act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
bond trading bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
subversion subversive activity | the act of subverting, as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government |
activity | any specific behavior, they avoided all recreational activity |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
breathing external respiration respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
sexual activity sexual practice sex sex activity | activities associated with sexual intercourse, they had sex in the back seat |
sensory activity | activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result |
education instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
extracurricular activity | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum |
creation creative activity | the human act of creating |
intelligence intelligence activity intelligence operation | the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
business activity commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
government governing governance government activity administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
external gill | occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
external drive | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
activeness activity | the trait of being active, moving or acting rapidly and energetically, the level of activity declines with age |
external body part | any body part visible externally |
auditory meatus acoustic meatus ear canal auditory canal external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
external organ | an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body |
external ear outer ear | the part of the ear visible externally |
external carotid artery external carotid | the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head |
facial artery arteria facialis external maxillary artery | an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face |
external iliac artery | the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body, becomes the femoral artery |
external nasal vein vena nasalis externa | one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein |
external iliac vein | a continuation of the femoral vein, unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein |
external jugular vein | formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins, empties into the subclavian vein |
urethral orifice external orifice | the orifice through which urine is discharged |
external oblique muscle musculus obliquus externus abdominis abdominal external oblique muscle oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
external | outward features, he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity MCIA | an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization |
Advanced Research and Development Activity ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
agglutination agglutinating activity | the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution, these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated |
bodily process body process bodily function activity | an organic process that takes place in the body, respiratory activity |
natural process natural action action activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings), the action of natural forces, volcanic activity |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |