Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 100
Posting (n.) The act of traveling post.
Posting (n.) (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.
Posting house, A post house.
Posting (n.) A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card].
Posting (n.) (Bookkeeping) A listing on the company's records; "the posting was made in the cash account."
Posting (n.) The transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the time of mailing" [syn: mailing, posting].
Posting (n.) Noun corresp. to v.: post (but note that post can be nouned). Distinguished from a ?letter? or ordinary email message by the fact that it is broadcast rather than point-to-point. It is not clear whether messages sent to a small mailing list are postings or email; perhaps the best dividing line is that if you don't know the names of all the potential recipients, it is a posting.
Posting, () A message sent to a newsgroup or mailing list (may also be called "a post") or the act of sending it. Distinguished from a "letter" or ordinary electronic mail message by the fact that it is broadcast rather than point-to-point. It is not clear whether messages sent to a small mailing list are postings or e-mail; perhaps the best dividing line is that if you don't know the names of all the potential recipients, it is a posting. [{Jargon File]
Postliminiar (a.) Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. "Postliminious after applications of them to their purposes." -- South.
Postliminiary (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, the right of postliminium. Postliminium
Postliminium (n.) Alt. of Postliminy.
Postliminy (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. -- Burrill.
Postliminy (n.) (Internat. Law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. -- Kent.
Postlude (n.) (Med.) A voluntary at the end of a service.
Postlude (n.) A voluntary played at the end of a religious service.
Postmen (n. pl. ) of Postman.
Postman (n.) A post or courier; a letter carrier.
Postman (n.) (Eng. Law) One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; -- so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman. -- Whishaw.
Postman (n.) A man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier]
Postman, () Eng. law. A barrister in the court of exchequer, who has precedence in: motions.
Postmark (n.) The mark, or stamp, of a post office on a letter, giving the place and date of mailing or of arrival.
Postmarked (imp. & p. p.) of Postmark.
Postmarking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postmark.
Postmark (v. t.) To mark with a post-office stamp; as, to postmark a letter or parcel.
Postmark (n.) A cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing.
Postmark (v.) Stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing [syn: postmark, frank].
Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of travelers; one who supplies post horses.
Postmaster (n.) One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution and forwarding of mails.
Postmaster (n.) The person in charge of a post office.
Postmaster (n.) The email contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the network. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail ({RFC-822) requires each machine to have a ?postmaster? address; usually it is aliased to this person.
Postmaster, () The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail ({RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is aliased to this person. See also webmaster.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () An officer of the United States appointed by the postmaster general to hold his office. during the, pleasure of the former. Before entering on the duties of his office, he is required to give bond with surety to be approved by the postmaster general. Act of 3d March, 1825, s. 3. 12. Every postmaster is required to keep an office in the place for which he may be appointed; and it is his duty to receive and forward by mail, without delay, all letters, papers, and packets as directed; to receive the mails and deliver, at all reasonable hours, all letters, papers and packets to the persons entitled thereto.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () In lieu of commissions allowed deputy postmasters by the 14th section of the act of 3d March, 1845,.the postmaster general is authorized by the act of March 1, 1847, s. 1, to allow, on the proceeds of their respective offices, a commission not exceeding the following rates on the amount received in any one year, or a due proportion thereof for less than a year: On a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, forty per cent; on a sum over the first hundred and not exceeding four hundred dollars, thirty-three and one-third per cent; on a sum over and above the first four hundred dollars and not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent.; on a sum over twenty-four hundred dollars, twelve and one-half per cent.; on all sums arising from the postage on newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty per cent.; on the amount of postages on letters or packets received for distribution, seven per cent.: Provided, That all allowances, commissions, or other emoluments, shall be subject to the provisions of the forty-first section of the act which this is intended to amend; and that the annual compensation therein limited shall be computed for the fiscal year commencing on the first of July and ending the thirtieth of June each year, and that for any period less than a year the restrictions contained in said section shall be held to apply in a due proportion for such fractional period: And, provided further, That the compensation to any,, deputy postmaster under the foregoing provisions to be computed upon the receipt at his office of a larger sum shall in no case fall short of the amount to which he would be entitled under a smaller sum received at his office.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () By act of congress approved March 3, 1851, Sec. 6, it is enacted, That to any postmaster whose commissions may be reduced below the amount allowed at his office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and whose labors may be increased, the postmaster general shall be authorized, in his discretion, to allow such additional commissions as be may deem just and proper Provided, That the whole amount of commissions allowed such postmaster during any fiscal year, shall not exceed by more than twenty per centum the amount of commissions at such office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () Although not subject to all the, responsibilities of a common carrier, yet a postmaster is liable for all losses and injuries occasioned by his own default in office. 3 Wils. Rep. 443; Cowp. 754; 5 Burr. 2709; 1 Bell's Com. 468; 2 Kent. Com. 474; Story on Bailm. Sec. 463.
POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. () Whether a postmaster is liable for the acts of his clerks or servants seems not to be settled. 1 Bell's Com. 468, 9. In Pennsylvania it has been decided that he is not responsible for their secret delinquencies, though perhaps he is answerable for want of attention to the official conduct of his subordinates. 8 Watts. R. 453. Vide Frank; Post Office.
Postmasters-general (n. pl. ) of Postmaster-general.
Postmaster-general (n.) The chief officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.
Postmastership (n.) The office of postmaster.
Postmenopausal (a.) Subsequent to menopause.
Compare: Menopause
Menopause (n.) (Med.) 更年期；絕經期；活動終止期 The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change. Menopoma
Menopause (n.) The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life].
Postmenopausal (a.) Of or occurring in the time following menopause.
Postmenopausal (a.) Subsequent to menopause.
Postmeridian (a.) Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)
Postmeridian (a.) Fig., belonging to the after portion of life; late.
Postmeridian (a.) After noon [ant: antemeridian].
Post-mortem (a.) 死後的；驗屍的 After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
{Post-mortem examination} (Med.), An examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Post-mortem (n.) Discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: postmortem, post-mortem].
Post-mortem (n.) An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM, postmortem examination, post-mortem examination].
Post-mortem (a.) After death; as, post-mortem rigidity.
Post-mortem examination (Med.), An examination of the body made after the death of the patient; an autopsy.
Postmortem (a.) Occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a postmortem examination to determine cause of death"; "postmortal wounds" [syn: {postmortem}, {postmortal}] [ant: {antemortem}].
Postmortem (a.) After death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of the President's TV address."
Postmortem (n.) Discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn: {postmortem}, {post-mortem}].
Postmortem (n.) An examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn: {autopsy}, {necropsy}, {postmortem}, {post-mortem}, {PM}, {postmortem examination}, {post-mortem examination}].
Postnares (n. pl.) (Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares.
Postnatal (a.) After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.
Postnatal (a.) Occurring immediately after birth; "postnatal development" [syn: postnatal, postpartum] [ant: antenatal, antepartum, perinatal, prenatal].
Postnate (a.) Subsequent. "The graces and gifts of the spirit are postnate." [Archaic] -- Jer. Taylor.
Postnominal (n.) 勳銜 Something, such as a title or abbreviation denoting an attained academic degree or a membership in an organization, which is placed after a name.
Postnominal (n.) (Linguistics) Something which is placed after a noun, as "of mine" in "friend of mine."
Postnominal (a.) Alternative form of post-nominal.
Post-nominal (a.) (Of a series of letters) That are placed after a name.
Post note () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand.
Postnuptial (a.) Being or happening after marriage; as, a postnuptial settlement on a wife.
Post-obit () Alt. of Post-obit bond.
Post-obit bond () A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.
Postoblongata (n.) The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
Postocular (a. & n.) Same as Postorbital.
Post office (n.) See under 4th Post.
Postoral (a.) (Anat.) Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.
Postorbital (a.) (Anat. & Zool.) Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles.
Postorbital (n.) A postorbital bone or scale.
Postpaid (a.) Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.
Postpaid (a.) Used especially of mail; paid in advance [syn: postpaid, prepaid].
Postpalatine (a.) (Anat.) Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.
Postpliocene (a.) (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the period immediately following the Pliocene; Pleistocene. Also used as a noun. See Quaternary.
Postponed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpone.
Postponing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpone.
Postpone (v. t.) 延遲，使延期，緩辦，擱延 (v. i.) 延緩發作 To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely.
Postpone (v. t.) To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance.
Postpone (v.) Hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: {postpone}, {prorogue}, {hold over}, {put over}, {table}, {shelve}, {set back}, {defer}, {remit}, {put off}].
Postpone (v.) [ T ] (B1) 延後，延緩，使延期 To delay an event and plan or decide that it should happen at a later date or time.
// They decided to postpone their holiday until next year.
// [ + -ing verb ] We've had to postpone going to France because the children are ill.
Postponement (n.) 延期；延緩 The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. -- Macaulay.
Postponement (n.) Time during which some action is awaited; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" [syn: delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait].
Postponement (n.) Act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferment, deferral].
Postponence (n.) The act of postponing, in sense 2.
Postponer (n.) One who postpones.
Postposed (imp. & p. p.) of Postpose.
Postposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postpose.
Postpose (v. t.) To postpone. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Postpose (v.) Place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them."
Postposit (v. t.) To postpone. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Postposition (n.) 【文】後置；後置詞 The act of placing after, or the state of being placed after. "The postposition of the nominative case to the verb." -- Mede.
Postposition (n.) A word or particle placed after, or at the end of, another word; -- distinguished from preposition.
Postposition (n.) (Linguistics) The placing of one linguistic element after another (as placing a modifier after the word that it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix after the base to which it is attached).
Postpositional (a.) Of or pertaining to postposition.
Postpositionally (adv.) (Comparative more postpositionally, superlative most postpositionally)
(grammar) In a postpositional manner.
Postpositionally (adv.) As a postposition.
Postpositive (a.) 後置的 Placed after another word; as, a postpositive conjunction; a postpositive letter. -- Post*pos"i*tive*ly, adv.
Postprandial (a.) Happening, or done, after dinner; after-dinner; as, postprandial speeches.
Postprandial (a.) Happening or done after a meal. Postprandial is from post- + prandial, from Latin prandium, "a late breakfast or lunch."
Postremogeniture (n.) The right of the youngest born. -- Mozley & W.
Postremote (a.) More remote in subsequent time or order.
Postrider (n.) One who rides over a post road to carry the mails. -- Bancroft.
Postscapula (n.) (Anat.) The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.
Postscapular (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.
Postscenium (n.) The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.
Postscribe (v. t.) To make a postscript. [R.] -- T. Adams.
Postscript (n.) A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the work has been finished, containing something omitted, or something new occurring to the writer. [Abbrev. P. S.]
Postscript (n.) A note appended to a letter after the signature [syn: postscript, PS].
Postscript (n.) Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end [syn: addendum, supplement, postscript].
PostScript (n.) A page description language, based on work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and Sutherland in 1976, evolving through ?JaM? (?John and Martin?, Martin Newell) at XEROX PARC, and finally implemented in its current form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe Systems Incorporated in 1982. PostScript gets its leverage by using a full programming language, rather than a series of low-level escape sequences, to describe an image to be printed on a laser printer or other output device (in this it parallels EMACS, which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks). It is also noteworthy for implementing on-the fly rasterization, from Bezier curve descriptions, of high-quality fonts at low (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed that hand-tuned bitmap fonts were required for this task). Hackers consider PostScript to be among the most elegant hacks of all time, and the combination of technical merits and widespread availability has made PostScript the language of choice for graphical output.
PostScript, () A page description language based on work originally done by John Gaffney at Evans and Sutherland in 1976, evolving through "JaM" ("John and Martin", Martin Newell) at XEROX PARC, and finally implemented in its current form by John Warnock et al. after he and Chuck Geschke founded Adobe Systems, Inc. in 1982.
PostScript is an interpreted, stack-based language (like FORTH). It was used as a page description language by the Apple LaserWriter, and now many laser printers and on-screen graphics systems. Its primary application is to describe the appearance of text, graphical shapes, and sampled images on printed or displayed pages.
A program in PostScript can communicate a document description from a composition system to a printing system in a device-independent way.
PostScript is an unusually powerful printer language because it is a full programming language, rather than a series of low-level escape sequences. (In this it parallels Emacs, which exploited a similar insight about editing tasks). It is also noteworthy for implementing on-the fly rasterisation, from Bezier curve descriptions, of high-quality fonts at low (e.g. 300 dpi) resolution (it was formerly believed that hand-tuned bitmap fonts were required for this task).
PostScript's combination of technical merits and widespread availability made it the language of choice for graphical output until PDF appeared.
The Postscript point, 1/72 inch, is slightly different from other point units.
An introduction
["PostScript Language Reference Manual" ("The Red Book"), Adobe Systems, A-W 1985].
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Postscripted (a.) Having a postscript; added in a postscript. [R.] -- J. Q. Adams.
Postscutellum (n.) (Zool.) The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.
Postsphenoid (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
Post-temporal (a.) (Anat.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull; -- applied especially to a bone which usually connects the supraclavicle with the skull in the pectoral arch of fishes.
Post-temporal (n.) A post-temporal bone.
Posttertiary (a.) (Geol.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary.
Post-tragus (n.) (Anat.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals.
Post-tympanic (a.) (Anat.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus.
Postulant (n.) One who makes a request or demand; hence, a candidate.
Postulant (n.) One submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order.
Postulate (a.) Postulated. [Obs.] -- Hudibras.
Postulated (imp. & p. p.) of Postulate.
Postulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Postulate.
Postulate (v. t.) To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
Postulate (v. t.) To take without express consent; to assume.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . . postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation. -- W. Tooke.
Postulate (v. t.) To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] -- Bp. Burnet.
Postulate (n.) Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
Postulate (n.) (Geom.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, -- that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but not as proposition which it would be impossible to deny. -- Eng. Cyc.
Postulate (n.) (Logic) A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate, posit].
Postulate (v.) Maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" [syn: contend, postulate].
Postulate (v.) Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit].
Postulate (v.) Require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of].
Postulate (v.) [ I or T ] (Formal) To suggest a theory, idea, etc. as a basic principle from which a further idea is formed or developed.
// [ + that ] It was the Greek astronomer, Ptolemy, who postulated that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
Postulated (a.) Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. -- Sir T. Browne.
Postulation (n.) The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
Postulation (n.) (Logic) A declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: postulation, predication].
Postulation (n.) A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation].
Postulatory (a.) Of the nature of a postulate. -- Sir T. Browne.
Postulata (n. pl. ) of Postulatum.
Postulatum (n.) A postulate. -- Addison.
Postumous (a.) See Posthumous. [R.]
Postural (a.) Of or pertaining to posture.
Postural (a.) Of or relating to or involving posture; "postural exercises."
Posture (n.) The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude.
Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively expressed . . . one would have sworn the very picture had run. -- Sir P. Sidney.
In most strange postures We have seen him set himself. -- Shak.
The posture of a poetic figure is a description of his heroes in the performance of such or such an action. -- Dryden.
Posture (n.) Place; position; situation. [Obs.] -- Milton.
His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world. -- Sir M. Hale.
Posture (n.) State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
The several postures of his devout soul. -- Atterbury.
Syn: Attitude; position. See Attitude.
Postured (imp. & p. p.) of Posture.
Posturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posture.
Posture (v. t.) To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to posture one's self; to posture a model. -- Howell.
Posture (v. i.) To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or contortionist; also, to pose.
Posture (v. i.) Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
Posture (n.) The arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture, attitude].
Posture (n.) Characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture].
Posture (n.) A rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance, posture].
Posture (n.) Capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" [syn: military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture].
Posture (v.) Behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself" [syn: pose, posture].
Posture (v.) Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture].
Posturer (n.) One who postures.
Posturer (n.) Someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others.
Postzygapophyses (n. pl. ) of Postzygapophysis.
Postzygapophysis (n.) (Anat.) A posterior zygapophysis.
Posies (n. pl. ) of Posy.
Posy (n.) A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring. -- Shak.