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Look up: STRING

  1. String
    Any sequence of letters, numbers, digits, bits, or symbols.
    Found on http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/FLAOH/cbnh

  2. string
    sequence of preferred terms representing a compound concept in a pre-coordinate indexing system
    Found on http://www.willpowerinfo.co.uk/glossary.

  3. String
    A set of items which can be arranged into a sequence according to a rule. See also Character String.
    Found on http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit

  4. String
    A sequence of coordinate pairs or triplets making up a line or link.
    Found on http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsit

  5. string
    [n] - a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding 2. [n] - a linear sequence of words as spoken or written 3. [n] - a collection of objects threaded on a single strand 4. [n] - a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed 5. [n] - a lightweight cord 6. [v] - move or come along 7. [v] - stretch out or arrange like a string 8. [v] - string together 9. [v] - remove the stringy parts of 10. [v] - thread on or as if on a string 11. [v] - provide with strings 12. [v] - add as if on a string
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. String
    See Joint, Drill-string, Casing, pup joint etc. Any number of connected joints of tubulars run in the well.
    Found on http://www.anson.co.uk/oilfield_glossary

  7. String
    See Bowstring
    Found on http://www.oldbasingarchers.co.uk/glossa

  8. String
    Sloping board carrying the treads and risers of a staircase
    Found on http://www.findabuilder.co.uk/working/gl

  9. String
    The sloping board that carries the treads and risers of a staircase.
    Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/

  10. String
    The entire length of casing; tubing or drill pipe used in a drilling operation.
    Found on http://www.contractorsunlimited.co.uk/gl

  11. string
    (programming) A sequence of data values, usually bytes, which usually stand for characters (a 'character string'). The mapping between values and characters is determined by the character set which is itself specified implcitly or explicitly by the environment in which the string is being interpreted. The most common character set is ASCII but, sin...
    Found on

  12. string
    a linear sequence of entities Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • String:Name originally given to the suspended cable and tools of the cable tool drilling method,but now applied equally to strings of drill pipe,casing,tubing,etc.in rotary drilling(2) Category: The cosmos • an edge beam or member along the side of a flight Category: Building...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  13. String
    the supports for the steps. See stair.
    Found on http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glo

  14. String
    String (strĭng) noun [ Middle English string , streng , Anglo-Saxon streng ; akin to Dutch streng , German strang , Icelandic strengr , Swedish sträng , Danish stræng ; probably from the adj., English strong (see Strong ); or perhaps originally meaning, twisted, and akin to English strangle .] 1. A smal ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  15. String
    String (strĭng) transitive verb [ imperfect Strung (strŭng); past participle Strung (R. Stringed (strĭngd)); present participle & verbal noun Stringing .] 1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. « Has not wise nature strung the legs ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  16. String
    String noun 1. (a) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. (b) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. 2. (Billiards & Pool) (a) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  17. String
    String transitive verb To hoax; josh; jolly. [ Slang]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  18. String
    String intransitive verb To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  19. string
    1. To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. 'Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street?' (Gay) ... 2. To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. 'For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung.' (Addison) ... 3. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  20. string
    twine noun a lightweight cord
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. string
    noun a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  22. string
    noun a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; `a string of islands`; `train of mourners`; `a train of thought`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  23. string
    cosmic string noun (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  24. String
    ` Generally, `string` is a thin, flexible piece of rope or twine which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects. String can be made from a variety of fibres. Examples of string use include: * String figures, designs formed by weaving string around one's fingers * A bow string, an essential part of a bow. * In musical instruments such as below. `String` may also refer to: In `science`, `computers` or `mathematics`: * String (computer scienc...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String

  25. String
    • (n.) A hoax; a trumped-up or `fake` story. • (n.) Act of stringing for break. • (n.) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also string line. • (n.) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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23 November 2009

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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

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