Definitions of rare or unusual terms or words

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Hi All,

 

How does one quickly find the definitions / meanings of unusual or

rare words, whose meanings one has forgotten or not learned

before?

 

Google [but NOT Altavista] has a special feature called

DEFINITION.

 

One types the word " definition " , followed by a colon ( " : " ), followed

by the word of phrase of interest. There must be NO SPACES

between derfinition:XXXX, where XXXX is the word or phrase of

interest.

 

Try this. On Google [http://www.google.com ], search for:

:

definition: " ewing's-sarcoma "

definition: " manic-depressive-psychosis "

definition: " near-death-experience "

definition: " over-the-top "

definition:atelectasis

definition:chalazion

definition:insulinoma

definition:antidisestablishmentarianism

 

NOTE: not all words or phrases, even in English, can be found

easily via the Google definition tag.

 

For example, it has no hits for pinyin transliterations, such as:

definition: " yang-ming-syndrome "

definition:de-qi "

definition: " bu-zhong-yi-qi "

definition: " wei-qi-xu "

 

However, Google is very good for most English terms unless they

are recent or slang expressions.

 

If that fails, try the following

" definition-of- " over-the-top " "

" definition-of- " manic-depression " "

 

Do any of YOU have good tips for rapid checking of unusual words

or terms?

 

Best regards,

 

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