Avant-guard (n.) The van or advanced body of an army. See Vanguard. |
Axle guard () The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically |
Castle-guard (n.) The guard or defense of a castle. |
Castle-guard (n.) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it |
Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time. |
Electro-magnet (n.) A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe. |
Electro-magnetic (a.) Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. |
Guard (n.) To protect from danger |
Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. |
Guard (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border |
Guard (n.) To fasten by binding |
Guard (v. i.) To watch by way of caution or defense |
Guard (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack |
Guard (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position |
Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train |
Guard (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss |
Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand. |
Guard (v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment. |
Guard (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress. |
Guard (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel. |
Guard (v. t.) An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull |
Guard (v. t.) A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger. |
Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled. |
Guard (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. |
Guard (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. |
Guard (v. t.) Watch |
Guard (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. |
Magnet (n.) The loadstone |
Magnet (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted |
Magnetic (a.) Alt. of Magnetical |
Magnetic (n.) A magnet. |
Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. |
Separator (n.) One who, or that which, separates. |
Separator (n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it. |
Separator (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue. |
Separator (n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc. |
Stack-guard (n.) A covering or protection, as a canvas, for a stack. |
guard | a position on a basketball team |
guard | (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, guards must be good blockers |
guard duty guard sentry duty sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry, he was on guard that night |
precaution safeguard guard | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc., he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution, an insurance policy is a good safeguard, we let our guard down |
magnetic resonance imaging MRI | the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images |
functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI | a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
magnetic levitation maglev | high-speed rail technology, train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction |
guard hair | coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals |
watchdog guard dog | a dog trained to guard property |
arm guard arm pad | a pad worn by football players and hockey goalkeepers |
bar magnet | a magnet in the form of a bar with magnetic poles at each end |
bumper guard | vertical bars attached to a bumper to prevent locking bumpers with another vehicle |
cattle guard cattle grid | a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle |
centrifuge extractor separator | an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension |
core magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data, now superseded by semiconductor memories, each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
face guard | face mask consisting of a strong wire mesh on the front of football helmets |
field magnet | a magnet that provides a magnetic field in a dynamo or electric motor |
fob watch chain watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
guard safety safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents |
guard boat | a boat that is on guard duty (as in a harbor) around a fleet of warships |
guard ship | a warship (at anchor or under way) required to maintain a higher degree of readiness than others in its squadron |
guard's van | the car on a train that is occupied by the guard |
magnet | (physics) a device that attracts iron and produces a magnetic field |
magnetic bottle | container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions |
magnetic bubble memory | a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate, no longer used in most computers |
magnetic compass | compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
magnetic disk magnetic disc disk disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
magnetic head | an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
magnetic recorder | recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media |
magnetic stripe | a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card, it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc. |
magnetic tape mag tape tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
mudguard splash guard splash-guard | a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels |
negative magnetic pole negative pole south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
permanent magnet static magnet | a magnet that retains its magnetism after being removed from a magnetic field |
pole magnetic pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
shin guard shinpad | a stiff protective garment worn by hockey players or a catcher in baseball to protect the shins |
guard | a posture of defence in boxing or fencing, keep your guard up |
magnetic field strength magnetic intensity magnetic induction magnetic flux density | the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
attraction attractor attracter attractive feature magnet | a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts, flowers are an attractor for bees |
magnetic storage medium magnetic medium magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
magnetic storm | a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, caused by emission of particles from the sun |
United States Coast Guard U. S. Coast Guard US Coast Guard | an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce |
Air National Guard ANG | a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies |
guard | a military unit serving to protect some place or person |
provost guard | a detachment under the command of a provost marshall |