BUTYRALDEHYDE | • butyraldehyde n. (Organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH3-CH2-CH2-CHO derived from butane. • BUTYRALDEHYDE n. either of two aldehydes used esp. in making synthetic resins. |
CYBERBULLYING | • cyberbullying n. Acts in cyberspace intended to make life unpleasant for another person. • cyberbullying v. Present participle of cyberbully. • CYBERBULLYING n. bullying via the medium of the Internet. |
CYBERSECURITY | • cybersecurity n. Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism. • CYBERSECURITY n. the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this. |
DAGUERREOTYPY | • daguerreotypy n. The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes. • DAGUERREOTYPY n. the art of daguerreotyping. |
GYROFREQUENCY | • gyrofrequency n. (Physics) The frequency of the circular motion of a charged particle in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. • GYROFREQUENCY n. the frequency with which a charged particle (as an electron) executes spiral gyrations in moving obliquely across a magnetic field. |
METHYLMERCURY | • methylmercury n. (Chemical compound) The organometallic cation CH3Hg+; it is a toxicant that accumulates in the environment… • methyl␣mercury n. Alternative spelling of methylmercury. • METHYLMERCURY n. any of several extremely toxic organometallic compounds formed from metallic mercury by the action of microorganisms. |
OXYRHYNCHUSES | • OXYRHYNCHUS n. an Egyptian fish, sacred to the goddess Hathor, represented on coins and sculptures. |
PHYCOMYCETOUS | • phycomycetous adj. Relating to the former class Phycomycetes of lower fungi; belonging to or characteristic of a phycomycete. • PHYCOMYCETOUS adj. of or like a phycomycete. |
PSYCHOSURGERY | • psychosurgery n. (Surgery) Surgery of the brain to treat or alleviate mental illness. • PSYCHOSURGERY n. cerebral surgery employed in treating psychic symptoms. |
SUPERSYMMETRY | • supersymmetry n. (Physics) A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical… • SUPERSYMMETRY n. the correspondence between fermions and bosons of identical mass that is postulated to have existed during the opening moments of the big bang and that relates gravity to the other forces of nature. |
UROGYNECOLOGY | • urogynecology n. A surgical subspecialty of urology and gynecology. |
WOODBURYTYPES | • Woodburytypes n. Plural of Woodburytype. • WOODBURYTYPE n. (tradename) a photomechanical process in which an exposed and developed bichromated film is forced into a metal plate by great pressure, and so forms a matrix for subsequent printing. |