Benting time
() The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
Curve
(a.) Bent without angles |
Curve
(a.) A bending without angles |
Curve
(a.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. |
Curve
(a.) To bend |
Curve
(v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction |
Delay
(v.) A putting off or deferring |
Delay
(n.) To put off |
Delay
(n.) To retard |
Delay
(n.) To allay |
Delay
(v. i.) To move slowly |
First-rate
(a.) Of the highest excellence |
First-rate
(n.) A war vessel of the highest grade or the most powerful class. |
Growth
(n.) The process of growing |
Growth
(n.) That which has grown or is growing |
Logistic
(a.) Alt. of Logistical |
Model
(n.) A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion |
Model
(n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made |
Model
(n.) Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation |
Model
(n.) That by which a thing is to be measured |
Model
(n.) Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. |
Model
(n.) A person who poses as a pattern to an artist. |
Model
(a.) Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern |
Model
(v. t.) To plan or form after a pattern |
Model
(v. i.) To make a copy or a pattern |
New-model
(v. t.) To remodel. |
Rate
(v. t. & i.) To chide with vehemence |
Rate
(n.) Established portion or measure |
Rate
(n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion |
Rate
(n.) Valuation |
Rate
(n.) A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value |
Rate
(n.) Order |
Rate
(n.) Ratification |
Rate
(n.) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time |
Rate
(n.) The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc. |
Rate
(n.) The class of a merchant vessel for marine insurance, determined by its relative safety as a risk, as A1, A2, etc. |
Rate
(v. t.) To set a certain estimate on |
Rate
(v. t.) To assess for the payment of a rate or tax. |
Rate
(v. t.) To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of |
Rate
(v. t.) To ratify. |
Rate
(v. i.) To be set or considered in a class |
Rate
(v. i.) To make an estimate. |
Second-rate
(a.) Of the second size, rank, quality, or value |
Sigmoid
(a.) Alt. of Sigmoidal |
Sigmoidal
(a.) Curved in two directions, like the letter S, or the Greek /. |
Time
(n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time
(n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time
(n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time
(n.) The duration of one's life |
Time
(n.) A proper time |
| time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
curve curve ball
breaking ball
bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
avocation
by-line
hobby
pursuit sideline
spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
time and motion study
time-and-motion study
time-motion study
motion study
time study
work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| logistic assessment | a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation |
model
modelling
modeling | the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) |
| time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest
harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying
haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite
recess
break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
delay
holdup | the act of delaying, inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time |
logistic support
logistic assistance | assistance between and within military commands |
| integrated logistic support | the pooling of specific resources by subscribing nations for the support of some joint operation |
mutual aid
international logistic support | arrangements made between nations to assist each other |
acoustic delay line
sonic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of sound waves |
bend
curve | curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) |
blind curve
blind bend | a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
cutaway cutaway drawing
cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
| delay line | a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal |
| electromagnetic delay line | a delay line based on the time of propagation of electromagnetic waves |
line printer
line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
model
simulation | representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) |
| Model T | the first widely available automobile powered by a gasoline engine, mass-produced by Henry Ford fromto |
page printer
page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
| time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb
infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
| time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
| time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument
time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
| time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
| time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
| time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
| time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage
time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter
metre
time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
| pace rate | the relative speed of progress or change, he lived at a fast pace, he works at a great rate, the pace of events accelerated |
| curvature curve | the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface |
| light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
sigmoid sinus
sinus sigmoideus | an S-shaped dural sinus on the temporal and occipital bones |
sigmoid vein
vena sigmoideus | tributaries of the inferior mesenteric vein, drains the sigmoid colon |
somatotropin
somatotrophin
somatotropic hormone
somatotrophic hormone
STH
human growth hormone
growth hormone | a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland, promotes growth in humans |
sigmoid colon
sigmoid flexure | the s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum |
| model | a type of product, his car was an old model |
model
theoretical account
framework | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process, the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems |
exemplar
example model good example | something to be imitated, an exemplar of success, a model of clarity, he is the very model of a modern major general |
| model example | a representative form or pattern, I profited from his example |