To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.
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(computer science) a moving design that appears on a computer screen when there has been no input for a specified period of time; "screen savers prevent the damage that occurs when the same areas of light and dark are displayed too long"
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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Of or relating to Damascus.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Alt. of Decalcomanie
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.That which is devised, or formed by design; a contrivance; an invention; a project; a scheme; often, a scheme to deceive; a stratagem;…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Pertaining to, or like, the spine of a herring; especially, characterized by an arrangement of work in rows of parallel lines, which i…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.of Mark
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.Motive.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.That which moves; a mover.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.A burst of sunlight.
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garr…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.To unite, as threads of any kind, in such a manner as to form a texture; to entwine or interlace into a fabric; as, to weave wool, sil…
Used in the same subject area: Art and design, Graphic design, Textiles and fashion.(computer science) the interval between the time data is requested by the system and the time the data is provided by the drive; "acce…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.(computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represen…
Used in the same subject area: Computing and technology, Computer science.
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One who, or that which, accumulates, collects, or amasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software; "the architecture of a computer's syste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; "the CPU and the memory form…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: computer, science, moving, design, appears.
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