Helen Fenton

Acnode: Definition and part of speech

by

Acnode

  1. n. An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acme: Definition and part of speech

by

Acme

  1. n. Mature age; full bloom of life.
  2. n. The top or highest point; the culmination.
  3. n. The crisis or height of a disease.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aclinic: Definition and part of speech

by

Aclinic

  1. a. Without inclination or dipping; — said the magnetic needle balances itself horizontally, having no dip. The aclinic line is also termed the magnetic equator.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acknowledgment: Definition and part of speech

by

Acknowledgment

  1. n. A declaration or avowal of one’s own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration.
  2. n. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession.
  3. n. The act of owning or recognized in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
  4. n. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; expression of thanks.
  5. n. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Acknowledge: Definition and part of speech

by

Acknowledge

  1. v. t. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.
  2. v. t. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one’s belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God.
  3. v. t. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
  4. v. t. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.