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PLUCKER TUBE n. 2 definitions
A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge takes place is a capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of the contained gases.
PROTUBERANCE n.
That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a so…
PROTUBERANCY n.
The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
PROTUBERANT a.
ssively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly, adv.
PROTUBERATE v.
To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. S. Sharp.
PROTUBERATION n.
The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. Cooke (1615).
PROTUBEROUS a.
Protuberant. [R.]
SAX-TUBA n.
A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba.
STUB n. 9 definitions
when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. Dryden.
STUBBED a. 3 definitions
Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse.
STUBBEDNESS n.
The quality or state of being stubbed.
STUBBINESS n.
The state of being stubby.
STUBBLE n.
talk left by the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
STUBBLED a. 2 definitions
Covered with stubble. A crow was strutting o'er the stubbled plain. Gay.
STUBBLY a.
Covered with stubble; stubbled.
STUBBORN a.
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. "Bow, stubborn knees." Shak. "Stubborn att…
STUBBY a. 2 definitions
Abounding with stubs.
SUPERTUBERATION n.
The production of young tubers, as potatoes, from the old while still growing.
TITUBATE v. 2 definitions
To stumble. [Obs.]
TITUBATION n.
The act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling. Quain.
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