An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic. → absorption feature; → coronal features; → dust feature; → emission feature.

From O.Fr. faiture "fashion, shape, form," from L. facura "a formation," from facere "to make, do, perform" (cf. Fr. faire, Sp. hacer), from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (cf. Mod.Pers. dâdan "to give;" O.Pers./Av. dā- "to give, grant, yield," dadāiti "he gives; puts;" Skt. dadáti "puts, places;" Hitt. dai- "to place;" Gk. tithenai "to put, set, place;" Lith. deti "to put;" Czech diti, Pol. dziac', Rus. det' "to hide," delat' "to do;" O.H.G. tuon, Ger. tun, O.E. don "to do").

Ârang "color; mode, form, manner," cf. Av. *iringa- "sign, mark" in haptôiringa- "with seven marks," from hapto- "seven," + iringa-; Mid.Pers. haptiring, Mod.Pers. haftowrang "the constellation of Great Bear;" cf. Skt. linga- "mark, token, sign."

One of the most successful general methods for the numerical solution of the → radiative transfer equation. This method has been primarily used to study → radiative transfer in the → photospheres of stars.

P. Feautrier (1964), C.r. hebd. Séanc. Acad. Sci. Paris 258, 3198; → method.

See → Weber-Fechner law.

Biology: To impregnate, to fertilize.

L. fecundetus "made fruitful, fertilized," p.p. of fcundare, from fecundus "fruitful, fertile, productive," from L. root *fe-, corresponding to PIE *dhe(i)- "to suck, suckle;" cf. Skt. dhayati "sucks," dhayah "nourishing;" Gk. thele "mother's breast, nipple," thelys "female, fruitful;" Mid.Pers. dâyag "(wet-)nurse;" Mod.Pers. dâyé "(wet-)nurse;" Proto-Iranian *daH- "to suck, suckle;" O.C.S. dojiti "to suckle," dojilica "nurse;" Lith. dele "leech;" Goth. daddjan "to suckle;" O.H.G. tila "female breast."

Gošnidan, from gošn "male," Mid.Pers. gušn; cf. Av. varšni- "male;" Skt. vrsan-.

Biology: The act or process of fecundating.

→ fecundate; → -tion.

Relating to or characteristic of a unified body (e.g. a government) with constituent parts (states) that retain a measure of autonomy.

From Fr. fédéral, from L. foedus (genitive foederis) "league, treaty, alliance," → federate, + → -al.

Hiyâvi, from hiyâvidan, → federate.

1) To join together in a → federation.
2) To organize on a → federal basis.

From L. foederatus "leagued together, allied," p.p. of foederare "to establish by treaty," from foedus "league, treaty, alliance," related to fides "faith."

Hiyâvidan, from Tabari hiyâ "together, with each other," probably related to Av. hi- "to chain, bind," hiθav- "association, assemblage," hinav- "bond, chain," hita- "fastened;" O.P. vištāspa- literally "with unbound horses;" Av. hitāspa-; Pers. gošudan "to open," → resolve; cf. Skt. sā-/say- "to bind, fasten, fetter." Coined on the model of Ger. Bund "federation, alliance, band," cognate with Pers. bastan "to bind," → absolute.

A composition of different databases which work in an integrated manner while preserving their autonomy.

→ federate; → database; → system.

1) The act of federating or uniting in a league.
2) A political unit formed from smaller units on a → federal basis.

Verbal noun of → federate.

Pertaining to or of the nature of a → federation.

→ federate.

He who, or that which, federates.

Agent noun of → federate + → -or.

1) To give food to; supply with nourishment.
2) To furnish with necessary material.

M.E. feden, from O.E. fedan "to nourish;" cf. O.S. fodjan, O.Fris. feda, Goth. fodjan "to feed."

Xorândan, transitive form of xordan "to eat, consume," Mid.Pers. xvardan "to eat, enjoy (food)," Av. x^var "to consume, eat;" Laki dialect hovârden "to eat;" Proto-Iranian *huar- "to consume, eat."

1) For any system that has an → input and → output, the return of a fraction of the output to the input for the next action. Feedback process allows a system to regulate itself by monitoring its own output. It is of prime importance to the working of all regulatory mechanisms found in living and non-living nature, as well as in social systems such as education and economy.
2) By extension, any response or information about the result of a process.
3) → stellar feedback.
See also: → feedback loop, → negative feedback, → positive feedback, → radiative feedback, → feedforward.

→ feed; → back.

A closed transmission path in a → feedback process involving part of the → output as an → input for correction or control of the operation of a → system.

→ feedback; → loop.

In a self-regulatory system, monitoring a disturbance before it enters the → system to apply corrections before the disturbance has influenced the system. See also → feedback.

→ feed; → forward.

In a → radio telescope, a device located at the → focal point of the → antenna. It receives the → radio waves which the antenna collects and guides them to the → detector.

→ feed; → horn.

1) To perceive or examine by touch.
2) To have a sensation of (something), other than by sight, hearing, taste, or smell (Dictionary.com).

M.E. felen, from O.E. felan "to touch;" cf. O.S. gifolian, O.Fr.fela, Du. voelen, O.H.G. vuolen, Ger. fühlen "to feel;" from PIE root *pal- "to touch, feel, shake, strike softly" (cognates: Gk. psallein "to pluck (the harp)," L. palpare "to touch softly, stroke").

Sohidan, from Mid.Pers. sôhistan "to feel, to touch," sôhešn "feeling, sense," of unknown origin. Note Pers. sahestan "to fear," from Proto-Ir. *θrah- "to shake; to fear;" Pers. tars, harâs, sham "fear;" may be they are of different roots.

1) The function or the power of perceiving by touch.
2) Physical sensation not connected with sight, hearing, taste, or smell.
3) A particular sensation of this kind (Dictionary.com).

Verbal noun of "to → feel."

A group of rock-forming minerals whose members are the most abundant constituents of igneous rocks. They consist of aluminum silicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium and typically occur as colorless or pale-colored crystals.

Modification of obsolete Ger. Feldspath (now Feldspat), from Ger. Feld "field" + obsolete Ger. Spath (now Spat) "spar."

1) Of, relating to, or being the sex that typically has the capacity to bear offsprings or produce eggs. 2) A female person, animal, or plant.

M.E., alteration of femel, femelle, from O.Fr. femelle "woman, female," from M.L. femella "a female," from L. femella "young female, girl," diminutive of femina "woman, a female," → feminine.

Mâdé "female," from Mid.Pers. mâdag, "female," from mâd, → mother.