See Also: circumvent(dictionary)
circumvent(dictionary)
Pickering(medicine)
Pickering series(dictionary)
Pickering, Timothy(encyclopedia)

Pickering series (iou) and circumvent (iou)


Pickering series (iou)



Pickering series noun phr. E20.
[Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919), US astronomer.]
Physics. A series of lines in the spectrum of ionized helium, between 1.01 and 0.36 micrometre.

circumvent (iou)



circumvent verb. LME.
[Latin circumvent- pa. ppl stem of circumvenire, formed as CIRCUM- + venire come.]
verb trans. Deceive, outwit, overreach; find a way round, evade (a difficulty). LME.
b. verb intrans. Employ deception or evasion. L16.
verb trans. Entrap by surrounding; beset (with). M16.
verb trans. Go round; enclose; make the circuit of. E19.
Also circumvene verb trans. (chiefly Scot.) L15-L18.