dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/gei_MW.json
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{
"Geiger-M\u00fcller counter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": geiger counter":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b-g\u0259r-\u02c8my\u00fc-l\u0259r",
"-\u02c8m\u0259-",
"-\u02c8my\u00fcl-\u0259r-, -\u02c8mil-, -\u02c8m\u0259l-",
"-\u02c8mi-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"W. M\u00fcller , 20th century German physicist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-072825"
},
"Geiger-Nuttall law":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a statement in nuclear physics: for an alpha-emitting radioactive substance the logarithm of the decay constant and the logarithm of the range in air of the emitted alpha rays are in linear relation to each other":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after H. Geiger and John M. Nuttall \u20201958 British physicist":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-111723"
},
"geiger tree":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a small often shrubby tropical American evergreen tree ( Cordia sebestena ) with thick rough deep-green leaves, orange or scarlet flowers borne in large open terminal clusters, and fruit that is a small white 4-celled edible drupe":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after John Geiger, flourished ab 1832 American friend of Audubon":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-122216"
},
"geiger counter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an instrument for detecting the presence and intensity of radiations (such as cosmic rays or particles from a radioactive substance) by means of their ionizing effect on an enclosed gas which results in a pulse that is amplified and fed to a device giving a visible or audible indication":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b-g\u0259r-",
"\u02c8g\u012b-g\u0259r-\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hans Geiger \u20201945 German physicist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125826"
},
"Geikia":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of rather small toothless dicynodont reptiles from the Upper Permian of Scotland":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0113k\u0113\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Sir Archibald Geikie \u20201924 Scottish geologist + New Latin -ia":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-135936"
},
"Geiger counter":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an instrument for detecting the presence and intensity of radiations (such as cosmic rays or particles from a radioactive substance) by means of their ionizing effect on an enclosed gas which results in a pulse that is amplified and fed to a device giving a visible or audible indication":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b-g\u0259r-",
"\u02c8g\u012b-g\u0259r-\u02cckau\u0307n-t\u0259r"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Hans Geiger \u20201945 German physicist":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1924, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-173504"
},
"geikielite":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a mineral MgTiO 3 consisting of magnesium titanate, being isomorphous with pyrophanite, and occurring as bluish black or brownish black rolled pebbles":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0113k\u0113\u02ccl\u012bt"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Sir Archibald Geikie \u20201924 + English -lite":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-180320"
},
"geilsiekte":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hydrocyanic-acid poisoning in southern African sheep and goats due to forage high in cyanogenetic glucosides":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101l\u02ccs\u0113kt\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Afrikaans, from geil fertile, rich, rank + siekte disease":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-104932"
},
"Geiger":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": geiger counter":[],
": a particle capable of detection by a Geiger counter":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bg\u0259(r)"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"by shortening":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-144606"
},
"Geim":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Sir Andre (Konstantin) 1958\u2013 Russian-Dutch-British physicist":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u0101m",
"\u02c8g\u012bm"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-200338"
},
"Geisel":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Theodor Seuss 1904\u20131991 pseudonym":[
"Dr. Seuss \\ \u02c8s\u00fcs \\"
],
"American writer and illustrator":[
"Dr. Seuss \\ \u02c8s\u00fcs \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b-z\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-084441"
},
"Geigen Principal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": violin diapason":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bg\u0259n-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German geigenprinzipal , from geige + prinzipal open diapason":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-095034"
},
"geige":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": fiddle , violin":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bg\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Old High German g\u012bga":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-111841"
},
"geitonogamy":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pollination of one flower by another growing on the same plant":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"International Scientific Vocabulary geitono- (from Greek geit\u014dn neighbor) + -gamy":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-112525"
},
"geitonogamous":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": of or relating to geitonogamy":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u00a6g\u012bt\u1d4an\u00a6\u00e4g\u0259m\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-194257"
},
"geistlich":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"definitions":{
": with deep feeling : soulfully":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bstli\u1e35"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, from Old High German geistl\u012bch (translation of Latin spiritualis ), from geist spirit + -l\u012bch -ly":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-225742"
},
"geisel":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Theodor Seuss 1904\u20131991 pseudonym":[
"Dr. Seuss \\ \u02c8s\u00fcs \\"
],
"American writer and illustrator":[
"Dr. Seuss \\ \u02c8s\u00fcs \\"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b-z\u0259l"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-230716"
},
"geisha":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Japanese girl or woman who is trained to provide entertaining and lighthearted company especially for a man or a group of men":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"also \u02c8g\u0113-",
"\u02c8g\u0101-sh\u0259"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This epic follows the life of Chiyo Sakamoto, from her poor beginnings to her successful career as a geisha , and the several setbacks and heartbreaks in between. \u2014 Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping , 30 June 2022",
"After rigorous years of training, Chiyo becomes Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang), a geisha of incredible beauty and influence. \u2014 Travis Bean, Forbes , 25 June 2022",
"Using the geisha as a metaphor for the hypersexualization of East Asian women, the photos follow the metamorphosis of a young girl from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. \u2014 CNN , 7 June 2022",
"The Kyoto foundation isn\u2019t directly involved, but some teahouses in Gion, the largest of Kyoto\u2019s five geisha districts, helped with the shooting of the series, which is set for release this year. \u2014 Miho Inada, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"There\u2019s a hint of the grandmaster in the grace with which Mameha, the geisha , closes her umbrella, and in the matriarch Eleanor Young\u2019s perfect posture. \u2014 New York Times , 15 Mar. 2022",
"Katy Perry dressed up like a geisha , Karlie Kloss donned a Native American headdress and Marc Jacobs came under fire for having his white models wear dreadlocks. \u2014 Rasha Ali, USA TODAY , 25 Aug. 2020",
"These often poignant missives are balanced by correspondence already in the public record between Yamamoto, who was married with children, and his longtime mistress, who was a geisha . \u2014 David Holahan, USA TODAY , 10 June 2020",
"Chaste viewpoint Despite numerous depictions of beautiful courtesans and geisha entertainers, the Ainsworth collection is fairly chaste. \u2014 Steven Litt, cleveland , 31 May 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Japanese, from gei art + -sha person":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1881, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133653"
},
"geison":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cornice":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012b\u02cc-",
"\u02c8g\u0101\u02ccs\u00e4n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek geison, geisson , probably of non-Indo-European origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-142129"
},
"geisotherm":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": isogeotherm":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"(\u02c8)j\u0113 +"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"ge- + isotherm":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170703"
},
"Geissler bulb":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a potash bulb consisting usually of two upper bulbs connected by three lower smaller bulbs":[
"\u2014 often used in plural"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8g\u012bsl\u0259(r)-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"after Heinrich Geissler \u20201879 German mechanic":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170710"
},
"geisso-":{
"type":[
"combining form"
],
"definitions":{
": like a cornice":[
"Geisso rhiza"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Greek geisson, geison cornice":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172006"
},
"Geissler pump":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an air pump based on the principle of the Torricellian vacuum and having its vacuum produced by the flow of mercury back and forth between a fixed and a vertically adjustable reservoir":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"after H. Geissler":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174501"
},
"Geissler tube":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a gas-filled discharge tube having various shapes and usually a narrowly constricted portion in which the luminosity is intensified":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{
"after Heinrich Geissler":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205810"
}
}