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study 1) parhâné; 2) parhândan Fr.: 1) étude; 2) étudier 1a) Application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by
reading, investigation, or reflection. M.E. studie, from O.Fr. estudie "care, skill, thought; study, school," from L. studium "study, application;" originally "eagerness," from studere "to press forward, be eager for, pursue," from PIE *(s)teu- "to push, stick, beat;" cf. Gk. typtein "to strike," typos "a blow, mold;" Skt. tup- "harm," tundate "pushes, stabs;" Gothic stautan "push." Parhâné, from Proto-Ir. *pari-huan- "to read thoroughly, to read through," from *pari- "through, throughout; thoroughly" (O.Pers. pariy "around, about;" Av. pairi "around, over") + *huanH- "to call;" cf. Pers. xândan, xvandan "to read, to sing" (Av. xvan- "to sound;" Skt. svana- "sound," svan- "to sound," svanati "it sounds;" O.E. swinn "music, song"); cf. Kurd. xwendin "to study, read;" Lori hané "to read;" Karingâni hoyniyan, Baluci vonag, Awromâni wânây "to read;" Khotanese hâvn- "to speak." |
Styx Styx, Stux Fr.: Styx The fifth confirmed → satellite of → Pluto discovered in 2012 using a set of the → Hubble Space Telescope. Also called Pluto V (P5). It orbits Pluto between → Charon and → Nix at a distance of about 42,000 km. Styx is estimated to have a diameter of between 10 and 30 km, and an → orbital period of 20.2 days. Named for the Greek mythological river that separates the world of the living from the realm of the dead. |
sub- zir- (#), ir- Fr.: sub- A prefix occurring originally in loanwords from L. but freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning "under, below, beneath." From L. preposition sub "under" (also "next to, up to, toward"), from PIE base *upo- "from below," hence "turning upward, upward, up, over, beyond;" cf. O.Pers. upā (prep.) "under, with;" Av. upā, upa (prep.; prevb) "toward, with, on, in" (upā.gam- "to arrive at," upāpa- "living in the water," upa.naxturušu "bordering on the night"); Mod.Pers. bâ "with," from abâ; Skt. úpa (adv., prevb., prep.) "toward, with, under, on;" Gk. hypo "under;" Goth. iup, O.N., O.E. upp "up, upward." Zir- "below, down;" Mid.Pers. azêr "below, under," êr "below, down; low, under," adar "low;" Av. aδara- (adj.), aδairi- (prep.) "below;" cf. Skt. ádhara- "lower;" L. infra (adv., prep.) "below, underneath, beneath," inferus "lower;" O.E. under "under, among"); PIE base *ndher. |
sub-arcsecond zir-sâniye-yi Fr.: A measure of angle smaller than 1 arcsecond, usually until 0.1 arcsecond. → sub-; → arc second. |
sub-arcsecond imaging tasvir-gari-ye zir-sâniye-yi Fr.: Imaging in excellent seeing conditions using an adequate detector to obtain stellar images whose profile lies in the sub-arcsecond range. → sub-arcsecond; → imaging. |
sub-image zir-tasvir Fr.: sous-image A part of a larger image. |
subatomic zir-atomi (#) Fr.: subatomique Of, relating to, or being smaller than the atom; of or relating to the inside of the atom. |
subatomic particle zarre-ye zir-atomi (#) Fr.: particule subatomique Any particle that is small compared to the size of the atom, e.g. an electron, proton, neutron, neutrino, quark, meson, all of which are either bosons or fermions. |
subclass zir-radé (#) Fr.: sous-classe A smaller group among several into which a main class is divided, e.g. subclasses a and b among supergiants. → subtype. |
subcritical zir-paržani Fr.: sous-critique Of or pertaining to a state, value, or quantity that is less than critical, especially the condition of a → subcritical reactor. |
subcritical mass jerm-e zir-paržani Fr.: masse sous-critique An amount of → fissile material that by its mass or geometry is incapable of sustaining a → fission → chain reaction. → subcritical; → mass. |
subcritical reactor vâžirgar-e zir-paržani Fr.: réacteur sous-critique A → nuclear reactor in which the rate of production of → fission neutrons is lower than the rate of production in the previous generation, and therefore the number of fissions decreases over time. → subcritical; → reactor. |
subduction zir-hâzeš Fr.: subduction Geology: The process by which one tectonic plate slides down and below another tectonic plate as the two converge. The subduction zone is the zone of convergence of two tectonic plates, one of which usually overrides the other. From L. subductionem (nominative subductio), from subductus, p.p. of subducere "to draw away, withdraw, remove," from → sub- + ducere "to lead." Zir-hâzeš, verbal noun of zir-hâzidan, from zir-→ sub- + hâzidan, hâxtan, from Mid.Pers. "to lead, guide, persuade;" Av. hak-, hacaiti "to attach oneself to, to join;" cf. Skt. sacate "accompanies, follows;" Gk. hepesthai "to follow,"; L. sequi "to follow;" PIE *sekw-. |
subdwarf zir-kutulé Fr.: sous-naine A metal-poor main-sequence star with spectral type later than M7 and luminosity class VI. They are population II dwarfs which appear less luminous than their solar metallicity counterparts due to the dearth of metals in their atmospheres. Subdwarfs are halo members with high proper motions and large heliocentric velocities. They are important tracers of the chemical enrichment history of the Galaxy and belong to the first generation of stars formed in the Galaxy (at least 10 billion years old). |
subgiant zir-qul Fr.: sous-géante A star with a lower absolute magnitude than a normal giant star of its → spectral type. It is a star that has exhausted the hydrogen at its center and is evolving into a → red giant. Subgiants are luminosity class IV. |
subject 1, 2, 3) darâxt; 4) karin Fr.: sujet 1) Something that is being discussed, examined, or otherwise dealt with. M.E. suget, from O.Fr. suget, subget "a subject person or thing," from L. subjectus "placed beneath, inferior, open to inspection," noun use of p.p. of subicere "to place under," from → sub-"under" + combining form of jacere "to throw,"from PIE base *ye- "to do" (cf. Gk. iemi, ienai "to send, throw," Hitt. ijami "I make"). Darâxt "thing drawn in, under" from dar- + âxt.
The prefix dar-, from preposition dar "in, into, within; on, upon, above;
of, about, concerning;"
from Mid.Pers. andar "in, into, within,"
→ inter-. |
subjective 1) darâxti; 2) karini Fr.: subjectif 1) That which depends upon the personal or individual, especially where it
is supposed to be an arbitrary expression of private taste, in contrast
with the objective. Adjective of → subject. |
subjectivity darâxtigi Fr.: subjectivité 1) The state or quality of being → subjective.
Contrasted with → objectivity. → subjective + → -ity. |
sublimation vâlâyeš Fr.: sublimation The process whereby a substance goes from a solid directly to a gaseous form. From M.L. sublimationem (nominative sublimatio) "refinement," literally "a lifting up, deliverance," from L. sublimare "to raise, elevate," from sublimis "lofty." Vâlâyeš, verbal noun from vâlâ "sublime, majestic," may be a variant of bâlâ "up, above, high, elevated, height," variants boland "high," borz "height, magnitude" (it occurs also in the name of the mountain chain Alborz), Lori dialect berg "hill, mountain;" Mid.Pers. buland "high;" O.Pers. baršan- "height;" Av. barəz- "high, mount," barezan- "height;" cf. Skt. bhrant- "high;" L. fortis "strong" (Fr. & E. force); O.E. burg, burh "castle, fortified place," from P.Gmc. *burgs "fortress;" Ger. Burg "castle," Goth. baurgs "city," E. burg, borough, Fr. bourgeois, bourgeoisie, faubourg); PIE base *bhergh- "high." |
subluminous star setâre-ye zir-tâbân Fr.: étoile sous-lumineuse A star that is less luminous than a main-sequence star of the same spectral type. |
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