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sanjidâr-e Rayleigh Fr.: critère de Rayleigh A criterion for the instability of a basic swirling flow with an arbitrary dependence of angular velocity Ω(r) on the distance r from the axis of rotation. This states that in → inviscid fluids: Ω(r) < 0 for instability, where Ω = (1/r3) (d/dr)(r4Ω4). |
"nongravitational forces" "niruhâ-ye nâgerâneši" (#) Fr.: "forces non-gravitationnelles" The forces of jets from a comet's nucleus that can cause a rocket-like effect and alter a comet's direction of motion slightly. → non-; → gravitational; → force. |
"shadow of the nucleus" "sâye-ye hasté" Fr.: "ombre du noyau" A dark lane that appears behind the coma in some comets. It is not the shadow of the true nucleus but sometimes may be a region of the near-tail that lies behind the densest part of the inner coma and therefore receives less sunlight. |
(486958) 2014 MU69 (486958) 2014 MU69 Fr.: (486958) 2014 MU69 A → trans-Neptunian object located in the → Kuiper belt, nicknamed Ultima Thule. It is elongated in shape with estimated dimensions of about 31 by 19 km. NASA's → New Horizons spacecraft conducted a close → flyby of the object on January 1, 2019 just 3,500 km above the object's surface. The images it took show that the object has in fact two distinct lobes. At a heliocentric distance of 44 → astronomical units, (486958) 2014 MU69 is the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft. It has an → orbital period of 298 years, a small → inclination (~ 2.45°), and a low → eccentricity (0.042). |
-able, -ble, -ible -i (#), -pazir (#) Fr.: -able, -ble, -ible Suffix forming adjectives with meanings "capable of, susceptible of, worthy of, tending to." M.E., from O.Fr., from L. -abilis, -ibilis, from -a- and -i- + -bilis. The capability suffix -i is added to the infinitive form. |
-aceous -âsâ Fr.: -acé A prefix with several meanings: "characterized by," "of the nature of," "belonging to or connected with a division of animals characterized by or of the nature of," "belonging to or connected with a family of plants of the nature of." From L. -aceus. -âsâ a suffix denoting "resemblance; nature; relation," from Mid.Pers. suffix -ihâ forming adverbs. |
-al 1) -i (#), -var (#), -mand (#); 2) -âl (#), various solutions Fr.: -al 1) Adjective suffix denoting "of, relating to, or characterized by;" e.g. astronomical,
material, equal, final, general, directional, fictional, etc. Variant
→ -ar. 1) M.E., from O.Fr., from L. -alis 1) -i, contraction of -ik, → -ic; -var
Mid.Pers. -uwar, -war, from O.Pers. -bara, from bar- "to bear, carry,"
variant -ur; -mand from Mid.Pers. -omand, O.Pers./Av. -mant,
cf. Skt. -mant. |
-ance -egi, -igi, -âi, -âyi, -eš Fr.: -ance Suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives or from verbs; it expresses 1) state or condition (brilliance, absorptance); 2) action (e.g. continuance). M.E., from O.Fr., from L. -antia. -Egi, -igi, -âi, -âyi, -eš Pers. noun suffixes denoting state, condition. |
-ant Fr.: -ant Same as → -ent. |
-ar -i Fr.: -aire A suffix of adjectives, meaning "of, relating to, or resembling," as in polar "of or relating to": molecular, "being": spectacular. M.E., from O.Fr. -er, from L. -aris, variant of -alis, → -al. |
-ary -i Fr.: -aire An adjective and noun suffix denoting thing or person belonging to or connected with. From L. -arius, -aria, -arium "connected with, pertaining to; the man engaged in." -i, Mid.Pers. -ig, -ik, → -ics. |
-ate 1) -ât (#) Fr.: 1) -ate 1) A suffix used in chemical terminology, in particular to indicate a salt of an acid
ending in -ic and not beginning with → hydro-,
such as silicate, nitrate, sulfate. 1) From M.E. -aten, from L. -atus p.p. ending of 1st conjugable verbs. |
-cide -koši (#) Fr.: -cide A suffix meaning "killer; act of killing." → genocide. M.E., from L. -cida "cutter, killer," -cidium "act of killing," from combining form -cidere, from caedere "to strike down, kill." -koši, from koštan "to kill," Mid.Pers. kuštan "to kill, to stuggle;" related to košti "fighting, wrestling;" Av. kuš- "to fight, to struggle" (Cheung 2007). |
-cline -šib Fr.: -cline A suffix indicating a slope, as in → barocline, → thermocline, → tachocline. Back formation from incline, → inclination. Šib, → slope. |
-cracy -sâlâri Fr.: -cracie A combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek with the meaning "rule, government, governing body." → theocracy. From Fr. -cratie, from M.L. -cratia, from Gk. -kratia "power, might; rule; authority," from kratos "strength," from PIE *kre-tes- "power, strength," suffixed form of root *kar-/*ker- "→ hard." "hard." From sâlâr "leader, chieftain, commander;" Mid.Pers. sâlâr "leader, master;" variant of sardâr "commander, chief, general," from sar "chief, → head," + dâr "having, possessor," from dâštan "to have, to possess," Mid.Pers. dâštan; O.Pers./Av. root dar- "to hold, keep back, maintain, keep in mind;" Skt. dhr-, dharma- "law;" Gk. thronos "elevated seat, throne;" L. firmus "firm, stable;" Lith. daryti "to make;" PIE *dher- "to hold, support." |
-ence -egi, -igi, -âi, -âyi Fr.: -ence A noun suffix equivalent to → -ance. → -ance. |
-ency Fr.: -ence A suffix denoting quality or state. From L. -entia. |
-ent Fr.: -ent A suffix with the sense "causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition." Same as → -ant. From Fr. -ent and directly from L. -entem (nominative -ens), pr.p. suffix of verbs in -ere/-ire. |
-eous -i, -mand, -nâk, -var Fr.: -eux An adjective forming suffix with the meanings "ccomposed of, resembling, having the nature of." → -ous. |
-er -gar (#), -gâr (#), -kâr (#), -âr (#), -andé (#) Fr.: -eur A suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin. M.E. -er(e), corresponding to L. → -or, O.E. -ere; cf. Ger. -er, Sw. -are, Dan. -ere. → -or. |
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