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polka

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polka  \Pol"ka\,  n.  [Pol.  Polka  a  Polish  woman:  cf  F.  &  G. 
  polka.] 
  1.  A  dance  of  Polish  origin,  but  now  common  everywhere.  It  is 
  performed  by  two  persons  in  common  time. 
 
  2.  (Mus.)  A  lively  Bohemian  or  Polish  dance  tune  in  2-4 
  measure,  with  the  third  quaver  accented. 
 
  {Polka  jacket},  a  kind  of  knit  jacket  worn  by  women. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polka 
  n  1:  music  performed  for  dancing  the  polka 
  2:  a  Bohemian  dance  with  3  steps  and  a  hop  in  fast  time 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Polka 
 
    An  {object-oriented}  parallel  {logic  programming} 
  language,  built  on  top  of  {Parlog}. 
 
  ["Polka:  A  Parlog  Object-Oriented  Language",  Andrew  Davison, 
  TR  Parlog  Group  Imperial  College,  London  1988]. 
 
  (1995-01-31)




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