To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
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Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry, Materials chemistry, Condensed matter.(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs;…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) the potential energy of a magnetic field.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.The act of scintillating.
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
Used in the same subject area: Physics, Chemistry.Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometime…
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Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.Of a white or pale color; without color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, et…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.Cleared land; land suitable for tillage or pasture; cultivated ground; the open country.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.of Forge
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A large door or passageway in the wall of a city, of an inclosed field or place, or of a grand edifice, etc.; also, the movable struct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.It.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: piece.A bodily injury causing pain; a wound, bruise, or the like.
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