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31idle — [OE] ‘Lazy’ is only a secondary meaning of idle. It originally meant ‘useless, worthless’ (as in ‘idle threats’), and the sense ‘lazy’ did not develop until the 13th century (the Old English words for ‘lazy’ were slow and slack). Idle is shared… …
32idle — [OE] ‘Lazy’ is only a secondary meaning of idle. It originally meant ‘useless, worthless’ (as in ‘idle threats’), and the sense ‘lazy’ did not develop until the 13th century (the Old English words for ‘lazy’ were slow and slack). Idle is shared… …
33idle argument — the view that human deliberation and actions are pointless and ineffectual in determining events, because whatever will be will be. One ancient argument, called the idle argument, went like this: If it is fated for you to recover from your… …
34idle speed control — (ISC) maintains the idle speed of the engine at a minimum level. There are currently two types of computer controlled idle speed control: DC motor ISC and air bypass ISC …
35idle speed control motor — (ISC) and ECM controlled motor that extends or retracts a plunger that contacts the throttle level, which regulates the position of the throttle valve to compensate for an additional load, such as the air conditioner, power steering pump, etc. On …
36idle mixture screw — A tapered screw located on the outside of the carburetor which controls the proportion of the fuel air mixture. It is now illegal to adjust these if limiter caps are present. If you turn the screw clockwise, the mixture will be leaner while… …
37Eric Idle — Infobox actor name = Eric Idle imagesize = caption = birthname = birthdate = birth date and age|1943|3|29|df=y birthplace = South Shields, County Durham, England deathdate = deathplace = othername = occupation = Actor, writer, comedian, musician… …
38Tears, Idle Tears — is a lyric poem written in 1847 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), the noted Victorian era English poet. Published as one of the songs in his The Princess (1847), it is regarded for the quality of its lyrics. A Tennyson anthology describes the …
39BatteryMax (Idle Detection) — BatteryMax is an Idle Detection System used for computer power management developed at Digital Research, Inc. s European Development Centre (EDC) in Hungerford, UK. It was invented by British borne engineers Roger Gross and… …
40lazy, idle, indolent — These words mean not active, not in use or operation, doing nothing. Although lazy can be used without implying reproach or condemnation, as in lazy afternoon, it usually suggests criticism: That boy is too lazy to learn. I m looking for a helper …
