|
|
Reverse Search
Reverse Search allows you to search within the full text of dictionary entries for words, word parts, and phrases.
Search for entries that contain:
Exact matches of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or the word "orange."
Any form of any of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" or "apples" or "orange" or "oranges."
Exact matches of all of the individual words entered in the search box.
Example: Searching for "apple orange" identifies all entries that contain the word "apple" and the word "orange."
The exact sequence of words and/or characters entered in the search box (for example, a fragment of a word, a single word, multiple words, or even a phrase containing punctuation)
Example: Searching for "a variety of apple" identifies all entries that contain that phrase. Searching for "app" identifies all entries that contain the letters "app," such as occurrences of "apple," "application," and "apply."
Search within these fields:
Optional:
Limit by part of speech:
| CD1 |
abbreviation of "compact disk," a palm-sized disk on which music, data, or the like has been digitally encoded, that is read by laser and transmitted to a playback device; optical disk. |
| compact disk |
a palm-sized disk on which music, data, or the like has been digitally encoded, that is read by laser and transmitted to a playback device. |
| dopant |
a substance, such as phosphorus, that is added in small amounts to laser crystals and semiconductors to change their properties. |
| hologram |
a three-dimensional photograph produced by a laser beam reflected off an object onto film. |
| lase |
to act as a laser; emit coherent light. |
| optical disk |
a disk on which material such as information, pictures, or music is stored in the form of tiny depressions and from which it is retrieved or played by means of a laser scanner. [1/2 definitions] |
| photocoagulation |
a technique using intense light energy, such as a laser beam, to produce scar tissue, as in the treatment of certain eye disorders, and in biological research. |
| zap |
to strike or bombard with electrical current, laser beams, x-rays, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
|
|