Look up: work

1. Work
   [Jars of Clay song] "Work" is a song written and performed by Jars of Clay. It is the second radio single from their 2006 studio album Good Monsters. The song was the 13th most played song on U.S. Christian Hit Radio stations in 2007. A live concert version of the song appears on the Live Mo...
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2. Work
   [painting] Work (1852–1865) is a painting by Ford Madox Brown, which is generally considered to be his most important achievement. It attempts to portray, both literally and analytically, the totality of the Victorian social system and the transition from a rural to an urban economy. Brown...
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3. Work
   [thermodynamics] In thermodynamics, work performed by a system is the energy transferred to another system that is measured by the external generalized mechanical constraints on the system. As such, thermodynamic work is a generalization of the concept of mechanical work in mechanics. Thermo...
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4. Work
   Work is slang for to cheat or swindle.
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5. Work
   Work is slang for to cheat or swindle.
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6. Work
   The use of mental or physical effort to produce a good or service.
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7. Work
   The activity by which human beings produce from the natural world and so ensure their survival. Work should not be thought of exclusively as paid employment. In traditional cultures, there was only a rudimentary monetary system, and very few people worked for money payments. In modern societies, the...
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8. work
   [n] - (physics) a manifestation of energy 2. [n] - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing 3. [n] - activity directed toward making or doing something 4. [v] - behave in a certain way when handled 5. [v] - operate in a c...
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9. Work
   Application of a force through a distance; it is measured in joules (J, kJ, MJ).
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10. Work
    The product of the force along the direction of motion and the distance moved.Measured in energy units, joules.whereW = work done [J]F = applied force [N]s = distance moved in the direction of the force [m]
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11. work
    (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Gravity) Work is done whenever a force moves along its line of action ie: newtons times metres equals Joules of work.
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12. work
    Compare with heat. Work is the energy required to move an object against an opposing force. Work is usually expressed as a force times a displacement. Dropping a stone from a window involves no work, because there is no force opposing the motion (unless you consider air friction...). Pushing against...
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13. work
    Expression of the movement of an object against some force.
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14. work
    Physical work is done when a force makes something move. Work is defined by the formula, work done = force × displacement and its unit is the newton metre (Nm) or the joule (J).
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15. work
    The amount of energy transferred to a system
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16. Work
    The components, articles or work pieces being processed.
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17. Work
    employment at a job or occupation; either formal or informal.
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18. work
    the outcome of building or civil engineering,works taken as a whole that is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic and technical function Category: Management in the public and private sector • quantity equal to the scalar product of a force and the corresponding displacement vector ...
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19. Work
    Work (wûrk) noun [ Middle English work , werk , weorc , Anglo-Saxon weorc , worc ; akin to OFries. werk , wirk , Old Saxon , D., & German werk , Old High German werc , werah , I...
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20. Work
    Work (wûrk) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Worked (wûrkt), or Wrought (rat); present participle & verbal noun Working .] [ Anglo-Saxon wyrcean (imp. wo...
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21. Work
    Work (wûrk) transitive verb 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor. « He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine, and given the reason why they for...
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22. Work
    Work noun 1. (Cricket) Break; twist. [ Cant] 2. (Mech.) The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force. «...
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23. work
    <chemistry> Energy transferred by mechanical means, force acting over a distance. For chemical systems the sign for work is positive, if work is done on the system and negative, if work is done by the system. An example is the expansion of a gas against the external, atmospheric pressure. In t...
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24. work
    piece of work noun a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; `it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works`; `the symphony was hailed...
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25. work
    noun activity directed toward making or doing something; `she checked several points needing further work`
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