Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter O - Page 15
One (n.) A single person or thing. "The shining ones." --Bunyan. "Hence, with your little ones." -- Shak.
He will hate the one, and love the other. -- Matt. v. i. 24.
That we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. -- Mark x. 37.
After one, After one fashion; alike. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
At one, In agreement or concord. See At one, in the Vocab.
Ever in one, Continually; perpetually; always. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
In one, In union; in a single whole.
One and one, One by one, Singly; one at a time; one after another. "Raising one by one the suppliant crew." -- Dryden.
One on one, Contesting an opponent individually; -- in a contest.
Go one on one, To contest one opponent by oneself; -- in a game, esp. basketball.
One (indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely; a person or body; as, what one would have well done, one should do one's self.
It was well worth one's while. -- Hawthorne.
Against this sort of condemnation one must steel one's self as one best can. -- G. Eliot.
Note: One is often used with some, any, no, each, every, such, a, many a, another, the other, etc. It is sometimes joined with another, to denote a reciprocal relation.
When any one heareth the word. -- Matt. xiii. 19.
She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. -- Compton Reade.
The Peloponnesians and the Athenians fought against one another. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ).
The gentry received one another. -- Thackeray.
One (v. t.) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite; to assimilite. [Obs.]
The rich folk that embraced and oned all their heart to treasure of the world. -- Chaucer.
One (a.) Used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane].
One (a.) Having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: one(a), unitary].
One (a.) Of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species".
One (a.) Used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog".
One (a.) Indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another".
One (a.) Being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution".
One (a.) Eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" [syn: matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled].
One (n.) The smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity].
One (n.) A single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered".
ONE, () Omnifunctional Networking Environment (Panasonic).
ONE, () Open Network Environment (Netscape).
One, () 1
The lowest positive integer and the basis for counting. Multiplication by one is an identity operator and, since one is its own reciprocal, so is division by one. One is the result of dividing any non-zero number by itself. One raised to any power is one and raising to the power one is also an identity operator.
The largest digit in binary, related to the value true in Boolean algebra. Digital computers typically represent one by a high voltage and zero by a low voltage. (2012-12-31)
Oneberry (n.) (Bot.) The herb Paris. See Herb Paris, under Herb.
One-hand (a.) Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
One-horse (a.) Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
One-horse (a.) Second-rate; inferior; small ; small; as, a one-horse town. [Slang, U.S.]
One-horse (a.) Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn: jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky].
Oneidas (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the region near Oneida Lake in the State of New York, and forming part of the Five Nations. Remnants of the tribe now live in New York, Canada, and Wisconsin.
Oneiric (a.) Of or relating to or suggestive of dreams.
Oneiric (a.) [Formal] 夢的 Relating to dreams or dreaming.
Oneirocritic (a.) An interpreter of dreams. -- Bp. Warburton. Addison. Oneirocritic
Oneirocritic (a.) Alt. of Oneirocritical
Oneirocritical (a.) Of or pertaining to the interpretation of dreams. -- Addison. Oneirocriticism
Oneirocriticism (n.) Alt. of Oneirocritics
Oneirocritics (n.) The art of interpreting dreams.
Oneiromancy (n.) Divination by means of dreams. -- De Quincey.
Oneiromancy (n.) Divination through the interpretation of dreams.
Oneiroscopist (n.) One who interprets dreams.
Oneiroscopy (n.) The interpretation of dreams.
Oneliness (n.) The state of being one or single. [Obs.] -- Cudworth.
Onely (a.) See Only. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Onement (n.) The state of being at one or reconciled. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Oneness (n.) The state of being one; singleness in number; individuality; unity.
Our God is one, or rather very oneness. -- Hooker.
Oneness (n.) The quality of being united into one [syn: oneness, unity].
Onerary (a.) Fitted for, or carrying, a burden. -- Johnson.
Onerated (imp. & p. p.) of Onerate
Onerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Onerate
Onerate (v. t.) To load; to burden. [Obs.] -- Becon.
Oneration (n.) The act of loading. [Obs.]
Onerous (a.) Burdensome; oppressive. "Too onerous a solicitude." -- I. Taylor.
Onerous cause (Scots Law), A good and legal consideration; -- opposed to gratuitous.
Onerous (a.) Not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule" [syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing].
Onerously (adv.) In an onerous manner.
Onerously (adv.) In an onerous manner.
Ones (adv.) Once. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oneself (pron.) A reflexive form of the indefinite pronoun one. Commonly writen as two words, one's self.
One's self (or more properly oneself), Is quite a modern form. In Elizabethan English we find a man's self = one's self. -- Morris.
One-sided (a.) Having one side only, or one side prominent.
One-sided (a.) Hence: Limited to one side; favoring one person or side over another; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." -- T. Arnold.
Syn: biased, colored, slanted.
One-sided (a.) Having one team or party greatly superior; strongly favoring only one side; uneven; imbalanced; unequal; as, a one-sided contest; -- of contests, generally.
One-sided (a.) (Bot.) Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers.
One-sided (a.) Using only one side, or having only one side usable; as, one-sided printing; one-sided film; -- used mostly of sheets of material used for printing or imaging.
One-sided (a.) Performed by only one party or side; -- of actions directly affecting more than one party. Opposite of multilateral.
Syn: unilateral (vs. bilateral).
One-sided (a.) Out of proportion in shape.
Syn: ill-proportioned, lopsided.
One-sided (a.) Not reversible or capable of having either side out; -- of cloth fabrics or clothing. Opposite of reversible.
Syn: nonreversible. -- One`-sid"ed*ly, adv. -- One`-sid"ed*ness, n.
One-sided (a.) Not reversible or capable of having either side out [syn: nonreversible, one-sided] [ant: reversible, two-sided].
One-sided (a.) Involving only one part or side; "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision" [syn: unilateral, one-sided] [ant: many-sided, multilateral].
One-sided (a.) Favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant" [syn: biased, colored, coloured, one-sided, slanted].
Onethe (adv.) Scarcely. See Unnethe. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Ongoing (n.) The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events.
The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life. -- Prof. Wilson.
Ongoing (a.) Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort.
Ongoing (a.) Currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis" [syn: ongoing, on-going].
Onguent (n.) An unguent.
On-hanger (n.) A hanger-on.
Onion (n.) (Bot.) A liliaceous plant of the genus Allium (A. cepa), having a strong-flavored bulb and long hollow leaves; also, its bulbous root, much used as an article of food. The name is often extended to other species of the genus.
Onion (n.) The flavor of an onion [1].
Onion fish (Zool.), The grenadier.
Onion fly (Zool.) A dipterous insect whose larva feeds upon the onion; especially, Anthomyia ceparum and Ortalis flexa.
Welsh onion. (Bot.) See Cibol.
Wild onion (Bot.), A name given to several species of the genus Allium.
Onion (n.) The bulb of an onion plant.
Onion (n.) Bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb [syn: onion, onion plant, Allium cepa].
Onion (n.) An aromatic flavorful vegetable.
Onirocritic (a.) See Oneirocritic.
Onliness (n.) The state of being alone. [Obs.]
Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground. [Obs.]
She kept her father's life onloft. -- Chaucer.
On-looker (n.) A person who observes an event; a looker-on; a spectator.
On-looker (n.) A looker-on.
On-looking (a.) Looking on or forward.
Only (a.) One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation.
Only (a.) Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child.
Only (a.) Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preeminent; chief. "Motley's the only wear." -- Shak.
Only (adv.) In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely.
And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. -- Dryden.
Only (adv.) So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly. "She being only wicked." -- Beau. & Fl.
Every imagination . . . of his heart was only evil. -- Gen. vi. 5.
Only (adv.) Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.
Only (adv.) Above all others; particularly. [Obs.]
His most only elected mistress. -- Marston.
Only (conj.) Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration.
He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the city. -- Sir W. Scott.
Only (adv.) And nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but].
Only (adv.) Without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only].
Only (adv.) With nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round".
Only (adv.) In the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset".
Only (adv.) Except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better".
Only (adv.) Never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse" [syn: only, only if, only when].
Only (adv.) As recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago".
Only (a.) Being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)].
Only (a.) Exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only].
Onocerin (n.) (Chem.) A white crystalline waxy substance extracted from the root of the leguminous plant Ononis spinosa.
Onology (n.) Foolish discourse. [R.]
Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name; nomancy. [R.] -- Camden.
Onomancy (n.) Divination by the letters of a name.
Onomantic (a.) Alt. of Onomantical
Onomantical (a.) Of or pertaining to onomancy. [R.]
Onomastic (a.) (Law) Applied to a signature when the body of the instrument is in another's handwriting. -- Burrill.
Onomastic (a.) Of or related to onomastics; "he published a collection of his onomastic essays".
Onomasticon (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A. D. 180.
Onomasticon (n.) A list of proper nouns naming persons or places.
Onomatechny (n.) Prognostication by the letters of a name.
Onomatologist (n.) One versed in the history of names. -- Southey.
Onomatology (n.) The science of names or of their classification.
Onomatope (n.) An imitative word; an onomatopoetic word.
Onomatopoeia (n.) (Philol.) The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.
Note: It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds, but this is not believed by most.
Onomatopoeia (n.) Using words that imitate the sound they denote.
Onomatopoeic (a.) Onomatopoetic. -- Whitney.
Onomatopoeic (a.) Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic].
Onomatopoeic (a.) (Of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term" -- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic].
Onomatopoetic (a.) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia; characterized by onomatopoeia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. -- Earle.
Onomatopoetic (a.) Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia [syn: onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic].
Onomatopoetic (a.) (Of words) Formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer [syn: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic] [ant: nonechoic].
Onomatopy (n.) Onomatopoeia.
Onomomancy (n.) See Onomancy.
Onondagas (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting what is now a part of the State of New York. They were the central or head tribe of the Five Nations.
Onrush (n.) A rushing onward.
Onrush (n.) (Military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush].
Onrush (n.) A forceful forward rush or flow; "from the bow she stared at the mesmerising onrush of the sea where it split and foamed"; "the explosion interrupted the wild onrush of her thoughts".
Onset (n.) A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army. -- Milton.
The onset and retire Of both your armies. -- Shak.
Who on that day the word of onset gave. -- Wordsworth.
Onset (n.) A setting about; a beginning ; -- used especially of diseases or pathological symptoms. -- Shak.
There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and onsets of things. -- Bacon.
Onset (n.) Anything set on, or added, as an ornament or as a useful appendage. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Onset (v. t.) To assault; to set upon. [Obs.]
Onset (v. t.) To set about; to begin. [Obs.] -- Carew.
Onset (n.) The beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia" [syn: onset, oncoming].
Onset (n.) (Military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught, onset, onrush].
Onset, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 1292
Housing Units (2000): 910
Land area (2000): 1.083253 sq. miles (2.805612 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.215025 sq. miles (0.556913 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.298278 sq. miles (3.362525 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51160
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 41.746424 N, 70.663251 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02532
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Onset, MA
Onset
Onslaught (n.) 突擊，猛攻 [C] [（+on）] An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.
By storm and onslaught to proceed. -- Hudibras.
Onslaught (n.) A bloody fray or battle. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Onslaught (n.) A sudden and severe onset of trouble.
Onslaught (n.) (Military) An offensive against an enemy (using weapons); "the attack began at dawn" [syn: {attack}, {onslaught}, {onset}, {onrush}].
Onslaught (n.) The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" [syn: {barrage}, {bombardment}, {outpouring}, {onslaught}].
Onstead (n.) A single farmhouse; a steading. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Grose. -- Jamieson.
Compare: Steading
Steading (n.) The barns, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Onto (prep.) On the top of; upon; on. See On to, under On, prep. Ontogenesis.
Surjection
Onto
Surjective
A function f : A -> B is surjective or onto or a surjection if f A = B. I.e. f can return any value in B.
This means that its image is its codomain.
Only surjections have right inverses, f' : B -> A where f (f' x) = x since if f were not a surjection there would be elements of B for which f' was not defined.
See also bijection, injection.
(1995-05-27)
Ontogenesis (n.) Alt. of Ontogeny
Ontogeny (n.) (Biol.) The history of the individual development of an organism; the history of the evolution of the germ; the development of an individual organism, -- in distinction from phylogeny, or evolution of the tribe. Called also henogenesis, henogeny.
Syn: growth, growing, maturation, development.
Ontogenesis (n.) (Biology) The process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" [syn: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment].
Ontogenetic (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to ontogenesis; as, ontogenetic phenomena. -- On`to*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
Ontogenetic (a.) Of or relating to the origin and development of individual organisms; "ontogenetic development".
Ontogenic (a.) (Biol.) Ontogenetic.
Ontologic (a.) Ontological.
Ontological (a.) Of or pertaining to ontology.
Ontological (a.) Of or relating to ontology; "ontological speculations".
Ontologically (adv.) In an ontological manner.
Ontologist (n.) One who is versed in or treats of ontology. -- Edin. Rev.
Ontology (n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
Ontology (n.) (Computers) A systematic arrangement of all of the important categories of objects or concepts which exist in some field of discourse, showing the relations between them. When complete, an ontology is a categorization of all of the concepts in some field of knowledge, including the objects and all of the properties, relations, and functions needed to define the objects and specify their actions. A simplified ontology may contain only a hierarchical classification (a taxonomy) showing the type subsumption relations between concepts in the field of discourse. An ontology may be visualized as an abstract graph with nodes and labeled arcs representing the objects and relations.
Note: The concepts included in an ontology and the hierarchical ordering will be to a certain extent arbitrary, depending upon the purpose for which the ontology is created. This arises from the fact that objects are of varying importance for different purposes, and different properties of objects may be chosen as the criteria by which objects are classified.
In addition, different degrees of aggregation of concepts may be used, and distinctions of importance for one purpose may be of no concern for a different purpose.
Ontology (n.) (Computer science) A rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations.
Ontology (n.) The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence.
Ontology, () A systematic account of Existence.
Ontology, () (From philosophy) An explicit formal specification of how to represent the objects, concepts and other entities that are assumed to exist in some area of interest and the relationships that hold among them.
For AI systems, what "exists" is that which can be represented. When the knowledge about a domain is represented in a declarative language, the set of objects that can be represented is called the universe of discourse.
We can describe the ontology of a program by defining a set of representational terms. Definitions associate the names of entities in the universe of discourse (e.g. classes, relations, functions or other objects) with human-readable text describing what the names mean, and formal axioms that constrain the interpretation and well-formed use of these terms. Formally, an ontology is the statement of a logical theory.
A set of agents that share the same ontology will be able to communicate about a domain of discourse without necessarily operating on a globally shared theory. We say that an agent commits to an ontology if its observable actions are consistent with the definitions in the ontology. The idea of ontological commitment is based on the Knowledge-Level perspective.
Ontology, () The hierarchical structuring of knowledge about things by subcategorising them according to their essential (or at least relevant and/or cognitive) qualities. See subject index. This is an extension of the previous senses of "ontology" (above) which has become common in discussions about the difficulty of maintaining subject indices. (1997-04-09)
Onus (n.) A burden; an obligation.
Onus probandi[L.], The obligation to furnish evidence to prove an assertion; the burden of proof.
Onus (n.) An onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus].
Onward (a.) Moving in a forward direction; tending toward a contemplated or desirable end; forward; as, an onward course, progress, etc.
Onward (a.) Advanced in a forward direction or toward an end.
Within a while, Philoxenus came to see how onward the fruits were of his friend's labor. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Onward (adv.) Toward a point before or in front; forward; progressively; as, to move onward.
Not one looks backward, onward still he goes. -- Pope.
Onward (adv.) Forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth"; "from the sixth century onward" [syn: forth, forward, onward].
Onward (adv.) In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader].
Onward, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 81
Housing Units (2000): 31
Land area (2000): 0.086578 sq. miles (0.224237 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.086578 sq. miles (0.224237 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56664
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.694374 N, 86.194237 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Onward, IN
Onward
Onwardness (n.) Progress; advancement.
Onwards (adv.) Onward.
Onwards (adv.) In a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: ahead, onward, onwards, forward, forwards, forrader].
Ony (a.) Any. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus. -- Ex. xxx. 34.
Onycha (n.) The precious stone called onyx. [R.]
Onycha, () A nail; claw; hoof, (Heb. sheheleth; Ex. 30:34), a Latin word applied to the operculum, i.e., the claw or nail of the strombus or wing-shell, a univalve common in the Red Sea. The opercula of these shell-fish when burned emit a strong odour "like castoreum." This was an ingredient in the sacred incense.
Onycha, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 208
Housing Units (2000): 113
Land area (2000): 0.835126 sq. miles (2.162966 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.005115 sq. miles (0.013248 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.840241 sq. miles (2.176214 sq. km)
FIPS code: 57024
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.221515 N, 86.277694 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Onycha, AL
Onycha
Onychia (n.) (Med.) A whitlow.
Onychia (n.) (Med.) An affection of a finger or toe, attended with ulceration at the base of the nail, and terminating in the destruction of the nail.
Onychomancy (n.) Divination by the nails.
Onychophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) Malacopoda.
Compare: Malacopoda
Malacopoda (prop. n. pl.) (Zool.) A class of air-breathing Arthropoda; -- called also Protracheata, and Onychophora.
Note: They somewhat resemble myriapods, and have from seventeen to thirty-three pairs of short, imperfectly jointed legs, two pairs of simple jaws, and a pair of antennae. The trancheae are connected with numerous spiracles scattered over the surface of the body.
Peripatus is the only known genus. See Peripatus.
Onyx (n.) (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
Onyx (n.) Same as Mexican onyx.
Onyx (n.) A deep jet-black color.
Onyx marble, Mexican onyx, A banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black.
Onyx (a.) Deep, jet-black.
Compare: Chalcedony
Chalcedony (n.; pl. Chalcedonies) (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.]
Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx.
Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
Onyx (n.) A chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos.
Onyx, () A hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9-12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).
Onyx, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 476
Housing Units (2000): 281
Land area (2000): 11.564076 sq. miles (29.950819 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.564076 sq. miles (29.950819 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53910
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 35.687683 N, 118.217511 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 93255
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some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Onyx, CA
Onyx
Oo (a.) One. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Oo (n.) (Zool.) Any of several beautiful birds of the genus Moho, including the extinct Moho nobilis. They are honey-eaters native to the Hawaiian Islands. It yields the brilliant yellow feathers formerly used in making the royal robes. Called also yellow-tufted honeysucker.
OO, () Object Orientated
Object-oriented
Object-orientation
OO, () (OO) Based on objects, classes and methods, as in object-oriented programming or object-oriented design.
An object-oriented database applies the same concepts to the storage of objects.
Object-oriented
Object-orientation
OO, () Vector graphics.
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