Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 19
Deficiencies (n. pl. ) of Deficiency.
Deficiency (n.) 不足，缺乏 [U] [C] [（+of）]；不足的數額 [C]；缺陷，缺點 [U] [C] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. "A deficiency of blood." -- Arbuthnot.
[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. -- Buckle.
Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
Deficiency (n.) The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want].
Deficiency (n.) Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency].
Deficient (a.) 不足的，不充分的，有缺陷的 Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. -- Macaulay.
Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. -- De*fi"cient-ly, adv.
Deficient (a.) Inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)].
Deficient (a.) Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant: sufficient].
Deficient (a.) Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard].
Deficit (n.) 赤字，不足額 Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc.
Defier (n.) 挑戰者 One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.
Defiguration (n.) 臉容毀損；外形損壞 Disfiguration; mutilation.
Defigure (v. t.) (Obs.) 勾劃出…的輪廓 To delineate.
Defiladed (imp. & p. p.) of Defilade.
Defilading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defilade.
Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.
Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected.
Defiled (imp. & p. p.) of Defile.
Defiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defile.
Defile (v. i.) 以單列行進 To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
Defile (v. t.) (Mil.) Same as Defilade.
Defile (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
Defile (n.) (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
Defile (v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
They that touch pitch will be defiled. -- Shak.
Defile (v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. -- Swift.
Defile (v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. -- Ezek. xx. 7.
Defile (v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate ; to rape.
The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. -- Prior.
Defile (v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. -- Lev. xxii. 8.
Defile (n.) A narrow pass (especially one between mountains) [syn: defile, gorge].
Defile (v.) Place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation" [syn: defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud].
Defile (v.) Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" [syn: tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile].
Defile (v.) Spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul, defile, maculate].
Defile (v.) [ T ] (Formal) 玷污，褻瀆，糟蹋 To spoil something or someone so that that thing or person is less beautiful or pure.
// It's a shame that such a beautiful area has been defiled by a rubbish dump.
// The soldiers deliberately defiled all the holy places.
Defile (n.) [ C ] (Literary) （山中）狹徑 A very narrow valley between two mountains.
Defilement (n.) (Mil.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
Defilement (n.) The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defilements of the flesh. -- Hopkins.
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. -- Addison.
Defilement (n.) The state of being polluted [syn: befoulment, defilement, pollution].
Defiler (n.) One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.
Defiler (n.) A person or organization that causes pollution of the environment [syn: polluter, defiler].
Defiliation (n.) Abstraction of a child from its parents. -- Lamb.
Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv.
Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; "definable terms"; "definable rules."
Defined (imp. & p. p.) of Define.
Defining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Define.
Define (v. t.) To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. "To define controversies." -- Barrow.
Define (v. t.) To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
Define (v. t.) To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Rings . . . very distinct and well defined. -- Sir I. Newton.
Define (v. t.) To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.
They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
Define (v. i.) To determine; to decide. [Obs.]
Define (v.) Determine the essential quality of [syn: specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate].
Define (v.) Give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'."
Define (v.) Determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
Define (v.) Show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object" [syn: define, delineate].
Define (v.) Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit].
Definement (n.) The act of defining; definition; description. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Definer (n.) One who defines or explains.
Definite (a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
Elements combine in definite proportions. -- Whewell.
Definite (a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
Definite (a.) Determined; resolved. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Definite (a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
Definite article (Gram.), The article the, which is used to designate a particular person or thing, or a particular class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive. See Definitive, n. -
Definite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Determinate inflorescence, under Determinate.
Law of definite proportions (Chem.), The essential law of chemical combination that every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one compound with each other, the relative proportions of each are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under Multiple.
Definite (n.) A thing defined or determined. [Obs.]
Definite (a.) Precise; explicit and clearly defined; "I want a definite answer"; "a definite statement of the terms of the will"; "a definite amount"; "definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol"; "the wedding date is now definite"; "a definite drop in attendance" [ant: indefinite].
Definite (a.) Known for certain; "it is definite that they have won."
Definitely (adv.) In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
Definitely (adv.) Without question and beyond doubt; "it was decidedly too expensive"; "she told him off in spades"; "by all odds they should win" [syn: decidedly, unquestionably, emphatically, definitely, in spades, by all odds].
Definiteness (n.) The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
Definiteness (n.) The quality of being predictable with great confidence [syn: determinateness, definiteness].
Definition (n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
Definition (n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for. -- Locke.
Definition (n.) Description; sort. [R.] "A new creature of another definition." -- Jer. Taylor.
Definition (n.) (Logic) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
Definition (n.) (Opt.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
Definitional (a.) Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
Syn: Definition, Explanation, Description.
Usage: A definition is designed to settle a thing in its compass and extent; an explanation is intended to remove some obscurity or misunderstanding, and is therefore more extended and minute; a description enters into striking particulars with a view to interest or impress by graphic effect. It is not therefore true, though often said, that description is only an extended definition. "Logicians distinguish definitions into essential and accidental. An essential definition states what are regarded as the constituent parts of the essence of that which is to be defined; and an accidental definition lays down what are regarded as circumstances belonging to it, viz., properties or accidents, such as causes, effects, etc." -- Whately.
Definition (n.) A concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol.
Definition (n.) Clarity of outline; "exercise had given his muscles superior definition."
Definitive (n.) (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns.
Note: Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all, no, none, etc. -- Harris (Hermes).
Definitive (a.) Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.
A strict and definitive truth. --Sir T. Browne.
Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. -- Prescott.
Definitive (a.) Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.
Definitive (a.) Determined; resolved. [Obs.] --Shak.
Definitive (a.) Clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws" -- R.B.Taney [syn: definitive, unequivocal].
Definitive (a.) Of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn: authoritative, classical, classic, definitive].
Definitive (a.) Supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement; "a definitive verdict"; "a determinate answer to the problem" [syn: definitive, determinate].
Definitively (adv.) In a definitive manner.
Definitiveness (n.) The quality of being definitive.
Definitude (n.) Definiteness. [R.]
Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Defix (v. t.) To fix; to fasten; to establish. [Obs.] "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." -- Hakluyt.
Deflagrability (n.) (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable.
The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. -- Boyle.
Deflagrable (a.) (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.
Deflagrated (imp. & p. p.) of Deflagrate.
Deflagrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflagrate.
Deflagrate (v. i.) (Chem.) (v. i. & v. t.) （使）突然燃燒；（使）爆燃 To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Deflagrate (v. t.) (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
Deflagrate (v.) Cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity; "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated."
Deflagrate (v.) Burn with great heat and intense light; "the powder deflagrated."
Deflagration (n.) . 爆燃（作用） A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." -- Bp. Pearson.
Deflagration (n.) (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating.
Deflagration (n.) Combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat.
Deflagrator (n.) (Chem.) 爆燃器；突燃器 A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.
Deflate (n.) A compression standard derived from LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP, and png, among others.
Unlike LZW, deflate compression does not use patented compression algorithms.
Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file which has been compressed using deflate compression. The opposite, inflate, means to decompress data which has been deflated.
Deflate is described in RFC 1951. (1997-06-21)
Deflate (v. t.) 抽出……中的氣；緊縮（通貨） To reduce from an inflated condition; used literally and metaphorically; as, to deflate a tire; to deflate expectations.
Deflate (v.) Collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon."
Deflate (v.) Release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress."
Deflate (v.) Reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: {deflate}, {puncture}].
Deflate (v.) Produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy" [ant: {inflate}].
Deflate (v.) Reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: {inflate}].
Deflate (v.) Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated" [ant: {blow up}, {inflate}].
Deflate
Deflate compression
Deflate/ inflate compression
Inflate
A compression standard derived from LZ77; it is reportedly used in zip, gzip, PKZIP, and png, among others.
Unlike LZW, deflate compression does not use patented compression algorithms.
Used as a verb to mean to compress (not decompress!) a file which has been compressed using deflate compression. The opposite, inflate, means to decompress data which has been deflated.
Deflate is described in RFC 1951. (1997-06-21)
Deflated (a.) （球、輪胎等）洩氣的；Deflate 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Brought low in spirit. left us fatigued and deflated spiritually.
Syn: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen.
Deflated (a.) Brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually" [syn: {chapfallen}, {chopfallen}, {crestfallen}, {deflated}].
Deflected (imp. & p. p.) of Deflect.
Deflecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflect.
Deflect (v. t.) 使偏斜；使轉向 To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected ; to deflect a punch; to deflect criticism by acknowledging a mistake.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. -- Lord (1630).
Deflect (v. i.) 偏斜；轉向 To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. -- Sir T. Browne.
To deflect from the line of truth and reason. -- Warburton.
Deflect (v.) Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off].
Deflect (v.) Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away].
Deflect (v.) Turn aside and away from an initial or intended course.
Deflect (v.) Draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" [syn: distract, deflect].
Deflect (v.) Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect].
Deflectable (a.) Capable of being deflected.
Deflected (a.) Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.
Deflected (a.) Bent downward; deflexed.
Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.
The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. -- Lowth.
Deflection (n.) (Gunnery) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.
Deflection (n.) (Opt.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.
Deflection (n.) (Engin.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
Deflection (n.) A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting [syn: deflection, warp].
Deflection (n.) The amount by which a propagating wave is bent [syn: deflection, deflexion, refraction].
Deflection (n.) The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position [syn: deflection, deflexion].
Deflection (n.) The property of being bent or deflected [syn: deflection, deflexion, bending].
Deflection (n.) A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation].
Deflectionization (n.) The act of freeing from inflections. -- Earle.
Deflectionize (v. t.) To free from inflections.
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. -- Earle.
Deflective (a.) Causing deflection.
Deflective forces, Forces that cause a body to deviate from its course.
Deflective (a.) Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) [syn: deflective, refractive].
Deflector (n.) (Mech.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a cone in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).
Deflector (n.) A device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc).
Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.
Deflexion (n.) See Deflection.
Deflexion (n.) The amount by which a propagating wave is bent [syn: deflection, deflexion, refraction].
Deflexion (n.) The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position [syn: deflection, deflexion].
Deflexion (n.) The property of being bent or deflected [syn: deflection, deflexion, bending].
Deflexion (n.) A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation].
Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection. -- Bailey.
Deflorate (a.) (Bot.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. -- Gray.
Defloration (n.) The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin. -- Johnson.
Defloration (n.) That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.]
The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. -- Sir M. Hale.
Defloration (n.) An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.
Defloration (n.) The act of depriving a woman of her virginity (especially by rupturing the hymen through sexual intercourse).
Defloration, () The act by which a woman is deprived of her virginity.
Defloration, () When this is done unlawfully, and against her will, it bears the name of rape, (q.v.) when she consents, it is fornication. (q.v.)
Defloured (imp. & p. p.) of Deflour.
Deflouring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deflour.
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of flowers.
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. -- W. Montagu.
Deflour (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Deflour (v. t.) To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. -- Milton.
Deflourer (n.) See Deflowerer. [archaic]
Deflourer (n.) One who deflours; a ravisher. -- Milton.
Deflow (v. i.) To flow down. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Deflower (v. t.) Same as Deflour. [archaic]
He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. -- Jer. Taylor.
Deflower (v. t.) To deprive of flowers.
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. -- W. Montagu.
Deflower (v. t.) To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
Deflower (v. t.) To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. -- Milton.
Deflower (v.) Deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" [syn: deflower, ruin].
Deflower (v.) Make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate].
Deflowerer (n.) See Deflourer.
Deflowerer (n.) One who deflowers; a ravisher. -- Milton.
Defluous (a.) Flowing down; falling off. [Obs.] -- Bailey.
Deflux (n.) Downward flow. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Defluxion (n.) (Med.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. -- Dunglison.