The branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" a buoy with a round bottom and conical top the quantity contained in a can airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
(of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market" so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome" (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time; "the clock is slow" slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" at a slow tempo; "the band played a slow waltz" not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); "he spoke slowly"; "go easy here--the road is slippery"; "glaciers move tardily"; "please go slow so I can see the sights" cause to proceed more slowly; "The illness slowed him down" become slow or slower; "Production slowed" lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"
Low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" not functioning (temporarily or permanently); "we can't work because the computer is down" shut; "the shades were down" lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" being put out by a strikeout; "two down in the bottom of the ninth" extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream" understood perfectly; "had his algebra problems down" becoming progressively lower; "the down trend in the real estate market" being or moving lower in position or less in some value; "lay face down"; "the moon is down"; "our team is down by a run"; "down by a pawn"; "the stock market is down today" in an inactive or inoperative state; "the factory went down during the strike"; "the computer went down again" to a lower intensity; "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black" from an earlier time; "the story was passed down from father to son" paid in cash at time of purchase; "put ten dollars down on the necklace" away from a more central or a more northerly place; "was sent down to work at the regional office"; "worked down on the farm"; "came down for the wedding"; "flew down to Florida" spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward" fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards" soft fine feathers improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's style of writing" cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" shoot at and force to come down; "the enemy landed several of our aircraft" bring down or defeat (an opponent) eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" drink down entirely; "He downed three martinis before dinner"; "She killed a bottle of brandy that night"; "They popped a few beer after work"
Measured by the day or happening every day; "a daily newspaper"; "daily chores"; "average daily wage"; "daily quota" occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence" gradually and progressively; "his health weakened day by day" without missing a day; "he stops by daily" a newspaper that is published every day
In truth (often tends to intensify); "they said the car would break down and indeed it did"; "it is very cold indeed"; "was indeed grateful"; "indeed, the rain may still come"; "he did so do it!" subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right"; "first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to bed" (usually followed by `that') to an extent or degree as expressed; "he was so tired he could hardly stand"; "so dirty that it smells" in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) in the same way; also; "I was offended and so was he"; "worked hard and so did she" to a certain unspecified extent or degree; "I can only go so far with this student"; "can do only so much in a day" in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied; "They're happy and I hope they will remain so"; "so live your life that old age will bring no regrets" in a manner that facilitates; "he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior"; "he stooped down so he could pick up his hat" to a very great extent or degree; "the idea is so obvious"; "never been so happy"; "I love you so"; "my head aches so!" the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god" to a very great degree or extent; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal" very; "he was much annoyed" to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now" a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
A soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day