39 definitions by ANCIENT_WOLFY
Meaning of electroluminescence in English:
electroluminescence
NOUN
mass noun
Chemistry
Luminescence produced electrically, especially by the application of a voltage.
Pronunciation /ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns/
electroluminescence
NOUN
mass noun
Chemistry
Luminescence produced electrically, especially by the application of a voltage.
Pronunciation /ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns/
‘Much of the research into red OLEDs has been directed toward overcoming concentration-quenching problems, a decrease in electroluminescence that can occur at dopant concentrations as low as 2%.’
‘In the darkened second gallery were two book-like works involving electroluminescence or fiber-optic light.’
‘The electroluminescence wavelength is 650 to 660 nm and describes the maximum emission at the wafer center.’
‘These electroluminescence immunoassays have an analytical sensitivity of 0.01 ng/mL for cTnT.’
Electroluminescence (ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns)
‘In the darkened second gallery were two book-like works involving electroluminescence or fiber-optic light.’
‘The electroluminescence wavelength is 650 to 660 nm and describes the maximum emission at the wafer center.’
‘These electroluminescence immunoassays have an analytical sensitivity of 0.01 ng/mL for cTnT.’
Electroluminescence (ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Definition of adjective in English:
adjective
NOUN
Grammar
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.
Pronunciation
adjective
/ˈajəktiv/ /ˈædʒəktɪv/
adjective
NOUN
Grammar
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
Origin
Late Middle English from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.
Pronunciation
adjective
/ˈajəktiv/ /ˈædʒəktɪv/
‘Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.’
‘In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.’
‘Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.’
‘Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.’
Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)
‘In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.’
‘Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.’
‘Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.’
Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Meaning of pizzeria in English:
pizzeria
NOUN
A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.
Origin
Italian.
Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
pizzeria
NOUN
A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.
Origin
Italian.
Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’
Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’
Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Meaning of traa dy liooar in English:
traa dy liooar
NOUN
(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
‘Time enough’. Used to express or assert that something can (or should) be postponed, or that there is no need to hurry.
ADJECTIVE
(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
Characterized by a tendency to postpone things or not hurry, especially (in early use) as a result of an (overly) cautious or conservative nature; procrastinating.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Manx traa dy liooar time enough, plenty of time from traa time (Early Irish tráth period of time, point in time, canonical hour, of uncertain origin) + dy liooar, cognate with or formed similarly to Irish go leór enough (Early Irish co lór).
Pronunciation
traa dy liooar
/ˌtrɛ də ˈlu ə/ /ˌtreɪ də ˈlu ə/
traa dy liooar
NOUN
(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
‘Time enough’. Used to express or assert that something can (or should) be postponed, or that there is no need to hurry.
ADJECTIVE
(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
Characterized by a tendency to postpone things or not hurry, especially (in early use) as a result of an (overly) cautious or conservative nature; procrastinating.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Manx traa dy liooar time enough, plenty of time from traa time (Early Irish tráth period of time, point in time, canonical hour, of uncertain origin) + dy liooar, cognate with or formed similarly to Irish go leór enough (Early Irish co lór).
Pronunciation
traa dy liooar
/ˌtrɛ də ˈlu ə/ /ˌtreɪ də ˈlu ə/
How to use Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə) in a sentence is still unknown.
Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə)
Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
This Word Has An Amazing 28 LETTERS!
Antidisestablishmentarianism!
This word is really good for practicing the vowel sound in English! Because there is so many vowel sounds in here!
An-ti-dis-e-stab-blish-ment-air-ria-nism (Antidisestablishmentarianism)
Meaning :
Being opposed to the separation of church and state.
It's a word that nowadays we don't quite use it at all. But in the past it may be a little bit more common.
Antidisestablishmentarianism!
This word is really good for practicing the vowel sound in English! Because there is so many vowel sounds in here!
An-ti-dis-e-stab-blish-ment-air-ria-nism (Antidisestablishmentarianism)
Meaning :
Being opposed to the separation of church and state.
It's a word that nowadays we don't quite use it at all. But in the past it may be a little bit more common.
person 1 : I'm Antidisestablishmentarianism (æntɪ:dɪseˌstablɪʃm(ə)ˈtƐ:rɪənɪz(ə)m)
person 2 : What???
person 1 : Oh. Sorry I'm being opposed to the separation of church and state.
person 2 : Ohhhh...
person 2 : What???
person 1 : Oh. Sorry I'm being opposed to the separation of church and state.
person 2 : Ohhhh...
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
Definition of ankylosaur in English:
ankylosaur
NOUN
(also ankylosaurus)
A heavily built quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur primarily of the Cretaceous period, armored with bony plates.
Origin
Early 20th century from modern Latin Ankylosaurus, from Greek ankulos (see ankylosis) + sauros ‘lizard’.
Pronunciation
ankylosaur
/ˈaNGkiləˌsôr/ /ˈæŋkɪləˌsɔr/
ankylosaur
NOUN
(also ankylosaurus)
A heavily built quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur primarily of the Cretaceous period, armored with bony plates.
Origin
Early 20th century from modern Latin Ankylosaurus, from Greek ankulos (see ankylosis) + sauros ‘lizard’.
Pronunciation
ankylosaur
/ˈaNGkiləˌsôr/ /ˈæŋkɪləˌsɔr/
‘Skeletons range from twelve-foot remains of the armored dinosaurs known as ankylosaurs, with almost every piece of bony plate intact, to two-inch skeletons of early mammals, complete down to their fragile, microscopic ear bones.’
‘These were the fragmentary remains of an armored dinosaur, an ankylosaur.’
‘Birds did not evolve from massive sauropods or antediluvian, tanklike ankylosaurs or even from the large tyrannosaurs.’
‘Living at the same time as Utahraptor was a dinosaur that belonged to the tanklike armadillo shaped ankylosaurs called Gastonia.’
‘Most recently, a new ankylosaur was named on the basis of an incomplete mandible and fragmentary cranial material, but the ankylosaurian affinities and validity of this taxon are doubtful.’
‘These early ankylosaur or glyptodont analogues often had widely-flared skulls, ornamented with irregular blobs of bone, looking like half-melted wax.’
Ankylosaur (ˈæŋkɪləˌsɔr)
‘These were the fragmentary remains of an armored dinosaur, an ankylosaur.’
‘Birds did not evolve from massive sauropods or antediluvian, tanklike ankylosaurs or even from the large tyrannosaurs.’
‘Living at the same time as Utahraptor was a dinosaur that belonged to the tanklike armadillo shaped ankylosaurs called Gastonia.’
‘Most recently, a new ankylosaur was named on the basis of an incomplete mandible and fragmentary cranial material, but the ankylosaurian affinities and validity of this taxon are doubtful.’
‘These early ankylosaur or glyptodont analogues often had widely-flared skulls, ornamented with irregular blobs of bone, looking like half-melted wax.’
Ankylosaur (ˈæŋkɪləˌsɔr)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022
Meaning of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in English:
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
PROPER NOUN
historical
fuller form of Comecon
Origin
Translating Russian Sovet ékonomicheskoĭ vzaimopomoshchi.
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
PROPER NOUN
historical
fuller form of Comecon
Origin
Translating Russian Sovet ékonomicheskoĭ vzaimopomoshchi.
How to use Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ˈkaʊns(ə)l fɔ (r) ˈmju tʃuəl ˌi kəˈnɒmɪk əˈsɪst(ə)ns) in a sentence is still unknown.
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ˈkaʊns(ə)l fɔ (r) ˈmju tʃuəl ˌi kəˈnɒmɪk əˈsɪst(ə)ns)
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ˈkaʊns(ə)l fɔ (r) ˈmju tʃuəl ˌi kəˈnɒmɪk əˈsɪst(ə)ns)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 20, 2022