An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

1) The act of expending something, especially funds; disbursement; consumption.
2) Something that is expended; expense (Dictionary.com).

From → expend.

Mid.Pers. uzên, uzênag "expense;" ultimately from Proto-Ir. *uz-ayana- literally "going out" (cf. Awromani ziāy-/-zia- "to go out"), from uz-, → ex-, + *Hai- "to go," → efficiency.

An act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition. See: → Aspect experiment, → Carnal-Mlynek experiment, → Davisson-Germer experiment, → double-slit experiment, → Eratosthenes experiment, → Hafele-Keating experiment, → Hertz experiment, → Michelson-Morley experiment, → Millikan's oil-drop experiment, → Pascal's barrel experiment, → random experiment, → Stern-Gerlach experiment, → thought experiment, → toothed-wheel experiment, → Trouton-Noble experiment, → Young's experiment.

From O.Fr. experiment, from L. experimentum "a trial, test," from experiri "to test, try," from → ex- "out of" + peritus "experienced, tested."

Âzmâyeš, verbal noun of âzmudan, âzmây- "to try, experiment, test;" Mid.Pers. uzmudan, ôzmutan "to test, try, prove;" from O.Pers./Av. *uz-māy-, from uz-, → ex- + mā(y)- "to measure," Proto-Ir. *maH- "to measure;" PIE *meH- "to measure;" cf. Skt. mati "measures," matra "measure;" Gk. metra "lot, portion;" L. metri "to measure."

1) To make plain or clear; to render understandable or intelligible.
2) To make clear the cause or reason of; to account for.
3) To assign a meaning to; → interpret.

From L. explanare "to make level, smooth out; make clear," from → ex- "out" + planus "flat; clear."

Ostâhidan, literally "to unfold, spread out" (on the model of Fr. expliquer, Sp. explicar, from L. → ex- "out" + plicare "to lay, fold, twist," from PIE base *plek- "to plait, twist;" cf. Gk. plekein "to plait," L. plectere "to plait, braid, intertwine," O.C.S. plesti "to braid, plait, twist," Goth. flahta "braid"), from os- "out," → ex- + tâh "fold, plait, ply;" Mid.Pers. tâg "piece, part" + -idan infinitive suffix.

1) The act or process of explaining.
2) A statement made to clarify something and make it understandable.

Verbal noun of → explain.

1) General: Precisely and clearly expressed.
2) Math.: → explicit function.

From Fr. explicite, from L. explicitus "unobstructed," variant p.p. of explicare "unfold, unravel, explain," → explain.

Ostâhi, from ostâh present stem of ostâhidan, → explain, + -i adj. suffix.

The most usual form of a function in which the dependent variable (written on the left hand side of the Same as → equality sign) is expressed directly in terms of independent variables written on the left (on the right hand side). See also → implicit function.

→ explicit; → function.

Verbal form of → explosion.

From L. explodere "drive out or off by clapping," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," from → ex- "out" + plaudere "to clap, beat," of uncertain origin.

Oskaftidan, from os-, → ex- + kaftidan "to burst; to split," variants kaftan, kâftan "to split; to dig," Parthian Mid.Pers. q'f- "to split;" Sogdian kβ "to spli;" Chorasmian kf- "to split, be split;" Proto-Iranian *kap-, *kaf- "to split."

1) An act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
2. The investigation of unknown regions.
3) The process of searching for minerals by means of geological studies.
4) Medicine: An examination or investigation for diagnostic purposes, usually involving endoscopy or a surgical procedure.

Verbal noun of → explore.

1) To travel to or in a place for the purpose of discovery.
2) To make a careful investigation or study of something.

From L. explorare "investigate, search out;" said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from → ex- "out" + plorare "to cry."

Puyidan, originally "to run, trot; wander," from Mid.Pers. pôy-, pwd- "to run;" cf. Gk. speudein "to hasten;" Lith. spudinti.

A person or thing that explores.

Agent noun of → explore.

The sudden and violent release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy from a confined space which creates a heat wave that travels at → subsonic speeds. → detonation; → deflagration; → implosion.

Verbal noun of → explode.

1) (n.) A chemical or compound that causes a sudden, almost instantaneous release of pressure, gas, heat, and light when subjected to sudden shock, pressure, high temperature, or applied potential.
2) (adj.) Pertaining to or of the nature of an → explosion.

From explos(ion), → explosion + → -ive.

Oskaftâk, from oskaft-, stem of oskaftan, → explode, + -âk noun suffix.

The explosive processes that are believed to occur in supernovae. Explosive carbon burning occurs at a temperature of about 2 × 10⁹ degrees and produces the nuclei from neon to silicon. Explosive oxygen burning occurs near 4 × 10⁹ degrees and produces nuclei between silicon and calcium in atomic weight.At higher temperatures, still heavier nuclei are produced.

→ explosive; → nucleosynthesis.

1) The state or quality of being explosive.
2) A measure of the extent to which a material is explosive.

→ explosive; → -ity.

Math.: A symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number (called the base) to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised. Examples: n in the expresseion aⁿ; 3 in the expression 2³.

From L. exponentem, pr.p. of exponere "put forth, explain," from → ex- "forth" + ponere "to put, to place."

Nemâ, agent noun of nemudan "to show, display," from Mid.Pers. nimūdan, from ne- "down; into;" O.Pers./Av. ni- "down; into," → ni-, + mun, Av. māy- "to measure," → display.

Of or expressed by a mathematical → exponent. → exponential curve, → exponential equation, → exponential function.

→ exponent + -ial, variant of → -al.

A curve that represents an → exponential function.

→ exponential; → curve.

An equation in which unknowns appear as exponents. Examples: 2^{3x + 1} = 32.

→ exponential; → equation.

A function in the form of y = b^x defined for every → real number x, with positive base b > 1.

→ exponential; → function.

In an exponential manner.

→ exponential; → -ly.