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*fast forward
noun
a control on a tape or video player for advancing the tape rapidly : [as adj. ] the fast-forward button.
• a facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed and stopped when the desired place is reached.
verb ( fast-forward) [ trans. ]
advance (a tape) rapidly, sometimes while simultaneously playing it at high speed.
• [ intrans. ] figurative move speedily forward in time when considering or dealing with something over a period : the text fast-forwards to 1990.
*bronze
noun
a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin.
• a yellowish-brown color : rich, gleaming shades of bronze.
• a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze.
• short for bronze medal .
adjective
made of or colored like bronze : a bronze statue.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be bronzed)
make (a person or part of the body) suntanned : Alison was bronzed by outdoor life | [as adj. ] ( bronzed) bronzed and powerful arms.
• give a surface of bronze or something resembling bronze to : the doors were bronzed with sculpted reliefs.
DERIVATIVES
bronzy adjective
*prodigy
noun ( pl. -gies) [often with adj. ]
a person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities : a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day.
• an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality : Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline.
• an amazing or unusual thing, esp. one out of the ordinary course of nature : omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work.
*mercury
noun
the chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. (Symbol: Hg) Also called quicksilver .
• the column of such metal in a thermometer or barometer, or its height as indicating atmospheric temperature or pressure : the mercury rises, the skies steam, and the nights swelter.
• historical this metal or one of its compounds used medicinally, esp. to treat syphilis.
noun
a plant of the spurge family. • Genera Mercurialis and Acalypha, family Euphorbiaceae: several species, in particular the poisonous dog's mercury ( M. perennis) of Eurasia and the three-seeded mercury ( A. virginica) of North America.
noun
a plant of the spurge family. • Genera Mercurialis and Acalypha, family Euphorbiaceae: several species, in particular the poisonous dog's mercury ( M. perennis) of Eurasia and the three-seeded mercury ( A. virginica) of North America.
*Saturn
1 Roman Mythology an ancient god, regarded as a god of agriculture. Greek equivalent Cronus . [ORIGIN: from Latin Saturnus, perhaps from Etruscan.]
2 Astronomy the sixth planet from the sun in the solar system, circled by a system of broad, flat rings.
Saturn orbits between Jupiter and Uranus at an average distance of 887 million miles (1,427 million km) from the sun. It is a gas giant with an equatorial diameter of 74,600 miles (120,000 km), with a conspicuous ring system extending out to a distance twice as great.The planet has a dense, hydrogen-rich atmosphere similar to that of Jupiter but with less distinct banding. There are at least eighteen satellites, the largest of which is Titan, and including small shepherd satellites that orbit close to two of the rings.
3 a series of American space rockets, of which the very large Saturn V was used as the launch vehicle for the Apollo missions of 1969–72.
*Uranus
1 Greek Mythology a personification of heaven or the sky, the most ancient of the Greek gods and first ruler of the universe. He was overthrown and castrated by his son Cronus.
2 Astronomy a distant planet of the solar system, seventh in order from the sun, discovered by William Herschel in 1781.
Uranus orbits between Jupiter and Neptune at an average distance of 2,870 million km from the sun. It has an equatorial diameter of 50,800 km, and is one of the gas giants. The planet is bluish-green in color, having an upper atmosphere consisting almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. There are at least seventeen satellites, the largest of which are Oberon and Titania, and a faint ring system.
*Neptune
1 Roman Mythology the god of water and of the sea. Greek equivalent Poseidon . [ORIGIN: from Latin Neptunus.]
2 Astronomy a distant planet of the solar system, eighth in order from the sun, discovered in 1846.
Neptune orbits between Uranus and Pluto at an average distance of 2,794 million miles (4,497 million km) from the sun (but temporarily outside the orbit of Pluto 1979–99). It is the fourth largest planet, with an equatorial diameter of 30,200 miles (48,600 km), and the most remote of the gas giants.The planet is predominantly blue, with an upper atmosphere mainly of hydrogen and helium with some methane. It has at least eight satellites, the largest of which is Triton, and a faint ring system.
*Pluto
1 Greek Mythology the god of the underworld. Also called Hades .
2 Astronomy the most remote known planet of the solar system, usually ninth in order from the sun, discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
Pluto usually orbits beyond Neptune at an average distance of 5,900 million km from the sun, although its orbit is so eccentric that at perihelion it is closer to the sun than Neptune (as in 1979–99). Pluto is smaller than earth's moon (diameter about 2,250 km), but it was discovered in 1978 to have its own satellite (Charon), which is so large that the pair should properly be regarded as a double planet.
*fast forward
noun
a control on a tape or video player for advancing the tape rapidly : [as adj. ] the fast-forward button.
• a facility for cueing audio equipment by allowing the tape to be played at high speed and stopped when the desired place is reached.
verb ( fast-forward) [ trans. ]
advance (a tape) rapidly, sometimes while simultaneously playing it at high speed.
• [ intrans. ] figurative move speedily forward in time when considering or dealing with something over a period : the text fast-forwards to 1990.
*bronze
noun
a yellowish-brown alloy of copper with up to one-third tin.
• a yellowish-brown color : rich, gleaming shades of bronze.
• a work of sculpture or other object made of bronze.
• short for bronze medal .
adjective
made of or colored like bronze : a bronze statue.
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be bronzed)
make (a person or part of the body) suntanned : Alison was bronzed by outdoor life | [as adj. ] ( bronzed) bronzed and powerful arms.
• give a surface of bronze or something resembling bronze to : the doors were bronzed with sculpted reliefs.
DERIVATIVES
bronzy adjective
*prodigy
noun ( pl. -gies) [often with adj. ]
a person, esp. a young one, endowed with exceptional qualities or abilities : a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day.
• an impressive or outstanding example of a particular quality : Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline.
• an amazing or unusual thing, esp. one out of the ordinary course of nature : omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work.
*mercury
noun
the chemical element of atomic number 80, a heavy silvery-white metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures. (Symbol: Hg) Also called quicksilver .
• the column of such metal in a thermometer or barometer, or its height as indicating atmospheric temperature or pressure : the mercury rises, the skies steam, and the nights swelter.
• historical this metal or one of its compounds used medicinally, esp. to treat syphilis.
noun
a plant of the spurge family. • Genera Mercurialis and Acalypha, family Euphorbiaceae: several species, in particular the poisonous dog's mercury ( M. perennis) of Eurasia and the three-seeded mercury ( A. virginica) of North America.
noun
a plant of the spurge family. • Genera Mercurialis and Acalypha, family Euphorbiaceae: several species, in particular the poisonous dog's mercury ( M. perennis) of Eurasia and the three-seeded mercury ( A. virginica) of North America.
*Saturn
1 Roman Mythology an ancient god, regarded as a god of agriculture. Greek equivalent Cronus . [ORIGIN: from Latin Saturnus, perhaps from Etruscan.]
2 Astronomy the sixth planet from the sun in the solar system, circled by a system of broad, flat rings.
Saturn orbits between Jupiter and Uranus at an average distance of 887 million miles (1,427 million km) from the sun. It is a gas giant with an equatorial diameter of 74,600 miles (120,000 km), with a conspicuous ring system extending out to a distance twice as great.The planet has a dense, hydrogen-rich atmosphere similar to that of Jupiter but with less distinct banding. There are at least eighteen satellites, the largest of which is Titan, and including small shepherd satellites that orbit close to two of the rings.
3 a series of American space rockets, of which the very large Saturn V was used as the launch vehicle for the Apollo missions of 1969–72.
*Uranus
1 Greek Mythology a personification of heaven or the sky, the most ancient of the Greek gods and first ruler of the universe. He was overthrown and castrated by his son Cronus.
2 Astronomy a distant planet of the solar system, seventh in order from the sun, discovered by William Herschel in 1781.
Uranus orbits between Jupiter and Neptune at an average distance of 2,870 million km from the sun. It has an equatorial diameter of 50,800 km, and is one of the gas giants. The planet is bluish-green in color, having an upper atmosphere consisting almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. There are at least seventeen satellites, the largest of which are Oberon and Titania, and a faint ring system.
*Neptune
1 Roman Mythology the god of water and of the sea. Greek equivalent Poseidon . [ORIGIN: from Latin Neptunus.]
2 Astronomy a distant planet of the solar system, eighth in order from the sun, discovered in 1846.
Neptune orbits between Uranus and Pluto at an average distance of 2,794 million miles (4,497 million km) from the sun (but temporarily outside the orbit of Pluto 1979–99). It is the fourth largest planet, with an equatorial diameter of 30,200 miles (48,600 km), and the most remote of the gas giants.The planet is predominantly blue, with an upper atmosphere mainly of hydrogen and helium with some methane. It has at least eight satellites, the largest of which is Triton, and a faint ring system.
*Pluto
1 Greek Mythology the god of the underworld. Also called Hades .
2 Astronomy the most remote known planet of the solar system, usually ninth in order from the sun, discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh.
Pluto usually orbits beyond Neptune at an average distance of 5,900 million km from the sun, although its orbit is so eccentric that at perihelion it is closer to the sun than Neptune (as in 1979–99). Pluto is smaller than earth's moon (diameter about 2,250 km), but it was discovered in 1978 to have its own satellite (Charon), which is so large that the pair should properly be regarded as a double planet.
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