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Dictionary Results for Bull's-eye: | ||
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
bull's-eye n 1: a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light [syn: dark lantern, bull's-eye] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Condenser \Con*dens"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, condenses. [1913 Webster] 2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object. [1913 Webster] 3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. [1913 Webster] 4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine. [1913 Webster] Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. Bull's-eye condenser, or Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Lantern \Lan"tern\ (l[a^]n"t[~e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth`r light, torch. See Lamp.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; -- sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn, perforated tin, glass, oiled paper, or other material, having a lamp or candle within; sometimes fixed, as the glazed inclosure of a street light, or of a lighthouse light. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) (a) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior. (b) A cage or open chamber of rich architecture, open below into the building or tower which it crowns. (c) A smaller and secondary cupola crowning a larger one, for ornament, or to admit light; such as the lantern of the cupola of the Capitol at Washington, or that of the Florence cathedral. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach.) A lantern pinion or trundle wheel. See Lantern pinion (below). [1913 Webster] 4. (Steam Engine) A kind of cage inserted in a stuffing box and surrounding a piston rod, to separate the packing into two parts and form a chamber between for the reception of steam, etc.; -- called also lantern brass. [1913 Webster] 5. (Founding) A perforated barrel to form a core upon. [1913 Webster] 6. (Zool.) See Aristotle's lantern. [1913 Webster] Note: Fig. 1 represents a hand lantern; fig. 2, an arm lantern; fig. 3, a breast lantern; -- so named from the positions in which they are carried. [1913 Webster] Dark lantern, a lantern with a single opening, which may be closed so as to conceal the light; -- called also bull's-eye. Lantern jaws, long, thin jaws; hence, a thin visage. Lantern pinion, Lantern wheel (Mach.), a kind of pinion or wheel having cylindrical bars or trundles, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates; -- so called as resembling a lantern in shape; -- called also wallower, or trundle. Lantern shell (Zool.), any translucent, marine, bivalve shell of the genus Anatina, and allied genera. Magic lantern, an optical instrument consisting of a case inclosing a light, and having suitable lenses in a lateral tube, for throwing upon a screen, in a darkened room or the like, greatly magnified pictures from slides placed in the focus of the outer lens. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Bull's-eye \Bull's"-eye`\, n. 1. (Naut.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging. [1913 Webster] 2. A small round cloud, with a ruddy center, supposed by sailors to portend a storm. [1913 Webster] 3. A small thick disk of glass inserted in a deck, roof, floor, ship's side, etc., to let in light. [1913 Webster] 4. A circular or oval opening for air or light. [1913 Webster] 5. A lantern, with a thick glass lens on one side for concentrating the light on any object; also, the lens itself. --Dickens. [1913 Webster] 6. (Astron.) Aldebaran, a bright star in the eye of Taurus or the Bull. [1913 Webster] 7. (Archery & Gun.) The center of a target. [1913 Webster] 8. A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown. [1913 Webster] 9. A small and thick old-fashioned watch. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 10. something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; as, to score a bull's eye. Syn: bell ringer, mark. [WordNet 1.5] | ||
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