Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 22
Height (n.) 高，高度，海拔 [U] [C]；身高 [U] [C] The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of animal, especially of a man; stature. -- Bacon.
[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. -- 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
Height (n.) Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. -- Abp. Abbot.
Height (n.) That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, Alpine heights. -- Dryden.
Height (n.) Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preeminence or distinction in society; prominence.
Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. -- R. Browning.
All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. -- Chapman.
Height (n.) Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. -- Addison.
Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.
My grief was at the height before thou camest. -- Shak.
On height, Aloud. [Obs.]
[He] spake these same words, all on hight. -- Chaucer.
Height (n.) The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top [syn: height, tallness].
Height (n.) The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top].
Height (n.) (Of a standing person) The distance from head to foot [syn: stature, height].
Height (n.) Elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [syn: altitude, height].
Heightened (imp. & p. p.) of Heighten.
Heightening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heighten.
Heighten (v. t.) 加高，增高；增加；提高；使（色彩等）更濃；使更顯著 To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
Heighten (v. t.) To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion." -- Addison.
An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. -- Hawthorne.
Heighten (v. i.) 變高，升高；變強，變濃 Become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise].
Heighten (v.) Make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest."
Heighten (v.) Increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise].
Heighten (v.) Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars."
Heighten (v.) Make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten].
Heighten (v.) Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen].
Heightener (n.) One who, or that which, heightens.
Heinous (a.) 可憎的；兇惡的；令人髮指的 Hateful; hatefully bad; flagrant; odious; atrocious; giving great great offense; -- applied to deeds or to character.
It were most heinous and accursed sacrilege. -- Hooker.
How heinous had the fact been, how deserving Contempt! -- Milton.
Syn: Monstrous; flagrant; flagitious; atrocious. -- Hei"nous*ly, adv. -- Hei"nous*ness, n.
Heinous (a.) Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations" [syn: flagitious, heinous].
Heir (v. t.) To inherit; to succeed to. [R.]
One only daughter heired the royal state. --Dryden.
Heir (n.) 繼承人；嗣子 [（+to）]； （傳統、才能、性格等的）繼承者 [（+to）] One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter.
I am my father's heir and only son. -- Shak.
Heir (n.) One who receives any endowment from an ancestor or relation; as, the heir of one's reputation or virtues.
And I his heir in misery alone. -- Pope.
Heir apparent. (Law.) See under Apparent.
Heir at law, One who, after his ancector's death, has a right to inherit all his intestate estate. -- Wharton (Law Dict.).
Heir presumptive, One who, if the ancestor should die immediately, would be his heir, but whose right to the inheritance may be defeated by the birth of a nearer relative, or by some other contingency.
Heir (n.) A person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another [syn: heir, inheritor, heritor].
Heir (n.) A person who inherits some title or office [syn: successor, heir].
Heir, () Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his legitimate wives (Gen. 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger portion than the rest. The Mosaic law made specific regulations regarding the transmission of real property, which are given in detail in Deut. 21:17; Num. 27:8; 36:6; 27:9-11. Succession to property was a matter of right and not of favour. Christ is the "heir of all things" (Heb. 1:2; Col. 1:15). Believers are heirs of the "promise," "of righteousness," "of the kingdom," "of the world," "of God," "joint heirs" with Christ (Gal 3:29; Heb. 6:17; 11:7; James 2:5; Rom. 4:13; 8:17).
HEIR. () One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and right of blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance. It is an established rule of law, that God alone can make an heir. Beame's Glanville, 143; 1 Thomas, Co. Lit. 931; and Butler's note, p. 938. Under the word heirs are comprehended the heirs of heirs in infinitum. 1 Co. Litt. 7 b, 9 a, 237 b; Wood's Inst. 69. According to many authorities, heir may be nomen collectivuum, as well in a deed as in a will, and operate in both in the same manner, as heirs in the plural number. 1 Roll. Abr. 253; Ambl. 453; Godb. 155; T. Jones, 111; Cro, Eliz. 313; 1 Burr. 38; 10 Vin. Abr. 233, pl. 1; 8 Vin. Abr. 233; sed vide 2 Prest. on, Est. 9, 10. In wills, in order to effectuate the intention of the testator, the word heirs is sometimes construed to mean next of kin; 1 Jac. & Walk. 388; and children, Ambl. 273. See further, as to the force and import of this word, 2 Vent. 311; 1 P. Wms. 229; 3 Bro. P. C. 60, 454; 2 P. Wms. 1, 369; 2 Black. R. 1010; 4 Ves. 26, 766, 794; 2 Atk. 89, 580; 5 East Rep. 533; 5 Burr. 2615; 11 Mod. 189; 8 Vin. Abr. 317; 1 T. R. 630; Bac. Abr. Estates in fee simple, B.
HEIR. () There are several kinds of heirs specified below.
HEIR. () By the civil law, heirs are divided into testamentary or instituted heirs legal heirs, or heirs of the blood; to which the Civil Code of Louisiana has added irregular heirs. They are also divided into unconditional and beneficiary heirs.
HEIR. () It is proper here to notice a difference in the meaning of the word heir, as it is understood by the common and by, the civil law. By the civil law, the term heirs was applied to all persons who were called to the succession, whether by the act of the party or by operation of law. The person who was created universal successor by a will, was called the testamentary heir; and the next of kin by blood was, in cases of intestacy, called the heir at law, or heir by intestacy. The executor of the common law is, in many respects, not unlike the testamentary heir of the civil law. Again, the administrator in many respects corresponds with the heir by intestacy. By the common law, executors unless expressly authorized by the will and administrators, have no right, except to the personal estate of the deceased; whereas, the heir by the civil law was authorized to administer both the personal and real estate. 1 Brown's Civ. Law, 344; Story, Confl. of Laws, Sec. 508.
HEIR. () All free persons, even minors, lunatics, persons of insane mind or the like, may transmit their estates as intestate ab intestato, and inherit from others. Civ. Code of Lo., 945; Accord, Co. Lit. 8 a.
HEIR. () The child in its mother's womb, is considered as born for all purposes of its own interest; it takes all successions opened in its favor, after its conception, provided it be capable of succeeding at the moment of its birth. Civ. Code of Lo. 948. Nevertheless, if the child conceived is reputed born, it is only in the hope of its birth; it is necessary then that the child be born alive, for it cannot be said that those who are born dead ever inherited. Id. 949. See In ventre sa mere.
HEIR, LEGAL, () civil law. A legal heir is one who is of the same blood of the deceased, and who takes the succession by force of law; this is different from a testamentary or conventional heir, who takes the succession in virtue of the disposition of man. See Civil, Code of Louis. art. 873, 875; Dict. de Jurisp., Heritier legitime. There are three classes of legal heirs, to wit; the children and other lawful descendants; the fathers and mothers and other lawful ascendants; and the collateral kindred. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 883.
HEIR, COLLATERAL. () A collateral heir is one who is not of the direct line of the deceased, but comes from a collateral line; as, a brother, sister, an uncle and aunt, a nephew, niece, or cousin of the deceased.
HEIR, CONVENTIONAL, () civil law. A conventional heir is one who takes a succession by virtue of a contract; for example, a marriage contract, which entitles the heir to the succession.
HEIR, FORCED. () Forced heirs are those who cannot be disinherited. This term is used among the civilians. Vide Forced heirs
HEIR, GENERAL. () Heir at common in the English law. The heir at common law is he who, after his father or ancestor's death has a right to, and is introduced into all his lands, tenements and hereditaments. He must be of the whole blood, not a bastard, alien, &c. Bac. Abr. Heir, B 2; Coparceners; Descent.
HEIR, IRREGULAR. () In Louisiana, irregular heirs are those who are neither testamentary nor legal, and who have been established by law to take the succession. See Civ. Code of Lo. art. 874. When the deceased has left neither lawful descendants nor ascendants, nor collateral relations, the law calls to his inheritance either the surviving husband or wife, or his or her natural children, or the state. Id. art., 911. This is called an irregular succession.
HEIR. APPARENT. () One who has an indefeasible right to the inheritance,
provided he outlive the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208.
HEIR, BENEFICIARY. () A term used in the civil law. Beneficiary heirs are those who have accepted the succession under the benefit of an inventory regularly made. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 879. If the heir apprehend that the succession will be burdened with debts beyond its value, he accepts with benefit of inventory, and in that case he is responsible only for the value of the succession. See inventory, benefit of.
HEIR, TESTAMENTARY, () civil law. A testamentary heir is one who is constituted heir by testament executed in the form prescribed by law. He is so called to distinguish him from the legal heirs, who are called to the succession by the law; and from conventional heirs, who are so constituted by a contract inter vivos. See Haeres factus; Devisee.
HEIR, UNCONDITIONAL. () A term used in the civil law, adopted by the Civil Code of Louisiana. Unconditional heirs are those who inherit without any reservation, or without making an inventory, whether their acceptance be express or tacit. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 878.
Heirdom (n.) The state of an heir; succession by inheritance. -- Burke.
Heiress (n.) A female heir.
Heiress (n.) A female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix].
Heiress. () A female heir to a person having an estate of inheritance. When there is more than one, they are called co-heiresses, or co-heirs.
Heirless (a.) Destitute of an heir. -- Shak.
Heirloom (n.) Any furniture, movable, or personal chattel, which by law or special custom descends to the heir along with the inheritance; any piece of personal property that has been in a family for several generations.
Woe to him whose daring hand profanes The honored heirlooms of his ancestors. -- Moir.
Heirloom (n.) (Law) Any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
Heirloom (n.) Something that has been in a family for generations.
Heirship (n.) The state, character, or privileges of an heir; right of inheriting.
Heirship movables, Certain kinds of movables which the heir is entitled to take, besides the heritable estate. [Scot.]
Compare: Hegira
Hegira (n.) [Written also hejira.] The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, a. d. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
Note: The starting point of the Era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the Arabic year, which corresponds to July 16, a. d. 622.
Hejira (n.) See Hegira. Hektoliter; Hektogram; Hektare
Hejira (n.) The flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year [syn: Hegira, Hejira].
Hejira (n.) A journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment [syn: exodus, hegira, hejira].
Hektare (n.) Alt. of Hektometer.
Hektogram (n.) Alt. of Hektometer.
Hektoliter (n.) Alt. of Hektometer.
Hektometer (n.) Same as Hectare, Hectogram, Hectoliter, and Hectometer.
Hektograph (n.) See Hectograph.
Helamys (n.) See Jumping hare, under Hare.
Helcoplasty (n.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.
Held () imp. & p. p. of Hold.
Hele (n.) Health; welfare.
Hele (v. t.) To hide; to cover; to roof.
Helena (n.) See St. Elmo's fire, under Saint.
Helenin (n.) A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.
Heliac (a.) Heliacal.
Heliacal (a.) (Astron.) 太陽的；接近太陽的 Emerging from the light of the sun, or passing into it; rising or setting at the same, or nearly the same, time as the sun. -- Sir T. Browne.
Note: The heliacal rising of a star is when, after being in conjunction with the sun, and invisible, it emerges from the light so as to be visible in the morning before sunrising. On the contrary, the heliacal setting of a star is when the sun approaches conjunction so near as to render the star invisible.
Heliacal (a.) Pertaining to or near the sun; especially the first rising of a star after and last setting before its invisibility owing to its conjunction with the sun; "the heliacal rising of the Dog Star"; "the heliacal or Sothic year is determined by the heliacal rising of Sothis (the Egyptian name for the Dog Star)" [syn: heliacal, heliac].
Heliacally (adv.) In a heliacal manner. -- De Quincey.
Helianthin (n.) (Chem.) An artificial, orange dyestuff, analogous to tropaolin, and like it used as an indicator in alkalimetry; -- called also methyl orange.
Helianthoid (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Helianthoidea.
Helianthoidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa; the Actinaria.
Helical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the form of, a helix; spiral; as, a helical staircase; a helical spring. -- Hel"i*cal*ly, adv.
Helical (a.) In the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate].
Helichrysum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, with shining, commonly white or yellow, or sometimes reddish, radiated involucres, which are often called "everlasting flowers."
Helichrysum (n.) Large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus [syn: Helichrysum, genus Helichrysum].
Heliciform (a.) Having the form of a helix; spiral.
Helicin (n.) (Chem.) A glucoside obtained as a white crystalline substance by partial oxidation of salicin, from a willow ({Salix Helix of Linnaeus.)
Helicine (a.) (Anat.) Curled; spiral; helicoid; -- applied esp. to certain arteries of the penis.
Helicobacter pylori (n.) 幽門螺桿菌或幽門螺旋桿菌 [1] [2]、幽門螺旋菌 Previously Campylobacter pylori, is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found usually in the stomach. It was identified in 1982 by Australian scientists Barry Marshall and Robin Warren, who found that it was present in a person with chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers, conditions not previously believed to have a microbial cause. It is also linked to the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. However, over 80% of individuals infected with the bacterium are asymptomatic, and it may play an important role in the natural stomach ecology. [6]
More than 50% of the world's population harbor H. pylori in their upper gastrointestinal tract. [5] Infection is more common in developing countries than Western countries. [4] H. pylori's helical shape (from which the genus name derives) is thought to have evolved to penetrate the mucoid lining of the stomach. [7] [8]
Helicograph (n.) An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane.
Helicoid (a.) Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell.
Helicoid (a.) (Zool.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family.
Helicoid parabola (Math.), The parabolic spiral.
Helicoid (n.) (Geom.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it.
Helicoidal (a.) Same as Helicoid. -- Hel`i*coid"al*ly, adv.
Helicon (n.) A mountain in Boeotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses.
From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take. -- Gray.
Helicon (n.) A tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn helicon, bombardon].
Heliconia (n.) (Zool.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white.
Heliconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Helicon. "Heliconian honey." -- Tennyson.
Heliconian (a.) (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius.
Helicopter (n.) 直升機；直升飛機 [C] A heavier-than-air aircraft whose lift is provided by the aerodynamic forces on rotating blades rather than on fixed wings. Contrasted with {fixed-wing aircraft}.
Helicopter (v. i.) 乘直升機 To travel in a helicopter.
Helicopter (v. t.) 用直升機載送 To transport in a helicopter.
Helicopter (n.) An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades [syn: {helicopter}, {chopper}, {whirlybird}, {eggbeater}].
Helicopter (n.) [ C ] (A2) 直升機 A type of aircraft without wings, that has one or two sets of large blades that go round very fast on top. It can land and take off vertically and can stay in one place in the air.
// The injured were ferried to hospital by helicopter.
// A helicopter pilot.
Helicotrema (n.) (Anat.) 蝸孔 The opening by which the two scal[ae] communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear.
Helio- () A combining form from Gr. "h`lios the sun.
Heliocentric (a.) Alt. of Heliocentrical.
Heliocentrical (a.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical.
Heliochrome (n.) A photograph in colors.
Heliochromic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, heliochromy.
Heliochromy (n.) The art of producing photographs in color.
Heliograph (n.) A picture taken by heliography; a photograph.
Heliograph (n.) An instrument for taking photographs of the sun.
Heliograph (n.) An apparatus for telegraphing by means of the sun's rays. See Heliotrope, 3.
Heliographic (a.) Of or pertaining to heliography or a heliograph; made by heliography.
Heliography (n.) Photography.
Heliogravure (n.) The process of photographic engraving.
Heliolater (n.) A worshiper of the sun.
Heliolatry (n.) Sun worship. See Sabianism.
Heliolite (n.) A fossil coral of the genus Heliolites, having twelve-rayed cells. It is found in the Silurian rocks.
Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.
Heliometric (a.) Alt. of Heliometrical.
Heliometrical (a.) Of or pertaining to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
Heliometry (n.) The apart or practice of measuring the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc. See Heliometer.
Heliopora (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.
Helioscope (n.) A telescope or instrument for viewing the sun without injury to the eyes, as through colored glasses, or with mirrors which reflect but a small portion of light.
Heliostat (n.) An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope.
Heliotrope (n.) An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.
Heliotrope (n.) A plant of the genus Heliotropium; -- called also turnsole and girasole. H. Peruvianum is the commonly cultivated species with fragrant flowers.
Heliotrope (n.) An instrument for making signals to an observer at a distance, by means of the sun's rays thrown from a mirror.
Heliotrope (n.) See Bloodstone (a).
Heliotroper (n.) The person at a geodetic station who has charge of the heliotrope.
Heliotropic (a.) Manifesting heliotropism; turning toward the sun.
Heliotropism (n.) The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
Heliotype (n.) A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
Heliotypic (a.) Relating to, or obtained by, heliotypy.
Heliotypy (n.) 【印】膠版印刷術 A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography.
Compare: Lithography
Lithography (n.) 平版印刷術 The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.
Lithography (n.) A printing process for reproducing images, using any flat surface, such as a metal plate, in a manner similar to lithography [1].
Lithography (n.) The process of producing patterns on semiconductor crystals by exposing photosensitive coatings on a matrix, such as silicon, to light patterns in the form desired for the circuit, and subsequently treating (e.g., chemically) the patterns thus formed in such a way as to create integrated semiconductor circuits with the desired properties. This is the principle method (1990's) to create the high-density integrated circuits used in the digital computers on which you are reading this. Lithoid
Lithography (n.) A method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface.
Lithography (n.) The act of making a lithographic print.
Compare: Lithographic
Lithographic, lithographical (a.) 平版的；平版印刷術的 Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.
Lithographic limestone (Min.), A compact, fine-grained limestone, obtained largely from the Lias and O["o]lite, esp. of Bavaria, and extensively used in lithography. -- Lith`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Lithographic (a.) Of or produced by or involved in lithography; "lithographic reproduction."
Heliozoa (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule.
Helispheric (a.) Alt. of Helispherical.
Helispherical (a.) Spiral.
Helispherical line (Math.). The rhomb line in navigation. [R.]
Compare: Noble
Noble (a.) 高貴的，高尚的，崇高的；壯麗的，宏偉的；貴族的；顯貴的；（金屬）貴重的，【化】不發生作用的；（氣體）惰性的 Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart.
Statues, with winding ivy crowned, belong To nobler poets for a nobler song. -- Dryden.
Noble (a.) Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid; as, a noble edifice.
Noble (a.) Of exalted rank; of or pertaining to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn; as, noble blood; a noble personage.
Note: Noble is used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, noble-born, noble-hearted, noble-minded.
Noble gas (Chem.), A gaseous element belonging to group VIII of the periodic table of elements, not combining with other elements under normal reaction conditions; specifically, helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, or radon; also called inert gas.
Noble metals (Chem.), Silver, gold, and platinum; -- so called from their resistance to oxidation by air and to dissolution by acids. Copper, mercury, aluminium, palladium, rhodium, iridium, and osmium are sometimes included.
Syn: Honorable; worthy; dignified; elevated; exalted; superior; sublime; great; eminent; illustrious; renowned; stately; splendid; magnificent; grand; magnanimous; generous; liberal; free.
Noble (n.) 貴族 [C] [P1] A person of rank above a commoner; a nobleman; a peer.
Noble (n.) An English money of account, and, formerly, a gold coin, of the value of 6 s. 8 d. sterling, or about $1.61 (in 1913).
Noble (n.) (Zool.) A European fish; the lyrie.
Noble (v. t.) To make noble; to ennoble. [Obs.]
Thou nobledest so far forth our nature. -- Chaucer.
Compare: Lyrie
Lyrie (n.) (Zool.) A European fish ({Peristethus cataphractum), having the body covered with bony plates, and having three spines projecting in front of the nose; -- called also noble, pluck, pogge, sea poacher, and armed bullhead.
Noble (a.) Impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" [syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately].
Noble (a.) Of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" [ant: lowborn].
Noble (a.) Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds" [ant: ignoble]
Noble (a.) Inert especially toward oxygen; "a noble gas such as helium or neon"; "noble metals include gold and silver and platinum."
Noble (n.) A titled peer of the realm [syn: Lord, noble, nobleman] [ant: Lady, noblewoman, peeress].
Noble gas (n.) [C] (Chemistry) (Specialized) 惰性氣體（一系列不與其他化學物質發生反應的氣體，例如氦氣、氖氣）Any of a group of gases, such as helium and neon, that do not react with other chemicals.
Helium (n.) (Chem.) An inert, monoatomic, gaseous element occurring in the atmosphere of the sun and stars, and in small quantities in the earth's atmosphere, in several minerals and in certain mineral waters. It is obtained from natural gas in industrial quantities. Symbol, He; atomic number 2; at. wt., 4.0026 (C=12.011). Helium was first detected spectroscopically in the sun by Lockyer in 1868; it was first prepared by Ramsay in 1895. Helium has a density of 1.98 compared with hydrogen, and is more difficult to liquefy than the latter. Chemically, it is an inert noble gas, belonging to the argon group, and cannot be made to form compounds. The helium nucleus is the charged particle which constitutes alpha rays, and helium is therefore formed as a decomposition product of certain radioactive substances such as radium. The normal helium nucleus has two protons and two neutrons, but an isotope with only one neutron is also observed in atmospheric helium at an abundance of 0.013 %. Liquid helium has a boiling point of -268.9[deg] C at atmospheric pressure, and is used for maintaining very low temperatures, both in laboratory experimentation and in commercial applications to maintain superconductivity in low-temperature superconducting devices. Gaseous helium at normal temperatures is used for buoyancy in blimps, dirigibles, and high-altitude balloons, and also for amusement in party balloons.
Helium (n.) A very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He, atomic number 2].
Helium
Symbol: He
Atomic number: 2
Atomic weight: 4.0026
Colourless, odourless gaseous nonmetallic element. Belongs to group 18 of the periodic table. Lowest boiling point of all elements and can only be solidified under pressure. Chemically inert, no known compounds.
Discovered in the solar spectrum in 1868 by Lockyer.
Helium (n.) 【化】氦 A gaseous element found in the atmospheres of the sun and earth and in some rare minerals.
Helices (n. pl. ) of Helix.
Helixes (n. pl. ) of Helix.
Helix (n.) (Geom.) 螺旋；螺旋狀物；【解】耳輪 A nonplane curve whose tangents are all equally inclined to a given plane. The common helix is the curve formed by the thread of the ordinary screw. It is distinguished from the spiral, all the convolutions of which are in the plane.
Helix (n.) (Arch.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
Helix (n.) (Anat.) The incurved margin or rim of the external ear. See Illust. of Ear.
Helix (n.) (Zool.) A genus of land snails, including a large number of species.
Note: The genus originally included nearly all shells, but is now greatly restricted. See Snail, Pulmonifera.
Helix (n.) A curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle [syn: helix, spiral].
Helix (n.) A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope" [syn: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix].
Helix (n.) Type genus of the family Helicidae [syn: Helix, genus Helix].
Compare: Helicidae
Helicidae (n.) 旋蝸牛科（學名：Helicidae），也稱為大蝸牛科，是柄眼目下的一科腹足動物。Land snails including the common edible snail and some pests [syn: Helicidae, family Helicidae].
Hell (n.) （常大寫）地獄，冥府 [U]；悲慘境地，人間地獄，極大的困境 [S]；(int.) 感歎詞【俚】（用於咒罵）混蛋，見鬼，該死 The place of the dead, or of souls after death; the grave; -- called in Hebrew sheol, and by the Greeks hades.
He descended into hell. -- Book of Common Prayer.
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. -- Ps. xvi. 10.
Hell (n.) The place or state of punishment for the wicked after death; the abode of evil spirits. Hence, any mental torment; anguish. "Within him hell." -- Milton.
It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. -- Shak.
Hell (n.) A place where outcast persons or things are gathered; as:
Hell (n.) A dungeon or prison; also, in certain running games, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.