Tachydidaxy | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + di`daxis teaching. ] A short or rapid method of instructing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Tachyglossa | ‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. tachy`s quick + glw^ssa tongue. ] (Zool.) A division of monotremes which comprises the spiny ant-eaters of Australia and New Guinea. See Illust. under Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Tachygraph | n. An example of tachygraphy; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman tachygraphic manuscript. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Tachygrapher | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a fast writer. ] One who writes shorthand; a stenographer; esp., an ancient Greek or Roman notary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Tachygraphical | { } a. [ Cf. F. tachygraphique. ] Of or pertaining to tachygraphy; written in shorthand. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Tachygraphic |
Tachygraphy | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + -graphy: cf. F. tachygraphie. ] The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography. I. Taylor (The Alphabet). [ 1913 Webster ] |
Tachylyte | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + ly`ein to dissolve. ] (Min.) A vitreous form of basalt; -- so called because decomposable by acids and readily fusible. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Tachymeter | n. [ Tachy- + -meter. ] 1. (Surveying) An instrument, esp. a transit or theodolite with stadia wires, for determining quickly the distances, bearings, and elevations of distant objects. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] 2. A speed indicator; a tachometer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
Tachymetry | n. The science or use of the tachymeter. -- Ta`chy*met"ric a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Tachyscope | n. [ Gr. tachy`s quick + -scope. ] An early form of animated-picture machine, devised in 1889 by Otto Anschütz of Berlin, in which the chronophotographs were mounted upon the periphery of a rotating wheel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
鸊鷉(oK) | [かいつぶり;カイツブリ, kaitsuburi ; kaitsuburi] (n) (1) (uk) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis); (2) grebe (any waterbird of family Podicipedidae) [Add to Longdo] |
タキオン | [takion] (n) tachyon [Add to Longdo] |
タキメーター | [takime-ta-] (n) tachymeter [Add to Longdo] |
ハリモグラ科 | [ハリモグラか, harimogura ka] (n) Tachyglossidae [Add to Longdo] |
幹竹;乾竹 | [からたけ;カラタケ, karatake ; karatake] (n) (1) (uk) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (See 淡竹) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) [Add to Longdo] |
岩蓮華 | [いわれんげ;イワレンゲ, iwarenge ; iwarenge] (n) (uk) Chinese dunce cap (species of succulent plant, Orostachys iwarenge) [Add to Longdo] |
金蛇;蛇舅母 | [かなへび;カナヘビ, kanahebi ; kanahebi] (n) (uk) lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides) [Add to Longdo] |
苦竹 | [にがたけ;くちく, nigatake ; kuchiku] (n) (1) (See 真竹) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) (にがたけ only) (See 女竹) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii) [Add to Longdo] |
呉竹 | [くれたけ;クレタケ, kuretake ; kuretake] (n) (uk) (See ハチク) Alternative name for henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) [Add to Longdo] |
真竹 | [まだけ;マダケ, madake ; madake] (n) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake [Add to Longdo] |