Auxiliary (a.) Conferring aid or help |
Auxiliary (n.) A helper |
Auxiliary (n.) Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war |
Auxiliary (sing.) A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs |
Auxiliary (sing.) A quantity introduced for the purpose of simplifying or facilitating some operation, as in equations or trigonometrical formulae. |
Figure (n.) The form of anything |
Figure (n.) The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc. |
Figure (n.) A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article |
Figure (n.) A diagram or drawing |
Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person |
Figure (n.) Distinguished appearance |
Figure (n.) A character or symbol representing a number |
Figure (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers |
Figure (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative. |
Figure (n.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world |
Figure (n.) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. |
Figure (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer. |
Figure (n.) A horoscope |
Figure (n.) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. |
Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage |
Figure (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold |
Figure (n.) To embellish with design |
Figure (n.) To indicate by numerals |
Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor |
Figure (n.) To prefigure |
Figure (n.) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. |
Figure (n.) To embellish. |
Figure (v. t.) To make a figure |
Figure (v. t.) To calculate |
Secondary (a.) Suceeding next in order to the first |
Secondary (a.) Acting by deputation or delegated authority |
Secondary (a.) Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution), in the second degree |
Secondary (a.) Subsequent in origin |
Secondary (a.) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird. |
Secondary (a.) Dependent or consequent upon another disease |
Secondary (n.) One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place |
Secondary (n.) A secondary circle. |
Secondary (n.) A satellite. |
Secondary (n.) A secondary quill. |
Widmanstatten figures () Certain figures appearing on etched meteoric iron |
figure skating | ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures |
figure | a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating, she made the best score on compulsory figures |
figure eight | a skating figure that carves an in the ice |
secondary censorship | armed forces censorship of the personal communications of officers or civilian employees or enlisted personnel not subject to primary censorship |
secondary education | education beyond the elementary grades, provided by a high school or college preparatory school |
auxiliary airfield | an airfield that functions in a subsidiary capacity |
auxiliary boiler donkey boiler | (nautical) an extra boiler (as a ship's boiler that is used while the ship is in port) |
auxiliary engine donkey engine | (nautical) a small engine (as one used on board ships to operate a windlass) |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
auxiliary storage external storage secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
design pattern figure | a decorative or artistic work, the coach had a design on the doors |
figure | a model of a bodily form (especially of a person), he made a figure of Santa Claus |
figure eight figure of eight | a knot having the shape of the numeral , tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose |
figure loom figured-fabric loom | a loom for weaving figured fabrics |
figure skate | an ice skate worn for figure skating, has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade |
lay figure | dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body |
off-line equipment auxiliary equipment | electronic equipment not in direct communication (or under the control of) the central processing unit |
secondary coil secondary winding secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
stick figure | drawing of a human or animal that represents the head by a circle and the rest of the body by straight lines |
storage cell secondary cell | a cell that can be recharged |
terminus terminal figure term | (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome |
waxwork wax figure | an effigy (usually of a famous person) made of wax |
figure | the impression produced by a person, he cut a fine figure, a heroic figure |
secondary sex characteristic secondary sexual characteristic secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
number figure | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals, he had a number of chores to do, the number of parameters is small, the figure was about a thousand |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
secondary dentition | dentition of permanent teeth |
figure | a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground |
auxiliary verb | a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with |
modal auxiliary verb modal auxiliary modal verb modal | an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality |
figure fig | a diagram or picture illustrating textual material, the area covered can be seen from Figure |
trope figure of speech figure image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
secondary diagonal | the diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry |
secondary school lyceum lycee Gymnasium middle school | a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college, usually grades to |
auxiliary cell | a terrorist cell responsible for logistics, usually large and less compartmentalized than other terrorist cells |
secondary modern school | a former British secondary school emphasizing practical rather than academic education |
secondary | the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen |
aide auxiliary | someone who acts as assistant |
authority figure | someone who is regarded as an authority by someone else |
father figure father surrogate | a man who takes over all the functions of the real father |
father-figure | a man (often a powerful or influential man) who arouses emotions usually felt for your real father and with whom you identify psychologically |
mother figure | a woman who evokes the feelings usually reserved for a mother |
name figure public figure | a well-known or notable person, they studied all the great names in the history of France, she is an important figure in modern music |
figure | an amount of money expressed numerically, a figure of $ was suggested |
auxiliary operation off-line operation | a operation performed by off-line equipment not under the control of the central processing unit |
secondary emission | the emission of electrons from a surface that is bombarded by higher energy primary electrons |
digit figure | one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration, and are digits |
significant digit significant figure | any digit of a number that is known with certainty, any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value), he calculated the answer to four significant figures |
figure of merit | a numerical expression representing the efficiency of a given system, material, or procedure |