Look up: Jar

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   Jar
   Ancient Measurement Terms: Electrical unit. Admiralty practical unit of electrical capacitance until mid 1930s. Based upon the Leyden Jar. A standard Admiralty glass pint tankard covered with tin-foil as the outside electrode and filled with 1 pint of brine as the inside electrode had a capacitance of about 1 Jar. Now replaced by the Farad. 900 Jars = 1 micro Farad.
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   jar
   [n] - the quantity contained in a jar 2. [n] - a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles 3. [v] - shock physically 4. [v] - affect in a disagreeable way 5. [v] - place in a jar
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   JAR
   Java Archive (file format)
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   JAR
   Aviation acronym: Joint Aviation Requirements
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   JAR
   Jammer Application Receiver
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   jar
   Java archive
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   jar
   in well boring,a device consisting of two long flat links sliding freely within each other,for connecting a percussing drill to the rod or rope which works it,so that the drill can be given a sharp blow or jar on the upward stroke to loosen it when jammed in the rock Category: Building industry • a container for the element and electrolyte of a lead-acid storage cell,made of a material...
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   Jar
   Jar (jär) noun [ See Ajar .] A turn. [ Only in phrase.] On the jar , on the turn, ajar, as a door.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/5
   
   
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   Jar
   Jar (jär) noun [ French jarre , Spanish jarra , from Arabic jarrah ewer; confer Pers. jarrah .] 1. A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar . Dryden. 2. The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a < ...
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    Jar
    Jar intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Jarred ; present participle & verbal noun Jarring .] [ Confer Middle English charken to creak, Anglo-Saxon cearcian to gnash, French jars a gander, Latin garrire to chatter, prate, Old High German kerran to chatter, croak, German quarren to ...
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    Jar
    Jar transitive verb 1. To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith. 2. To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off. [ Obsolete] « My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they jar Their watches on unto mine eyes.» Shak.
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    Jar
    Jar noun 1. A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds. 2. Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement. « And yet his peace is but continual jar .» Spenser. « Cease, cease these jars , and rest your minds in pe ...
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    jar
    1. A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc, or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar. ... 2. The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves. Bell jar, Leyden jar. ... Origin: F. Jarre, Sp. Jarra, from Ar. Jarrah ewer; cf. Pers. Jarrah. ... Source: Webste ...
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    jar
    noun a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles
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    jar
    verb affect in a disagreeable way; `This play jarred the audience`
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    jar
    bump around verb shock physically; `Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game`
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    Jar
    A jar is small, approximately cylindrical container for food, made of glass or clay, and also plastic as in the case of a `jar` of peanut butter.`Jar` or `JAR` can also mean: * Containers: ** Antique fruit jar ** Mayonnaise jar ** Canopic jar, used in ancient Egyptian burial ** Leyden jar, a simple capacitor ** Killing jar * J.A.R., a song by Green Day * JAR (file format) * JAR (software), for data compression * Jar, Azerbaijan, in the Zaqatala ...
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    Jar
    • (n.) A turn. [Only in phrase.] • (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed. • (n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves....
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    jar
    jar 1. A deep container made of glass, earthenware, or stone, with a wide mouth. 2. An amount that the jar holds; a jarful. 3. A 'cylindrical vessel', 1421, possibly from Middle French jarre, 'liquid measure' (smaller than a barrel), from Provence (French) jarra, from Arabic jarrah, 'earthen water vessel' (whence also Spanish jarra, Italian giarra).
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    jar
    Lack of smooth action in the bow after release
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    jar
    a traditional unit of electric capacitance, approximately equal to the capacitance of one of the Leiden jars used in electrical experiments as long ago as the eighteenth century. Benjamin Franklin is said to have measured the storage power of his electrical equipment in jars. There are 9 x 10⁸ jars in a farad, so 1 jar is app...
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