Short-jointed — Short joint ed, a. Having short intervals between the joints; said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
short-jointed — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : having short intervals between the joints … Useful english dictionary
short — shortness, n. /shawrt/, adj., shorter, shortest, adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. 2. having little height; not tall: a short man. 3. extending or reaching only a little way: a short path. 4. brief in duration; not extensive in … Universalium
Short QT syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Short QT syndrome Caption = Schematic representation of normal ECG trace (sinus rhythm), with waves, segments, and intervals labeled. DiseasesDB = 11105 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj =… … Wikipedia
short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks with conjunctival injection and tearing — (SUNCT) a type of trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia marked by unilateral, stabbing or pulsating, orbital, supraorbital or temporal pain, a few seconds to a few minutes in duration, accompanied by conjunctival injection and lacrimation affecting… … Medical dictionary
short increment sensitivity index — (SISI) tones of 1 to 5 decibel increments in intensity and lasting 0.5 second are superimposed on a continuous (carrier) tone of the same frequency at random intervals, the carrier tone being 20 decibels above the speech reception threshold; only … Medical dictionary
caught short — having an urgent desire in an inconvenient place to urinate or defecate Of both sexes, from the days when coaches or trains stopped at regular intervals but offered no lavatory accommodation between one stage or station and the next: Well … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
river — river1 riverless, adj. riverlike, adj. /riv euhr/, n. 1. a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels. 2. a similar stream of something other than water: a… … Universalium
Riemann zeta function — ζ(s) in the complex plane. The color of a point s encodes the value of ζ(s): dark colors denote values close to zero and hue encodes the value s argument. The white spot at s = 1 is the pole of the zeta function; the black spots on the… … Wikipedia
surveying — /seuhr vay ing/, n. 1. the science or scientific method of making surveys of land. 2. the occupation of one who makes land surveys. 3. the act of one who surveys: The surveying required nearly two days. [1425 75; late ME: act of examining… … Universalium
analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… … Universalium