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nub
English
Etymology 1
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?b/
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
- A small lump or knob.
- The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
- Synonyms: crux, gist; see also Thesaurus:gist
- (slang) The clitoris.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, ?ISBN, page 198[1]:
- “ — and then rub her nub with the bridge of your nose, right where the nerve will drive her straight to the ceiling!”
- 2008, Arianna Hart, A Man for Marley, ?ISBN, page 82[2]:
- When he used his fingers to rub her nub, he didn't have to wait anymore. She exploded for the second time that morning,...
- 2010, Beverly Rae, Wild Cat, ?ISBN, page 81[3]:
- He stroked her, using her movements to increase the pressure on her nub, catching her between his fingers.
- 2007, Melissa MacNeal, Hot for It, ?ISBN, page 198[1]:
- (computing, colloquial) a pointing stick
Translations
Verb
nub (third-person singular simple present nubs, present participle nubbing, simple past and past participle nubbed)
- (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
- To push; to nudge.
- To beckon.
Etymology 2
Variant spelling of noob.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nub/
Noun
nub (plural nubs)
- (Internet slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.
Anagrams
- BUN, Bun, bun
Albanian
Etymology
From English noob, from newbie.
Noun
nub m
- (slang, chiefly Kosovo) newbie, amateur
Synonyms
- amator m, axhami m
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projection
English
Etymology
From either the Middle French projection or its etymon, the Classical Latin pr?iecti? (stem: pr?iecti?n-), from pr?ici?. Compare the Modern French projection, the German Projektion, and the Italian proiezione.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???d??k??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
projection (countable and uncountable, plural projections)
- Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
- The face of the cliff had many projections that were big enough for birds to nest on.
- The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
- (archaic) The throwing of materials into a crucible, hence the transmutation of metals.
- (archaic) The crisis or decisive point of any process, especially a culinary process.
- The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide projector.
- A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation
- (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself
- (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
- (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth to be represented on a flat surface. The set of mathematics used to calculate coordinate positions.
- (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
- (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
- (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
- (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.
Synonyms
- (something which sticks out): protuberance
Derived terms
Related terms
- project
Translations
Further reading
- projection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Pronunciation
Noun
projection f (plural projections)
- projection
- screening (of a film)
Interlingua
Noun
projection (plural projectiones)
- projection
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