start starting | a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning), he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital, his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen |
limitation restriction | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) |
current intelligence | intelligence of all types and forms of immediate interest, usually disseminated without delays for evaluation or interpretation |
auto limitation | social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent |
crank handle starting handle | crank used to start an engine |
starter starter motor starting motor | an electric motor for starting an engine |
starting block | block providing bracing for a runner's feet at start of a race |
starting gate starting stall | a movable barrier on the starting line of a race course |
limitation | the quality of being limited or restricted, it is a good plan but it has serious limitations |
restriction limitation | a principle that limits the extent of something, I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements |
starting signal start | a signal to begin (as in a race), the starting signal was a green light, the runners awaited the start |
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT | negotiations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics opened in in Helsinki designed to limit both countries' stock of nuclear weapons |
starting post | a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race) |
tidal flow tidal current | the water current caused by the tides |
riptide rip current | a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore |
current stream | a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes), the raft floated downstream on the current, he felt a stream of air, the hose ejected a stream of water |
stream flow current | dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas, two streams of development run through American history, stream of consciousness, the flow of thought, the current of history |
start starting line scratch scratch line | a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game |
starting pitcher | (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game |
alternating current AC alternating electric current | an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally, In the US most household current is AC atcycles per second |
current electric current | a flow of electricity through a conductor, the current was measured in amperes |
direct current DC direct electric current | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
ocean current | the steady flow of surface ocean water in a prevailing direction |
equatorial current | any of the ocean currents that flow westward at the equator |
North Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just north of the equator |
South Equatorial Current | an equatorial current that flows west across the Pacific just south of the equator |
Japan current Kuroshio current Kuroshio | a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean |
Peruvian current Humboldt current | a cold ocean current that flows north along the Pacific Coast of South America before turning west |
dynamic electricity current electricity | a flow of electric charge |
thermionic current | an electric current produced between two electrodes as a result of electrons emitted by thermionic emission |
wind air current current of air | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure, trees bent under the fierce winds, when there is no wind, row, the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere |
red currant garden current Ribes rubrum | cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries |
liquid assets current assets quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
checking account chequing account current account | a bank account against which the depositor can draw checks that are payable on demand |
current account | that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's exports and imports of goods and services and transfer payments |
current unit | a measure of the amount of electric charge flowing past a circuit point at a specific time |
limit limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed, there are limits on the amount you can bet, it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight |
starting buffer | buffer solution at the start of a reaction |
limitation | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought, statute of limitations |
a beginning commencement first outset get-go start kickoff starting time showtime offset | the time at which something is supposed to begin, they got an early start, she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her |
terminus a quo starting point | earliest limiting point |
current | occurring in or belonging to the present time, current events, the current topic, current negotiations, current psychoanalytic theories, the ship's current position |
starting | appropriate to the beginning or start of an event, the starting point, hands in the starting position |
starting | (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear, with eyes starting from their sockets |