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1951 computer animation
Bouncing Ball was an early interactive computer graphics program developed for the Whirlwind I computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Bouncing Ball (computer program)
Bouncing_Ball_(computer_program)
Physics of bouncing balls
The physics of a bouncing ball concerns the physical behaviour of bouncing balls, particularly its motion before, during, and after impact against the
Bouncing_ball
Boot sector computer virus
The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz) is a boot sector virus discovered on March 1, 1988
Ping-Pong_(computer_virus)
1976 action video game
multiple bouncing balls. Wozniak and Jobs subsequently founded the Apple Computer Company alongside Ronald Wayne. The company's Apple II computer, designed
Breakout_(video_game)
Family of personal computers sold by Commodore
January 1984, showing a checkered ball bouncing and rotating. Following Escom's purchase of Commodore in 1996, the Boing Ball theme was incorporated into a
Amiga
1958 video game
Brookhaven's computers, a Donner Model 30 analog computer, he learned that the computer could calculate ballistic missile trajectories or a bouncing ball with
Tennis_for_Two
Computer malware timeline
re-emerged in 1990. March 1: The Ping-Pong virus (also called Boot, Bouncing Ball, Bouncing Dot, Italian, Italian-A or VeraCruz), an MS-DOS boot sector virus
Timeline of computer viruses and worms
Timeline_of_computer_viruses_and_worms
Pointing device used to control a computer
with each movement of the ball. By counting the pulses, the physical movement of the ball could be determined. A digital computer calculated the tracks and
Computer_mouse
Games from the 1940s to the 1970s
demonstrations, such as the Bertie the Brain and Nimrod computers in 1950 and 1951 and a bouncing ball program in 1951, video games also became the purview of
Early_history_of_video_games
Japanese original video animation
robot), and Meliza Piper (a plumbing robot). After having a "dream" of a bouncing ball, dismissed as a memory replaying from Malice's memory banks, Malice
Malice@Doll
Envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface/object
tracing. Some computer graphic systems work by "forward ray tracing" wherein photons are modeled as coming from a light source and bouncing around the environment
Caustic_(optics)
1984 video game
out to get him. Mr. Dig can defeat them by hitting them with his bouncing "power ball" or by dropping large apples on them. There are several types of
Mr._Dig
Vacuum tube computer developed by the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory
its solution on an oscilloscope,. (By 1953 an animated, interactive bouncing-ball physics demonstration had been developed for the display and then further
Whirlwind_I
1987 video game
game which is either deflecting bouncing balls or kicking away bombs. The C64 version of the game only has the ball bouncing bonus game, and not the bomb
International_Karate_+
1986 video game
for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Amstrad CPC home computers. Players control a bouncing pumpkin that is on a quest of vengeance against the "Witch
Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back
Cauldron_II:_The_Pumpkin_Strikes_Back
earliest example of these so-called display hacks is a program called Bouncing Ball on the Whirlwind computer in the early 1950s. Another famous display hack
Demo_effect
1952 the program 'Bouncing Ball', which ran on MIT's Whirlwind I computer, had been converted from a simple demonstration on the computer's CRT display
History_of_video_games
describes an Analytical Engine, the first mechanical, general-purpose programmable computer. The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph, the first commercially successful
List of British innovations and discoveries
List_of_British_innovations_and_discoveries
musical participation. The MidiBall is an inflatable ball with sensors, so that when it is bouncing around the auditorium and touched by the audience, it
D'Cuckoo
Technology which allows people to see 3D animations of sporting events
trajectories, as well as any impact points separate trajectories (such as a ball bouncing or hitting some object). The complete track of the object is then visualized
Virtual_replay
1998 TV series or program
Bouncy Ball 4. Camping 5. Tobbogan 6. Jelly Dance 7. Fancy Dress 8. Obstacles 9. Football 10. Sounds 11. Caves 12. House 13. Twins 1. Night 2. Bouncing 3.
Jellabies
the Dragon 32, a very similar computer. There are three main models: Color Computer 1, Color Computer 2, and Color Computer 3. Some games are only compatible
List of TRS-80 Color Computer games
List_of_TRS-80_Color_Computer_games
1986 video game
was programmed by Costa Panayi and is a development of the earlier 3D games Highway Encounter and Alien Highway. The player controls a bouncing ball on
Revolution_(video_game)
1999 American TV series or program
inanimate everyday objects, include: Bob the Ball – a cute, friendly, boisterous, exuberant bouncing red rubber ball. Gender: Male Voiced by: Cameron Bowen
A_Little_Curious
Series of compilations of Disney songs with on-screen lyrics
are sometimes displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball". Early releases open with a theme song introduction (written by Patrick
Disney_Sing-Along_Songs
1998 thriller film by Darren Aronofsky
woman living next door who sometimes speaks with him. Max tries to program his computer, named Euclid, to make stock predictions. Euclid malfunctions, printing
Pi_(film)
Computer vision system
Hawk-Eye is a computer vision system used to visually track the trajectory of a ball and display a profile of its statistically most likely path as a moving
Hawk-Eye
1982 video game
additional points. Once sufficient "beanies" have been captured, "Bouncing Orange Eyes" start bouncing around the play-area that must be avoided. Initial design
Beany_Bopper
Computer screensaver software
After Dark is a series of computer screensaver software introduced by Berkeley Systems in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh, and in 1991 for Microsoft Windows
After_Dark_(software)
Amiga add-on hardware
as if on a PC and still see the famous Amiga bouncing ball in the background and a word-processing program running in the foreground". The Amiga Sidecar
Amiga_Sidecar
1999 film by David Kellogg
goal" advice from the guru, and launches the metal ink chamber, sending it bouncing around until it hits a button on Scolex's claw, causing it to clamp shut
Inspector_Gadget_(film)
American electronics manufacturer
manufacturer of computer display terminals founded in 1971. Co-founders Charles E. McEwan and John W. Metzler had previously worked together at the computer graphics
Ramtek_Corporation
Educational computing science ball
focus on animated graphics instead of text. Programming links inputs, such as throwing or bouncing the ball, and outputs, such as flashing a colour or
Hackaball
Public high school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 June 2019. Woods, Paul (2013). Bouncing Back: From National Joke to Grey Cup Champs. Lulu.com. p. 215. ISBN 978-1304106384
Agincourt Collegiate Institute
Agincourt_Collegiate_Institute
Type of display device
airborne trajectory, as well as played host to the first graphical demo, Bouncing Ball (1951). In 1956, the first light pen was implemented on the Whirlwind
Vector_monitor
Video game series
another and the terrain. This can manifest itself simply in a severed head bouncing off one of the player's units and changing direction, but it can also have
Myth_(video_game_series)
1970 novel by Ira Levin
their own equivalents of UniComp. The full rhyme is sung by children bouncing a ball (similar to a clapping game): Christ, Marx, Wood and Wei, Led us to
This_Perfect_Day
Acrobatic sport
a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the
Trampolining
1996 video game
Breakout, the player must destroy a layer of brick lines by repeatedly bouncing a ball spawned off a paddle into them and keep it in play. Gameplay modifications
Breakout_2000
American-British animated series
in the UK) are the group of balls that are bouncing all over the Toyland, the littlest of them is Tiny Ball. Santa Claus (voiced by Michael Donovan in
Make_Way_for_Noddy
5 May 2011 (accessed 2011 August) Channel 4, "Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb" Archived April 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2011 August)
List of Nova episodes (seasons 21–40)
List_of_Nova_episodes_(seasons_21–40)
File format
Animated PNG Animated PNG (APNG) of a bouncing beach ball (displays as a static image in some web browsers) Filename extension .png, .apng Internet media type
APNG
American software developer
visualized anything in my entire life. I can’t "see" my father's face or a bouncing blue ball, my childhood bedroom or the run I went on ten minutes ago. I thought
Blake_Ross
Electrical component that can break an electrical circuit
time and fall time during state changes, and would change state without "bouncing" between on and off positions. Practical switches fall short of this ideal;
Switch
Notation used to describe juggling patterns
number of beats in the air, not how high it is thrown. For example, bouncing a ball takes longer than a throw in the air to the same height, and so can
Siteswap
2013 mobile game
cancelled platform game. The gameplay was inspired by the act of bouncing a ping pong ball against a paddle for as long as possible. Initially the game was
Flappy_Bird
Australian children's television program
2018 Christmas block and moved to normal blocks in 2019. Cloud Bouncing – "Cloud Bouncing" is a live-action and graphic-effects video clip where Hoot and
Giggle_and_Hoot
engaged in the Easter egg is returned to after being clicked out of, the bouncing logo will always be in a position where it hits perfectly into a corner
List_of_Google_Easter_eggs
1997 pinball machine
ball the bonus count is tallied using the players scoresheet for their round of golf holes. At the end of the game the match sequence uses a bouncing
No_Good_Gofers
1984 video game
lyrics to the song in the game. Crane passed the task of creating a bouncing ball sing-a-long to Garry Kitchen and his game designers, which was added
Ghostbusters (1984 video game)
Ghostbusters_(1984_video_game)
Phonofilm "sound-on-film" process. The series also introduced the "bouncing ball" above lyrics to guide audiences to sing along to the music. My Old
History_of_animation
American music and art software developer
Systems program. While at the program, Dunn served as a graduate teaching assistant. He also helped Sheridan with work on an early computer graphic system
John Dunn (software developer)
John_Dunn_(software_developer)
Vacuum tube used to display images
they are not absorbed (e.g. due to local charge accumulation), instead of bouncing through the hole to strike a random (wrong) spot on the screen. Another
Cathode_ray_tube
Historic building in Havana, Cuba
either on the fly or after bouncing once on the floor. A team scores a point if an opposing player: fails to serve the ball directly to the front wall
Havana_Jai_alai
Phantom". Online Computer Library Center. Archived from the original on March 4, 2019 – via WorldCat. "Apple Software Bank Contributed Programs Volumes 1&2"
List_of_Apple_II_games
1995 American film directed by Simon Wells
lectured on applying spacing and weight to the dog animation, using the "bouncing ball" animation exercise he had learned from Frank Thomas while working as
Balto_(film)
American media franchise
and Ram-Man (portrayed by John Erwin as a dim-witted, but likable stout bouncing warrior). He-Man's arch-nemesis, the evil wizard Skeletor (in his most
Masters_of_the_Universe
Structure that repeats in time; a novel type or phase of non-equilibrium matter
ISBN 978-3-030-52522-4. S2CID 240770955. Ball, Philip (20 September 2021). "Focus: Turning a Quantum Computer into a Time Crystal". Physics. 14. APS Physics:
Time_crystal
Concept in physics of one-way time
backwards. The system is T-symmetrical. However, the process of the ball bouncing and eventually coming to a stop is not time-reversible. While going
Arrow_of_time
American baseball player (1914–1999)
months, a rival team tempted him away for two dollars. Before long, he was bouncing between teams as a hired bat. After attending Hancock Elementary and Francisco
Joe_DiMaggio
Laws in physics about force and motion
defined to be an object of insignificant size: e.g. an electron, a tennis ball or a planet. Obviously the validity of this statement depends on the context
Newton's_laws_of_motion
2014 modification for Portal 2
Portal 2; repulsion, colored blue, gives a jump boost and can be used as a bouncing pad, while propulsion, colored orange, provides a speed boost to the player
Aperture_Tag
2009 video game
paddle-shaped ship, equipped with a square reticle, to prevent planetoids from bouncing off the screen while dodging waves of enemies. Mad Bodies was the first
Mad_Bodies
brainwashed into believing he is 'Citizen Seven'. The zone features a pink bouncing ball that immobilises and incapacitates Sonic when he tries to escape. It
The Prisoner in popular culture
The_Prisoner_in_popular_culture
2006 American TV series or program
players will be altered even if they are correct. Next, Val repeats the ball bouncing activity from an earlier episode, telling players to report their scores
Solitary_(TV_series)
Football team representing the University of Central Florida
December 14, 2024. Zaragoza, Luis (March 8, 2008). "UCF still studies bouncing stadium (Part 1)". Orlando Sentinel. p. B1. Retrieved October 3, 2022 –
UCF_Knights_football
he tries to fall asleep. On several occasions, he is also seen bouncing a water polo ball off the wall in his quarters. In the Star Trek: Enterprise episode
List_of_games_in_Star_Trek
language and possess limited telepathic abilities. Bouncing alien None Webworld N/A The Bouncing alien is three eyed alien with horns and no legs who
List of The Transformers characters
List_of_The_Transformers_characters
2006 video game
player must bounce a tennis ball on a racquet. When the ball touches the racquet, the Wii Remote's speaker emits a bouncing sound and a rumble to "add
WarioWare:_Smooth_Moves
Field of mathematics and science based on non-linear systems and initial conditions
chaotic systems Advected contours Arnold's cat map Bifurcation theory Bouncing ball dynamics Chua's circuit Cliodynamics Coupled map lattice Double pendulum
Chaos_theory
Animated superhero children's series
A.I. computer software inside a scoreboard and temporarily in a television who wants to replace the Bat Computer as the most powerful computer on Earth
Batwheels
2012 studio album by Passion Pit
Creators Project, was shot in Philadelphia from the perspective of a bouncing ball using helicam technology. Second single "I'll Be Alright" was released
Gossamer_(album)
Video game series
Superball is obtained from a Super Flower and allows the player to shoot a bouncing ball, which can be used to defeat enemies and collect coins. The Ice Flower
Super_Mario
1998 video game
and with the terrain. This can manifest itself simply in a severed head bouncing off one of the player's units and changing direction, but it can also have
Myth_II:_Soulblighter
2020 Chinese TV series or program
float in the air. Professor Scratch comes up with a bouncy ball that does not stop bouncing, but Sir Steel's carelessness causes it to bounce around and
Deer_Squad
British animated children's television series
Picchu to watch Kyan compete in the Inca Trail Marathon, but a Grimbot is bouncing down the trail, and it's grasped Kyan! 58 7 "Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar"
Go_Jetters
Baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, US
those wells, when cross-winds are blowing, that balls have a habit of bouncing in all directions. In addition, there is a long chain-link fence strip
Wrigley_Field
Period of U.S. animation when the animation medium experienced a revival
concept about a computer programmer who is launched into a computerized world. The film would combine live-action sequences with computer animation, which
Modern animation in the United States
Modern_animation_in_the_United_States
Video game series by Valve
through them, and numerous puzzles involve using portals to manipulate bouncing energy balls, lasers, "hard light" bridges, and tractor beams to access
Portal_(series)
1994 video game
rings in this stage earns the player a continue. The second type involves bouncing around a room with a slot machine in its center with the intention of winning
Sonic_&_Knuckles
2025 American Disney Jr. superhero series
arm containing a retractable wrecking ball that can also turn into a claw. Absorbing Man uses a wrecking ball-type truck called the Rolling Wrecker for
Iron Man and His Awesome Friends
Iron_Man_and_His_Awesome_Friends
Cold War-era American jet bomber
brake chute could be deployed to stop the aircraft from "porpoising", or bouncing, after a hard landing on the front nose gear. Training typically included
Boeing_B-47_Stratojet
Textual representation of events and speech in motion imagery
karaoke song lyrics using various colors, fonts, sizes, animation (like a bouncing ball) etc. to follow the lyrics. However, these subtitles cannot be turned
Subtitles
Expressive culture shared by particular groups
physical rhythms and movements, be it hand-clapping, jump roping, or ball bouncing. Furthermore, many physical games are used to develop strength, coordination
Folklore
Video game series and multimedia franchise
than done. Having Chun Li getting her spine ripped out, or Ryu's head bouncing off the floor...it doesn't necessarily match." In 2014, martial artist
Mortal_Kombat
Committee with the objective to review and improve introductory physics education
Newton's laws of motion, including what would become an iconic image of a bouncing ball on the front cover of the textbook. In 1960, the textbook and course
Physical Science Study Committee
Physical_Science_Study_Committee
History of idents used on CBBC
some more were created featuring the presenters bouncing the CBeebies logo around like a beach ball, and also some which featured the blobs taking part
CBBC_idents
Television series
Time and Hopparoo has beaten everyone in town… except for Tallulah. It's Bouncing Time and Tommy and Tallulah compete to see who can bounce the highest.
Tickety_Toc
American reality television series (2000–2003)
series would air weekly, and would be an update of an earlier Ripley's program that aired from 1982 to 1986. The new series was to involve correspondents
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000 TV series)
Ripley's_Believe_It_or_Not!_(2000_TV_series)
2000 Japanese TV series or program
would imitate the game. The entire series was made through the use of 3D computer graphics and animation. Many shortcuts were taken to save on labor and
Popee_the_Performer
Japanese anime television series
Wars Alpha 3. Gantalos: Appears in episode 15. Powers include a bouncing energy ball bazooka and flight. Fake Gaikings: Appear in episode 15. Powers include
Dino_Mech_Gaiking
American visual artist (born 1962)
by a computer program that generates sounds drawn from a database of approximately 1,000 room tones through four separate channels. The program may layer
Anne_Walsh
1992 court case regarding video game copyright law
In the game, the player uses a rectangular paddle to hit a square bouncing ball against a wall of red, amber, green, and blue bricks. Wozniak worked
Atari_Games_Corp._v._Oman
1993 video game
morphing pet dog of Zool and Zooz, as a paddle in order to keep the ball in play by bouncing it upwards. The progression system acts similarly to the original
Zool_2
French-American animated TV series
peacock, but he quickly gives up on things he's not good at, like Birdie Ball. He will try his best when encouraged by Do, Re and Mi. He is very attached
Do,_Re_&_Mi
American football history
game ball is round (a spherical leather ball resembling a volleyball), and players advance it up the field with a combination of carrying, bouncing, kicking
History_of_American_football
Film by J. J. Abrams
but they realized they had to digitally recreate his lips because of the bouncing light created by the campfire. The sound effects were designed by Star
Star_Trek_(2009_film)
Development of 2011 video game
players, causing them to halt all autonomous movement and behave like a bouncing ball when hit by players or projectiles, with the launch distance being proportional
Development of Minecraft: Java Edition
Development_of_Minecraft:_Java_Edition
1977 film by George Lucas
base were created by the computer programmer Larry Cuba, using the GRASS programming language. It is the only digital computer animation utilized in the
Star_Wars_(film)
Animated superhero children's television series
Iron Man In Spidey and His Amazing Friends Season 2; New Disney Jr. Programming Slate Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Alexa, L'Wren (November 4, 2024)
RoboGobo
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from some fancied resemblance to the songbird (Emberiza spp.).German : patronymic from an unexplained Frisian-Lower Saxon personal name, or a derivative of Bunt- (see Bunten).Sarah Bunting (1686–1762), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, became a noted Quaker minister in Cross Wicks, NJ. It is believed but not certain that other members of her family, including her father, John Bunting, came with her to NJ sometime before 1704, when her marriage to William Murfin is recorded.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Belle, BELL means "beautiful."Â
Girl/Female
Biblical
City of Baal, or of a ruler.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Computer
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a short, fat person, from Middle English bal(le) ‘ball’ (Old English ball, Old Norse b{o,}llr).English : topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le), used in this sense.English : from the Old Norse personal name Balle, derived either from ballr ‘dangerous’ or b{o,}llr ‘ball’.South German : from Middle High German bal ‘ball’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a juggler, or a habitational name from a place so named in the Rhine area.Dutch and German : short form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).William Ball (1616–80) emigrated from Suffolk, England, to VA about 1650 and was one of the founders of Millenbeck on the Rappahannock.
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
From the Hall or Manor
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk)
English (Suffolk) : variant of Browning.
Male
English
 English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English heall "hall," hence "lives at the hall." Middle English name HALL means "to cover, conceal."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a strong, aggressive, bull-like man, from Middle English bul(l)e, bol(l)e. Occasionally, the name may denote a keeper of a bull. Compare Bulman.German (mainly northern) : from a byname for a cattle breeder, keeper, or dealer. Compare South German Ochs.South German : nickname for a short fat man, a variant of Bolle, or a nickname for a man with the physical characteristics of a bull.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
A Midsummer Night's Dream' Snout, a tinker, acts as Wall in the play within the play.
Male
English
Pet form of English William, BILL means "will-helmet."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic form of the Old Norse personal name Balle (see Ball 3).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, Middle English baile, from Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’ (see Bailey 2).Spanish : variant of Baile.Indian (Karnataka) : Hindu (Brahman) name, probably a topographic name from Tulu bail ‘low-lying land’ (Dravidian vayal ‘plain’, ‘field’).
Biblical
City of Baal, City of a ruler
Surname or Lastname
Scottish or Irish
Scottish or Irish : reduced form of McFall.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a waterfall, declivity, or forest clearing, Middle English fall (from Old English (ge)fall ‘a felling of trees’, Old Norse fall ‘forest clearing’).German : topographic name from Middle High German val ‘fall (of trees)’; in some cases ‘waterfall’ or ‘landslide’, or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, or in Tyrol from Ladine val ‘valley’.African : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : from a reduced form of any of various Germanic personal names formed with the element bald (see Bald).English : variant spelling of Ball 1.Danish : habitational name from a farmstead named Balle, meaning ‘slope’, ‘hill’.Catalan : respelling of Batlle, status name for a steward or official, from Catalan batlle.
Female
Hindi/Indian
(बल) Hindi unisex name BALA means "young."
Boy/Male
Native American
Tall bull.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Computer
Girl/Female
Japanese
Ball; bell.
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hemadri | ஹேமாதà¯à®°à¯€
Mountain of gold
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mist, Fog
Male
German
Variant spelling of German Almerich, ALMERIC means "work-power."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Dutch, Greek, Indian, Japanese, Muslim, Tamil, Telugu
Graceful
Girl/Female
Biblical
Ambush of the mouth.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Rock
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi
Merciful
Female
Welsh
Welsh name SEREN means "star."
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English, German, Swedish
Beloved Friend
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Morning
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
BOUNCING BALL-COMPUTER-PROGRAM
n.
A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall.
n.
measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.
n.
An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
imp. & p. p.
of Compete
v. t.
To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence, to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
n.
Any solid spherical, cylindrical, or conical projectile of lead or iron, to be discharged from a firearm; as, a cannon ball; a rifle ball; -- often used collectively; as, powder and ball. Spherical balls for the smaller firearms are commonly called bullets.
n.
Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.
v. i.
To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
n.
A flaming, roundish body shot into the air; a case filled with combustibles intended to burst and give light or set fire, or to produce smoke or stench; as, a fire ball; a stink ball.
v. t.
To form or wind into a ball; as, to ball cotton.
n.
A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.
imp. & p. p.
of Compute
n.
One who computes.
n.
A computer.
n.
The country rock bounding a vein laterally.
imp. & p. p.
of Commute
n.
A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football.
n.
One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.
a.
Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.
n.
A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.