What is the meaning of EK. Phrases containing EK
See meanings and uses of EK!EK
EK
EK
EK
EK
EK
Acronyms & AI meanings
dual photon absorbsiometry
Phoenix Gold
Bernese Mountain Dog
: Directed Beam Refresh Terminal
Audio Video Data and Control
Money in Money Out
Noise Induced Hearing
Cleveland Area Rapid Transit
challenger wine trust
Day Alone with God
EK
EK
A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or e-; as, escape, scape, elite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek becomes ec, as in eccentric.
EK
v. t.
To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply of one kind with some other.
n.
A rare metallic element of the boron group, whose existence was predicted under the provisional name ekaboron by means of the periodic law, and subsequently discovered by spectrum analysis in certain rare Scandinavian minerals (euxenite and gadolinite). It has not yet been isolated. Symbol Sc. Atomic weight 44.
n.
The name of a hypothetical element predicted and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor.
n.
An additional or epithet name; a nickname.
n.
A variety of scapolite.
n.
Alt. of Ekaboron
n.
A rare element, recently discovered (1885), in a silver ore (argyrodite) at Freiberg. It is a brittle, silver-white metal, chemically intermediate between the metals and nonmetals, resembles tin, and is in general identical with the predicted ekasilicon. Symbol Ge. Atomic weight 72.3.
v. t.
A lengthening or filling piece to make good a deficiency in length.
n.
See Eking.
n.
The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.
v. t.
The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.
n.
An addition.
n.
The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium.
adv.
In addition; also; likewise.
n.
[Mahratta g/ekw/r, prop., a cowherd.] The title of the sovereign of Guzerat, in Western India; -- generally called the Guicowar of Baroda, which is the capital of the country.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Eke
imp. & p. p.
of Eke
n.
A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.
v. t.
See Eke.
EK
EK