Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fold; a double.
Wiktionary
- adj. Designed to fold; as a folding bed, a folding chair, etc.
- n. The action of folding; a fold.
- n. The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc.
- n. computing, programming Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation.
- n. geology the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression.
- n. slang Paper money, as opposed to coins.
- v. present participle of fold.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication.
- n. (Agric.) The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of being folded up and stored
- n. a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- n. the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape
- n. the act of folding
Examples
“Correct folding is important, Pace said, because "many diseases are protein folding diseases," including Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and cystic fibrosis.”
“Simulating protein folding is often considered a "holy grail" of computational biology, he added.”
“One reason that protein folding is so difficult to simulate is that it occurs amazingly fast," Pande explained.”
“If the term folding gives you anxiety attacks, simply click here to check out the technique.”
“But since such a folding is the goal of Kantian aesthetics in the first place, and nontranscendental ways of conceiving the relation between contingency and form are available, second-tier transcendentalism often looks as though it were motivated by the desire to preserve first-tier transcendentalism. close window”
“I developed an algorithm which I call a folding algorithm.”
“Availble in folding or fixed-blade models, Benchmade's new Water Knives beg to be stowed in your boat in tackle box.”
“– "The president folds his toilet paper ... all americans should be crumplers, folding is socialism.”
“The impression I have of the folding is that the top edge of the lace is simply sewn onto the backing in a zigzag, from one side to the other and back again.”
“All gluing and folding is held together during this project, with clothespins until it dries.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘folding’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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SCIE - statistics
a priori probability, Abbe-Helmert crit..., absolute error, absolutely unbias..., accuracy, ACF, affinity, AIC, algorithm, allometry, alphabet, anomic and 4171 more...
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Open List: Sheepishness
Everything sheep, from Artiodactyla to zodiac.
lanolin, ram, ewe, Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulate, ruminant, Ovis aries, ovine, domestic, domesticated, neotenic, mouflon and 426 more...
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SCIE - neurology
abducens.....draw..., ablation.....carr..., acetylcholine......., adrenalin.....nea..., afferent.....to c..., agnosia.....no kn..., alar.....wing-like, alexia.....no words, alveus.....canal, amacrine.....no l..., ambidextrous........, ambiguus.....doub... and 701 more...
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CycList
Anything related to cycling; no motorcycling, please.
frame, pedal, crank arm, top tube, down tube, seat tube, seat stay, chain stay, saddle, fork, hub, rim and 97 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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