facility (noun)

  • 81split screen — noun : a technique for projecting onto a television screen images from two cameras side by side or composed into a single picture * * * 1. Also called composite shot. Motion Pictures, Television. a type of process photography in which two or more …

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  • 82upward mobility — noun : the capacity or facility for rising to a higher social or economic class of society • upwardly mobile adjective * * * upward mobility noun The (desired) state of the upwardly mobile, those people moving (or attempting to move) to a higher… …

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  • 83clinic — noun Etymology: French clinique, from Greek klinikē medical practice at the sickbed, from feminine of klinikos of a bed, from klinē bed, from klinein to lean, recline more at lean Date: 1827 1. a class of medical instruction in which patients are …

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  • 84memory — noun /ˈmɛməɹi/ a) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will. Memory is a facility common to all animals. b) A record of a thing or an event stored and available for… …

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  • 85common area — noun a) A piece of land or a room that is designed for the use of multiple visitors to or inhabitants of a place. The dorm offered students the choice of retreating to the privacy of their rooms, or mingling in the common area. b) In a… …

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  • 86telestation — noun A remote facility that sends telemetry or other data to a central facility With the assistance of the Greenland Technical Organisations telestations, snow samples were collected from various localities in Greenland …

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  • 87remote access — noun a) A communication with a data processing facility from a remote location or facility through a data link. b) A PABX service feature that allows a user at a remote location to access by telephone PABX features, such as access to W …

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  • 88mediacy — noun a) The facility to work with words and numbers. b) The facility in working with media …

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  • 89hospice — noun a) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life. b) A specialized… …

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  • 90faculty — noun 1) the faculty of speech Syn: power, capability, capacity, facility, wherewithal, means; (faculties) senses, wits, reason, intelligence 2) an unusual faculty for unearthing contributors Syn …

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