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Abstracter
Abstracter Ab*stract"er, n.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract.
Arrowheaded charactersArrowheaded Ar"row*head`ed, a.
Shaped like the head of an arrow; cuneiform.
Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which
consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or
wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed,
cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written
characters used in the country about the Tigris and
Euphrates, and subsequently in Persia, and abounding among
the ruins of Persepolis, Nineveh, and Babylon. See
Cuneiform. Attracter
Attracter At*tract"er, n.
One who, or that which, attracts.
characterSuch Such, a. [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch,
swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to
OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G.
solch, Icel. sl[=i]kr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth.
swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. [root]192. See So,
Like, a., and cf. Which.]
1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar;
as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as
introducing the word or proposition which defines the
similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books
are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I
can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw
yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to
make them better.
And in his time such a conqueror That greater was
there none under the sun. --Chaucer.
His misery was such that none of the bystanders
could refrain from weeping. --Macaulay.
Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but
is placed between it and the noun to which it refers;
as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective
some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such;
as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to
be avoided; few such ideas were then held.
2. Having the particular quality or character specified.
That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou
continuest such, owe to thyself. --Milton.
3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the
kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. ``[It] hath such
senses as we have.' --Shak.
4. Certain; -- representing the object as already
particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new
arrived. --Daniel.
To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and
continue there a year. --James iv.
13.
Note: Such is used pronominally. ``He was the father of such
as dwell in tents.' --Gen. iv. 20. ``Such as I are
free in spirit when our limbs are chained.' --Sir W.
Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to
substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible
storm that it put back. ``Everything was managed with
so much care, and such excellent order was observed.'
--De Foe.
Temple sprung from a family which . . . long
after his death produced so many eminent men, and
formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc.
--Macaulay.
Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.
Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.
--Shak.
Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of
times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as
many.
Such and such, or Such or such, certain; some; -- used to
represent the object indefinitely, as already
particularized in one way or another, or as being of one
kind or another. ``In such and such a place shall be my
camp.' --2 Kings vi. 8. ``Sovereign authority may enact a
law commanding such and such an action.' --South.
Such like or character, of the like kind.
And many other such like things ye do. --Mark vii.
8. Characterism
Characterism Char"ac*ter*ism, n. [Gr. ? a characterizing.]
A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] --Bp.
Hall.
characteristic 3. A table for facilitating reference to topics, names, and
the like, in a book; -- usually alphabetical in
arrangement, and printed at the end of the volume.
4. A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. (Anat.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus,
or hand; the forefinger; index finger.
6. (Math.) The figure or letter which shows the power or root
of a quantity; the exponent. [In this sense the plural is
always indices.]
Index error, the error in the reading of a mathematical
instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in
complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its
theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a
correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal
to the error of the zero adjustment.
Index expurgatorius. [L.] See Index prohibitorius
(below).
Index finger. See Index, 5.
Index glass, the mirror on the index of a quadrant,
sextant, etc.
Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other
registering machine; a hand that points to something.
Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the
logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral
figures in the given number. It is also called the
characteristic.
Index of refraction, or Refractive index (Opt.), the
number which expresses the ratio of the sine of the angle
of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction. Thus
the index of refraction for sulphur is 2, because, when
light passes out of air into sulphur, the sine of the
angle of incidence is double the sine of the angle of
refraction.
Index plate, a graduated circular plate, or one with
circular rows of holes differently spaced; used in
machines for graduating circles, cutting gear teeth, etc.
Index prohibitorius [L.], or Prohibitory index (R. C.
Ch.), a catalogue of books which are forbidden by the
church to be read; the index expurgatorius [L.], or
expurgatory index, is a catalogue of books from which
passages marked as against faith or morals must be removed
before Catholics can read them. These catalogues are
published with additions, from time to time, by the
Congregation of the Index, composed of cardinals,
theologians, etc., under the sanction of the pope. --Hook.
Index rerum [L.], a tabulated and alphabetized notebook,
for systematic preservation of items, quotations, etc. Characteristic
Characteristic Char`ac*ter*is"tic, n.
1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element
of character; that which characterized. --Pope.
The characteristics of a true critic. --Johnson.
2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative)
of a logarithm.
Characteristical
Characteristical Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al, a.
Characteristic.
Characteristically
Characteristically Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
Characterization
Characterization Char`ac*ter*i*za"tion, n.
The act or process of characterizing.
Characterless
Characterless Char"ac*ter*less, a.
Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or
force.
Charactery
Charactery Char"ac*ter*y, n.
1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or
characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
Fairies use flowers for their charactery. --Shak.
2. That which is charactered; the meaning. [Obs.]
I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad
brows. --Shak.
Detracter
Detracter De*tract"er, n.
One who detracts; a detractor.
Other detracters and malicious writers. --Sir T.
North.
Distracter
Distracter Dis*tract"er, n.
One who, or that which, distracts away.
Essential character 5. (Mus.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones
which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental
or passing tones.
6. (Med.) Idiopathic; independent of other diseases.
Essential character (Biol.), the prominent characteristics
which serve to distinguish one genus, species, etc., from
another.
Essential disease, Essential fever (Med.), one that is
not dependent on another.
Essential oils (Chem.), a class of volatile oils, extracted
from plants, fruits, or flowers, having each its
characteristic odor, and hot burning taste. They are used
in essences, perfumery, etc., and include many varieties
of compounds; as lemon oil is a terpene, oil of bitter
almonds an aldehyde, oil of wintergreen an ethereal
salt, etc.; -- called also volatile oils in distinction
from the fixed or nonvolatile. Mischaracterize
Mischaracterize Mis*char"ac*ter*ize, v. t.
To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong
character to.
They totally mischaracterize the action. --Eton.
Nail-headed charactersNail-headed Nail"-head`ed, a.
Having a head like that of a nail; formed so as to resemble
the head of a nail.
Nail-headed characters, arrowheaded or cuneiform
characters. See under Arrowheaded.
Nail-headed molding (Arch.), an ornament consisting of a
series of low four-sided pyramids resembling the heads of
large nails; -- called also nail-head molding, or
nail-head. It is the same as the simplest form of
dogtooth. See Dogtooth. Protracter
Protracter Pro*tract"er, n.
A protractor.
StreptobracteriumStreptobacteria Strep`to*bac*te"ri*a, n. pl.; sing.
Streptobracterium. [NL., fr. Gr. ? pliant, bent + E. & NL.
bacteria.] (Biol.)
A so-called variety of bacterium, consisting in reality of
several bacteria linked together in the form of a chain. Subtracter
Subtracter Sub*tract"er, n.
1. One who subtracts.
2. The subtrahend. [Obs.]
Meaning of Racter from wikipedia
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Racter is an
artificial intelligence program that
generates English language prose at random. It was
published by
Mindscape for IBM PC
compatibles in 1984...
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lines of
research were continued, e.g., the
development of
chatterbots with
Racter and Jabberwacky. An
important development (that
eventually led to the statistical...
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natural language processing computer program created from 1964 to 1966 at MIT
Racter William Chamberlain and
Thomas Etter an
artificial intelligence program...
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British English Singapore English COLLeague collEAGUE CHARacter cha
RACter...
- 1981).
During this time, many
chatterbots were
written including PARRY,
Racter, and Jabberwacky. Up to the 1980s, most NLP
systems were
based on complex...
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their team -
Gobbet (an Orc street-shaman), Is0bel (a
Dwarf cyberdecker),
Racter (a
Russian rigger partnered with his self-built
drone named Koschei) and...
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complexity and sophistication.
Racter was a
computer program which generated nonsense texts by this method; however,
Racter's book, The Policeman’s Beard...
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Beard is Half
Constructed was published,
allegedly written by the
chatbot Racter (though the
program as
released would not have been
capable of
doing so)...
- antagonist. In the
video game Shadowrun: Hong Kong, the
supporting character Racter has a
drone named 'Koschei',
which later in the game can gain an upgrade...
- ****istant
PARRY Kenneth Colby 1972 ? ? ? ? An
early example of a
chatbot Racter Mindscape (publisher) 1984 ? IBM PC compatibles,
Apple II, Macintosh, Amiga...
