On Tuesday 18 April 2006 16:45, Ken McAllister wrote:
> On 18/04/2006, at 11:59 AM, Andrew Errington wrote:
> > Hmm. You should have done:
> >
> > apt-cache search humour
> >
> > To make sure that humour was available first.
>
> If it's American, it'll be spelled wrong, and if it's Linux it'll be
> called something like qwert, phthisis,
FYI folks:-
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]
phthisis \phthi"sis\ (th[imac]"s[i^]s; 277), n. [L., fr. Gr.
fqi`sis, fr. fqi`ein to pass or waste away: cf. F. phthisie.]
(Med.)
A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term is now
obsolete; it was once applied to many wasting diseases, but
in the early 1900's became restricted to tuberculosis of the
lungs (pulmonary phthisis, or consumption). See
Consumption. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster + PJC]
Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.
[1913 Webster]
> or syzygy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]
Syzygy \Syz"y*gy\ (s[i^]z"[i^]*j[y^]), n.; pl. Syzygies
(-j[i^]z). [L. syzygia a joining together, conjunction, Gr.
syzygi`a; sy`n with + zeygny`nai to join, zygo`n yoke: cf. F.
syzygie. See Yoke, n.]
1. (Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a
planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition; --
commonly used in the plural.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Gr. & L. Pros.) The coupling together of different feet;
as, in Greek verse, an iambic syzygy.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid
composed of two joints so closely united that the line
of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible
on the inner, side.
(b) The immovable union of two joints of a crinoidal arm.
[1913 Webster]
4. The intimately united and apparently fused condition of
certain low organisms during conjugation.
Line of syzygies (Astron.), the straight line connecting
the earth, the sun, and the moon or a planet, when the
latter is in conjunction or opposition; -- used chiefly of
the moon.
[1913 Webster]
Indeed!
:-)
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CS
