Day 4

bother

verb

1.

to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry:

His baby sister bothered him for candy.

2.

to bewilder; confuse:

His inability to understand the joke bothered him.

verb (used without object)

3.

to take the trouble; trouble or inconvenience oneself:

Don't bother to call. He has no time to bother with trifles.

noun

4.

something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:

Doing the laundry every week can be a terrible bother.

5.

effort, work, or worry:

Gardening takes more bother than it's worth.

6.

a worried or perplexed state:

Don't get into such a bother about small matters.

7.

someone or something that bothers or annoys:

My cousin is a perpetual bother to me.


precisely

adjective

1.

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:

precise directions.

2.

being exactly that and neither more nor less:

a precise temperature; a precise amount.

3.

being just that and no other:

the precise dress she had wanted.

4.

definite or exact in statement, as a person.

5.

carefully distinct:

precise articulation.

6.

exact in measuring, recording, etc.:

a precise instrument.

7.

excessively or rigidly particular:

precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.


radar

noun

1.

Electronics.a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.

2.

a means or sense of awareness or perception:

lobbyists working under the media's radar.


intrinsic

adjective

1.

belonging to a thing by its very nature:

the intrinsic value of a gold ring.


revolutionized

verb

1.

to bring about a revolution  in; effect a radical change in:

to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.

2.

to subject to a political revolution.

Related forms

revolutionizer,noun

quasi-revolutionized,adjective

unrevolutionized,adjective


postulate

verb

1.

to ask, demand, or claim.

2.

to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.

noun

5.

something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.

6.

Mathematics, Logic.a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom.

Related forms

postulation,noun

postulational,adjective


hitherto

adverb

1.

up to this time; until now:

a fact hitherto unknown.

ether

noun

1.

Also called directly ether,diethyl oxide, ethyl ether,ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology.a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C4H10O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.

2.

Chemistry.(formerly) one of a class of compounds in which two organic groups are attached directly to an oxygen atom, having the general formula ROR.



severely

adjective,severer,severest.

1.

harsh; unnecessarily extreme:

severe criticism; severe laws.

2.

serious or stern in manner or appearance:

a severe face.



unambiguously

adjective

1.

not ambiguous, or unclear; distinct; unequivocal:

The object of the experiment was to reach an unambiguous conclusion about climate change.


irrational

adj.

1. without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.


commonsense

noun

1.

sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.


notion

noun

1.

a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:

a notion of how something should be done.

2.

an opinion, view, or belief:

That's his notion, not mine.


finite

adjective

1.

having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.

2.

Mathematics.

(of a set of elements) capable of being completely counted.

not infinite or infinitesimal.

not zero.


nevertheless

adverb

1.

nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that:

a small but nevertheless important change.


propogation

noun

1.

the act of propogating.

2.

the fact of being propogated

3.

multiplication by natural reproduction.

4.

transmission or dissemination.

Related forms

propagational,adjective

nonpropagation,noun

self-propagation,noun


unify

verb (used with or without object),unified,unifying.

1.

to make or become a single unit; unite:

to unify conflicting theories; to unify a country.


crest

noun

1.

the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.

2.

the head or top of anything.


infrared

noun

1.

the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to theredend of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.

adjective

2.

noting or pertaining to the infrared or its component rays:

infrared radiation.


eplicitly

adjective

1.

fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal:

explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language.


elliptical

adjective, Also,elliptic

1.

pertaining to or having the form of an epllise.

2.

pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.

3.

(of speech or writing) expressed with extreme or excessive economy; relieved of irrelevant matter:

to converse in elliptical sentences.

4.

(of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure:

an elliptical prose that is difficult to translate.


spiral

noun

1.

Geometry.a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.



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