Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An extensive, hard desert surface consisting of wind-polished gravel lying on alluvial soil and cemented together by mineralized solutions.
  • noun A regulation.

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  • abbreviation regular
  • abbreviation regulation
  • abbreviation registrar
  • abbreviation registration
  • noun rare A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Maghrebi dialectal Arabic, from Arabic riqq, ruqq, from raqqa, to be thin, fine; see rqq in Semitic roots.]

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Examples

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    Star Trek in IMAX | /Film 2008

  • Under new domain reg rules, you can register a domain for five days without paying for it.

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    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

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    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

    Can I take a desktop or not??? 2004

  • For Chris Potters 'interpretation of the new reg from the official Mexican website look at my site ---- www. headformexico.com and click on the Ask the Renegade link.

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  • This can be retail-lingo for register - as in "We need more people on reg!" - but I suppose it has many alternate significations as well, such as:

    - regimen

    - regular

    - region

    - regard(s)

    August 9, 2009

  • Airport code for Tito Menniti airport at Reggio Calabria, Italy.

    August 9, 2009