Crystallography (n.) The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. |
Crystallography (n.) A discourse or treatise on crystallization. |
Displacement (n.) The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced |
Displacement (n.) The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced liquid being equal to that of the displacing body. |
Displacement (n.) The process of extracting soluble substances from organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another quantity of the solvent. |
Parallel (a.) Extended in the same direction, and in all parts equally distant |
Parallel (a.) Having the same direction or tendency |
Parallel (a.) Continuing a resemblance through many particulars |
Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line |
Parallel (n.) Direction conformable to that of another line, |
Parallel (n.) Conformity continued through many particulars or in all essential points |
Parallel (n.) A comparison made |
Parallel (n.) Anything equal to, or resembling, another in all essential particulars |
Parallel (n.) One of the imaginary circles on the surface of the earth, parallel to the equator, marking the latitude |
Parallel (n.) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. |
Parallel (n.) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines (thus, ) used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. |
Parallel (v. t.) To place or set so as to be parallel |
Parallel (v. t.) Fig.: To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, or the like. |
Parallel (v. t.) To equal |
Parallel (v. t.) To produce or adduce as a parallel. |
Parallel (v. i.) To be parallel |
Plane-parallel (a.) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass. |
Shift (v. t.) To divide |
Shift (v. t.) To change the place of |
Shift (v. t.) To change the position of |
Shift (v. t.) To exchange for another of the same class |
Shift (v. t.) To change the clothing of |
Shift (v. t.) To put off or out of the way by some expedient. |
Shift (v. t.) The act of shifting. |
Shift (v. t.) The act of putting one thing in the place of another, or of changing the place of a thing |
Shift (v. t.) Something frequently shifted |
Shift (v. t.) The change of one set of workmen for another |
Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints. |
Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam |
Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin. |
Translatory (a.) Serving to translate |
switch switching shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
supplanting displacement | act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics |
displacement | act of removing from office or employment |
displacement deracination | to move something from its natural environment |
translation displacement | the act of uniform movement |
shift shifting | the act of moving from one place to another, his constant shifting disrupted the class |
chemise sack shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist |
chemise shimmy shift slip teddy | a woman's sleeveless undergarment |
parallel bars bars | gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights |
parallel circuit shunt circuit | a closed circuit in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit |
parallel interface parallel port | an interface between a computer and a printer where the computer sends multiple bits of information to the printer simultaneously |
shift key shift | the key on the typewriter keyboard that shifts from lowerase letters to upperase letters |
shift register | (computer science) register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right |
standard transmission stick shift | a transmission that is operated manually with a gear lever and a clutch pedal |
uneven parallel bars uneven bars | a pair of parallel bars set at different heights, used in women's gymnastics |
analogue analog parallel | something having the property of being analogous to something else |
principle of liquid displacement | (hydrostatics) the volume of a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the volume of the displaced fluid |
Euclid's fifth axiom parallel axiom | only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line |
crystallography | the branch of science that studies the formation and structure of crystals |
Parallel Lives | a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch, used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays |
transformation transmutation shift | a qualitative change |
population shift | a change in the relative numbers of the different groups of individuals making up a population |
shift displacement | an event in which something is displaced without rotation |
shift | a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time |
day shift day watch | workers who work during the day (as a.m. to p.m.) |
evening shift | workers who work during the evening (as p.m. to midnight) |
night shift graveyard shift | workers who work during the night (as midnight to a.m.) |
latitude line of latitude parallel of latitude parallel | an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
Doppler effect Doppler shift | change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other |
red shift redshift | (astronomy) a shift in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths (toward the red end of the spectrum), generally interpreted as evidence that the universe is expanding |
parallel-veined leaf | a leaf whose veins run in parallel from the stem |
displacement | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one |
displacement displacement reaction | (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound |
multiprocessing parallel processing | simultaneous processing by two or more processing units |
parallel operation simultaneous operation | the simultaneous execution of two or more operations |
volume unit capacity unit capacity measure cubage unit cubic measure cubic content unit displacement unit cubature unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity |
parallel | (mathematics) one of a set of parallel geometric figures (parallel lines or planes), parallels never meet |
shift work shift duty period | the time period during which you are at work |
day shift | the work shift during the day (as a.m. to p.m.) |
evening shift swing shift | the work shift during the evening (as p.m. to midnight) |
night shift graveyard shift | the work shift during the night (as midnight to a.m.) |
split shift | a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between |
switch change over shift | make a shift in or exchange of, First Joe led, then we switched |
parallel collimate | make or place parallel to something, They paralleled the ditch to the highway |
shift | move and exchange for another, shift the date for our class reunion |
switch shift change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another, switch to a different brand of beer, She switched psychiatrists, The car changed lanes |
shift b | change gears, you have to shift when you go down a steep hill |
shift | move from one setting or context to another, shift the emphasis, shift one's attention |
shift | change in quality, His tone shifted |