Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 23
Adipoceration (n.) The act or process of changing into adipocere.
Adipocere (n.) 屍蠟 A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.
Adipoceriform (a.) Having the form or appearance of adipocere; as, an adipoceriform tumor.
Adipocerous (a.) Like adipocere.
Adipose (n.) (Physiol.) 動物性脂肪 The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.
Adipose (a.) 脂肪（質）的；多脂肪的 Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
Adipose fin (Zool.), A soft boneless fin.
Adipose tissue (Anat.), That form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat. Adiposeness
Adipose (a.) Composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the fat of meat".
Adiposeness (n.) Alt. of Adiposity
Adiposity (n.) 多脂肪；肥胖；【醫】肥胖病 The state of being fat; fatness.
Adiposity (n.) Having the property of containing fat; "he recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity" [syn: adiposity, adiposeness, fattiness].
Adipous (a.) Fatty; adipose. [R.] Adipsy
Adipsous (a.) Quenching thirst, as certain fruits.
Adipsy (n.) (Med.) Absence of thirst.
Adit (n.) 入口；【礦】平坑 An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.
Adit (n.) Admission; approach; access. [R.]
Yourself and yours shall have Free adit. -- Tennyson.
Adit (n.) A nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine.
Adjacence (n.) Alt. of Adjacency
Adjacency (n.) [C or O] [Formal] 毗鄰；接近；鄰接物；（電視或廣播的）鄰接節目 The state of being adjacent or contiguous; contiguity; as, the adjacency of lands or buildings.
Syn: contiguousness
Adjacency (n.) That which is adjacent. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Adjacency (n.) The attribute of being so near as to be touching [syn: adjacency, contiguity, contiguousness].
Adjacency; adjacent () A relationship between two network devices, e.g. routers, which are connected by one media segment so that a packet sent by one can reach the other without going through another network device. The concept of adjacency is important in the exchange of routing information.
Adjacent SNA nodes are nodes connected to a given node with no intervening nodes. In DECnet and OSI, adjacent nodes share a common segment ({Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring). (1998-03-10)
Adjacent (a.) [Z] [(+to)] 毗連的，鄰接的； 前後相接的；鄰近的 Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway. "The adjacent forest." -- B. Jonson.
Adjacent or contiguous angle. (Geom.) See Angle.
Syn: Adjoining; contiguous; near.
Usage: Adjacent, Adjoining, Contiguous. Things are adjacent when they lie close each other, not necessary in actual contact; as, adjacent fields, adjacent villages, etc.
I find that all Europe with her adjacent isles is peopled with Christians. -- Howell.
Things are adjoining when they meet at some line or point of junction; as, adjoining farms, an adjoining highway. What is spoken of as contiguous should touch with some extent of one side or the whole of it; as, a row of contiguous buildings; a wood contiguous to a plain.
Adjacent (n.) That which is adjacent. [R.] -- Locke.
Adjacent (a.) Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side" [syn: adjacent, next, side by side(p)].
Adjacent (a.) Having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" [syn: adjacent, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(a)].
Adjacent (a.) Near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities".
Adjacency; adjacent () A relationship between two network devices, e.g. routers, which are connected by one media segment so that a packet sent by one can reach the other without going through another network device. The concept of adjacency is important in the exchange of routing information.
Adjacent SNA nodes are nodes connected to a given node with no intervening nodes. In DECnet and OSI, adjacent nodes share a common segment ({Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring). (1998-03-10)
Adjacently (adv.) So as to be adjacent.
Adject (v. t.) To add or annex; to join. -- Leland.
Adjection (n.) The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] -- B. Jonson.
Adjectional (a.) Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed. [R.] -- Earle.
Adjectitious () Added; additional. -- Parkhurst.
Adjectival (a.) 【文】形容詞的 Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective. -- W. Taylor (1797)
Adjectival (a.) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: adjectival, adjective].
Adjectivally (adv.) 【文】像形容詞一般地，形容詞性地 As, or in the manner of, an adjective; adjectively.
Adjectivally (adv.) As an adjective; in an adjectival manner.
Adjective (v. t.) To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.]
Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. -- Tooke.
Adjective (a.) [Z] 形容詞的；不獨立的，從屬的；【律】有關程序的 Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
Adjective (a.) Not standing by itself; dependent.
Adjective color, A color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.
Adjective (a.) Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive and adjective." -- Macaulay.
Adjective (n.) (Gram.) 形容詞 [C] A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
Adjective (n.) A dependent; an accessory. -- Fuller.
Adjective (a.) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: adjectival, adjective].
Adjective (a.) Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law; "adjective law" [syn: adjective, procedural] [ant: essential, substantive].
Adjective (n.) A word that expresses an attribute of something.
Adjective (n.) The word class that qualifies nouns.
Adjectived (imp. & p. p.) of Adjective
Adjectiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjective
Adjectively (adv.) In the manner of an adjective; as, a word used adjectively.
Adjectively (adv.) As an adjective; "nouns are frequently used adjectively".
Adjoined (imp. & p. p.) of Adjoin.
Adjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjoin.
Adjoin (v. t.) 貼近；毗連 To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append.
Corrections . . . should be, as remarks, adjoined by way of note. -- Watts.
Adjoin (v. i.) 靠近，毗鄰著 To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin.
When one man's land adjoins to another's. -- Blackstone.
Note: The construction with to, on, or with is obsolete or obsolescent.
Adjoin (v. i.) To join one's self. [Obs.]
She lightly unto him adjoined side to side. -- Spenser.
Adjoin (v.) Lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on].
Adjoin (v.) Be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point" [syn: touch, adjoin, meet, contact].
Adjoin (v.) Attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter".
Adjoinant (a.) Contiguous. [Obs.] -- Carew.
Adjoining (a.) Joining to; contiguous; adjacent; as, an adjoining room. "The adjoining fane." -- Dryden.
Upon the hills adjoining to the city. -- Shak.
Syn: Adjacent; contiguous; near; neighboring; abutting; bordering. See Adjacent.
Adjoint (n.) An adjunct; a helper. [Obs.]
Adjourned (imp. & p. p.) of Adjourn.
Adjourning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjourn.
Adjourn (v. t.) 使中止 To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate.
It is a common practice to adjourn the reformation of their lives to a further time. -- Barrow.
'Tis a needful fitness That we adjourn this court till further day. -- Shak.
Syn: To delay; defer; postpone; put off; suspend.
Usage: To Adjourn, Prorogue, Dissolve. These words are used in respect to public bodies when they lay aside business and separate. Adjourn, both in Great Britain and this country, is applied to all cases in which such bodies separate for a brief period, with a view to meet again. Prorogue is applied in Great Britain to that act of the executive government, as the sovereign, which brings a session of Parliament to a close. The word is not used in this country, but a legislative body is said, in such a case, to adjourn sine die. To dissolve is to annul the corporate existence of a body. In order to exist again the body must be reconstituted.
Adjourn (v. i.) 延期，休會，換地方 To suspend business for a time, as from one day to another, or for a longer period, or indefinitely; usually, to suspend public business, as of legislatures and courts, or other convened bodies; as, congress adjourned at four o'clock; the court adjourned without day.
Adjourn (v.) Close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn: adjourn, recess, break up].
Adjourn (v.) Break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw, retire].
Adjournal (n.) Adjournment; postponement. [R.] "An adjournal of the Diet." -- Sir W. Scott.
Adjournment (n.) 休會；休會期；延期 The act of adjourning; the putting off till another day or time specified, or without day.
Adjournment (n.) The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.
Adjournment (n.) The termination of a meeting [syn: adjournment, dissolution].
Adjournment (n.) The act of postponing to another time or place.
Adjournment. () The dismissal by some court, legislative assembly, or properly authorized officer, of the business before them, either finally, which is called an adjournment sine die, without day; or, to meet again at another time appointed, which is called a temporary adjournment. 2. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, 4, directs that "neither house, during the session of congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place, that that in which the two houses shall be sitting." Vide Com. Dig. h.t.; Vin. Ab. h.t.; Dict. de Jur. h.t.
Adjudged (imp. & p. p.) of Adjudge.
Adjudging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjudge.
Adjudge (v. t.) 判決；宣判；評判給；【律】判給 To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.
Adjudge (v. t.) To determine in the exercise of judicial power; to decide or award judicially; to adjudicate; as, the case was adjudged in the November term.
Adjudge (v. t.) To sentence; to condemn.
Without reprieve, adjudged to death For want of well pronouncing Shibboleth. -- Milton.
Adjudge (v. t.) To regard or hold; to judge; to deem.
He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship. -- Knolles.
Syn: To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.
Adjudge (v.) Declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent" [syn: declare, adjudge, hold].
Adjudger (n.) One who adjudges.
Adjudgment (n.) 定罪；宣告 The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. -- Sir W. Temple.
Adjudicated (imp. & p. p.) of Adjudicate.
Adjudicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjudicate.
Adjudicate (v. t.) 【律】判決；宣告 To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
Adjudicate (v. i.) To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
Adjudicate (v.) Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" [syn: judge, adjudicate, try].
Adjudicate (v.) Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate].
Adjudication (n.) 【律】判決；（破產等的）宣告 The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
Adjudication (n.) A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." -- Burke.
Adjudication (n.) (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. -- Abbott.
Adjudication (n.) (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
Adjudication (n.) The final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented.
Adjudication (n.) In practice. The giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause; a judgment.
Adjudicative (a.) 【律】判決的 Adjudicating.
Adjudicative (a.) Concerned with adjudicating [syn: adjudicative, adjudicatory].
Adjudicator (n.) 判決者；（音樂比賽等的）評判員 One who adjudicates.
Adjudicator (a.) A person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes.
Adjudicature (n.) Adjudication.
Adjugate (v. t.) To yoke to. [Obs.]
Adjument (n.) Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.] -- Waterhouse.
Adjuvant (a.) 輔助的 Helping; helpful; assisting. [R.] "Adjuvant causes." -- Howell.
Adjuvant (n.) An assistant. [R.] -- Yelverton. AS
Adjuvant (n.) (Med.) 【醫】佐藥 An ingredient in a prescription drug, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. AS
Adjuvant (n.) (Med., Immunology) A substance that non-specifically enhances immune response to an antigen, such as by enhancing the production of antibodies. -- AS [AS]
Adjuvant (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].
Adjuvant (a.) Enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria".
Adjuvant (n.) An additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment.
Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
Adjuvant (n.) A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
Adjunct (a.) 附屬的 Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Though that my death were adjunct to my act. -- Shak.
Adjunct notes (Mus.), Short notes between those essential to the harmony; auxiliary notes; passing notes.
Adjunct (n.) 附屬物，附件，修飾語 Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.
Learning is but an adjunct to our self. -- Shak.
Adjunct (n.) A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate. -- Wotton.
Adjunct (n.) (Gram.) A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."
Adjunct (n.) (Metaph.) A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.
Adjunct (n.) (Mus.) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key. [R.] See Attendant keys, under Attendant, a.
Adjunct (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].
Adjunct (a.) Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another [syn: adjunct, assistant].
Adjunct (n.) Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it.
Adjunct (n.) A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another.
Adjunct (n.) A construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence.
Adjunction (n.) 添加，附加；【數】附益 The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
Adjunction (n.) An act of joining or adjoining things [syn: junction, adjunction].
Adjunction. () in civil law. Takes place when the thing belonging to one person is attached or united to that which belongs to another, whether this union is caused by inclusion, as if one man's diamond be encased in another's ring; by soldering, as if one's guard be soldered on another's sword; by sewing, as by employing the silk of one to make the coat of another; by construction; as by building on another's land; by writing, as when one writes on another's parchment; or by painting, when one paints a picture on another's canvas.
Adjunction. () In these cases, as a general rule, the accessory follows the principal; hence these things which are attached to the things of another become the property of the latter. The only exception which the civilians made was in the case of a picture, which although an accession, drew to itself the canvas, on account of the importance which was attached to it. Inst. lib. 2, t. 1, Sec. 34; Dig. lib. 41, t. 1, 1. 9, Sec. 2. See Accession, and 2 Bl. Comm. 404; Bro. Ab. Propertie; Com. Dig. Pleader, M. 28; Bac. Abr. Trespass, E 2. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 499.
Adjunctive (a.) 附屬的 Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
Adjunctive (n.) One who, or that which, is joined.
Compare: Connected
Connected (a.) p. p. of connect. [Narrower terms: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous] [Narrower terms: adjunctive] [Narrower terms: affined] [Narrower terms: attached] [Narrower terms: contiguous, in contact] [Narrower terms: coupled, joined, linked] [Narrower terms: cursive, flowing] [Narrower terms: siamese] [Narrower terms: socially connected, well-connected] unconnected
Connected (a.) 有關連的；有聯絡的；連在一起的 Being joined in close association.
Syn: affiliated, attached.
Connected (a.) Connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of electric signals. [Narrower terms: wired (vs. wireless)].
Connected (a.) (Music) legato. staccato.
Syn: flowing, smooth.
Connected (a.) Associated with or accompanying.
Syn: associated.
Connected (a.) (Computers) stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer. [Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)]
Syn: machine-accessible.
Connected (a.) Switched on. [Narrower terms: on-line (vs. off-line), online, on line(predicate)].
Syn: ready, on.
Connected (a.) Having some relation.
Syn: related.
Adjunctive (a.) 附屬的 Joining; forming an adjunct.
Adjunctively (adv.) In an adjunctive manner.
Adjunctly (adv.) By way of addition or adjunct; in connection with.
Adjuration (n.) 嚴令；懇求，祈求 The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.
What an accusation could not effect, an adjuration shall. -- Bp. Hall.
Adjuration (n.) The form of oath or appeal.
Persons who . . . made use of prayer and adjurations. -- Addison.
Adjuration (n.) A solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something.
Adjuratory (a.) 誓言的；懇求的 Containing an adjuration.
Adjuratory (a.) Earnestly or solemnly entreating; "in adjuratory terms".
Adjuratory (a.) Containing a solemn charge or command.
Adjured (imp. & p. p.) of Adjure.
Adjuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjure.
Adjure (v. t.) 嚴令；懇請 To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to entreat earnestly.
Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho. -- Josh. vi. 26.
The high priest . . . said . . . I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ. -- Matt. xxvi. 63.
The commissioners adjured them not to let pass so favorable an opportunity of securing their liberties. -- Marshall.
Adjure (v.) Ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure].
Adjure (v.) Command solemnly.
Adjurer (n.) One who adjures.
Adjusted (imp. & p. p.) of Adjust.
Adjusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adjust.
Adjust (v. t.) 調整，使適應於，校準 To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a standard.
Adjust (v. t.) To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system.
Adjusting the orthography. -- Johnson.
Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result; as, to adjust accounts; the differences are adjusted.
Adjust (v. t.) To bring to a true relative position, as the parts of an instrument; to regulate for use; as, to adjust a telescope or microscope.
Syn: To adapt; suit; arrange; regulate; accommodate; set right; rectify; settle.
Adjust (v.) Alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" [syn: {adjust}, {set}, {correct}].
Adjust (v.) Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" [syn: {align}, {aline}, {line up}, {adjust}] [ant: {skew}].
Adjust (v.) Adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" [syn: {adjust}, {conform}, {adapt}].
Adjust (v.) Make correspondent or conformable; "Adjust your eyes to the darkness".
Adjust (v.) Decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim.
Adjust (v. t.) To change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate.
// To adjust expenses to income.
Adjust (v. t.) To put in good working order; regulate; bring to a proper state or position.
// To adjust an instrument.
Adjust (v. t.) To settle or bring to a satisfactory state, so that parties are agreed in the result.
// To adjust our differences.
Adjust (v. t.) (Insurance) To determine the amount to be paid in settlement of (a claim).
Adjust (v. t.) To systematize.
Adjust (v. t.) (Military) To correct the elevation or deflection of (a gun).
Adjust (v. i.) 調整，適應於，校準 To adapt oneself; become adapted.
// They had no problems in adjusting at the new school.
Adjustable (a.) 可調整的，可調節的 Capable of being adjusted.
Adjustable (a.) Capable of being changed so as to match or fit; "adjustable seat belts".
Adjustable (a.) Capable of being regulated; "adjustable interest rates".
Adjustage (n.) Adjustment. [R.]
Adjuster (n.) 調停者，調解人；調節器；（保險業等中的）理算員；（產品的）校正員，檢驗員 One who, or that which, adjusts.
Adjuster (n.) An insurance agent who examines claims against personal or property damage insurance policies and makes estimates and recommendations regarding the amount which should be paid to the policyholder. Adjusting plane
Adjuster (n.) One who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement [syn: adjuster, adjustor, claims adjuster, claims adjustor, claim agent].
Adjustive (a.) 調整的；調節的 Tending to adjust. [R.]
Adjustive (a.) Conducive to adjustment.
Adjustment (n.) 調節；調整；校正 [U] [C] [（+in/ of）]；調節裝置 [C]；調解 [U] The act of adjusting, or condition of being adjusted; act of bringing into proper relations; regulation.
Success depends on the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned. -- Paley.