Look up: GIST

1. gist
   the point general sense 
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2. Gist
   The key points in a story. [See now Bartlett (1932) and memory for gist.]
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3. GIST
   See gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
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4. GIST
   GIST: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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5. Gist
   Gist noun [ Old French giste abode, lodgings, French gîte , from gésir to lie, Latin jac...re , prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, from jac ... re to throw. In the second sense from Old French gist , ...
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6. Gist
   • (n.) The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; as, the gist of a question. • (n.) A resting place.
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7. gist
   gist Etymology: 'the real point' (of a law case, etc.), from Anglo-French legalese phrases, especially cest action gist, 'this action lies', meaning 'this case is sustainable by law', from Old French gist en, 'it consists in, it lies in', from Latin jacet, 'it lies'.
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8. GIST
   A type of tumor that usually begins in cells in the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. It can be benign or malignant. Also called gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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9. Gist
   (Computing) In computing, `Gist` is a scientific graphics library written in C by David H. Munro of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It supports three graphics output devices: X Window, PostScript, and Computer Graphics Metafiles (CGM). The library is promoted as being small (writing d...
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10. GiST
    In computing, `GiST` or Generalized Search Tree, is a data structure and API that can be used to build a variety of disk-based search trees. GiST is a generalization of the B+ tree, providing a concurrent and recoverable height-balanced search tree infrastructure without making any assumptions about...
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