Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 46
Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
Equivalvular (a.) Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
Equivocacy (n.) Equivocalness.
Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
In languages of great ductility, equivocals like that just referred to are rarely found. -- Fitzed. Hall.
Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) 有歧義的；模稜兩可的；有疑問的；不確定的；曖昧的 Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes. -- Jeffrey.
Compare: Interpretation
Interpretation (n.) [Mass noun] 解釋；闡明 [U] [C]；翻譯，口譯 [U]；（音樂、戲曲等的）詮釋；（根據自己詮釋的）演出，演奏 [U] [C] The action of explaining the meaning of something.
‘The interpretation of data.’
Interpretation (n.) [Mass noun] [Count noun] An explanation or way of explaining.
‘This action is open to a number of interpretations.’
Interpretation (n.) [Mass noun] [Count noun] A stylistic representation of a creative work or dramatic role.
‘His unique interpretation of the Liszt etudes.’
Compare: Ambiguous
Ambiguous (a.) 含糊不清的；引起歧義的 Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.
‘Ambiguous phrases.’
Ambiguous (a.) Not clear or decided.
‘The election result was ambiguous.’
Equivocal (a.) Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal. "Equivocal repentances." -- Milton.
Equivocal (a.) Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. "How equivocal a test." -- Burke.
Equivocal chord (Mus.), A chord which can be resolved into several distinct keys; one whose intervals, being all minor thirds, do not clearly indicate its fundamental tone or root; the chord of the diminished triad, and the diminished seventh.
Syn: Ambiguous; doubtful; uncertain; indeterminate.
Usage: Equivocal, Ambiguous. We call an expression ambiguous when it has one general meaning, and yet contains certain words which may be taken in two different senses; or certain clauses which can be so connected with other clauses as to divide the mind between different views of part of the meaning intended. We call an expression equivocal when, taken as a whole, it conveys a given thought with perfect clearness and propriety, and also another thought with equal propriety and clearness. Such were the responses often given by the Delphic oracle; as that to Cr[oe]sus when consulting about a war with Persia: "If you cross the Halys, you will destroy a great empire." This he applied to the Persian empire, which lay beyond that river, and, having crossed, destroyed his own empire in the conflict. What is ambiguous is a mere blunder of language; what is equivocal is usually intended to deceive, though it may occur at times from mere inadvertence. Equivocation is applied only to cases where there is a design to deceive.
Equivocal (a.) Open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" [syn: equivocal, ambiguous] [ant: unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal].
Equivocal (a.) Open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son." -- Anna Jameson.
Equivocal (a.) Uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal."
Equivocally (adv.) In an equivocal manner.
Equivocally (adv.) In an ambiguous manner; "this letter is worded ambiguously" [syn: ambiguously, equivocally] [ant: unambiguously, unequivocally].
Equivocalness (n.) The state of being equivocal.
Equivocalness (n.) Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [syn: ambiguity, equivocalness] [ant: unambiguity, unequivocalness].
Equivocated (imp. & p. p.) of Equivocate.
Equivocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equivocate.
Equivocate (v. i.) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Syn: To prevaricate; evade; shuffle; quibble. See Prevaricate.
Equivocate (v. t.) To render equivocal or ambiguous.
He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -- Sir G. Buck.
Equivocate (v.) Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information [syn: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter].
Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. -- Locke.
Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling.
See
Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.
Equivocation (n.) A statement that is not
literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth [syn:
evasion, equivocation].
Equivocation (n.) Intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness].
Equivocation (n.) Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: equivocation, tergiversation].
Equivocator (n.) One who equivocates.
Here's an equivocator that could swear in both the scales against either scale, yet could not equivocate to heaven. -- Shak.
Equivocator (n.) A respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer [syn: hedger, equivocator, tergiversator].
Equivocatory (a.) Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation. Equivoque
Equivoque (n.) Alt. of Equivoke.
Equivoke (n.) An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations. -- Coleridge.
Equivoke (n.) An equivocation; a guibble. -- B. Jonson.
Equivorous (a.) Feeding on horseflesh; as, equivorous Tartars.
Equus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of mammals, including the horse, ass, etc.
Equus (n.) Type genus of the Equidae: only surviving genus of the family Equidae [syn: Equus, genus Equus].
-er () .
-er () The termination of many English words, denoting the agent; -- applied either to men or things; as in hater, farmer, heater, grater. At the end of names of places, -er signifies a man of the place; as, Londoner, i. e., London man.
-er () A suffix used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; as, warmer, sooner, lat(e)er, earl(y)ier.
Eras (n. pl. ) of Era.
Era (n.) [C] 時代；年代；歷史時期；紀元；【地】代 A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. -- R. S. Poole.
Era (n.) A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under {Christian}).
The first century of our era. -- M. Arnold.
Era (n.) A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. -- J. A. Symonds.
Syn: Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See {Epoch}.
Era (n.) A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event [syn: {era}, {epoch}].
Era (n.) A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods [syn: {era}, {geological era}].
Era (n.) (Baseball) A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: {earned run average}, {ERA}].
Era (n.) Syn. epoch. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but era more often connotes a span of time rather than a point in time, whereas the reverse is true for epoch. The epoch usage is recommended.
ERA, () Entity-Relationship-Attribute
Era, () Synonym epoch. Webster's Unabridged makes these words almost synonymous, but "era" usually connotes a span of time rather than a point in time.
Earned run average (n.) (Baseball) A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched [syn: earned run average, ERA].
Earned run average (n.) (ERA) (In baseball statistics) 防禦率又稱自責分率（ERA，earned run average）是棒球術語，指投手平均每場球所失的自責分。投手因為被打安打或四壞而讓人上壘（因為野手失誤而上壘的不算），然後又因任何原因讓這上壘的人回來得分（就算換投手，惟壘上那人還是原投手要負責的），此時的得分則為自責分。
若某野手失誤讓人上壘，而該守備足以結束此局者，之後只要有失分，都不算自責分；因為若沒發生失誤，此局可以提早結束，所以不是投手的錯。
防禦率的算法：「自責分×9÷所投局數」。
Is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Runs resulting from defensive errors (including pitchers' defensive errors) are recorded as unearned runs and omitted from ERA calculations.
Eradiated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradiate.
Eradiating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradiate.
Eradiate (v. i. & v. t.) 放射；發射；輻射 To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate. -- Dr. H. More.
Eradiation (n.) 放射；發射 Emission of radiance.
Eradicable (a.) 可根除的 Capable of being eradicated.
Eradicable (a.) Able to be eradicated or rooted out [ant: {ineradicable}].
Eradicated (imp. & p. p.) of Eradicate.
Eradicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Eradicate.
Eradicate (v. t.) 根除，撲滅，根絕，消滅 To pluck up by the roots; to root up; as, an oak tree eradicated.
Eradicate (v. t.) To root out; to destroy utterly; to extirpate; as, to eradicate diseases, or errors.
This, although now an old an inveterate evil, might be eradicated by vigorous treatment. -- Southey.
Syn: To extirpate; root out; exterminate; destroy; annihilate.
Eradicate (v.) Kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" [syn: {eliminate}, {annihilate}, {extinguish}, {eradicate}, {wipe out}, {decimate}, {carry off}].
Eradicate (v.) Destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" [syn: {uproot}, {eradicate}, {extirpate}, {root out}, {exterminate}].
Eradication (n.) 根除；消滅 [U] The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.
Eradication (n.) The state of being plucked up by the roots.
Eradication (n.) The complete destruction of every trace of something [syn: {eradication}, {obliteration}].
Eradicative (n.) (Med.) A medicine that effects a radical cure. -- Whitlock.
Eradicative (a.) 根除的；消滅的 Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
Erasable (a.) 可消除的 Capable of being erased.
Erasable (a.) Capable of being effaced; "the fire's worst scars were effaceable by a comprehensive program of reforestation"; "a signal too loud to be erasable in a single pass through the erase head" [syn: {effaceable}, {erasable}].
Erased (imp. & p. p.) of Erase.
Erasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erase.
Erase (v. t.) 擦掉，抹去 [（+from）]；消除，清除；忘卻；【電腦】擦除，清除 (v. i.) 被擦去，被抹掉；擦去記號（或字跡）；消去錄音 To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
Erase (v. t.) Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. -- Burke.
Erase (v.) Remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" [syn: {erase}, {wipe out}].
Erase (v.) Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!" [syn: {erase}, {rub out}, {score out}, {efface}, {wipe off}].
Erase (v.) Wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?" [syn: {erase}, {delete}] [ant: {record}, {tape}].
Erased (p. pr. & a.) Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.
Erased (p. pr. & a.) (Her.) Represented with jagged and uneven edges, as is torn off; -- used esp. of the head or limb of a beast. Cf. Couped.
Erasement (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; expunction; obliteration. --Johnson.
Eraser (n.) One who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.
Eraser (n.) An implement used to erase something.
Erasion (n.) The act of erasing; a rubbing out; obliteration.
Erastian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State. -- Shipley.
Erastianism (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) The principles of the Erastains.
Erastianism (n.) The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters [syn: Erastianism, Byzantinism, Caesaropapism].
Erasure (n.) The act of erasing; a scratching out; obliteration.
Erasure (n.) the place where something has been erased.
Erasure (n.) A correction made by erasing; "there were many erasures in the typescript."
Erasure (n.) A surface area where something has been erased; "another word had been written over the erasure."
Erasure (n.) Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing [syn: expunction, expunging, erasure].
Erative (a.) Pertaining to the Muse Erato who presided over amatory poetry. -- Stormonth.
Erato (n.) (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
Erato (n.) (Greek mythology) The Muse of lyric and love poetry.
Erbium (n.) (Chem.) A rare earth element of the lanthanide series associated with several other rare elements in the mineral gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. It has atomic number 68 and an atomic weight of 167.26. The pure element is metallic with a bright, silvery luster. It is relatively stable in air, not oxidizing as quickly as some other rare earths. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra, and the pink oxide has been added as a colorant in glass and porcelain enamel glazes. Its sesquioxide Er2O3 is called erbia. -- HCP61
Erbium (n.) A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium [syn: erbium, Er, atomic number 68].
Erbium
Symbol: Er
Atomic number: 68
Atomic weight: 167.26
Soft silvery metallic element which belongs to the lanthanoids. Six natural isotopes that are stable. Twelve artificial isotopes are known.
Used in nuclear technology as a neutron absorber. It is being investigated for other possible uses. Discovered by Carl G. Mosander in 1843.
Ercedeken (n.) An archdeacon. [Obs.]
Erd (n.) The earth. [Prov. Eng.] -- Wright.
Erd shrew (Zool.), The common European shrew ({Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.
ERD, () Entity-Relationship Diagram
Entity-relationship model
Entity-relationship diagram
ERD, ()
An approach to data modeling proposed by P. Chen in 1976. The model says that you divide your database in two logical parts, entities (e.g. "customer", "product") and relations ("buys", "pays for").
One of the first activities in specifying an application is defining the entities involved and their relationships,
e.g. using an entity-relationship diagram to represent a
model.
["The entity-relationship model: toward a unified view of data", P.P. Chen, ACM Transactions on Database Systems 1:1 pp 9-36, 1976].
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Ere (v. t.) To plow. [Obs.] See Ear, v. t. -- Chaucer.
Ere (prep & adv.) Before; sooner than. [Archaic or Poetic]
Myself was stirring ere the break of day. -- Shak.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. -- Dryden.
Sir, come down ere my child die. -- John iv. 49.
Ere (prep & adv.) Rather than.
I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her. -- Shak.
Ere long, Before, shortly. -- Shak.
Ere now, Formerly, heretofore. -- Shak.
Ere that, & Or are. Same as Ere. -- Shak.
Erebus (n.) (Greek Myth.) A place of nether darkness, being the gloomy space through which the souls passed to Hades. See Milton's "Paradise Lost," Book II., line 883.
Erebus (n.) (Greek Myth.) The son of Chaos and brother of Nox, who dwelt in Erebus.
To the infernal deep, with Erebus and tortures vile. -- Shak.
Erebus (n.) (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
Erect (a.) 直立的，垂直的，豎起的；【醫】（陰莖）勃起的 Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. -- Milton.
Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. -- Gibbon.
Erect (a.) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. -- Pope.
Erect (a.) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart? -- Keble.
Erect (a.) Watchful; alert.
Vigilant and erect attention of mind. -- Hooker.
Erect (a.) (Bot.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
Erect (a.) (Her.) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Erect (v. i.) To rise upright. [Obs.]
By wet, stalks do erect. -- Bacon.
Erected (imp. & p. p.) of Erect.
Erecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Erect.
Erect (v. t.) To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
Erect (v. t.) To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
Erect (v. t.) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
That didst his state above his hopes erect. -- Daniel.
I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge. -- Dryden.
Erect (v. t.) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance. -- Barrow.
Erect (v. t.) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like. "To erect conclusions." -- Sir T. Browne. "Malebranche erects this proposition." -- Locke.
Erect (v. t.) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute. "To erect a new commonwealth." -- Hooker.
Erecting shop (Mach.), A place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.
Syn: To set up; raise; elevate; construct; build; institute; establish; found.
Erect (a.) Upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant: unerect].
Erect (a.) Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: tumid, erect].
Erect (v.) Construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise, erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down].
Erect (v.) Cause to rise up [syn: rear, erect].
Erectable (a.) Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. -- Col. G. Montagu.
Erecter (n.) An erector; one who raises or builds.
Erectile (a.) 可使直立的；【醫】勃起的 Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated; as, erectile tissue.
Erectile (a.) Of or pertaining to an erection [5]; as, erectile dysfunction.
Erectile tissue (Anat.), A tissue, such as that contained in the penis, which is capable of being greatly dilated and made rigid by accumulation of blood in and the consequent distension of the numerous blood vessels which it contains.
Erectile (a.) Capable of being raised to an upright position; "erectile feathers."
Erectile (a.) Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ" [syn: erectile, cavernous].
Erectility (n.) The quality or state of being erectile.
Erection (n.) 直立，豎直 [U]；建立，建造 [U]；建築物 [C]；【醫】勃起 [C] [U] The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
Erection (n.) The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. -- Sidney
Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
Erection (n.) Anything erected; a building of any kind.
Erection (n.) (Physiol.) The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the penis; as, to get or have an erection.
Erection (n.) An erect penis [syn: erection, hard-on].
Erection (n.) A structure that has been erected.
Erection (n.) The act of building or putting up [syn: erecting, erection].
Erective (a.) Making erect or upright; raising; tending to erect.
Erectly (adv.) In an erect manner or posture.
Erectly (adv.) In a straight-backed manner; "the old man still walks erectly" [syn: erectly, straight-backed].
Erectness (n.) Uprightness of posture or form.
Erectness (n.) The property of being upright in posture [syn: erectness, uprightness].
Erectness (n.) Position at right angles to the horizon [syn: verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness].
Erecto-patent (a.) (Bot.) Having a position intermediate between erect and patent, or spreading.
Erecto-patent (a.) (Zool.) Standing partially spread and erect; -- said of the wings of certain insects.
Erector (n.) [C] 建立者，建造者 One who, or that which, erects.
Erector (n.) (Anat.) 【解】豎立肌 A muscle which raises any part.
Erector (n.) (Physics) An attachment to a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument, for making the image erect instead of inverted.
Erector spinae (n.) 豎脊肌 Sacrospinalis.
Erector spinae (n.) The erector spinae (ES) is one of the core and paraspinal muscles, is a large and superficial muscle that lies just deep to the thoracolumb ar fascia and arises from the erector spinae aponeurosis (ESA).
Erelong (adv.) 不久；一會兒 Before the elapse of a long time; soon; -- usually separated, ere long.
A man, . . . following the stag, erelong slew him. -- Spenser.
The world, erelong, a world of tears must weep. -- Milton.
Erelong (adv.) (Archaic + literary) In the near future : Before long, Soon.
// Behold how the evening now steals over the fields, the shadows of the trees creeping farther and farther into the meadow, and erelong the stars will come to bathe in these retired waters. -- Henry David Thoreau
Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals.
Eremitage (n.) See Hermitage.
Eremite (n.) A hermit.
Thou art my heaven, and I thy eremite. -- Keats. Eremitic
Eremite (n.) A Christian recluse [ant: cenobite, coenobite].