direct primary | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
direct flight | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
direct support | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |
direct supporting fire | fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole) |
direct fire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
direct marketing | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
direct action | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
bar printer | an impact printer that uses a bar to carry the type slugs |
bubble jet printer bubble-jet printer bubblejet | a kind of ink-jet printer |
chain printer | an impact printer that carries the type slugs by links of a revolving chain |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
daisywheel printer | a printer that uses a daisy print wheel |
dot matrix printer matrix printer dot printer | a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix |
drum printer | a line printer in which the type is mounted on a rotating drum that contains a full character set for each printing position |
electrostatic printer | a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paper |
impact printer | a printer that prints by mechanical impacts |
ink-jet printer | a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink |
Joint Direct Attack Munition JDAM | a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs |
laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
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 |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
printer printing machine | a machine that prints |
printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing |
printer cable | a cable between a computer and a printer |
public address system P.A. system PA system P.A. PA | an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas |
thermal printer | a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heat |
wire matrix printer wire printer stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
xerographic printer | a page printer that uses the xerographic process |
savoir-faire address | social skill |
address | the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball |
positive correlation direct correlation | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small, the correlation coefficient is between and |
direct mail | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
direct antonym | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') |
direct object object of the verb | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
title title of respect form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
address computer address reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
direct evidence | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
address destination name and address | written directions for finding some location, written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location |
return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
address | a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described |
address | the manner of speaking to another individual, he failed in his manner of address to the captain |
direct discourse direct quotation | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., he said `I am a fool') |
direct examination | (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
address speech | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience, he listened to an address on minor Roman poets |
Gettysburg Address | a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November , ) |
inaugural address inaugural | an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) |
keynote speech keynote address | a speech setting forth the keynote |
nominating speech nominating address nomination | an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election, the nomination was brief and to the point |