Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter V - Page 5
Vapor (v. i.) To emit vapor or fumes. [R.]
Running waters vapor not so much as standing waters. -- Bacon.
Vapor (v. i.) To talk idly; to boast or vaunt; to brag.
Poets used to vapor much after this manner. -- Milton.
We vapor and say, By this time Matthews has beaten them. -- Walpole.
Vapor (v. t.) 使汽化；蒸發；使憂鬱；吹噓 To send off in vapor, or as if in vapor; as, to vapor away a heated fluid. [Written also vapour.]
He'd laugh to see one throw his heart away, Another, sighing, vapor forth his soul. -- B. Jonson.
Vapor (n.) A visible suspension in the air of particles of some substance [syn: vapor, vapour].
Vapor (n.) The process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation].
Vaporability (n.) 汽化性 The quality or state of being vaporable.
Vaporable (a.) 可氣化的 Capable of being converted into vapor by the agency of heat; vaporizable.
Vaporate (v. i.) To emit vapor; to evaporate. [R.]
Vaporation (n.) The act or process of converting into vapor, or of passing off in vapor; evaporation. [R.]
Compare: Evaporation
Evaporation (n.) [U] 蒸發；發散 The process of turning from liquid into vapor.
Evaporation (n.) 消失 The process of something abstract ceasing to exist.
Vapored (a.) Wet with vapors; moist.
Vapored (a.) Affected with the vapors. See Vapor, n., 5.
Vaporer (n.) One who vapors; a braggart.
Vaporer moth. (Zool.) See Orgyia.
Vaporiferous (a.) Conveying or producing vapor.
Vaporific (a.) (Chem.) 產生蒸汽的；似蒸汽的 Producing vapor; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor; thus, volatile fluids are vaporific; heat is a vaporific agent.
Vaporiform (a.) Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance.
Vaporimeter (n.) 蒸汽計 An instrument for measuring the volume or the tension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.
Vaporing (a.) Talking idly; boasting; vaunting. -- Va"por*ing*ly, adv.
Vaporing (n.) An instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade].
Vaporish (a.) 似蒸汽的；【古】模糊的 Full of vapors; vaporous.
Vaporish (a.) Hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish; humorsome.
Pallas grew vap'rish once and odd. -- Pope.
Vaporish (a.) Resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" [syn: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous].
Vaporizable (a.) 可蒸發的 Capable of being vaporized into vapor.
Vaporizable (a.) (Used of substances) Capable of being volatilized [syn: evaporable, vaporific, vapourific, vaporizable, vapourisable, volatilizable, volatilisable].
Vaporization (n.) 蒸發；蒸發作用 The act or process of vaporizing, or the state of being converted into vapor; the artificial formation of vapor; specifically, the conversion of water into steam, as in a steam boiler.
Vaporization (n.) Annihilation by vaporizing something [syn: vaporization, vaporisation].
Vaporization (n.) The process of becoming a vapor [syn: vaporization, vaporisation, vapor, vapour, evaporation].
Vaporized (imp. & p. p.) of Vaporize.
Vaporizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaporize.
Vaporize (v. t.) 使蒸發 To convert into vapor, as by the application of heat, whether naturally or artificially.
Vaporizing surface. (Steam Boilers) See Evaporating surface, under Evaporate, v. t.
Vaporize (v. i.) 蒸發；說大話；自吹自擂 To pass off in vapor.
Vaporize (v.) Kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting; "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens" [syn: zap, vaporize].
Vaporize (v.) Turn into gas; "The substance gasified" [syn: gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify].
Vaporize (v.) Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue; "evaporate milk" [syn: evaporate, vaporize, vaporise].
Vaporize (v.) Decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish, fly, vaporize].
Vaporizer (n.) One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.
Vaporizer (n.) A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) [syn: vaporizer, vaporiser].
Vaporose (a.) Full of vapor; vaporous.
Vaporous (a.) 蒸汽的；多蒸汽的；有霧的；空想的；模糊不清的 Having the form or nature of vapor. -- Holland.
Vaporous (a.) Full of vapors or exhalations. -- Shak.
The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys. -- Derham.
Vaporous (a.) Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent. -- Bacon.
The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested. -- Arbuthnot.
Vaporous (a.) Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.
Such vaporous speculations were inevitable. -- Carlyle.
Vaporous (a.) So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby].
Vaporous (a.) Resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds" [syn: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous].
Vaporous (a.) Filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn: miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous].
Vaporousness (n.) The quality of being vaporous. Vapor pressure
Vaporousness (n.) Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor [syn: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness].
Vapory (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.
Vapory (a.) Hypochondriacal; splenetic; peevish.
Vapulation (n.) The act of beating or whipping. [Obs.]
Vaquero (n.) One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman ; a cowboy. [Southwestern U. S.]
Vara (n.) A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. -- Johnson's Cyc.
Varan (n.) (Zool.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3.
Varan (n.) Any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles [syn: monitor, monitor lizard, varan].
Varangian (n.) One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople.
Varanus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3.
Varanus (n.) Type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae [syn: Varanus, genus Varanus].
Vare (n.) A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.]
His hand a vare of justice did uphold. -- Dryden.
Vare (n.) A weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
Varec (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack.
Vari (n.) The ringtailed lemur ({Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white.
Variability (n.) 變化性；易變；變化的傾向 [U] The quality or state of being variable; variableness.
Variability (n.) (Biol.) The power possessed by living organisms, both animal and vegetable, of adapting themselves to modifications or changes in their environment, thus possibly giving rise to ultimate variation of structure or function.
Variability (n.) The quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance].
Variability (n.) The quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity [syn: unevenness, variability] [ant: evenness, invariability].
Variable (a.) 易變的，多變的；可變的 Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.
Variable (a.) Liable to vary; too susceptible of change; mutable; fickle; unsteady; inconstant; as, the affections of men are variable; passions are variable.
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. -- Shak.
His heart, I know, how variable and vain! -- Milton.
Variable exhaust (Steam Eng.), A blast pipe with an adjustable opening.
Variable quantity (Math.), A variable.
Variable-rate mortgage (Finance), A mortgage whose percentage interest rate varies depending on some agreed standard, such as the prime rate; -- used often in financing the purchase of a home. Such a mortgage usually has a lower initial interest rate than a fixed-rate mortgage, and this permits buyers of a home to finance the purchase a house of higher price than would be possible with a fixed-rate loan.
Variable stars (Astron.), Fixed stars which vary in their brightness, usually in more or less uniform periods.
Syn: Changeable; mutable; fickle; wavering; unsteady versatile; inconstant.
Variable (n.) 可變物，易變物；可變因素；【數】變數；變量 That which is variable; that which varies, or is subject to change.
Variable (n.) (Math.) A quantity which may increase or decrease; a quantity which admits of an infinite number of values in the same expression; a variable quantity; as, in the equation x^{2 - y^{2} = R^{2}, x and y are variables.
Variable (n.) (Naut.) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
Variable (n.) (Naut.) pl. Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Independent variable (Math.), That one of two or more variables, connected with each other in any way whatever, to which changes are supposed to be given at will. Thus, in the equation x^{2 - y^{2} = R^{2}, if arbitrary changes are supposed to be given to x, then x is the independent variable, and y is called a function of x. There may be two or more independent variables in an equation or problem. Cf. Dependent variable, under Dependent.
Variable (a.) Liable to or capable of change; "rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable"; "variable winds"; "variable expenses" [ant: invariable].
Variable (a.) Marked by diversity or difference; "the varying angles of roof slope"; "nature is infinitely variable" [syn: varying, variable].
Variable (a.) (Used of a device) Designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied; "a variable capacitor"; "variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights".
Variable (n.) Something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered".
Variable (n.) A quantity that can assume any of a set of values [syn: variable, variable quantity].
Variable (n.) A star that varies noticeably in brightness [syn: variable star, variable].
Variable (n.) A symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity.
Variable
Var
(Sometimes "var" /veir/ or /var/) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read it them. Each programming language has different rules about how variables can be named, typed, and used. Typically, a value is "assigned" to a variable in an assignment statement.
The value is obtained by evaluating an expression and then stored in the variable. For example, the assignment
x = y + 1
means "add one to y and store the result in x". This may look like a mathematical equation but the mathematical equality is only true in the program until the value of x or y changes. Furthermore, statements like
x = x + 1
are common. This means "add one to x", which only makes sense as a state changing operation, not as a mathematical equality.
The simplest form of variable corresponds to a single-{word of memory or a CPU register and an assignment to a load or store machine code operation.
A variable is usually defined to have a type, which never changes, and which defines the set of values the variable can hold. A type may specify a single ("atomic") value or a collection ("aggregate") of values of the same or different types. A common aggregate type is the array - a set of values, one of which can be selected by supplying a numerical index.
Languages may be untyped, weakly typed, strongly typed, or some combination. Object-oriented programming languages extend this to object types or classes.
A variable's scope is the region of the program source within which it represents a certain thing. Scoping rules are also highly language dependent but most serious languages support both local variables and global variables. Subroutine and function formal arguments are special variables which are set automatically by the language runtime on entry to the subroutine.
In a functional programming language, a variable's value never changes and change of state is handled as recursion over lists of values. (2004-11-16)
Variableness (n.) 易變，多變；可變 The quality or state of being variable; variability. -- James i. 17.
Variableness (n.) The quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance].
Variably (adv.) 變化地；易變地；變異地 In a variable manner.
Variably (adv.) With variation; in a variable manner or to a variable degree; "it will be variably cloudy".
Variance (n.) [U] 變化；變動；變異；（意見等的）不一致；爭論；不和；對立 The quality or state of being variant; change of condition; variation.
Variance (n.) Difference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. -- Shak.
Variance (n.) (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or between the allegation and the proof. -- Bouvier.
Variance (n.) (Statistics) The expected value of the square of the deviation from the mean of a randomly distributed variable; the second moment about the mean. This is also the square of the standard deviation.
At variance, In disagreement; in a state of dissension or controversy; at enmity. "What cause brought him so soon at variance with himself?" -- Milton.
Variance (n.) An event that departs from expectations [syn: discrepancy, variance, variant].
Variance (n.) Discord that splits a group [syn: division, variance].
Variance (n.) The second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value.
Variance (n.) A difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion" [syn: discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance].
Variance (n.) The quality of being subject to variation [syn: variability, variableness, variance] [ant: invariability, invariableness, invariance].
Variance (n.) An official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance".
Variance (n.) An activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: variation, variance].
Variance, () pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which ought to agree together. Variances are between the writ and the declaration, and between the declaration and the evidence.
Variance, () When the variance is a matter of substance, as if the writ sounds in contract, and the other in tort, and e converso, or if the writ demands one thing or subject, and the declaration another, advantage may be taken of it, even in arrest of judgment; for it is the writ which gives authority to the court to proceed in any given suit, and, therefore, the court can have no authority to hear and determine a cause substantially different from that in the writ. Hob. 279; Cro. Eliz. 722. But if the variance is in matter of mere form, as in time or place, when that circumstance is immaterial, advantage can only be taken of it by plea in abatement. Yelv. 120; Latch. 173; Bac. Ab. Abatement, I; Gould, Pl. c. 5, Sec. 98 1 Chit. Pl. 438.
Variance, () A variance by disagreement in some particular point or points only between the allegation and the evidence, when upon a material point, is as fatal to the party on whom the proof lies, as a total failure of evidence. For example; the plaintiff declared in covenant for not repairing, pursuant to the covenant in a lease, and stated the covenant, as a covenant to "repair when and as need should require;" and issue was joined on a traverse of the deed alleged. The plaintiff at the trial produced the deed in proof, and it appeared that the covenant was to "repair when and as need should require, and at farthest after notice:" the latter words having been omitted in the declaration. This was held to be a variance, because the additional words were material, and qualified the effect of the contract. 7 Taunt. 385. But a variance in mere form or in matter quite immaterial, will not be regarded. Str. 690. Vide 1 Vin. Ab. 41; 12 Vin. Ab. 63; 21 Vin. Ab. 538 Com. Dig. Abatement, G 8, H 7; Id.; Amendment, D 7, 8, V 3: Bail, R 7; Obligation, B 4; Pleader, C 14, 15, L 24, 30; Record, C, D, F; Phil. Ev. Index, 11. t. Stark. Ev. Index, h.t., Roscoe's Ev. Index, h.t.; 18 E. C. L. R. 139, 149, 153 1 Dougl. 194; 2 Salk. 659; Harr. Dig. h.t. Chit. Pl. Index, h.t.; United States Dig. Pleading II, d and e; Bouv. Inst. Index: h.t.
Variant (a.) Varying in from, character, or the like; variable; different; diverse.
Variant (a.) Changeable; changing; fickle. [Obs.]
He is so variant, he abit [abides] nowhere. -- Chaucer.
Variant (n.) Something which differs in form from another thing, though really the same; as, a variant from a type in natural history; a variant of a story or a word.
Variate (v. t. & i.) To alter; to make different; to vary.
Variation (n.) 變化；變動；變化的程度 [C] [U]；差別；差異 [U] [C]；變形（物）；變種 [C] The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language.
The essences of things are conceived not capable of any such variation. -- Locke.
Variation (n.) Extent to which a thing varies; amount of departure from a position or state; amount or rate of change.
Variation (n.) (Gram.) Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc.
Variation (n.) (Mus.) Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.
Variation (n.) (Alg.) One of the different arrangements which can be made of any number of quantities taking a certain number of them together.
Annual variation (Astron.), The yearly change in the right ascension or declination of a star, produced by the combined effects of the precession of the equinoxes and the proper motion of the star.
Calculus of variations. See under Calculus.
Variation compass. See under Compass.
Variation of the moon (Astron.), An inequality of the moon's motion, depending on the angular distance of the moon from the sun. It is greater at the octants, and zero at the quadratures.
Variation of the needle (Geog. & Naut.), The angle included between the true and magnetic meridians of a place; the deviation of the direction of a magnetic needle from the true north and south line; -- called also declination of the needle.
Syn: Change; vicissitude; variety; deviation.
Variation (n.) An instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change [syn: variation, fluctuation].
Variation (n.) An activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported" [syn: variation, variance].
Variation (n.) A repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or Embellished.
Variation (n.) Something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" [syn: version, variant, variation, edition].
Variation (n.) An artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal".
Variation (n.) The angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north [syn: magnetic declination, magnetic variation, variation].
Variation (n.) The process of varying or being varied.
Variation (n.) (Astronomy) Any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon).
Variation (n.) (Biology) An organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation, variation, sport].
Variation (n.) (Ballet) A solo dance or dance figure [syn: pas seul, variation].
Variation (n.) The act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"
Varicella (n.) Chicken pox.
Varices (n. pl.) See Varix.
Variciform (a.) Resembling a varix.
Varicocele (n.) A varicose enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord; also, a like enlargement of the veins of the scrotum.
Varicolored (a.) Having a variety of colors; of various colors. Varicolored is from vari- (from Latin varius, "various, diversified") + colored (from Latin color, "color, tint, hue.").
Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.
Varicose (a.) Intended for the treatment of varicose veins; -- said of elastic stockings, bandages. and the like.
Varicosity (n.) The quality or state of being varicose.
Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.
Varicous (a.) Varicose.
Varied (a.) Changed; altered; various; diversified; as, a varied experience; varied interests; varied scenery.
Variegated (imp. & p. p.) of Variegate.
Variegating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Variegate.
Variegate (v. t.) 使成斑駁，使多樣化 To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.
Variegated (a.) 雜色的，斑駁的，富於變化的 Having marks or patches of different colors; as, variegated leaves, or flowers.
Variegated (a.) 色彩斑駁的；有斑點的 Having a pattern of different colours or marks.
// Variegated leaves.
// A variegated plant.
Variegation (n.) 雜色；色彩斑駁；多樣性 The act of variegating or diversifying, or the state of being diversified, by different colors; diversity of colors.
Variegation (n.) Variability in coloration.
Variegation (n.) The act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered); "my broker recommended a greater diversification of my investments"; "he limited his losses by diversification of his product line" [syn: diversification, variegation].
Varier (n.) A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.
Varietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a variety; characterizing a variety; constituting a variety, in distinction from an individual or species.
Varietas (n.) A variety; -- used in giving scientific names, and often abbreviated to var.
Varieties (n. pl. ) of Variety
Variety (n.) The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
Variety (n.) That which is various.
Variety (n.) A number or collection of different things; a varied assortment; as, a variety of cottons and silks.
Variety (n.) Something varying or differing from others of the same general kind; one of a number of things that are akin; a sort; as, varieties of wood, land, rocks, etc.
Variety (n.) An individual, or group of individuals, of a species differing from the rest in some one or more of the characteristics typical of the species, and capable either of perpetuating itself for a period, or of being perpetuated by artificial means; hence, a subdivision, or peculiar form, of a species.
Variety (n.) In inorganic nature, one of those forms in which a species may occur, which differ in minor characteristics of structure, color, purity of composition, etc.
Variform (a.) Having different shapes or forms.
Variformed (a.) Formed with different shapes; having various forms; variform.
Varify (v. t.) To make different; to vary; to variegate.
Variola (n.) The smallpox.
Variolar (a.) Variolous.
Variolation (n.) Inoculation with smallpox.
Variolic (a.) Variolous.
Variolite (n.) A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.
Variolitic (a.) Thickly marked with small, round specks; spotted.
Variolitic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, variolite.
Varioloid (a.) (Med.) 【醫】類似天花的 Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.