Opening (Meaning of)

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opening
Type: Term Pronunciation: ō′pen-ing Definitions: 1. A gap in or entrance to an organ, tube, or cavity.
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opening
[adj] - first or beginning 2. [n] - opportunity especially for employment or promotion 3. [n] - an open or empty space in or between things 4. [n] - a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise 5. [n] - the first performance (as of a theatrical production) 6. [n] -...
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Opening
O'pen·ing noun 1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. « The opening of your glory was like that of light.» Dryden. 2. A place whic...
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opening
1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. 'The opening of your glory was like that of light.' (Dryden) ... 2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. 'We saw him at the opening of his tent.' (Shak) ... 3. ...
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opening
adjective first or beginning; `the memorable opening bars of Beethoven`s Fifth`; `the play`s opening scene`
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opening
opening night noun the first performance (as of a theatrical production); `the opening received good critical reviews`
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opening
chess opening noun a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; `he memorized all the important chess openings`
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opening
noun a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; `they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door`
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opening
noun the initial part of the introduction; `the opening established the basic theme`
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opening
gap noun an open or empty space in or between things; `there was a small opening between the trees`; `the explosion made a gap in the wall`
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opening
noun opportunity especially for employment or promotion; `there is an opening in the sales department`
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Opening
The period at the beginning of the trading session officially designated by an exchange, during which all transactions are considered made 'at the opening.' Related: Close.
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opening
(o´pәn-ing) a gap or open space; anatomic nomenclature for various types of openings includes aditus, aperture, foramen, fossa, hiatus, inlet, meatus, orifice, ostium, and outlet. aortic opening the aperture in the diaphragm for passage of the descending aorta. aort...
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Opening
• (n.) A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap; cleft, or hole. • (n.) The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement; first appearance; as, the opening of a speech. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Open • (n.) Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for...
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opening
(from the article `chess`) There are three recognized phases in a chess game: the opening, where piece development and control of the centre predominate; the middlegame, where ... [3 related articles]
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Opening
The beginning of the trading session at an exchange. Discover What It`s Like to Live Easy With EquiTrend
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Opening
[morphology] Together with closing, the opening serves in computer vision and image processing as a basic workhorse of morphological noise removal. Opening removes small objects from the foreground (usually taken as the dark pixels) of an image, placing them in the background, while closing ...
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opening
1. an entrance equipped with...
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2. opening
  the opening of a circuit-breaker by either manual or automatic control of protective devices NOTE - The expression 'tripping' of a network item (line, transformer) in fact means tripping of the associated circuit-breakers.
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3. opening
  1) Aperture 2) Beginning 3) Broadway event 4) Channel 5) Crack 6) Debut 7) Exit 8) Eye of a needle 9) Eyelet 10) First 11) First night 12) First performance 13) First showing 14) Fontanel 15) For...
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