Board
(n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. |
Board
(n.) A table to put food upon. |
Board
(n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food |
Board
(n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private |
Board
(n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board |
Board
(n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc. |
Board
(n.) The stage in a theater |
Board
(n.) The border or side of anything. |
Board
(n.) The side of a ship. |
Board
(n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. |
Board
(v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding |
Board
(n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. |
Board
(n.) To enter, as a railway car. |
Board
(n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation |
Board
(n.) To place at board, for compensation |
Board
(v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation |
Board
(v. t.) To approach |
Break-circuit
(n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Circuit
(n.) The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit |
Circuit
(n.) The circumference of, or distance round, any space |
Circuit
(n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. |
Circuit
(n.) The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. |
Circuit
(n.) A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. |
Circuit
(n.) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. |
Circuit
(n.) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. |
Circuit
(n.) Circumlocution. |
Circuit
(v. i.) To move in a circle |
Circuit
(v. t.) To travel around. |
Design
(n.) To draw preliminary outline or main features of |
Design
(n.) To mark out and exhibit |
Design
(n.) To create or produce, as a work of art |
Design
(n.) To intend or purpose |
Design
(v. i.) To form a design or designs |
Design
(n.) A preliminary sketch |
Design
(n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done |
Design
(n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end |
Design
(n.) The realization of an inventive or decorative plan |
Design
(n.) The invention and conduct of the subject |
Metric system
() See Metric, a. |
Printed
(imp. & p. p.) of Print |
Short circuit
() A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity. |
Short-circuit
(v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance. |
Sound-board
(n.) A sounding-board. |
Sounding-board
(n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments. |
Sounding-board
(n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice. |
Sounding-board
(n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. |
System
(n.) An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific |
System
(n.) Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole |
System
(n.) Regular method or order |
System
(n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n. |
| Bertillon system | a system or procedure for identifying persons |
lap circle
circuit | movement once around a course, he drove an extra lap just for insurance |
tour
circuit | a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area, they took an extended tour of Europe, we took a quick circuit of the park, a ten-day coach circuit of the island |
| buddy system | a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming) |
| board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
shovel board
shove-halfpenny
shove-ha'penny | a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
interior decoration
interior design | the trade of planning the layout and furnishings of an architectural interior |
design
designing | the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan), he contributed to the design of a new instrument |
| water vascular system | system of fluid-filled tubes used by echinoderms in locomotion and feeding and respiration |
| air transportation system | a transportation system for moving passengers or goods by air |
alarm
warning device
alarm system | a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event |
AND circuit
AND gate | a circuit in a computer that fires only when all of its inputs fire |
audio system
sound system | a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
| backgammon board | the board on which backgammon is played |
| backup system | a computer system for making backups |
baffle
baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
baseboard
mopboard
skirting board | a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
| beaver board | a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp |
| big board | the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange |
| board | a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose, he nailed boards across the windows |
| board gameboard | a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games, he got out the board and set up the pieces |
| board rule | a measure used in computing board feet |
brake system
brakes | a braking device consisting of a combination of interacting parts that work to slow a motor vehicle |
breadboard
bread board | a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
| bridge bridge circuit | a circuit consisting of two branches ( arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected |
bulletin board
notice board | a board that hangs on a wall, displays announcements |
bulletin board system
bulletin board electronic bulletin board
bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
butcher board
butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
cable cable television
cable system
cable television service | a television system that transmits over cables |
| call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
checkerboard
checker board | a board having squares of two alternating colors |
chessboard
chess board | a checkerboard used to play chess |
chopping board
cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
circuit
electrical circuit
electric circuit | an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
circuit board
circuit card
board card plug-in
add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
circuit breaker
breaker | a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded |
closed circuit
loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
closed loop
closed-loop system | a control system with a feedback loop that is active |
color television
colour television
color television system
colour television system
color TV
colour TV | a television that transmits images in color |
communication system
communication equipment | facility consisting of the physical plants and equipment for disseminating information |
| communication system | a system for communicating |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
| computer circuit | a circuit that is part of a computer |
computer system
computing system
automatic data processing system
ADP system
ADPS | a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
conference table
council table
council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
control circuit
negative feedback circuit | a feedback circuit that subtracts from the input |
control panel
instrument panel
control board
board panel | electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices, he checked the instrument panel, suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree |
| control system | a system for controlling the operation of another system |
| coolant system | a cooling system that uses a fluid to transfer heat from one place to another |