8 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Direct \Di*rect"\, a. (Political Science)
Pertaining to or effected immediately by action of the
people through their votes instead of through one or more
representatives or delegates; as direct nomination, direct
legislation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demonstration \Dem`on*stra"tion\, n. [L. demonstratio: cf F.
d['e]monstration.]
1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof;
especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt;
indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
Those intervening ideas which serve to show the
agreement of any two others are called ``proofs;''
and where agreement or disagreement is by this means
plainly and clearly perceived, it is called
demonstration. --Locke.
2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a
manifestation; a show
Did your letters pierce the queen to any
demonstration of grief? --Shak.
Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. --Prescott.
3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or
other anatomical preparation.
4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement
indicating an attack.
5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or
the proof itself
6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain
result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; --
these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously
established propositions.
{Direct}, or {Positive}, {demonstration} (Logic & Math.), one
in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence
of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; --
opposed to
{Indirect}, or {Negative}, {demonstration} (called also
{reductio ad absurdum}), in which the correct conclusion
is an inference from the demonstration that any other
hypothesis must be incorrect.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,
sharply, to feel handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr
tangere tactum to touch. See {Tangent}, and cf {Task},
{Taste}.]
1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
by authority. Specifically:
a A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
the support of a government.
A farmer of taxes is of all creditors,
proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay.
b Especially, the sum laid upon specific things as upon
polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as a land tax; a
window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like
Note: Taxes are {annual} or {perpetual}, {direct} or
{indirect}, etc
c A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
to defray its expenses.
2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
upon a subject.
3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as a heavy
tax on time or health.
4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
{Tax cart}, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus p. p. of dirigere to direct:
cf F. direct. See {Dress}, and cf {Dirge}.]
1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
the short or shortest way to a point or end as a direct
line direct means
What is direct to what slides by the question.
--Locke.
2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Be even and direct with me --Shak.
3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
He nowhere, that I know says it in direct words
--Locke.
A direct and avowed interference with elections.
--Hallam.
4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as a descendant
in the direct line
5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
{Direct action}. (Mach.) See {Direct-acting}.
{Direct discourse} (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
without change in its form as he said ``I can not
come;'' -- correlative to {indirect discourse}, in which
there is change of form as he said that he could not
come They are often called respectively by their Latin
names {oratio directa}, and {oratio obliqua}.
{Direct evidence} (Law), evidence which is positive or not
inferential; -- opposed to {circumstantial, or indirect,
evidence}. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
since there is no direct evidence that is not
circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
credibility. --Wharton.
{Direct examination} (Law), the first examination of a
witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
{Direct fire} (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
aimed at
{Direct process} (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
{Direct tax}, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
customs, and from excise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Direct \Di*rect"\, v. i.
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
Wisdom is profitable to direct. --Eccl. x. 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Direct \Di*rect"\, n. (Mus.)
A character, thus [?], placed at the end of a staff on the
line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise
the performer of its situation. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Directed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Directing}.]
1. To arrange in a direct or straight line as against a
mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim as to direct
an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
course or way to guide, as by pointing out the way as
he directed me to the left-hand road.
The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
Thess. iii. 5.
The next points to which I will direct your
attention. --Lubbock.
3. To determine the direction or course of to cause to go on
in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
end to regulate; to govern; as to direct the affairs of
a nation or the movements of an army.
I will direct their work in truth. --Is. lxi. 8.
4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
to order as he directed them to go
I 'll first direct my men what they shall do
--Shak.
5. To put a direction or address upon to mark with the name
and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
superscribe; as to direct a letter.
Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
order instruct; command.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
direct
adj 1: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation
or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route";
"a direct flight"; "a direct hit" [ant: {indirect}]
2: immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing
intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with
the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct
link"; "the direct cause of the accident"
3: extended senses direct in means or manner or behavior or
language or action "a direct question"; "a direct
response"; "a direct approach" [ant: {indirect}]
4: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
"lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant
of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: {lineal}] [ant: {collateral}]
5: (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial
sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same
direction as the Earth [ant: {retrograde}]
6: (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another
quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term
if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or
decreases)" [ant: {inverse}]
7: (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only;
not alternating; "direct current" [ant: {alternating}]
8: as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of
the accident"
9: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a
direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn:
{verbatim}]
10: effected directly by action of the voters rather than
through elected representatives; "many people favor
direct election of the President rather than election by
the Electoral College"
11: exact; "the direct opposite"
adv : without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake";
"went direct to the office" [syn: {directly}, {straight}]
v 1: command with authority; "He directed the children to do
their homework"
2: intend something to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism
directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards
others not towards yourself" [syn: {target}, {aim}, {place},
{point}]
3: guide the actors in (plays and films)
4: be in charge of
5: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
the palace" [syn: {lead}, {take}, {conduct}, {guide}]
6: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in
the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed
all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: {send}]
7: aim or direct at as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little
brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't
train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's
opponent" [syn: {aim}, {take}, {train}, {take aim}]
8: lead; "conduct an orchestra" [syn: {conduct}, {lead}]
9: give directions to point somebody into a certain direction;
"I directed them towards the town hall" [syn: {point}]
10: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
certain public [syn: {calculate}, {aim}]
11: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: {steer}, {maneuver}, {manouevre}, {point}, {head},
{guide}]
12: put an address on (an envelope, for example) [syn: {address}]
13: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
the robber" [syn: {mastermind}, {engineer}, {organize}, {orchestrate}]
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