line-drive single line single | a single resulting from a line drive |
single bingle | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base |
rack single-foot | a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately |
single entry single-entry bookkeeping | a simple bookkeeping system, transactions are entered in only one account |
single combat | a fight between two people, in all armies there were officers who needed to prove their bravery by single combat |
crystal watch crystal watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
crystal | glassware made of quartz |
crystal | a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices |
crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
crystal detector | a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal, acts as a rectifier |
crystal microphone | a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage |
crystal oscillator quartz oscillator | an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal |
crystal pickup | a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal |
crystal set | an early radio receiver using a crystal detector |
detached house single dwelling | a house that stands alone |
diode semiconductor diode junction rectifier crystal rectifier | a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
liquid crystal display LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
piezoelectric crystal | a crystal that can be used as a transducer |
quartz crystal | a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency, used in crystal oscillators |
racing skiff single shell | a shell for a single oarsman |
single bed | a bed for one occupant |
single-breasted jacket | a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons |
single-breasted suit | a suit having a single-breasted jacket |
single crochet single stitch | a crochet stitch |
single prop single-propeller plane | a propeller plane with a single propeller |
single-mindedness | characterized by one unified purpose |
space lattice crystal lattice Bravais lattice | a -dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal |
crystal gazing | staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events |
uninominal system uninominal voting system single-member system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system | based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district |
single-spacing | typing that does not leave lines blank |
single quote | a single quotation mark |
light cream coffee cream single cream | cream that has at least % butterfat, in England they call light cream `single cream' |
file single file Indian file | a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other |
crystal crystallization | a rock formed by the solidification of a substance, has regularly repeating internal structure, external plane faces |
single nucleotide polymorphism SNP | (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered, SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species |
ice crystal snow mist diamond dust poudrin ice needle frost snow frost mist | small crystals of ice |
single-leaf single-leaf pine single-leaf pinyon Pinus monophylla | pinon of southwestern United States having solitary needles and often many stems, important as a nut pine |
California single-leaf pinyon Pinus californiarum | very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle, similar to Parry's pinyon in range |
Labrador tea crystal tea Ledum groenlandicum | evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution |
single tax | a system of taxation in which a tax is levied on a single commodity (usually land) |
single supplement | a surcharge added to the cost per person when traveling alone |
one I ace single unity | the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number, he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it, they had lunch at one |
function mathematical function single-valued function map mapping | (mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function) |
rock crystal transparent quartz | a clear quartz used in making electronic and optical equipment |
gentian violet crystal violet | a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment |
quartz glass quartz vitreous silica lechatelierite crystal | colorless glass made of almost pure silica |
crystal | a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure |
liquid crystal | a liquid exhibiting properties of a crystal that are not shown by ordinary liquids |
single out | select from a group, She was singled out for her outstanding performance |