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Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Time in physics, defined by its measurement; Time standard, civil time specification; Horology, study of the measurement of time; Chronometry, science of the measurement of time
FrameNet is a group of online lexical databases based upon the theory of meaning known as Frame semantics, developed by linguist Charles J. Fillmore.The project's fundamental notion is simple: most words' meanings may be best understood in terms of a semantic frame, which is a description of a certain kind of event, connection, or item and its actors.
A fortnight is a unit of time equal to 14 days (two weeks). The word derives from the Old English term fēowertīene niht , meaning " fourteen nights " (or "fourteen days", since the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights).
The term jiffy is sometimes used in computer animation as a method of defining playback rate, with the delay interval between individual frames specified in 1/100 of a second (10 ms) jiffies, particularly in Autodesk Animator.FLI sequences (one global frame frequency setting) and animated Compuserve.GIF images (each frame having an individually ...
Frame synchronization, in telecommunications; Frame of reference, a coordinate system; Frame (disambiguation) Framed (disambiguation) Framing device, a narrative tool; Framework (disambiguation) Inertial frame of reference, describes time and space homogeneously, isotropically, independent of time; Picture frame; Verb framing, in linguistics
a three-ball "frame" for one player in candlepin bowling (New England) the genital area (ex: kicked in the box; vulgar slang) brace bracers braces over-the-shoulder straps to support trousers *(US usu. suspenders, q.v.) support that steadies or strengthens something else devices for straightening teeth