders
- negotiations
- generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
- bills and coins
- fashions
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