Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 11
Accept (v. t.) (v. t.) 接受，領受；答應，同意；承認，認可 [（+as）] [O2] [+that]；相信 [+that] (v. i.) 接受；應允 To take by the mind; to understand; as, How are these words to be accepted?
Accept (v. t.) (Com.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange.
Accept (v. t.) In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the property of the body, and the question is then on its adoption.]
{To accept a bill} (Law), To agree (on the part of the drawee) to pay it when due.
{To accept service} (Law), To agree that a writ or process shall be considered as regularly served, when it has not been.
{To accept the person} (Eccl.), to show favoritism. "God accepteth no man's person." -- Gal. ii. 6.
Syn: To receive; take; admit. See {Receive}.
Accept (a.) Accepted. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Accept (v.) Consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" [ant: reject].
Accept (v.) Receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn: accept, take, have] [ant: decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down].
Accept (v.) Give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" [syn: accept, consent, go for] [ant: decline, refuse].
Accept (v.) React favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care".
Accept (v.) Admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take on].
Accept (v.) Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" [syn: bear, take over, accept, assume].
Accept (v.) Tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" [syn: accept, live with, swallow].
Accept (v.) Be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" [syn: accept, take].
Accept (v.) Receive (a report) officially, as from a committee.
Accept (v.) Make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" [syn: take, accept].
Accept (v.) Be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull".
Accept, () Berkeley Unix networking socket library routine to satisfy a connection request from a remote host. A specified socket on the local host (which must be capable of accepting the connection) is connected to the requesting socket on the remote host. The remote socket's socket address is returned.
Unix manual pages: accept(2), connect(2). (1994-11-08)
Accepted (a.) Generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: accepted, recognized, recognised].
Acceptability (n.) 可受性，可容許性 The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness. "Acceptability of repentance." -- Jer. Taylor.
Acceptability (n.) Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards [syn: acceptability, acceptableness] [ant: unacceptability, unacceptableness].
Acceptable (a.) 可以接受的；值得接受的；令人滿意；可忍受的；承受得住的 Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable present, one acceptable to us.
Acceptable (a.) Worthy of acceptance or satisfactory; "acceptable levels of radiation"; "performances varied from acceptable to excellent" [ant: {unacceptable}]
Acceptable (a.) Judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"
Acceptable (a.) Meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat" [syn: {satisfactory}, {acceptable}].
Acceptable (a.) Adequate for the purpose; "the water was acceptable for drinking".
Acceptable (a.) (B1) 令人滿意的；可以接受的；可容許的；贊同的 Satisfactory and able to be agreed to or approved of.
// Clearly we need to come to an arrangement that is acceptable to both parties.
// So what is an acceptable level of radiation?
// This kind of attitude is simply not acceptable.
Acceptable (a.) (B1) 差強人意，勉強可以的 Just good enough, but not very good.
// Her performance was acceptable, but not stunning.
Acceptableness (n.) 可受性，可容許性 The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
Acceptableness (n.) Satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards [syn: acceptability, acceptableness] [ant: unacceptability, unacceptableness].
Acceptably (adv.) 可欣然接受地；合意地 In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
Acceptably (adv.) In an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner; "she plays tennis tolerably" [syn: acceptably, tolerably, so- so] [ant: intolerably, unacceptably].
Acceptance (n.) [U] [C] 接受；領受；歡迎；贊同；相信；承認 The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc.
They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. -- Isa. lx. 7.
Acceptance (n.) State of being accepted; acceptableness. "Makes it assured of acceptance." -- Shak.
Acceptance (n.) (Com.)An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.
Acceptance (n.) (Com.) The bill itself when accepted.
Acceptance (n.) An agreeing to terms or proposals by which a bargain is concluded and the parties are bound; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking possession as owner.
Acceptance (n.) (Law) An agreeing to the action of another, by some act which binds the person in law.
Note: What acts shall amount to such an acceptance is often a question of great nicety and difficulty. -- Mozley & W.
Note: In modern law, proposal and acceptance are the constituent elements into which all contracts are resolved.
{Acceptance of a bill of exchange}, {acceptance of a check}, {acceptance of a draft}, or {acceptance of an order}, Is an engagement to pay it according to the terms. This engagement is usually made by writing the word "accepted" across the face of the bill.
{Acceptance of goods}, Under the statute of frauds, is an intelligent acceptance by a party knowing the nature of the transaction.
Acceptance (n.) Meaning; acceptation. [Obs.]
{Acceptance of persons}, Partiality, favoritism. See under {Accept}.
Acceptance (n.) The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years" [syn: {credence}, {acceptance}].
Acceptance (n.) The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: {adoption}, {acceptance}, {acceptation}, {espousal}].
Acceptance (n.) The state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" [ant: {rejection}].
Acceptance (n.) (Contract law) Words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract).
Acceptance (n.) Banking: a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank [syn: {acceptance}, {banker's acceptance}].
Acceptance (n.) A disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations; "all people should practice toleration and live together in peace" [syn: {toleration}, {acceptance}, {sufferance}].
Acceptance (n.) The act of taking something that is offered; "her acceptance of the gift encouraged him"; "he anticipated their acceptance of his offer".
Acceptance (n.) , Contracts. An agreement to receive something which has been offered.
Acceptance (n.) To complete the contract, the acceptance must be absolute and past recall, 10 Pick. 826; 1 Pick. 278; and communicated to the party making the offer at the time and place appointed. 4. Wheat. R. 225; 6 Wend. 103.
Acceptance (n.) In many cases acceptance of a thing waives the right which the party receiving before had; as, for example, the acceptance of rent after notice to quit, in general waives. the notice. See Co. Litt. 211, b; Id. 215, a.; and Notice to quit.
Acceptance (n.) The acceptance may be express, as when it is openly declared by the party to be bound by it; or implied, as where the party acts as if he had accepted. The offer, and acceptance must be in some medium understood by, both parties; it may be language, symbolical, oral or written. For example, persons deaf and dumb may contract by symbolical or written language. At auction sales, the contract, generally symbolical; a nod, a wink, or some other sign by one party, imports that he makes an offer, and knocking down a hammer by the other, that he agrees to it. 3 D. & E. 148. This subject is further considered under the articles Assent and Offer, (q v.)
Acceptance (n.) Acceptance of a bill of exchange the act by which the drawee or other person evinces his assent or intention to comply with and be bound by, the request contained in a bill of exchange to pay the same; or in other words, it is an engagement to pay the bill when due. 4 East, 72. It will be proper to consider, 1, by whom the acceptance ought to be made; 2, the time when it is to be made; 3, the form of the acceptance; 4, its extent or effect.
Acceptance (n.) The acceptance must be made by the drawee himself, or by one authorized by him. On the presentment of a bill, the holder has a right to insist upon such an acceptance by the drawee as will subject him at all events to the payment of the bill, according to its tenor; consequently such drawee must have capacity to contract, and to bind himself to pay the amount of the bill, or it, may be treated as dishonored. Marius, 22. See 2 Ad. & EH. N. S. 16, 17.
Acceptance (n.) As to the time when, a bill ought to be accepted, it may be before the bill is drawn; in this case it must be in writing; 3 Mass. 1; or it may be after it is drawn; when the bill is presented, the drawee must accept the bill within twenty-four hours after presentment, or it should be treated as dishonored. Chit. Bills, 212. 217. On the refusal to accept, even within the twenty-four hours, it should be protested. Chit. Bills, 217. The acceptance may be made after the bill is drawn, and before it becomes due or after the time appointed for payment 1 H. Bl. 313; 2 Green, R. 339 ; and even after refusal to accept so as to bind the acceptor.
Acceptance (n.) The acceptance may also be made supra protest, which is the acceptance of the bill, after protest for non-acceptance by the drawee, for the honor of the drawer, or a particular endorser. When a bill has been accepted supra protest for the honor of one party to the bill, it may be accepted supra protest, by another individual, for the honor of another. Beawes, tit. Bills of Exchange, pl. 52; 5 Campb. R. 447.
Acceptance (n.) As to the form of the acceptance, it is clearly established it may be in writing on the bill itself, or on another paper, 4 East, 91; or it may be verbal, 4 East, 67; 10 John. 207; 3 Mass. 1; or it may be expressed or implied.
Acceptance (n.) An express acceptance is an agreement in direct and express terms to pay a bill of exchange, either by the party on whom it is drawn, or by some other person, for the honor of some of the parties. It is Usually in the words accepted or accepts, but other express words showing an engagement to pay the bill will be equally binding.
Acceptance (n.) An implied acceptance is an agreement to pay a bill, not by direct and express terms, but by any acts of the party from which an express agreement may be fairly inferred. For example, if the drawee writes "seen," "presented," or any, other thing upon it, (as the day on which it becomes due,) this, unless explained by other circumstances, will constitute an acceptance.
Acceptance (n.) An acceptance in regard to its extent and effect, may be either absolute, conditional, or partial.
Acceptance (n.) An absolute acceptance is a positive engagement to pay the bill according to its tenor, and is usually made by writing on the bill "accepted," and subscribing the drawee's name; or by merely writing his name either at the bottom or across the bill. Comb. 401; Vin. Ab. Bills of Exchange, L 4; Bayl. 77; Chit. Bills, 226 to 228. But in order to bind another than the drawee, it is requisite his name should appear. Bayl. 78.
Acceptance (n.) A conditional acceptance is one which will subject the drawee or acceptor to the payment of the money on a contingency, Bayl. 83, 4, 5; Chit. Bills, 234; Holt's C. N. P. 182; 5 Taunt, 344; 1 Marsh. 186. The holder is not bound to receive such an acceptance, but if he do receive it he must observe its terms. 4 M.& S. 466; 2 W. C. C. R. 485; 1 Campb. 425.
Acceptance (n.) A partial acceptance varies from the tenor of the bill, as where it is made to pay part of the sum for which the bill is drawn, 1 Stra. 214; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 485; or to pay at a different time, Molloy, b. 2, c. 10, s. 20; or place, 4. M.& S. 462.
Acceptancy (n.) 接受 Acceptance. [R.]
Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy. -- Mrs. Browning.
Acceptant (a.) 容易接受的；欣願接受的 Accepting; receiving.
Acceptant (n.) An accepter. -- Chapman.
Acceptant (a.) Accepting willingly; "acceptive of every new idea"; "an acceptant type of mind" [syn: {acceptive}, {acceptant}].
Acceptation (n.) 承認；（詞的）通用意義；贊同；歡迎 Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable. [Obs.]
This is saying worthy of all acceptation. -- 1 Tim. i. 15.
Some things . . . are notwithstanding of so great dignity and acceptation with God. -- Hooker.
Acceptation (n.) The meaning in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, term is to be used according to its usual acceptation.
My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. -- Gay.
Acceptation (n.) Acceptance as true or valid.
Acceptation (n.) The accepted meaning of a word [syn: word meaning, word sense, acceptation].
Acceptation (n.) The act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" [syn: adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal].
Accepted (a.) 公認的；accept的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Generally approved or compelling recognition; "several accepted techniques for treating the condition"; "his recognized superiority in this kind of work" [syn: {accepted}, {recognized}, {recognised}].
Acceptedly (adv.) 一般公認地；明白地；無可否認地 In a accepted manner; admittedly.
Accepter (n.) 領受人；承諾人 A person who accepts; a taker.
Accepter (n.) A respecter; a viewer with partiality. [Obs.]
God is no accepter of persons. -- Chillingworth.
Accepter (n.) (Law) An acceptor.
Acceptilation (n.) [律] （蘇格蘭法律）正式解除債務 Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
Acceptilation, () contracts. In the civil law, is a release made by a creditor to his debtor of his debt, without receiving any consideration. Ayl. Pand. tit. 26, p. 570. It is a species of donation, but not subject to the forms of the latter, and is valid, unless in fraud of creditors. Merlin, Repert. de Jurisp. h.t. Acceptilation may be defined verborum conceptio qua creditor debitori, quod debet, acceptum fert; or, a certain arrangement of words by which on the question of the debtor, the creditor, wishing to dissolve the obligation, answers that he admits as received, what in fact, he has not received. The acceptilation is an imaginary payment. Dig. 46, 4, 1 and 19; Dig. 2, 14, 27, 9; Inst. 3, 30, 1.
Acception (n.) 〈書〉對...不偏袒 Acceptation; the received meaning. [Obs.]
Here the word "baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. -- Fuller.
Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), Favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Acceptive (a.) 善於接受的；可接受的 Fit for acceptance.
Acceptive (a.) Ready to accept. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Acceptor (n.) 領受人，接受者；【商】票據承兌人 One who accepts.
Acceptor (n.) One who accepts; specifically (Law & Com.), one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
Acceptor (n.) (Chemistry) In the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated.
Acceptor (n.) The person (or institution) who accepts a check or draft and becomes responsible for paying the party named in the draft when it matures.
Finite State Machine
Acceptor
Finite Automata
Finite Automaton
Finite State Automata
Finite State Automaton
NFA
A deterministic FSM (DFA) is one where the next state is uniquely determinied by a single input event. The next state of a nondeterministic FSM (NFA) depends not only on the current input event, but also on an arbitrary number of subsequent input events. Until these subsequent events occur it is not possible to determine which state the machine is in.
It is possible to automatically translate any nondeterministic FSM into a deterministic one which will produce the same output given the same input. Each state in the DFA represents the set of states the NFA might be in at a given time.
In a probabilistic FSM [proper name?], there is a predetermined probability of each next state given the current state and input (compare Markov chain).
The terms "acceptor" and "transducer" are used particularly in language theory where automata are often considered as abstract machines capable of recognising a language (certain sequences of input events). An acceptor has a single Boolean output and accepts or rejects the input sequence by outputting true or false respectively, whereas a transducer translates the input into a sequence of output events.
FSMs are used in computability theory and in some practical applications such as regular expressions and digital logic design.
See also state transition diagram, Turing Machine.
[J.H. Conway, "regular algebra and finite machines", 1971, Eds Chapman & Hall].
[S.C. Kleene, "Representation of events in nerve nets and finite automata", 1956, Automata Studies. Princeton].
[Hopcroft & Ullman, 1979, "Introduction to automata theory, languages and computations", Addison-Wesley].
[M. Crochemore "tranducters and repetitions", heoritical. Comp. Sc. 46, 1986]. (2001-09-22)
Acceptor, () contracts. The person who agrees to pay a bill of exchange drawn upon him. There cannot be two separate acceptors of a bill of exchange, e. g. an acceptance by the drawee, and another for the honor of some party to the bill. Jackson v. Hudson, 2 Campb. N. P. C. 447.
Acceptor, () The acceptor of a bill is the principal debtor, and the drawer the surety. He is bound, though he accepted without consideration, and for the sole accommodation of the drawer. By his acceptance he admits the drawer's handwriting, for, before acceptance it was incumbent upon him to inquire into the genuineness of the drawer's handwriting. 3 Burr. 1354; 1 Bla. Rep. 390, S. C.; 4 Dall. 234; 1 Binn. 27, S. C. When once made, the obligation of
the acceptor is irrevocable. As to what amounts to an acceptance, see ante, Acceptance; Chitty on Bills, 242, et. seq.; 3 Kent, Com. 55, 6; Pothier, Traite du Contrat de Change, premiere part. n. 44.
Acceptor, () The liability of the acceptor cannot in general be released or discharged, otherwise than by payment, or by express release or waiver, or by the act of limitations. Dougl. R. 247. What amounts to a waiver and discharge of the acceptor's liability, must depend on the circumstances of each particular case. Dougl. 236, 248; Bayl. on Bills, 90; Chitty on Bills, 249.
Access (n.) 訪問通路，進入，使用權，發作 A coming to, or near approach; admittance; admission; accessibility; as, to gain access to a prince.
I did repel his letters, and denied His access to me. -- Shak.
Access (n.) The means, place, or way by which a thing may be approached; passage way; as, the access is by a neck of land. "All access was thronged." --Milton.
Access (n.) Admission to sexual intercourse.
During coverture, access of the husband shall be presumed, unless the contrary be shown. -- Blackstone.
Access (n.) Increase by something added; addition; as, an access of territory. [In this sense accession is more generally used.]
I, from the influence of thy looks, receive Access in every virtue. -- Milton.
Access (n.) An onset, attack, or fit of disease.
The first access looked like an apoplexy. -- Burnet.
Access (n.) A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [A Gallicism]
Access (n.) The right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance].
Access (n.) The right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership).
Access (n.) A way of entering or leaving; "he took a wrong turn on the access to the bridge" [syn: access, approach].
Access (n.) A code (a series of characters or digits) That must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.) [syn: access, access code].
Access (n.) (Computer science) The operation of reading or writing stored information [syn: access, memory access].
Access (n.) The act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building".
Access (v.) Obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer.
Access (v.) Reach or gain access to; "How does one access the attic in this house?"; "I cannot get to the T.V. antenna, even if I climb on the roof" [syn: access, get at].
Access, () An English-like query language used in the Pick operating system.
Access, () Microsoft Access. (1994-11-08)
Access, (), persons. Approach, or the means or power of approaching. Sometimes by access is understood sexual intercourse; at other times the opportunity of communicating together so that sexual intercourse may have taken place, is also called access. 1 Turn. & R. 141.
Access, () In this sense a man who can readily be in company with his wife, is said to have access to her; and in that case, her issue are presumed to be his issue. But this presumption may be rebutted by positive evidence that no sexual intercourse took place. lb.
Access, (), Parents are not allowed to prove non-access, for the purpose of bastardizing the issue of the wife; nor will their declarations be received after their deaths, to prove the want of access, with a like intent. 1 P. A. Bro. R. App. xlviii.; Rep. tem. Hard. 79; Bull. N. P. 113; Cowp. R. 592; 8 East, R. 203; 11 East, R. 133. 2 Munf. R. 242; 3 Munf. R. 599; 7 N. S. 553; 4 Hayw R. 221, 3 Hawks, R 623 1 Ashm. R. 269; 6 Binn. R. 283; 3 Paige's R. 129; 7 N. S. 548. See Shelf. on Mar. & Div. 711; and Paternity.
Accessarily (adv.) 附從地；附屬地 In the manner of an accessary.
Accessariness (n.) [U] 附件；附屬品；輔助設備 The state of being accessary.
Accessary (a.) 附加的，附屬的；輔助的；同謀的，幫兇的；非主要的；副的 Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.
To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. -- Shak.
Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. -- Milton.
Accessaries (n. pl. ) of Accessary
Accessary (n.) (Law) [C] 附件，配件；附加物件；婦女飾品；房間陳設 [P1]；從犯，同謀 [（+to）] One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
Accessary before the fact (Law), One who commands or counsels an offense, not being present at its commission.
Accessary after the fact, One who, after an offense, assists or shelters the offender, not being present at the commission of the offense.
Note: This word, as used in law, is spelt accessory by Blackstone and many others; but in this sense is spelt accessary by Bouvier, Burrill, Burns, Whishaw, Dane, and the Penny Cyclopedia; while in other senses it is spelt accessory. In recent text-books on criminal law the distinction is not preserved, the spelling being either accessary or accessory.
Accessary (a.) Aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime" [syn: accessary, accessory].
Accessary (n.) Someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn: accessory, accessary].
Accessary, () criminal law. He who is not the chief actor in the perpetration of the offence, nor present at its performance, but is some way concerned therein, either before or after the fact committed.
Accessary, () An accessary before the fact, is one who being absent at the time of, the crime committed, yet procures, counsels, or commands another to commit it. 1 Hale, P. C. 615. It is, proper to observe that when the act is committed through the agency of a person who has no legal discretion nor a will, as in the case of a child or an insane person, the incitor, though absent when the crime was committed, will be considered, not an accessary, for none can be accessary to the acts of a madman, but a principal in the first degree. Fost. 340; 1 P. C. 118.
Accessary, () An accessary after the fact,
is one who knowing a felony to have been committed, receives,
relieves, comforts, or assists the felon. 4 Bl. Com. 37.
Accessary, () No one who is a principal (q.v.) can be an accessary.
Accessary, () In certain crimes, there can be no accessaries; all who are concerned are principals, whether they were present or absent at the time of their commission. These are treason, and all offences below the degree of felony. 1 Russ. 21, et seq.; 4 Bl. Com. 35 to 40; 1 Hale, P. C. 615; 1 Vin. Abr. 113; Hawk. P. C. b. 2, c. 29, s. 16; such is the English Law. But whether it is law in the United States appears not to be determined as regards the cases of persons assisting traitors. Serg. Const. Law, 382; 4 Cranch, R. 472, 501; United States v. Fries, Parnphl. 199.
Accessary, () It is evident there can be no accessary when there is no principal; if a principal in a transaction be not liable under our laws, no one can be charged as a more accessary to him. 1 W.& M. 221.
Accessary, () By the rules of the common law, accessaries cannot be tried without their consent, before the principals. Foster, 360. The evils resulting from this rule, are stated at length in the 8th vol. of Todd's Spencer, pp. 329, 330.
Accessibility (n.) 易接近，可親；易受影響 The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptibility. -- Langhorne.
Accessibility (n.) The quality of being at hand when needed [syn: handiness, accessibility, availability, availableness] [ant: inaccessibility, unavailability].
Accessibility (n.) The attribute of being easy to meet or deal with [syn: approachability, accessibility] [ant: unapproachability].
Accessible (a.) 易於得到的，易於進入的，可處理的，可存取的 Easy of access or approach; approachable; as, an accessible town or mountain, an accessible person.
Accessible (a.) Open to the influence of; -- with to. "Minds accessible to reason." -- Macaulay.
Accessible (a.) Obtainable; to be got at.
The best information . . . at present accessible. -- Macaulay.
Accessible (a.) Capable of being reached; "a town accessible by rail" [ant: inaccessible, unaccessible].
Accessible (a.) Capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels" [syn: accessible, approachable].
Accessible (a.) Easily obtained; "most students now have computers accessible"; "accessible money".
Accessible (a.) Easy to get along with or talk to; friendly; "an accessible and genial man".
Accessibly (adv.) 可接近地；可親近地；可得到地；易受影響地 In an accessible manner.
Accession (n.) 就職；登基；（權力等的）獲得 [U]；同意；加盟 [U] [（+to）]； 增加；增加物 [U] [C] A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.
Accession (n.) Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory.
The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. -- Gibbon.
Accession (n.) (Law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf.
Accession (n.) (Law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. -- Kent.
Accession (n.) The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
Accession (n.) (Med.) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. AS
Syn: Increase; addition; augmentation; enlargement.
Accession (n.) A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession".
Accession (n.) (Civil law) The right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement.
Accession (n.) Something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" [syn: accession, addition].
Accession (n.) Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination" [syn: accession, assenting].
Accession (n.) The right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession, admission, admittance].
Accession (n.) The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558" [syn: accession, rise to power].
Accession (v.) Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.
Accession, () international law, is the absolute or conditional acceptance by one or several states, of a treaty already concluded between one or several states, of a treaty already concluded between other sovereignties. Merl. Rep. mot Accession.
Accession, () property. The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or personal, movable or immovable, carries with it the right to all that the thing produces, and to all that becomes united to it, either naturally or artificially; this is called the right of accession.
Accession, () The doctrine of property arising from accession, is grounded on the right of occupancy.
Accession, () The original owner of any thing which receives an accession by natural or artificial means, as by the growth of vegetables, the pregnancy of animals; Louis. Code, art. 491; the embroidering of cloth, or the conversion of wood or metal into vessels or utensils, is entitled to his right of possession to the property of it, under such its state of improvement; 5 H. 7, 15; 12 H. 8, 10; Bro. Ab. Propertie, 23; Moor, 20; Poph. 88. But the owner must be able to prove the identity of the original materials; for if wine, oil, or bread, be made out of another man's grapes, olives, or wheat, they belong to the new operator, who is bound to make satisfaction to the former proprietor for the materials which he has so converted. 2 Bl. Com. 404; 5 Johns. Rep. 348; Betts v. Lee, 6 Johns. Rep. 169; Curtiss v. Groat, 10 Johns. 288; Babcock v. Gill, 9 Johns. Rep. 363; Chandler v. Edson, 5 H. 7, 15; 12 H. 8, 10; Fits. Abr. Bar. 144; Bro. Abr. Property, 23; Doddridge Eng. Lawyer, 125, 126, 132, 134. See Adjunction; Confusion of Goods. See Generally, Louis. Code, tit. 2, c. 2 and 3.
Accessional (a.) 附加的 Pertaining to accession; additional. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Accessional (a.) Of or constituting an accession.
Accessorial (a.) Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
Accessorial (a.) Nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing".
Accessive (a.) Additional.
Accessorial (a.) 補助的；從犯的 Of or pertaining to an accessory; as, accessorial agency, accessorial guilt.
Accessorial (a.) Nonessential but helpful; "accessorial services included sorting and packing".
Accessorily (adv.) In the manner of an accessory; auxiliary.
Accessoriness (n.) 附件；配件；同謀 The state of being accessory, or connected subordinately.
Accessory (a.) 附加的，附屬的；輔助的；同謀的，幫兇的；非主要的；副的 Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contributory; said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music.
Note: Ash accents the antepenult; and this is not only more regular, but preferable, on account of easiness of pronunciation. Most orho["e]pists place the accent on the first syllable.
Syn: Accompanying; contributory; auxiliary; subsidiary; subservient; additional; acceding.
Accessories (n. pl. ) of Accessory
Accessory (n.) [C] 附件，配件；附加物件；婦女飾品；房間陳設 [P1]；從犯，同謀 [（+to）] That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate. "The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti." -- Carlyle.
Accessory (n.) (Law) Same as {Accessary}, n.
Accessory (n.) (Fine Arts) Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. -- Elmes.
Syn: Abettor; accomplice; ally; coadjutor. See {Abettor}.
Accessory (a.) Aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with being accessory to the crime" [syn: {accessary}, {accessory}].
Accessory (a.) Furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other" [syn: {accessory}, {adjunct}, {ancillary}, {adjuvant}, {appurtenant}, {auxiliary}].
Accessory (n.) Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing [syn: {accessory}, {accoutrement}, {accouterment}].
Accessory (n.) A supplementary component that improves capability [syn: {accessory}, {appurtenance}, {supplement}, {add-on}].
Accessory (n.) Someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn: {accessory}, {accessary}].
Accessory, () property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to the principal thing. For example, the halter of a horse, the frame of a picture, the keys of a house, and the like; but a bequest of a house would not carry the furniture in it, as accessory to it. Domat, Lois Civ. Part. 2, liv. 4, tit. 2, s. 4, n. 1. Accesiorium non ducit, sed sequitur principale. Co. Litt. 152, a. Co. Litt. 121, b. note (6). Vide Accession; Adjunction; Appendant; Appurtenances; Appurtenant; Incident.
Acciaccatura (n.) (Mus.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.
Acciaccatura (n.) An embellishing note usually written in smaller size [syn: grace note, appoggiatura, acciaccatura].
Accidence (n.) （學科的）初步，入門；【語】語形變化；字形變化 The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar. -- Milton.
Accidence (n.) The rudiments of any subject. -- Lowell.
Accidence (n.) The part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words [syn: {inflectional morphology}, {accidence}].
Accident (n.) 事故；災禍 [C]；意外事情；偶然因素，機遇 [C] [U] Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event; chance; contingency; often, an undesigned and unforeseen occurrence of an afflictive or unfortunate character; a casualty; a mishap; as, to die by an accident.
Of moving accidents by flood and field. -- Shak.
Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident: It is the very place God meant for thee. -- Trench.
Accident (n.) (Gram.) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, as gender, number, case.
Accident (n.) (Her.) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
Accident (n.) (Log.) A property or quality of a thing which is not essential to it, as whiteness in paper; an attribute.
Accident (n.) (Log.) A quality or attribute in distinction from the substance, as sweetness, softness.
Accident (n.) Any accidental property, fact, or relation; an accidental or nonessential; as, beauty is an accident.
This accident, as I call it, of Athens being situated some miles from the sea. -- J. P. Mahaffy.
Accident (n.) Unusual appearance or effect. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Note: Accident, in Law, is equivalent to casus, or such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
Accident (n.) An unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury.
Accident (n.) Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" [syn: {accident}, {stroke}, {fortuity}, {chance event}].
Accident (n.) , Practice. This term in chancery jurisprudence, signifies such unforeseen events, misfortunes, losses, acts or omissions, as are not the result of any negligence or misconduct in the party. Francis' Max. M. 120, p. 87; 1 Story on Eq. Sec. 78.
Jeremy defines it as used in courts of equity, to be "an occurrence in relation to a contract, which was not anticipated by the parties, when the same was entered into, and which gives an undue advantage to one of them over the other in a court of law." Jer. on Eq. 358. This definition is objected to, because as accident may arise in relation to other things besides contracts, it is inaccurate in confining accidents to contracts; besides, it does not exclude cases of unanticipated occurrences, resulting from the negligence or misconduct of the party seeking relief. 1 Story on Eq. Sec. 78, note 1.
Accident (n.) In general, courts of equity will relieve a party who cannot obtain justice in consequence of an accident, which will justify the interposition of a court of equity. The jurisdiction being concurrent, will be maintained only, first, when a court of law cannot grant suitable relief; and, secondly, when the party has a conscientious title to relief.
Accident (n.) Many accidents are redressed in a court of law; as loss of deeds, mistakes in receipts and accounts, wrong payments, death, which makes it impossible to perform a condition literally, and a multitude of other contingencies; and many cannot be redressed even in a court of equity; is if by accident a recovery is ill suffered, a contingent remainder destroyed, or a power of leasing omitted in a family settlement. 3 Bl. Comm. 431. Vide, generally, Com. Dig. Chancery, 3 F 8; 1 Fonb. Eq. B. 1, c. 3, s. 7; Coop. Eq. Pl. 129; 1 Chit. Pr. 408; Harr. Ch. Index, h.t.; Dane's Ab. h.t.; Wheat. Dig. 48; Mitf. Pl. Index, h.t.; 1 Madd. Ch. Pr. 23; 10 Mod. R. 1, 3; 3 Chit. Bl. Com. 426, n.
Accident (n.) An inevitable occurrence due to the action of immutable natural laws.
Accident, MD -- U.S. town in Maryland
Population (2000): 353
Housing Units (2000): 162
Land area (2000): 0.496408 sq. miles (1.285690 sq. km)
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Total area (2000): 0.496408 sq. miles (1.285690 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00225
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 39.628074 N, 79.319996 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 21520
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Accidental (a.) 偶然的；意外的；非主要的；附屬的；附帶的 Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit.
Accidental (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play.
{Accidental chords} (Mus.), those which contain one or more tones foreign to their proper harmony.
{Accidental colors} (Opt.), colors depending on the hypersensibility of the retina of the eye for complementary colors. They are purely subjective sensations of color which often result from the contemplation of actually colored bodies.
{Accidental point} (Persp.), the point in which a right line, drawn from the eye, parallel to a given right line, cuts the perspective plane; so called to distinguish it from the principal point, or point of view, where a line drawn from the eye perpendicular to the perspective plane meets this plane.
{Accidental lights} (Paint.), secondary lights; effects of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. -- Fairholt.
Syn: Casual; fortuitous; contingent; occasional; adventitious.
Usage: {Accidental}, {Incidental}, {Casual}, {Fortuitous}, {Contingent}. We speak of a thing as accidental when it falls out as by chance, and not in the regular course of things; as, an accidental meeting, an accidental advantage, etc. We call a thing incidental when it falls, as it were, into some regular course of things, but is secondary, and forms no essential part thereof; as, an incremental remark, an incidental evil, an incidental benefit. We speak of a thing as casual, when it falls out or happens, as it were, by mere chance, without being prearranged or premeditated; as, a casual remark or encounter; a casual observer. An idea of the unimportant is attached to what is casual. Fortuitous is applied to what occurs without any known cause, and in opposition to what has been foreseen; as, a fortuitous concourse of atoms. We call a thing contingent when it is such that, considered in itself, it may or may not happen, but is dependent for its existence on something else; as, the time of my coming will be contingent on intelligence yet to be received.
Accidental (n.) 非主要的特性，次要方面；【音】臨時符號 [C] A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
He conceived it just that accidentals . . . should sink with the substance of the accusation. -- Fuller.
Accidental (n.) (pl.) (Paint.) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
Accidental (n.) (Mus.) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
Accidental (a.) Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ; "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting" [syn: {accidental}, {inadvertent}].
Accidental (n.) A musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature.
Accidentalism (n.) Accidental character or effect. -- Ruskin.
Accidentality (n.) The quality of being accidental; accidentalness. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Accidentally (adv.) 偶然地；意外地；附帶地 In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
Accidentally (adv.) Without advance planning; "they met accidentally" [syn: {by chance}, {accidentally}, {circumstantially}, {unexpectedly}] [ant: {advisedly}, {by choice}, {by design}, {deliberately}, {designedly}, {intentionally}, {on purpose}, {purposely}].
Accidentally (adv.) Of a minor or subordinate nature; "these magnificent achievements were only incidentally influenced by Oriental models" [syn: {incidentally}, {accidentally}].
Accidentally (adv.) Without intention; in an unintentional manner; "she hit him unintentionally" [syn: {unintentionally}, {accidentally}] [ant: {advisedly}, {by choice}, {by design}, {deliberately}, {designedly}, {intentionally}, {on purpose}, {purposely}].
Accidentalness (n.) 偶然 The quality of being accidental; casualness.
Accidie (n.) Sloth; torpor. [Obs.] "The sin of accidie." -- Chaucer.
Accipenser (n.) See Acipenser.
Accipient (n.) A receiver. [R.] -- Bailey
Accipiters (n. pl. ) of Accipiter.
Accipitres (n. pl. ) of Accipiter.
Accipiter (n.) (Zool.) 【動】鷲鷹 A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.
Accipiter (n.) (Surg.) 【醫】鷹爪帶 A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Accipiter (n.) Type genus of the family Accipitridae [syn: {Accipiter}, {genus Accipiter}]
Accipitral (a.) 鷹的，鷹似的，貪婪兇猛的 Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. -- Lowell.
Accipitres (n. pl.) (Obsolete) (Zoology) The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.
Accipitridae (n.) 鷹科在鳥類傳統分類系統中是鳥綱中的隼形目中的一個科，但現在改分至鷹形目。是鷹形目鳥類兩個最大的科之一。
在狹義的定義上，小型鷹科猛禽泛稱為鷹，大型鷹科猛禽泛稱為鵰，某些中型鷹科猛禽稱為鵟。[1]
The Accipitridae, one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes (the others being Cathartidae, Pandionidae and Sagittariidae [1]), are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a few feeding on fruit. The Accipitridae have a cosmopolitan distribution, being found on all the world's continents (except Antarctica) and a number of oceanic island groups. Some species are migratory.
Many well-known birds, such as hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures are included in this group. The osprey is usually placed in a separate family (Pandionidae), as is the secretary bird (Sagittariidae), and the New World vultures are also usually now regarded as a separate family or order. Karyotype data [2] [3] [4] indicate the accipitrids analysed are indeed a distinct monophyletic group, but whether this group should be considered a family or one or several order(s) on their own is a question still to be resolved.
Accipitridae (n.) A family of birds consisting of the hawks; -- this family includes the Old World vultures; kites; harriers; and eagles.
Syn: family Accipitridae.
Accipitridae (n.) Hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles [syn: Accipitridae, family Accipitridae].
Accipitrine (a.) (Zool.) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
Accipitrine (a.) Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks).
Accismus (n.) (Rhet.) Affected refusal; coyness.
Accite (v. t.) To cite; to summon. [Obs.]
Our heralds now accited all that were Endamaged by the Elians. -- Chapman.
Acclaim (v. t.) 歡呼，喝彩，稱贊 To applaud. "A glad acclaiming train." -- Thomson.
Acclaim (v. t.) To declare by acclamations.
While the shouting crowd Acclaims thee king of traitors. -- Smollett.
Acclaim (v. t.) To shout; as, to acclaim my joy.
Acclaim (v. i.) 歡呼，喝彩，稱贊 To shout applause.
Acclaim (n.) 喝彩，歡呼，贊同 Acclamation. [Poetic] -- Milton.
Acclaim (n.) Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat].
Acclaim (v.) Praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail, herald].
Acclaim (v.) Clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval [syn: applaud, clap, spat, acclaim] [ant: boo, hiss].
Acclaim, () A European Union ESPRIT Basic Research Action. [What's it about?] (1994-11-08)
Acclaimer (n.) One who acclaims.
Acclamation (n.) 歡呼，喝采 [U] [C]；鼓掌歡呼表示通過，口頭通過 [U] A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause.
On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. -- Southey.