Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 26
Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe. globe-trot
Globiferous (a.) (Zool.) Having a round or globular tip.
Globigerinae (n. pl. ) of Globigerina.
Globigerina (n.) (pl. globigerinas, globigerinae) 球房蟲；球房蟲殼 Any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
Globigerina (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera.
Globose (a.) Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. -- Milton.
Globosely (adv.) In a globular manner; globularly.
Globosity (n.) Sphericity. -- Ray.
Globous (a.) Spherical. -- Milton.
Globular (a.) 球狀的；全球的，聞名世界的 Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms. -- Milton.
{Globular chart}, A chart of the earth's surface constructed on the principles of the globular projection.
{Globular projection} (Map Projection), A perspective projection of the surface of a hemisphere upon a plane parallel to the base of the hemisphere, the point of sight being taken in the axis produced beyond the surface of the opposite hemisphere a distance equal to the radius of the sphere into the sine of 45 [deg].
{Globular sailing}, Sailing on the arc of a great circle, or so as to make the shortest distance between two places; circular sailing.
Projection (n.) In domain theory, a function, f, which is (a) idempotent, i.e. f(f(x))=f(x) and (b) whose result is no more defined than its argument. E.g. F(x)=bottom or F(x)=x.
In reduction systems, a function which returns some component of its argument. E.g. head, tail, \ (x,y) . x.
In a graph reduction system the function can just return a pointer to part of its argument and does not need to build any new graph. (1997-01-29)
Projection (n.) 設計，規劃 [U] [C]；投擲，發射 [U]；凸出 [U] The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Projection (n.) A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else.
Projection (n.) The act of scheming or planning; also, that which is planned; contrivance; design; plan. -- Davenant.
Projection (n.) (Persp.) The representation of something; delineation; plan; especially, the representation of any object on a perspective plane, or such a delineation as would result were the chief points of the object thrown forward upon the plane, each in the direction of a line drawn through it from a given point of sight, or central point; as, the projection of a sphere. The several kinds of projection differ according to the assumed point of sight and plane of projection in each.
Projection (n.) (Geog.) Any method of representing the surface of the earth upon a plane.
{Conical projection}, A mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cone tangent to the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere.
{Cylindric projection}, A mode of representing the sphere, the spherical surface being projected upon the surface of a cylinder touching the sphere, the point of sight being at the center of the sphere.
{Globular}, {Gnomonic}, {Orthographic}, {projection},etc. See under {Globular}, {Gnomonic}, etc.
{Mercator's projection}, A mode of representing the sphere in which the meridians are drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude are straight lines whose distance from each other increases with their distance from the equator, so that at all places the degrees of latitude and longitude have to each other the same ratio as on the sphere itself.
{Oblique projection}, A projection made by parallel lines drawn from every point of a figure and meeting the plane of projection obliquely.
{Polar projection}, A projection of the sphere in which the point of sight is at the center, and the plane of projection passes through one of the polar circles.
{Powder of projection} (Alchemy.), A certain powder cast into a crucible or other vessel containing prepared metal or other matter which is to be thereby transmuted into gold.
{Projection of a point on a plane} (Descriptive Geom.), The foot of a perpendicular to the plane drawn through the point.
{Projection of a straight line of a plane}, The straight line of the plane connecting the feet of the perpendiculars let fall from the extremities of the given line.
Syn: See {Protuberance}.
Projection (n.) A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations.
Projection (n.) The projection of an image from a film onto a screen.
Projection (n.) A planned undertaking [syn: {project}, {projection}].
Projection (n.) Any structure that branches out from a central support.
Projection (n.) Any solid convex shape that juts out from something.
Projection (n.) (Psychiatry) A defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else.
Projection (n.) The acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection"; "a prime ingredient of public speaking is projection of the voice" [syn: {projection}, {acoustic projection}, {sound projection}].
Projection (n.) The representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction.
Projection (n.) The act of projecting out from something [syn: {protrusion}, {projection}, {jut}, {jutting}].
Projection (n.) The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn: {expulsion}, {projection}, {ejection}, {forcing out}].
Globular (a.) Having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: {ball- shaped}, {global}, {globose}, {globular}, {orbicular}, {spheric}, {spherical}].
Globularity (n.) The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.
Globularly (adv.) Spherically.
Globularness (n.) Sphericity; globosity.
Globularness (n.) The roundness of a 3-dimensional object [syn: sphericity, sphericalness, globosity, globularness, rotundity, rotundness].
Globule (n.) A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.
Globules of snow. -- Sir I. Newton.
These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. -- Paley.
Globule (n.) (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
Globule (n.) A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
Globule (n.) A small globe or ball.
Globulet (n.) A little globule. -- Crabb.
Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock.
Globulimeter (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the number of red blood corpuscles in the blood.
Note: The method depends on the differences of tint obtained by mixing a sample of the blood with sodium carbonate solution.
Globulin (n.) (Phisiol. Chem.) An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with haematin to form haemoglobin. It is also found in the crystalline lens of the eye, and in blood serum, and is sometimes called crystallin. In the plural the word is applied to a group of proteid substances such as vitellin, myosin, fibrinogen, etc., all insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute salt solutions.
Globulin (n.) A family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed.
Globulite (n.) (Min.) A rudimentary form of crystallite, spherical in shape.
Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n.
Globy (a.) Resembling, or pertaining to, a globe; round; orbicular. "The globy sea." -- Milton.
Glochidiate (a.) (Bot.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. -- Gray.
Glochidia (n. pl. ) of Glochidium.
Glochidium (n.) (Zool.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
Glode () obs. imp. of Glide. -- Chaucer. Glombe
Glombe (v. i.) Alt. of Glome.
Glome (v. i.) To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.] -- Surrey.
Glome (n.) Gloom. [Obs.]
Glome (n.) (Anat.) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.
Glomerate (a.) Gathered together in a roundish mass or dense cluster; conglomerate.
Glomerated (imp. & p. p.) of Glomerate.
Glomerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glomerate.
Glomerate (v. t. & i.) To gather or wind into a ball; to collect into a spherical form or mass, as threads.
Glomeration (n.) The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass; the state of being gathered into a ball; conglomeration.
Glomeration (n.) That which is formed into a ball; a ball. -- Bacon.
Glomerous (a.) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass. [Obs.] -- Blount.
Glomerule (n.) (Bot.) A head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by condensation of a cyme, as in the flowering dogwood.
Glomerule (n.) (Anat.) A glomerulus.
Glomeruli (n. pl. ) of Glomerulus.
Glomerulus (n.) (Anat.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.
Glomuliferous (a.) (Biol.) Having small clusters of minutely branched coral-like excrescences. -- M. C. Cooke. Glonoin
Glonoin (n.) Alt. of Glonoine.
Glonoine (n.) Same as Nitroglycerin; -- called also oil of glonoin. [Obs.]
Glonoine (n.) (Med.) A dilute solution of nitroglycerin used as a neurotic.
Gloom (n.) Partial or total darkness; thick shade; obscurity; as, the gloom of a forest, or of midnight.
Gloom (n.) A shady, gloomy, or dark place or grove.
Before a gloom of stubborn-shafted oaks. --Tennyson
Gloom (n.) Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
A sullen gloom and furious disorder prevailed by fits. -- Burke.
Gloom (n.) In gunpowder manufacture, the drying oven.
Syn: Darkness; dimness; obscurity; heaviness; dullness; depression; melancholy; dejection; sadness. See Darkness.
Gloomed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloom.
Glooming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloom.
Gloom (v. i.) To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.
Gloom (v. i.) To become dark or dim; to be or appear dismal, gloomy, or sad; to come to the evening twilight.
The black gibbet glooms beside the way. -- Goldsmith.
[This weary day] . . . at last I see it gloom. -- Spenser.
Gloom (v. t.) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
A bow window . . . gloomed with limes. -- Walpole.
A black yew gloomed the stagnant air. -- Tennyson.
Gloom (v. t.) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
Such a mood as that which lately gloomed Your fancy. -- Tennison.
What sorrows gloomed that parting day. -- Goldsmith.
Gloom (n.) A state of partial or total darkness; "he struck a match to dispel the gloom" [syn: gloom, somberness, sombreness].
Gloom (n.) A feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness].
Gloom (n.) An atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess, glumness].
Gloomily (adv.) In a gloomy manner.
Gloomily (adv.) With gloom; "such a change is gloomily foreseen by many".
Gloominess (n.) State of being gloomy. -- Addison.
Gloominess (n.) An atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" [syn: gloom, gloominess, glumness].
Gloominess (n.) A feeling of melancholy apprehension [syn: gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness].
Gloominess (n.) The quality of excessive mournfulness and uncheerfulness [syn: gloominess, lugubriousness, sadness].
Glooming (n.) Twilight (of morning or evening); the gloaming.
When the faint glooming in the sky First lightened into day. -- Trench.
The balmy glooming, crescent-lit. -- Tennyson.
Glooming (a.) Depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [syn: glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky].
Gloomth (n.) Gloom. [R.] -- Walpole.
Gloomy (a.) 抑沈的，憂悶的，黑暗的，悲觀的 Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." -- Milton.
Gloomy (a.) Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper or countenance.
Syn: Dark; dim; dusky; dismal; cloudy; moody; sullen; morose; melancholy; sad; downcast; depressed; dejected; disheartened.
Gloomy (a.) Depressingly dark; "the gloomy forest"; "the glooming interior of an old inn"; "`gloomful' is archaic" [syn: glooming, gloomy, gloomful, sulky].
Gloomy (a.) Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited].
Gloomy (a.) Causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary].
Gloppen (v. t. & i.) To surprise or astonish; to be startled or astonished. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Glore (v. i.) To glare; to glower. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.
Gloria (n.) (Eccl.) A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches.
Gloria (n.) (Eccl.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used.
Gloria (n.) (Eccl.) The musical setting of a gloria.
Gloriation (n.) Boast; a triumphing. [Obs.] -- Bp. Richardson.
Gloried (a.) Illustrious; honorable; noble. [Obs.] -- Milton.
Glorification (n.) The act of glorifyng or of giving glory to. -- Jer. Taylor.
Glorification (n.) The state of being glorifed; as, the glorification of Christ after his resurrection.
Glorification (n.) A state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification].
Glorification (n.) A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification].
Glorification (n.) The act of glorifying (as in worship); "the glorification of God".
Glorified (imp. & p. p.) of Glorify.
Glorifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glorify.
Glorify (v. t.) 讚美；美化；使增添光輝 To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.
Jesus was not yet glorified. -- John vii. 39.
Glorify (v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
That we for thee may glorify the Lord. -- Shak.
Glorify (v. t.) To make (something or someone) appear to be more important, splendid, or valuable than would normally be thought; as, to glorify every routine job by giving its performer the title "engineer".
Glorify (v.) Praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud}, {extol}, {exalt}, {glorify}, {proclaim}].
Glorify (v.) Bestow glory upon; "The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic".
Glorify (v.) Elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration [syn: {transfigure}, {glorify}, {spiritualize}].
Glorify (v.) Cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building".
Glorify (v.) To make glorious, or cause so to appear (John 12:28; 13:31, 32; 17:4,5).
Glorify (v.) Spoken of God to "shew forth his praise" (1 Cor. 6:20; 10:31).
Gloriole (n.) An aureole. [R.] -- Msr. Browning.
Gloriole (n.) An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole].
Gloriosa (n.) (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.
Gloriosa (n.) Any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous [syn: gloriosa, glory lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, Gloriosa superba].
Glorioser (n.) A boaster. [Obs.] -- Greene.
Glorioso (n.) [It.] A boaster. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Glorious (a.) 光榮的，榮耀的；輝煌的；壯觀的，壯麗的；【口】極其愉快的；極好的 Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
These are thy glorious works, Parent of good ! -- Milton.
Glorious (a.) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious. [Obs.]
Most miserable Is the desire that's glorious. -- Shak.
Glorious (a.) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink. [Colloq.]
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er all the ills of life victorious. -- Burns.
During
his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious
time. -- Dryden.
Syn: Eniment; noble; excellent; renowned; illustrious;
celebrated; magnificent; grand; splendid. -- Glo"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Glo"ri*ous*ness, n. -- Udall.
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously. -- Ex. xv. 21.
I speak it not gloriously, nor out of affectation. -- B. Jonson.
Glorious (a.) Having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature" [ant: inglorious].
Glorious (a.) Characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn: brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid].
Glorious (a.) Having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous].
Glory (n.) 光榮，榮譽 [U]；可誇耀的事；可讚頌的事物 [C]；壯麗；壯觀；燦爛 [U]；繁榮；昌盛；全盛 [U]；【宗】（對上帝的）讚美，讚頌 [U]；【宗】天國的榮光，天福 [U] Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.
Glory to God in the highest. -- Luke ii. 14.
Spread his glory through all countries wide. -- Spenser.
Glory (n.) That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honor; that which brings or gives renown; an object of pride or boast; the occasion of praise; excellency; brilliancy; splendor.
Think it no glory to swell in tyranny. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Jewels lose their glory if neglected. -- Shak.
Your sex's glory 't is to shine unknown. -- Young.
Glory (n.) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
In glory of thy fortunes. -- Chapman.
Glory (n.) The presence of the Divine Being; the manifestations of the divine nature and favor to the blessed in heaven; celestial honor; heaven.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. -- Ps. lxxiii. 24.
Glory (n.) An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
Note: This is the general term; when confined to the head it is properly called nimbus; when encircling the whole body, aureola or aureole.
Glory hole, An opening in the wall of a glass furnace, exposing the brilliant white light of the interior. -- Knight.
Glory pea (Bot.), The name of two leguminous plants ({Clianthus Dampieri and C. puniceus) of Australia and New Zeland. They have showy scarlet or crimson flowers.
Glory tree (Bot.), A name given to several species of the verbenaceous genus Clerodendron, showy flowering shrubs of tropical regions.
Gloried (imp. & p. p.) of Glory.
Glorying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Glory.
Glory (v. i.) 驕傲；自豪 [（+in）]； 狂喜；喜悅 [（+in）] To exult with joy; to rejoice.
Glory ye in his holy name. -- Ps. cv.?
Glory (n.) To boast; to be proud.
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- Gal. vi. 14
No one . . . should glory in his prosperity. -- Richardson.
Glory (n.) A state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself" [syn: glory, glorification].
Glory (n.) Brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" [syn: glory, resplendence, resplendency].
Glory (n.) An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole].
Glory (v.) Rejoice proudly.
Glory, () (Heb. kabhod; Gr. doxa). (1.) Abundance, wealth, treasure, and hence honour (Ps. 49:12); glory (Gen. 31:1; Matt. 4:8; Rev. 21:24, 26).
Glory, () Honour, dignity (1 Kings 3:13; Heb. 2:7 1 Pet. 1:24); of God (Ps. 19:1; 29:1); of the mind or heart (Gen. 49:6; Ps. 7:5; Acts 2:46).
Glory, () Splendour, brightness, majesty (Gen. 45:13; Isa. 4:5; Acts 22:11; 2 Cor. 3:7); of Jehovah (Isa. 59:19; 60:1; 2 Thess. 1:9).
Glory, () The glorious moral attributes, the infinite perfections of God (Isa. 40:5; Acts 7:2; Rom. 1:23; 9:23; Eph. 1:12). Jesus is the "brightness of the Father's glory" (Heb. 1:3; John 1:14; 2:11).
Glory, () The bliss of heaven (Rom. 2:7, 10; 5:2; 8:18; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:1, 10).
Glory, () The phrase "Give glory to God" (Josh. 7:19; Jer. 13:16) is a Hebrew idiom meaning, "Confess your sins." The words of the Jews to the blind man, "Give God the praise" (John 9:24), are an adjuration to confess. They are equivalent to, "Confess that you are an impostor," "Give God the glory by speaking the truth;" for they denied that a miracle had been wrought.
Glose (n. & v.) See Gloze. -- Chaucer.
Gloser (n.) See Glosser.
Gloss (n.) 光澤，假象，註釋 Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
It is no part . . . to set on the face of this cause any fairer gloss than the naked truth doth afford. -- Hooker.
Gloss (n.) A specious appearance; superficial quality or show.
To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. -- Goldsmith.
Glossed (imp. & p. p.) of Gloss.
Glossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloss.
Gloss (v. t.) To give a superficial luster or gloss to; to make smooth and shining; as, to gloss cloth.
The glossed and gleamy wave. -- J. R. Drake.
Gloss (n.) A foreign, archaic, technical, or other uncommon word requiring explanation. [Obs.]
Gloss (n.) An interpretation, consisting of one or more words, interlinear or marginal; an explanatory note or comment; a running commentary.
All this, without a gloss or comment, He would unriddle in a moment. -- Hudibras.
Explaining the text in short glosses. -- T. Baker.
Gloss (n.) A false or specious explanation. -- Dryden.