Wednesday 10 December 2008

Define

dig⋅it⋅al

  
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to a digit or finger.
2.resembling a digit or finger.
3.manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch.
4.displaying a readout in digital form: a digital speedometer.
5.having digits or digitlike parts.
6.of, pertaining to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.
7.Computersinvolving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
8.of, pertaining to, or using numerical calculations.
9.available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer.


de⋅sign

  
–verb (used with object)
1.to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), esp. to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
2.to plan and fashion artistically or skillfully.
3.to intend for a definite purpose: a scholarship designed for foreign students.
4.to form or conceive in the mind; contrive; plan: The prisoner designed an intricate escape.
5.to assign in thought or intention; purpose: He designed to be a doctor.
6.Obsoleteto mark out, as by a sign; indicate.
–verb (used without object)
7.to make drawings, preliminary sketches, or plans.
8.to plan and fashion the form and structure of an object, work of art, decorative scheme, etc.
–noun
9.an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
10.organization or structure of formal elements in a work of art; composition.
11.the combination of details or features of a picture, building, etc.; the pattern or motif of artistic work: the design on a bracelet.
12.the art of designing: a school of design.
13.a plan or project: a design for a new process.
14.a plot or intrigue, esp. an underhand, deceitful, or treacherous one: His political rivals formulated a design to unseat him.
15.designs, a hostile or aggressive project or scheme having evil or selfish motives: He had designs on his partner's stock.
16.intention; purpose; end.




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