Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc. |
Compound (v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts |
Compound (v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole |
Compound (v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part |
Compound (v. t.) To compose |
Compound (v. t.) To settle amicably |
Compound (v. i.) To effect a composition |
Compound (v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts |
Compound (n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts |
Compound (n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance |
To compound a felony () See under Compound, v. t. |
Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed |
Matter (n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed |
Matter (n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done |
Matter (n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do |
Matter (n.) Affair worthy of account |
Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing |
Matter (n.) Amount |
Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies |
Matter (n.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations |
Matter (n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type |
Matter (v. i.) To be of importance |
Matter (v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess |
Matter (v. t.) To regard as important |
Matter-of-fact (a.) Adhering to facts |
Organic (a.) Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs |
Organic (a.) Produced by the organs |
Organic (a.) Instrumental |
Organic (a.) Forming a whole composed of organs. Hence: Of or pertaining to a system of organs |
Organic (a.) Pertaining to, or denoting, any one of the large series of substances which, in nature or origin, are connected with vital processes, and include many substances of artificial production which may or may not occur in animals or plants |
Storage (n.) The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping |
Storage (n.) Space for the safe keeping of goods. |
Storage (n.) The price changed for keeping goods in a store. |
Subject-matter (n.) The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion |
Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere |
Volatile (a.) Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state |
Volatile (a.) Fig.: Light-hearted |
Volatile (n.) A winged animal |
matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
allocation storage allocation | (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions |
repositing reposition storage warehousing | depositing in a warehouse, they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn, my car is in storage, publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing |
storage | the act of storing something |
storage | the commercial enterprise of storing goods and materials |
cold storage | refrigerated storage for preservation |
acoustic storage | a storage device consisting of acoustic delay lines |
anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
buffer buffer storage buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
cabinet locker storage locker | a storage compartment for clothes and valuables, usually it has a lock |
cargo area cargo deck cargo hold hold storage area | the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo |
compound | an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) |
compound lens | a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis |
compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
compound microscope | light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece |
explosive compound | a compound that is explosive |
grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
memory device storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval |
non-volatile storage nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off |
organic light-emitting diode OLED | a self-luminous diode (it glows when an electrical field is applied to the electrodes) that does not require backlighting or diffusers |
physical pendulum compound pendulum | pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis |
push-down storage push-down store stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
read-only memory ROM read-only storage fixed storage | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed |
real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system |
storage battery accumulator | a voltaic battery that stores electric charge |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
storage ring | container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used |
storage space | the area in any structure that provides space for storage |
storehouse depot entrepot storage store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
storeroom storage room stowage | a room in which things are stored |
tank storage tank | a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids |
virtual memory virtual storage | (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory, the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses |
volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off |
warehouse storage warehouse | a storehouse for goods and merchandise |
matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
body organic structure physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being), he felt as if his whole body were on fire |
compound eye | in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
topic subject issue matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
compound | a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts |
organic chemistry | the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
theory of evolution theory of organic evolution evolutionism | (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals |
compound morphology | the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words |