Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: Edge

  1. Edge
    that part of an ecosystem near the perimeter that is influenced by the environment of the adjacent ecosystem so that it differs in some characteristics from the center of the ecosystem. Edge effect refers to changes in species composition, distribution and/or abundance found in the edge relative to the interior.
    Found on http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/G

  2. edge
    The perimeter of coin, sometimes referred to as the '3rd' side.
    Found on http://www.coin-gallery.com/cgglossary.h

  3. edge
    Often termed the third side of a coin, it is the surface perpendicular to the obverse and reverse. Not to be confused with rim. Edges can be plain, lettered or milled (reeded or with some other repetitious device). Edges became particularly important with the advent of machine-struck coinage.
    Found on http://www.usrarecoin.com/wv04.html

  4. Edge
    See Link.
    Found on http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit

  5. edge
    [n] - the boundary of a surface 2. [n] - the attribute of urgency 3. [n] - a slight competitive advantage 4. [n] - a strip near the boundary of an object 5. [n] - a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object 6. [v] - advance slowly, as if by inches 7. [v] - provide with an edge
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. EDGE
    Enhanced Data-Rates for Global Evolution
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  7. EDGE
    Enhanced Data-rates for Global Evolution (formerly `GSM Evolution`). Use of new modulation schemes to increase data rates within the existing RF bandwidth for GSM. EDGE supports three bits per symbol. EDGE is also part of the evolution of US TDMA IS-136 standard networks towards UMTS and some US networks have already deployed it. As GPRS as regarded as `2.5 generation`, EDGE can be `2.75 generation`. EDGE supports both more and better quality voice and faster GPRS, EGPRS. The RAN (radio access network) for EDGE is standardised by the GERAN group of 3GPP.
    Found on http://www.flying-boat.co.uk/glossary/

  8. EDGE
    (In topic `Mobile Internet`) Enhanced Data rate for GSM Evolution: this builds on the GPRS standard and is the bridge between GPRS and UMTS which will increase the available speed and thereby improve applications such as Internet browsing and e-mail facilities. Edge will allow GSM & TDMA to converge into a global network that provides wireless user
    Found on http://www.it-architects.co.uk/a_-_z_glo

  9. EDGE
    Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution. An enhanced modulation technique designed to increase network capacity and data rates in GSM networks. EDGE should provide data rates up to 384 Kbps. EDGE will let operators without a 3G license to compete with 3G networks offering similar data services. EDGE is not expected before 2001 at the earliest.
    Found on http://www.free-poly-ringtones.co.uk/glo

  10. Edge
    (a) Leading Edge - The forward edge of an aerofoil (including a propeller blade, strut, or any streamlined body). (b) Trailing Edge - The rear edge of an aerofoil, strut, or any streamlined body).
    Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary

  11. edge
    The line segment where two faces of a solid figure meet
    Example:

    edge
    Found on http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/i

  12. edge
    Narrow laces used for trimming,with one edge straight and the other usually scalloped or indented. Category: Various industries and crafts • the more or less well-defined boundary between two or more elements of the environment Category: Botany and zoology • the limit of allowed states in the energy spectrum of a semiconductor or insulator Category: Electrical engineerin...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  13. Edge
    Edge (ĕj) noun [ Middle English eg , egge , Anglo-Saxon ecg ; akin to Old High German ekka , German ecke , Icelandic & Swedish egg , Danish eg , and to Latin acies , Greek 'akh` point, Sanskrit açri edge. √1. Confer Egg , transitive verb , Eager , Ear spike of c ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  14. Edge
    Edge transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Edged ; present participle & verbal noun Edging .] 1. To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. « To edge her champion's sword.» Dryden. 2. To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool. 3. To furnish with a fringe ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/8

  15. Edge
    Edge intransitive verb 1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. 2. To sail close to the wind. « I must edge up on a point of wind.» Dryden. To edge away or To edge off (Nautical) , to increase the distance gradually from the shore, vessel, or other object. -- To edge down ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/9

  16. edge
    1. To move sideways; to move gradually; as, edge along this way. ... 2. To sail close to the wind. 'I must edge up on a point of wind.' (Dryden) To edge away or off, to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it. ... 1. The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that w ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  17. edge
    noun a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; `he rounded the edges of the box`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. edge
    noun a slight competitive advantage; `he had an edge on the competition`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. edge
    noun the boundary of a surface
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. edge
    inch verb advance slowly, as if by inches; `He edged towards the car`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. edge
    noun a strip near the boundary of an object; `he jotted a note on the margin of the page`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. EDGE
    *Mobile phone technology: Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution *Processor technology: Explicit Data Graph Execution *Biology: Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE), a programme of the Zoological Society of London
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDGE

  23. Edge
    • (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen. • (v. t.) Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice. • (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box. • (v. t.) To move by little and little or cautiously, as ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  24. edge
    (from the article `number game`) If a finite number of points are connected by lines (Figure 13A), the resulting figure is a graph; the points, or corners, are called the vertices, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/10

  25. edge
    A line at which a surface terminates. See Also: margin, border
    Found on


We are now searching for
• words containing `Edge`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

23 November 2009

This day in history:
At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
Ordinal (2/25)
hearth (16/17)
echo (25/25)
EMB (6/25)
Ugolino (2/9)
Aslope (2/0)
Cauldron (3/5)
VHDL (7/2)
noodle (8/5)
Propitiatory (4/0)
Babbage (4/6)
Exhibitive (2/0)
McMurray (5/7)
unalterability (3/0)
Wonder-working (4/0)
dactylomegaly (6/0)
cytopathology (4/0)
Appendage (11/13)
Wonder-worker (2/0)
PTFE (3/1)
PQFP (2/1)
Martell (3/14)
Drabble (5/7)
invictus (4/1)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy