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  • double-figure — double-digit.
  • double-header — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  • double-ripper — bobsled (def 2).
  • doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
  • downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
  • dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
  • driller’s hut — A driller's hut contains all the controls for the rig floor.
  • drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
  • drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
  • drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • dual heritage — an upbringing in which one's parents are of different ethnic or religious backgrounds
  • dumb terminal — (hardware)   A type of terminal that consists of a keyboard and a display screen that can be used to enter and transmit data to, or display data from, a computer to which it is connected. A dumb terminal, in contrast to an intelligent terminal, has no independent processing capability or auxiliary storage and thus cannot function as a stand-alone device. The dumbest kind of terminal is a glass tty. The next step up has a minimally addressable cursor but no on-screen editing or other features normally supported by an intelligent terminal. Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
  • dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
  • durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
  • durable press — permanent press.
  • dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
  • ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
  • edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
  • effortfulness — (psychology) subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity.
  • electric blue — Something that is electric blue is very bright blue in colour.
  • electric flux — the product of the electric displacement and the area across which it is displaced in an electric field
  • electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
  • electrocution — The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
  • electron tube — (electronics)   (Or tube, vacuum tube, UK: valve, electron valve, thermionic valve, firebottle, glassfet) An electronic component consisting of a space exhausted of gas to such an extent that electrons may move about freely, and two or more electrodes with external connections. Nearly all tubes are of the thermionic type where one electrode, called the cathode, is heated, and electrons are emitted from its surface with a small energy (typically a Volt or less). A second electrode, called the anode (plate) will attract the electrons when it is positive with respect to the cathode, allowing current in one direction but not the other. In types which are used for amplification of signals, additional electrodes, called grids, beam-forming electrodes, focussing electrodes and so on according to their purpose, are introduced between cathode and plate and modify the flow of electrons by electrostatic attraction or (usually) repulsion. A voltage change on a grid can control a substantially greater change in that between cathode and anode. Unlike semiconductors, except perhaps for FETs, the movement of electrons is simply a function of electrostatic field within the active region of the tube, and as a consequence of the very low mass of the electron, the currents can be changed quickly. Moreover, there is no limit to the current density in the space, and the electrodes which do dissapate power are usually metal and can be cooled with forced air, water, or other refrigerants. Today these features cause tubes to be the active device of choice when the signals to be amplified are a power levels of more than about 500 watts. The first electronic digital computers used hundreds of vacuum tubes as their active components which, given the reliability of these devices, meant the computers needed frequent repairs to keep them operating. The chief causes of unreliability are the heater used to heat the cathode and the connector into which the tube was plugged. Vacuum tube manufacturers in the US are nearly a thing of the past, with the exception of the special purpose types used in broadcast and image sensing and displays. Eimac, GE, RCA, and the like would probably refer to specific types such as "Beam Power Tetrode" and the like, and rarely use the generic terms. The cathode ray tube is a special purpose type based on these principles which is used for the visual display in television and computers. X-ray tubes are diodes (two element tubes) used at high voltage; a tungsten anode emits the energetic photons when the energetic electrons hit it. Magnetrons use magnetic fields to constrain the electrons; they provide very simple, high power, ultra-high frequency signals for radar, microwave ovens, and the like. Klystrons amplify signals at high power and microwave frequencies.
  • electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
  • eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
  • encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
  • encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
  • enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
  • enculturation — The gradual acquisition of the characteristics and norms of a culture or group by a person, another culture, etc.
  • endurableness — (rare) The state of being endurable; endurability.
  • enumerability — The condition of being enumerable.
  • equalitarians — Plural form of equalitarian.
  • equilibrating — Present participle of equilibrate.
  • equilibration — The formation, or maintenance, of an equilibrium.
  • equilibratory — Relating to the physical sense of balance, or equilibrium.
  • equilibristic — Of or pertaining to equilibristics.
  • equimolecular — (chemistry) Containing the same number of molecules (of two or more compounds).
  • estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
  • ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
  • eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
  • euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
  • european plan — a hotel rate of charging covering room and service but not meals
  • european sole — Solea solea, a tongue-shaped flatfish of the family Soleidae, also known as Dover sole or common sole: prefers shallow waters and is highly valued as a food fish
  • excalibur bug — (humour, programming)   The legendary bug that, despite repeated valliant attempts, none but the true king of all programmers can fix. Named after the sword in the stone in the legend of King Arthur.
  • exploratorium — A museum or similar institution that encourages visitors to explore the exhibits in a hands-on manner.
  • expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
  • extracapsular — (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.
  • extracellular — Situated or taking place outside a cell or cells.
  • extrajudicial — (of a sentence) not legally authorized.
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