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Significations et usages de wedge
Définition
wedge (v. trans.)
1.hold firmly and tightly
2.squeeze like a wedge into a tight space"I squeezed myself into the corner"
3.fix, force, or implant"lodge a bullet in the table"
wedge (n.)
1.a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
2.something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
3.(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
4.a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
5.a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
6.a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
7.any shape that is triangular in cross section
wedge (v.)
1.put, fix, force, or implant"lodge a bullet in the table" "stick your thumb in the crack"
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Merriam Webster
WedgeWedge (wĕj), n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. vægge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. Wigg.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.
2. (Geom.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form. “Wedges of gold.” Shak.
4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
In warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.
5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. [Cant, Cambridge Univ., Eng.] C. A. Bristed.
6. (Golf) A golf club having an iron head with the face nearly horizontal, used for lofting the golf ball at a high angle, as when hitting the ball out of a sand trap or the rough.
Fox wedge. (Mach. & Carpentry) See under Fox. -- Spherical wedge (Geom.), the portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter.
WedgeWedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.]
1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. “My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain.” Shak.
2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger
Could not be wedged in more. Shak.
He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth. Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way. Milton.
4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.
Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. Dryden.
5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. Tomlinson.
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Définition (complément)
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Synonymes
wedge (n.)
bomber, caron, chock, cotter, Cuban sandwich, cuneus, grinder, hacek, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, inverted circumflex, inverted hat, Italian sandwich, key, poor boy, skid, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge heel, wedge shape, zep
wedge (v.)
chock, clamp, clamp together, clasp, clench, deposit, lodge, pinch, press together, screw up, squeeze, squeeze together, stick, tweak
Voir aussi
wedge (v. trans.)
↘ constriction ≠ dislodge, free, unclasp
wedge (n.)
Locutions
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Dictionnaire analogique
wedge (n.)
wedge (n.)
wedge (n.)
inclined plane[Hyper.]
force, squeeze, wedge[Dérivé]
wedge (n.)
iron[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
diacritic, diacritical mark[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
sandwich, sandwich filling[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
triangle, trigon, trilateral[Hyper.]
force, squeeze, wedge[Dérivé]
wedge (n.)
helping, portion, serving[Similaire]
wedge (v.)
wedge (v. tr.)
wedge (v. tr.)
displace, move, rehang, shunt[Hyper.]
wedge - cuneus, wedge, wedge shape[Dérivé]
wedge (v. tr.)
Wikipedia
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Wedge may refer to:
Mathematics:
- Triangular prism, a parallel triangle wedge
- Wedge (geometry), a polyhedral solid defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces
- Wedge product, a mathematical term, named for the ∧ operator symbol used
- Wedge sum, in mathematics, a "one-point union" of a family of topological spaces
- Logical conjunction, an operator in logic and mathematics represented by the
symbol
Abstract concepts:
- Wedge pattern, technical analysis financial chart patterns
- Wedge issue, in politics, a divisive issue used to split the support base of an opposing political group
- Wedge strategy, a Creationist political action plan
- In phonetics, a name for the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol ʌ, representing the open-mid back unrounded vowel
- Stabilization Wedge Game, in climatology, a concept developed to demonstrate that global warming is a problem which can be solved by implementing today's technologies to reduce CO2 emissions
Military:
- Flying wedge, a troop formation
- Wedge (hat) A type of hat used by some military organizations
- Wedge: The Secret War between the FBI and CIA, a book by Mark Riebling
Natural phenomena:
- Wedge tornado, a tornado similar in shape to the mechanical device
- A form of cold air damming, a weather phenomenon
- Wedge pressure, the blood pressure measured in a pulmonary artery
Organisations:
- Wedge Card, a social enterprise started by the founder of The Big Issue John Bird to promote local business, shops and communities.
- Wedge Community Co-op, a cooperative grocery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
- Wedge Records, a record label
- Wedge Group a British Galvanising Company
People and characters:
- Eric Wedge, manager of the Seattle Mariners
- Wedge (Transformers), an Autobot, leader of the Build Team in the "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" toy line
- Wedge Antilles, a character in the Star Wars films
- A recurring character in the Final Fantasy video game series: see Biggs and Wedge
Physical objects:
- A foldback (sound engineering) wedge, or monitor wedge
- A name for a submarine sandwich in Westchester & Putnam Counties, New York, and in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
- A range of sports cars from British manufacturer TVR
- A shortening of Potato wedges
- wedge base, an electrical fitting for small light bulbs
- Wedge boots, a type of women's boot with a thick heel
- Wedge (golf), a specialized type of club used at short ranges
- Wedge (mechanical device), a simple machine used to separate two objects, or portions of objects, through the application of force
- Wheel chocks are wedges or at least partially wedge-shaped object used to arrest wheels and prevent their movement
Places:
- Wedge Island (disambiguation)
- Wedge (border), a small tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania
See also
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