Change (v. t.) To alter |
Change (v. t.) To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else |
Change (v. t.) To give and take reciprocally |
Change (v. t.) Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for |
Change (v. i.) To be altered |
Change (v. i.) To pass from one phase to another |
Change (v. t.) Any variation or alteration |
Change (v. t.) A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another |
Change (v. t.) A passing from one phase to another |
Change (v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series |
Change (v. t.) That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another. |
Change (v. t.) Small money |
Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business |
Change (v. t.) A public house |
Change (v. t.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale. |
Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point." |
Dew-point (n.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere. |
Dust-point (n.) An old rural game. |
Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. |
Point (v. t. & i.) To appoint. |
Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces |
Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others |
Point (n.) Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape |
Point (n.) The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument, as a needle |
Point (n.) An indefinitely small space |
Point (n.) An indivisible portion of time |
Point (n.) A mark of punctuation |
Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree |
Point (n.) That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or character |
Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc. |
Point (n.) A small matter |
Point (n.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time |
Point (n.) A dot or mark distinguishing or characterizing certain tones or styles |
Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes. |
Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended |
Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon. |
Point (n.) One of the points of the compass (see Points of the compass, below) |
Point (n.) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef. |
Point (n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress. |
Point (n.) Lace wrought the needle |
Point (n.) A switch. |
Point (n.) An item of private information |
Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman. |
Point (n.) The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game |
Point (n.) A standard unit of measure for the size of type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica type. See Point system of type, under Type. |
Point (n.) A tyne or snag of an antler. |
Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board. |
Point (n.) A movement executed with the saber or foil |
Point (n.) To give a point to |
Point (n.) To direct toward an abject |
change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
about-face volte-face reversal policy change | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view, an about-face on foreign policy |
point after point after touchdown extra point | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown |
change | the action of changing something, the change of government had no impact on the economy, his change on abortion cost him the election |
pitching change | replacing a pitcher in baseball |
change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
passage transition | the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
springboard jumping-off point point of departure | a beginning from which an enterprise is launched, he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own, reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions, the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out |
oil change | replacing dirty oil with clean |
change of color | an act that changes the light that something reflects |
three-point landing | a landing in which all three wheels of the aircraft touch the ground at the same time |
change of direction reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
change of course | a change in the direction that you are moving |
change of magnitude | the act of changing the amount or size of something |
change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something |
transformation translation | the act of changing in form or shape or appearance, a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface |
transformation | (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA |
change of shape | an action that changes the shape of something |
change ringing | ringing tuned bells in a fixed order that is continually changing |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
three-point turn | the act of turning a vehicle around in a limited space by moving in a series of back and forward arcs |
bluepoint blue point | small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island |
blue point Siamese | Siamese cat having a bluish creamolored body and dark grey points |
basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
change | a different or fresh set of clothes, she brought a change in her overnight bag |
change | a thing that is different, he inspected several changes before selecting one |
corner street corner turning point | the intersection of two streets, standing on the corner watching all the girls go by |
diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond |
distributor point breaker point point | a contact in the distributor, as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs |
dry point | a steel needle for engraving without acid on a bare copper plate |
dry point | a print produced by dry point engraving |
gros point | needlepoint embroidery done with large stitches |
gros point | a needlepoint stitch covering two horizontal and two vertical threads |
petit point | needlepoint done with small stitches |
petit point tent stitch | a small diagonal needlepoint stitch |
point | sharp end, he stuck the point of the knife into a tree, he broke the point of his pencil |
point power point | a wall socket |
point gunpoint | the gun muzzle's direction, he held me up at the point of a gun |
point-and-shoot camera | a lightweight photographic camera with an autofocus |
point lace needlepoint | lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern |
spearhead spearpoint spear-point | the head and sharpened point of a spear |
three-way switch three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
well point wellpoint | a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area |
boiling point | being highly angry or excited, ready to boil over, after an hour of waiting I was at the boiling point |
vanishing point | the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge |
point spot | an outstanding characteristic, his acting was one of the high points of the movie |
point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic, he knows my bad points as well as my good points |
selling point | a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers |
variety change | a difference that is usually pleasant, he goes to France for variety, it is a refreshing change to meet a woman mechanic |
Curie temperature Curie point | the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic |