the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing |
a life-size dummy used to display clothes | a stroke or blow |
a mold for setting concrete | a regular rate of repetition |
the visual appearance of something or someone | the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music |
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse |
an ability to perform well | the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart |
a particular mode in which something is manifested | the sound of stroke or blow |
alternative names for the body of a human being | a regular route for a sentry or policeman |
a perceptual structure | a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior |
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations |
the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | |
a printed document with spaces in which to write | |
an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse | |
a body of students who are taught together | |
(biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | |
(physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | |