7-letter words starting with e
- eia-422 — (communications, standard) (Formerly "RS-422") An EIA serial line standard which specifies 4-wire, full-duplex, differential line, multi-drop communications. The mechanical connections for this interface are specified by EIA-449. The maximum cable length is 1200m. Maximum data rates are 10Mbps at 1.2m or 100Kbps at 1200m. EIA-422 cannot implement a truly multi-point communications network (such as with EIA-485), although only one driver can be connected to up to ten receivers. The best use of EIA-422 is probably in EIA-232 extension cords.
- eia-423 — (communications, standard) (Formerly "RS-423") An EIA serial line standard which specifies single ended communication. The mechanical connections for this interface are specified by EIA-449. Although it was originally intented as a successor of EIA-232 it is not widely used. The EIA-232 standard has its limits at 20kbps and 1.5m. EIA-423 can have a cable lenght of 1200m, and achieve a data rate of 100Kbps. When no data is being transmitted, the serial line is at a logical zero (+3 to +15 Volts). A logical one is represented as a signal level of -15 to -3 Volts. In practise, one often finds signals which switch between nominally +4.5 and +0.5 Volts. Such signals are large by modern standards, and because the impedance of the circuits is relatively high, the allowable bit rate is modest. The data is preceded by a start bit which is always a logical one. There may be seven or eight bits of data, possibly followed by an even or odd parity bit and one or two stop bits. A "break" condition is a continuous logical one on the line which is what would be observed if nothing was connected.
- eia-449 — (communications, standard) (Formerly "RS-449") An EIA standard for a 37-pin or 9-pin D-type connector (functional- and mechanical characteristics), usually used with EIA-422 or EIA-423 electrical specifications.
- eia-485 — (communications, standard) (Formerly "RS-485") An EIA serial line standard which specifies 2-wire, half-duplex, differential line, multi-point communications. Maximum cable length is 1200m. Maximum data rates are 10Mbps at 1.2m or 100Kbps at 1200m. EIA-485 can implement a truly multi-point communications network, and specifies up to 32 drivers and 32 receivers on a single (2-wire) bus.
- eia-530 — (communications, standard) (Formerly "RS-530") An EIA serial line standard which specifies differential line and singe ended communications. Combining EIA-422 and EIA-423, and defining a 25-pin connector for mechanical connections, this standard serves as a complement to EIA-232 for high(er) speed data transmissions.
- eichler — August Wilhelm (ˈɑʊɡʊst ˈvilhɛlm). 1839–87, German botanist: devised the system on which modern plant classification is based
- eidetic — Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible.
- eidolic — relating to an eidolon
- eidolon — An idealized person or thing.
- eighths — Plural form of eighth.
- eightvo — (printing) octavo.
- eijkman — Christiaan (ˈkriːstiːˌaːn). 1858–1930, Dutch physician, who discovered that beriberi is caused by nutritional deficiency: Nobel prize for physiology or medicine 1929
- einkorn — A form of wheat, Triticum monococcum, having a single grain.
- eirenic — irenic
- eiswein — a German dessert wine made from grapes which freeze on the vine and are pressed before being given time to defrost
- ejected — Simple past tense and past participle of eject.
- ejector — A device that causes something to be removed or to drop out.
- eke out — money, food: use sparingly
- ekpwele — a former monetary unit of Equatorial Guinea
- el gîza — a city in NE Egypt, on the W bank of the Nile opposite Cairo: nearby are the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and the Sphinx. Pop: 2 221 868 (1996)
- el niño — a warming of the eastern tropical Pacific occurring every few years, which alters the weather pattern of the tropics
- el paso — a city in W Texas, on the Rio Grande opposite Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Pop: 584 113 (2003 est)
- elamite — an inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Elam
- elapids — Plural form of elapid.
- elapine — relating to or resembling an elapid
- elapsed — Simple past tense and past participle of elapse.
- elapses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elapse.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- elastin — An elastic, fibrous glycoprotein found in connective tissue.
- elating — Present participle of elate.
- elation — Great happiness and exhilaration.
- elative — (grammar) In Semitic languages, the \u201cadjective of superiority.\u201d In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the 'elative'. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of \u201cgreatest\u201d, \u201csupreme.\u201d.
- elbowed — Simple past tense and past participle of elbow.
- elderly — (of a person) old or aging.
- eldress — a female elder
- eleanor — a feminine name: dim. Ella, Nell, Nora; var. Leonora
- eleatic — denoting or relating to a school of philosophy founded in Elea in Greece in the 6th century bc by Xenophanes, Parmenides, and Zeno. It held that one pure immutable Being is the only object of knowledge and that information obtained by the senses is illusory
- eleazar — Aaron's son and successor as high priest: Num. 20:28
- elected — Simple past tense and past participle of elect.
- electee — a person who is elected
- elector — A person who has the right to vote in an election.
- electra — the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She persuaded her brother Orestes to avenge their father by killing his murderess Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus
- electre — (obsolete) electrum, amber (alloy of gold and silver).
- electro — A style of dance music with a fast beat and synthesized backing track.
- elegant — Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
- elegiac — (especially of a work of art) having a mournful quality.
- elegies — Plural form of elegy.
- elegist — A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse.
- elegits — Plural form of elegit.
- elegize — Write in a wistfully mournful way about someone or something.