Aberration (n.) The act of wandering |
Aberration (n.) A partial alienation of reason. |
Aberration (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer |
Aberration (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus |
Aberration (n.) The passage of blood or other fluid into parts not appropriate for it. |
Aberration (n.) The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B. |
Bow-compass (n.) An arcograph. |
Bow-compass (n.) A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint. |
Bow-compass (n.) A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other. |
Compass (n.) A passing round |
Compass (n.) An inclosing limit |
Compass (n.) An inclosed space |
Compass (n.) Extent |
Compass (n.) Moderate bounds, limits of truth |
Compass (n.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instrument. |
Compass (n.) An instrument for determining directions upon the earth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pointing in a northerly and southerly direction. |
Compass (n.) A pair of compasses. |
Compass (n.) A circle |
Compass (v. t.) To go about or entirely round |
Compass (v. t.) To inclose on all sides |
Compass (v. t.) To reach round |
Compass (v. t.) To curve |
Compass (v. t.) To purpose |
Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward |
Declination (n.) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection |
Declination (n.) The act of deviating or turning aside |
Declination (n.) The act or state of declining or refusing |
Declination (n.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward. |
Declination (n.) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south. |
Declination (n.) The act of inflecting a word |
Devil's darning-needle () A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. |
Electro-magnetic (a.) Of, Pertaining to, or produced by, magnetism which is developed by the passage of an electric current. |
Error (n.) A wandering |
Error (n.) A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard |
Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth |
Error (n.) A moral offense |
Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result |
Error (n.) The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. |
Error (n.) The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value |
Error (n.) A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact. |
Error (n.) A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base. |
Grid (n.) A grating of thin parallel bars, similar to a gridiron. |
Magnetic (a.) Alt. of Magnetical |
Magnetic (n.) A magnet. |
Magnetic (n.) Any metal, as iron, nickel, cobalt, etc., which may receive, by any means, the properties of the loadstone, and which then, when suspended, fixes itself in the direction of a magnetic meridian. |
Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing. |
Needle (n.) See Magnetic needle, under Magnetic. |
Needle (n.) A slender rod or wire used in knitting |
Needle (n.) One of the needle-shaped secondary leaves of pine trees. See Pinus. |
Needle (n.) Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc. |
mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
error misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed |
rounding rounding error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals, the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding, taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small |
truncation error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
variation variance | an activity that varies from a norm or standard, any variation in his routine was immediately reported |
variation | the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard, who is responsible for these variations in taxation? |
pas seul variation | (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure |
trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
magnetic resonance imaging MRI | the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images |
functional magnetic resonance imaging fMRI | a form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
magnetic levitation maglev | high-speed rail technology, train is suspended on a magnetic cushion above a magnetized track and so travels free of friction |
dragonfly darning needle devil's darning needle sewing needle snake feeder snake doctor mosquito hawk skeeter hawk | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest, adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. |
ball bearing needle bearing roller bearing | bearings containing small metal balls |
cattle guard cattle grid | a bridge over a ditch consisting of parallel metal bars that allow pedestrians and vehicles to pass, but not cattle |
circular plane compass plane | a plane with a flexible face that can plane concave or convex surfaces |
compass | navigational instrument for finding directions |
compass | drafting instrument used for drawing circles |
compass card mariner's compass | compass in the form of a card that rotates so that degrees or North points to magnetic north |
compass saw | a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves |
core magnetic core | (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data, now superseded by semiconductor memories, each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit |
crochet needle crochet hook | a needle with a hook on the end, used in crocheting |
darning needle embroidery needle | a long needle with an eye large enough for heavy darning or embroidery thread |
grid gridiron | a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars, used to grill fish or meat |
grid control grid | an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube |
grid storage-battery grid | a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage battery as a conductor and support for the active material |
reference grid | a pattern of horizontal and vertical lines that provide coordinates for locating points on an image or a map |
hypodermic needle | a hollow needle |
knitting needle | needle consisting of a slender rod with pointed ends, usually used in pairs |
magnetic bottle | container consisting of any configuration of magnetic fields used to contain a plasma during controlled thermonuclear reactions |
magnetic bubble memory | a nonvolatile storage device that holds information in the form of bubbles on a thin film of magnetic silicate, no longer used in most computers |
magnetic compass | compass based on an indicator (as a magnetic needle) that points to the magnetic north |
magnetic core memory core memory | (computer science) a computer memory consisting of an array of magnetic cores, now superseded by semiconductor memories |
magnetic disk magnetic disc disk disc | (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored |
magnetic head | an electromagnet (as on a tape recorder) that converts electrical variations into magnetic variations that can be stored on a surface and later retrieved |
magnetic mine | (nautical) a marine mine that is detonated by a mechanism that responds to magnetic material (as the steel hull of a ship) |
magnetic needle | a slender magnet suspended in a magnetic compass on a mounting with little friction, used to indicate the direction of the earth's magnetic pole |
magnetic recorder | recorder consisting of equipment for making records on magnetic media |
magnetic stripe | a short strip of magnetic tape attached to a credit card or debit card, it contains data that will tell a reading device who you are and what your account number is, etc. |
magnetic tape mag tape tape | memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide, used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information, he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview |
needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) |
needle | a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument |
negative magnetic pole negative pole south-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the south when the magnet is suspended freely |
packing needle | a large needle used to sew up canvas packages |
phonograph needle needle | a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record |
pole magnetic pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated |
positive pole positive magnetic pole north-seeking pole | the pole of a magnet that points toward the north when the magnet is suspended freely |
power system power grid grid | a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region |
radio compass | a direction finder that gives a bearing by determining the direction of incoming radio signals |
sewing needle | a needle used in sewing to pull thread through cloth |