smooth file

  • 1Smooth file — File File (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe[ o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[=i]la, f[=i]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting… …

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  • 2File — (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe[ o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[=i]la, f[=i]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or… …

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  • 3File blank — File File (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe[ o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[=i]la, f[=i]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting… …

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  • 4File cutter — File File (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe[ o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[=i]la, f[=i]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.] 1. A steel instrument, having cutting… …

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  • 5file — file1 W2S1 [faıl] n [Sense: 1 3, 5; Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: fil thread , from Latin filum (because documents were stored on pieces of string).] [Sense: 4; Origin: Old English feol] 1.) a set of papers, records etc that contain… …

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  • 6File — File, v. t. 1. To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. [1913 Webster] 2. To smooth or polish as with a file. Shak. [1913 Webster] File your tongue to a little more courtesy. Sir W. Scott.… …

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  • 7Smooth infinitesimal analysis — is a mathematically rigorous reformulation of the calculus in terms of infinitesimals. Based on the ideas of F. W. Lawvere and employing the methods of category theory, it views all functions as being continuous and incapable of being expressed… …

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  • 8file — file1 [fīl] vt. filed, filing [ME filen < OFr filer, to string documents on thread, orig., to spin thread < LL filare, to spin < L filum, thread < IE base * gwhislo > Lith gýsla, sinew] 1. a) to arrange (papers, etc.) in order for… …

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  • 9file — [n1] system of order, placement for ease of use book, cabinet, case, census, charts, circular file*, data, directory, docket, documents, dossier, folder, index, information, list, notebook, pigeonhole*, portfolio, record, register, repository;… …

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  • 10file down — ˌfile ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they file down he/she/it files down present participle filing down past tense …

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