All English words - page 5565

Meanings of Stepwise:

adverb

In a series of distinct stages; not continuously.

Usage examples:

Concentrations of the acid tend to decrease stepwise

adjective

Progressing in a series of distinct stages; not continuous.

Usage examples:

A stepwise procedure

Meanings of Ster:

suffix

Denoting a person engaged in or associated with a particular activity or thing.

Usage examples:

Maltster

Meanings of Steradian:

noun

The si unit of solid angle, equal to the angle at the centre of a sphere subtended by a part of the surface equal in area to the square of the radius.

Usage examples:

A sphere subtends 4 pi square radians (steradians) about the origin.

Meanings of Stercoraceous:

adjective

Consisting of or resembling dung or faeces.

Usage examples:

By the autumn of 1982, the stercoraceous material was about to collide with the oscillating cooling…

Meanings of Stere:

noun

A unit of volume equal to one cubic metre.

Usage examples:

According to the current national standard in the united states, the stere is not to be used.

Meanings of Stereo:

noun

Sound that is directed through two or more speakers so that it seems to surround the listener and to come from more than one source; stereophonic sound.

Usage examples:

Even without the benefit of stereo it sounds glorious

adjective

Another term for stereoscope.

combining form

Relating to solid forms having three dimensions.

Usage examples:

Stereography

Meanings of Stereobate:

noun

A solid mass of masonry serving as a foundation for a wall or row of columns.

Usage examples:

The monument is established on the round stereobate with four steps - the sign of four ends of the …

Meanings of Stereocamera:

noun

A camera for simultaneously taking two photographs of the same thing from adjacent viewpoints, so that they will form a stereoscopic pair.

Usage examples:

Time-lapse instrumentation on the tripod will include a stereocamera and various physical sensors.

Meanings of Stereochemical:

adjective

Relating to stereochemistry.

Usage examples:

Stereochemical isomers

Meanings of Stereochemistry:

noun

The branch of chemistry concerned with the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms and molecules and the effect of this on chemical reactions.

Usage examples:

By that time atomism had been extended from chemistry and the kinetic theory to offer explanations …

Meanings of Stereognosis:

noun

The mental perception of depth or three-dimensionality by the senses, usually in reference to the ability to perceive the form of solid objects by touch.

Usage examples:

Subtle signs of frontal lobe dysfunction may be demonstrated by testing stereognosis (such as the a…

Meanings of Stereogram:

noun

A diagram or computer-generated image giving a three-dimensional representation of a solid object or surface.

Usage examples:

When comparing c axis orientations relative to the whole organism, c axes are plotted on stereogram…

Meanings of Stereography:

noun

The depiction or representation of three-dimensional things by projection on to a two-dimensional surface, e.g. in cartography.

Usage examples:

In order to create the illusion of three-dimensionality, the lenticular process uses the same princ…

Meanings of Stereoisomer:

noun

Each of two or more compounds differing only in the spatial arrangement of their atoms.

Usage examples:

Enantiomers are stereoisomers whose molecules are nonsuperposable mirror-images of each other.

Meanings of Stereometry:

noun

The measurement of solid bodies.

Usage examples:

When, later, in stereometry [solid geometry], an appeal was made to my imagination, it went a bit b…

Meanings of Stereomicroscope:

noun

A binocular microscope that gives a relatively low-power stereoscopic view of the subject.

Usage examples:

Morphological features of fresh flowers were recorded using a binocular stereomicroscope with a cam…

Meanings of Stereophonic:

adjective

(of sound recording and reproduction) using two or more channels of transmission and reproduction so that the reproduced sound seems to surround the listener and to come from more than one source.

Usage examples:

Stereophonic sound systems

Meanings of Stereopsis:

noun

The perception of depth produced by the reception in the brain of visual stimuli from both eyes in combination; binocular vision.

Usage examples:

This skill, called stereopsis or stereoscopic vision, is a wonderful example of inverse optics.

Meanings of Stereopticon:

noun

A slide projector that combines two images to create a three-dimensional effect, or makes one image dissolve into another.

Usage examples:

These two men represent diversity rampant, united only by their gender and individuality of vision,…

Meanings of Stereos:

noun

Sound that is directed through two or more speakers so that it seems to surround the listener and to come from more than one source; stereophonic sound.

Usage examples:

Even without the benefit of stereo it sounds glorious

Meanings of Stereoscope:

noun

A device by which two photographs of the same object taken at slightly different angles are viewed together, creating an impression of depth and solidity.

Usage examples:

Using 35-millimeter film, the camera produced high quality pairs of images that could be viewed in …

Meanings of Stereoscopes:

noun

A device by which two photographs of the same object taken at slightly different angles are viewed together, creating an impression of depth and solidity.

Usage examples:

Using 35-millimeter film, the camera produced high quality pairs of images that could be viewed in …

Meanings of Stereoscopic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a process by which two photographs of the same object taken at slightly different angles are viewed together, creating an impression of depth and solidity.

Usage examples:

Stereoscopic 3d vision technology

Meanings of Stereospecific:

adjective

Another term for stereoselective.

Meanings of Stereospondyli:

noun

A fossil amphibian with a broad flat head, occurring in the permian and triassic periods.

Usage examples:

One lineage of stereospondyls, the trematosauridae, actually took up a life in the oceans, the only…