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

The theorem stating that the value of the line integral of a complex function, taken along a simple closed curve encircling a finite number of isolated singularities, is given by 2πi times the sum of the residues of the function at each of the singularities.

→ residue; → theorem.

To give up an office or position, often formally.

M.E. resignen "give up, surrender, abandon; relinquish," from O.Fr. resigner "renounce, relinquish," from L. resignare "to check off, cancel, give back, give up," from → re- "opposite" + signare "to make an entry in an account book," literally "to mark;" → sign.

Vâgâmidan, literally "to step back," from vâ-→ re- + gâmidan "to step, go, → walk."

The act of resigning.

Verbal noun from → resign.

To withstand the action or effect of; to strive against, or oppose.

M.E. resisten, O.Fr. resister, from L. resistere "to resist, to stand back, withstand," from → re- "against" + sistere "take a stand, stand firm," cognate with Pers. istâdan, as below.

Baristâdan "to withstand, to stand in opposition," from bar- opposition prefix, → object, + istâdan "to stand," → solstice.
Istâdegi kardan, composite verb, from istâdegi "resistance," state noun from istâdan, + kardan "to do, to make," → -or.

1) General: The act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
2) Electricity: A property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of current is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed into heat. It is the quantity that determines the current that results due to a voltage in a simple circuit. For a fixed voltage, if the resistance increases, the current decreases. It is given by the equation R = ΔV/I, where ΔV is the voltage difference and I the current. Resistance has the SI units volts per ampere, called → ohm.

From → resist + -ance a suffix used to form nouns either from adjectives in -ant or from verbs.

Baristgari, from baristgar, → resistant.
Istâdegi "resistance," state noun from istâdé "stood," p.p. of istâdan "to stand," → resist.

1) Characterized by or showing resistance.
2) A person or thing that resists.

Present participle of → resist, with -ant a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs.

Baristgar, from barist present stem of baristâdan, → resist, + -gar, agent suffix, → -or.
Istâdegigar, from istâdegi, → resistance, + -gar.

Capable of or inclined to resistance; resisting.

From resist, → resistance, + → -ive.

Baristmand, from barist present stem of baristâdan, → resist + -mand possession suffix, → -ist.

A property of a → conductor which is defined as the ratio of the → electric intensity (E) to the → current density (J): ρ = E/J. The greater the resistivity, the greater the intensity needed to establish a given current density, or the smaller the current density for a given intensity. A "perfect" conductor would have zero resistivity, and a "perfect" → insulator an infinite resistivity.

From → resistive + → -ity.

An electrical component used to introduce a known value of resistance into a circuit.

→ resist; → -or.

1) The degree to which an → optical system renders visible separate parts of an object. Also known as → angular resolution and → spatial resolution. See also → spectral resolution.
2) The time interval between successive discernible signals. → temporal resolution.

Verbal noun of → resolve.

Finding the → components of a → force which act in specified → directions.

→ resolution; → force.

To separate and make visible the individual parts of an → image or → spectral feature.

M.E. resolven, from L. resolvere "to loosen, undo, settle," from → re- + solvere "to loosen," → solve.

Vâgošudan, from prefix vâ-, → re-, + gošudan, gošâdan "to loose, open up, let free;" gošâd "opened; ample, broad;" Mid.Pers. wišâdan "to let free;" Khotanese hīyā "bound;" O.Pers. višta "untied, loosened," vištāspa- "with loosened horses" (personal name); Av. višta "untied," ā-hišāiiā "holds fettered," hita- "fastened, tied on, put to;" cf. Skt. sā- "to bind, fasten, fetter," sitá- "bound," ví-sita- "untied."

Separated and made visible in an → image or → spectral feature. → resolved line.

Past participle of → resolve.

A → spectral line that is not contaminated by other nearby lines.

→ resolved; → line.

A measure of an optical system's ability to produce an image which separates two points or parallel lines on the object.

Resolving verbal adj. of → resolve; → power.

1) The state of a → mechanical system in which the → amplitude of → oscillation is increased when it is subjected to stimulus from another source at or near its own natural → frequency.
2) The condition of an electrical circuit with respect to a given frequency in which the net reactance is zero and the current flow a maximum.
3) A relationship in which the → orbital period of one body is related to that of another by a simple integer fraction, such as 1/2, 2/3, 3/5. → Laplace resonance, → Lindblad resonance, → resonance orbit .
4) → resonance particle.

Resonance, from M.Fr. resonance, from L. resonantia "echo," from resonare "to resound," from re- "again, back" + sonare "to sound."

Bâzâvâyi, from bâz- "again, back," → re-, + âvâ "voice, sound" (related to âvâz "voice, sound, song," bâng "voice, sound, clamour" (Mid.Pers. vâng), vâžé "word;" Av. vacah- "word," vaocanghê "to decalre" (by means of speech), from vac- "to speak, say;" cf. Skt. vakti "speaks, says," vacas- "word;" Gk. epos "word;" L. vox "voice;" PIE base *wek- "to speak") + -yi noun suffix.

Capture by an atomic nucleus of a particle whose energy is equal to one of the energy levels of the nucleus.

→ resonance; → capture.

The frequency at which a system is in → resonance.

→ resonance; → frequency.

For a particular atom, the spectral line corresponding to the longest wavelength arising from a transition between the ground state and an excited state.

→ resonance; → line.

An orbit which is in → orbital resonance with another orbit.

→ resonance; → orbit.