listening watch
continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
radiocarbon dating
carbon dating
carbon- dating | a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-, believed to be reliable up to , years |
Old World beaver
Castor fiber | a European variety of beaver |
carbon
carbon copy | a copy made with carbon paper |
carbon arc lamp
carbon arc | has carbon electrodes |
| fiber fibre vulcanized fiber | a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth |
fiber optic cable
fibre optic cable | a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light |
fiber-optic transmission system
fibre-optic transmission system
FOTS | a communication system using fiber optic cables |
| filament | a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current |
optical fiber
glass fiber
optical fibre
glass fibre | a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light, used in bundles to transmit images |
| rope yarn | the strands out of which ropes are made |
| spun yarn | (nautical) small stuff consisting of a lightweight rope made of several rope yarns loosely wound together |
tetrachlorethylene
tetrachloroethylene
ethylene tetrachloride
carbon dichloride | anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes |
thread
yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving |
| worsted worsted yarn | a tightly twisted woolen yarn spun from long-staple wool |
character fiber
fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
filament
filum | a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) |
fiber
fibre | any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) |
| Purkinje fiber | a specialized cardiac muscle fiber that is part of the Purkinje network |
muscle cell
muscle fiber
muscle fibre | an elongated contractile cell that forms the muscles of the body |
striated muscle cell
striated muscle fiber | an elongated contractile cell in striated muscle tissue |
nerve fiber
nerve fibre | a threadlike extension of a nerve cell |
medullated nerve fiber
myelinated nerve fiber | a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin |
motor neuron
efferent neuron
motor nerve fiber
motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
motor fiber
efferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands |
sensory fiber
afferent fiber | a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system |
fiber bundle
fibre bundle
fascicle
fasciculus | a bundle of fibers (especially nerve fibers) |
steady state theory
continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
fiber optics
fiberoptics
fibre optics
fibreoptics | the transmission of light signals via glass fibers |
| carbon process | a process of printing on paper coated with bichromated gelatin containing pigment |
narration
recital yarn | the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events, his narration was hesitant |
roughage
fiber | coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients, its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis |
| filament | the stalk of a stamen |
| bast bast fiber | strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants |
| carbon cycle | a thermonuclear reaction in the interior of stars |
| carbon cycle | the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again |
progressive
progressive tense
imperfect
imperfect tense
continuous tense | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
respiratory acidosis
carbon dioxide acidosis | acidosis resulting from reduced gas exchange in the lungs (as in emphysema or pneumonia), excess carbon dioxide combines with water to form carbonic acid which increases the acidity of the blood |
| carbon monoxide poisoning | a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas, carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood |
carbon nanotube
nanotube | a fullerene molecule having a cylindrical or toroidal shape |
carbon
C
atomic number | an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond, occurs in all organic compounds |
| carbon atom | an atom of carbon |
radiocarbon
carbon | a radioactive isotope of carbon |
carbon black
lampblack
soot
smut
crock | a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink |
activated carbon
activated charcoal | powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption, given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons |
carbon dioxide
CO
carbonic acid gas | a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances, absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis |
| carbon disulfide | a toxic colorless flammable liquid (CS), used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber |
carbon monoxide
carbon monoxide gas
CO | an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon |
carbon paper
carbon | a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance (often containing carbon), used to transfer characters from the original to an under sheet of paper |
carbon tetrachloride
carbon tet
tetrachloromethane
perchloromethane | a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils, because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined |