Look up: SHELL

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   Shell
   Shell is a township in Mountrail County North Dakota, USA
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   shell
   [adj] - having a shell or containing shell 2. [n] - the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals 3. [n] - the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts 4. [n] - the exterior covering of a bird`s egg 5. [n] - a rigid covering that envelops an object 6. [n] - a very light narrow racing boat 7. [n] - the housing or outer covering of something 8. [n] - ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile 9. [n] - the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc 10. [v] - fall out of the pod or husk 11. [v] - hit the pitches of hard and regularly 12. [v] - look for and collect shells by the seashore 13. [v] - remove from its shell or outer covering
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   Shell
   Also called the CLI. This is a program that allows you to type commands into the keyboard.
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   Shell
   A UNIX command processing environment.
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   Shell
   A surface made of thin material.
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   Shell
   The structure of a building, including the frame, structural floors and roof, excluding any services or finishes.
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   shell
   Compare with subshell. A set of electrons with the same principal quantum number. The number of electrons permitted in a shell is equal to 2n². A shell contains n² orbitals, and n subshells.
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   Shell
   Another word for mask or mould used during radiotherapy treatment to the head.
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   Shell
   Artillery ammunition. Hollow iron ball filled with gunpowder which exploded by means of a fuse.
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    SHELL
    (language) An early system on the Datatron 200 series. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. [Jargon File] (1995-05-11)
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    shell
    1. (operating system) (Originally from Multics, widely propagated via Unix) The command interpreter used to pass commands to an operating system; so called because it is the part of the operating system that interfaces with the outside world. The commonest Unix shells are the c shell (csh) and the Bourne shell (sh). 2. (Or 'wrapper') Any interface ...
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    shell
    a) a small fragment, generally conchoidal; it may not have been separated from the glass; b) the cavity left by removal of such a fragment Category: Various industries and crafts • An explosive projectile or bomb for use in a cannon or mortar Category: Management in the public and private sector • a relatively thin film or tongue of metal imperfectly attached to the surface...
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    Shell
    Shell noun [ Middle English shelle , schelle , Anglo-Saxon scell , scyll ; akin to Dutch shel , Icelandic skel , Goth. skalja a tile, and English skill . Confer Scale of fishes, Shale , Skill .] 1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically: (a) The covering, or outside part, of ...
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    Shell
    Shell transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shelled ; present participle & verbal noun Shelling .] 1. To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters. 2. To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) fro ...
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    Shell
    Shell intransitive verb 1. To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc. 2. To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling. 3. To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
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    Shell
    Shell noun 1. Something similar in form or action to an ordnance shell; specif.: (a) (Fireworks) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained. (b) (Oil Wells) A torpedo. 2. A concave rough cast-i ...
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    shell
    1. A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal. Specifically: The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell. ... A pod. ... The hard covering of an egg. 'Think him as a serpent's egg, . . . And kill him in the shell. ... <mathematics> ' (Shak) Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering. ... 2. A hollow projec ...
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    shell
    noun ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun
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    shell
    noun the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts
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    shell
    noun the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals
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    shell
    noun a very light narrow racing boat
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    shell
    noun the exterior covering of a bird`s egg
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    Shell
    • (n.) A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape. • (n.) A torpedo. • (n.) A case or cartridge containing a charge of explosive material, which bursts after having been thrown high into the air. It is often elevated through the agency of a larger firework in which it is contained. • (n.) A gouge bi...
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    shell
    (from the article `solids, mechanics of`) The 1700s and early 1800s were a productive period during which the mechanics of simple elastic structural elements were developed—well before the ... Shell construction in concrete also began in the 1920s; the first example was a very thin (6 centimetres) hemispherical shell for a planetar...
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    shell
    (from the article `Cosmos`) ...galaxy passes through its body; the brief inward pull and subsequent rebound cause the orbits of the rings to pile together like ripples on the ...
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