performance | any recognized accomplishment, they admired his performance under stress, when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe |
performance execution carrying out carrying into action | the act of performing, of doing something successfully, using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it, they criticised his performance as mayor, experience generally improves performance |
specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
linguistic performance | (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations, what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence) |
dramatic production dramatic performance | the act of performing a drama, the group joined together in a dramatic production |
musical performance | the act of performing music |
performance | the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment, we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal, an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
electric furnace | any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current |
furnace | an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc. |
furnace lining refractory | lining consisting of material with a high melting point, used to line the inside walls of a furnace |
furnace room | a room (usually in the basement of a building) that contains a furnace for heating the building |
gas furnace | a furnace that burns gas |
oil burner oil furnace | a furnace that burns oil |
open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
reverberatory furnace | a furnace in which the material that is being treated is heated indirectly by flames that are directed at the roof and walls of the furnace |
solar dish solar collector solar furnace | a concave mirror that concentrates the rays of the sun, can produce high temperatures |
Stassano furnace electric-arc furnace | an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel |
tank furnace | furnace into one end of which a batch of measured raw materials is shoveled and from the other end molten glass is obtained |
operating capability performance capability | the capability of a technological system to perform as intended |
performance public presentation | a dramatic or musical entertainment, they listened to ten different performances, the play ran for performances, the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity |
theatrical performance theatrical representation histrionics | a performance of a play |
performance bond surety bond | a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled, a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance |
operation functioning performance | process or manner of functioning or operating, the power of its engine determines its operation, the plane's operation in high winds, they compared the cooking performance of each oven, the jet's performance conformed to high standards |
thaw melt thawing melting | the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid, the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster, the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours |
reduce melt off lose weight slim slenderize thin slim down | take off weight |
melt a disappear a evaporate | become less intense and fade away gradually, her resistance melted under his charm, her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance |
fade melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable, disappear gradually or seemingly, The scene begins to fade, The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk |
mellow melt mellow out | become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial, With age, he mellowed |
dissolve thaw unfreeze unthaw dethaw melt | become or cause to become soft or liquid, The sun melted the ice, the ice thawed, the ice cream melted, The heat melted the wax, The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase, dethaw the meat |
melt meld | lose its distinct outline or shape, blend gradually, Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene |
melt run melt down | reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating, melt butter, melt down gold, The wax melted in the sun |
high-performance | modified to give superior performance, a high-performance car |