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beat(encyclopedia)

iccosome (medicine) and beat(2) (iou)


iccosome (medicine)


iccosome
<cell biology> Immune complex coated bodies formed when antigen is injected into an immune animal and found in follicular dendritic cells. May serve as a reservoir of antigen to maintain B-cell memory.

Origin: Gr. Soma = body


beat(2) (iou)



beat noun1. [bi:t] ME.
[from BEAT verb1. Branch III perh. a different word.]
I. Beating, whipping. Only in ME.
A blow, a stroke in beating. ME.
b. Fencing. A blow struck upon the opponent's weapon. ME.
c. Ballet. = BATTEMENT. E20.
A stroke upon or the striking of a drum; the sound or a signal so produced. L17.
(The sound produced by) any recurring stroke, or a regular sequence of strokes, e.g. of the heart, the pulse, a clock, etc. E18.
E. Gaskell The measured beat of the waters against the sides of the boat. W. Faulkner The dry, dust-laden air vibrated steadily to the rapid beat of the engine. J. Masters One of the telegraphs was ringing the call-attention beat. S. King Her heart slowed a little and then made speed for a dozen beats or so.
A pulsation or periodic variation of amplitude produced by the combination of two sounds or Other oscillations (e.g. Radio waves) of slightly different frequencies. M18.
Music.
a. A grace-note or ornament. obsolete exc. Hist. E19.
b. (The movement of a conductor's baton indicating) the principal recurring accent of a piece of Music; a unit of measurement of greater or lesser rhythmic accentuation (expressed as a certain number of beats to or in the bar). L19.
OFFBEAT.
M. Kennedy In 12/8 time there are 12 beats to a bar if taken very slowly, or else 1 for each dotted crotchet. A. Schlee Charlotte heard his foot tap restlessly to the beat of the new waltz.
c. The strongly-marked rhythm of jazz or popular Music. M20.
L. Armstrong Anything played with beat and soul is jazz. Crescendo The jazz Messengers were..a beat group!
US.
a. Something which surpasses, excels, or outdoes something else. E19.
O. Henry I never saw the beat of him for elegance.
b. A journalistic scoop. L19.
An act or spell of beating to rouse game. L19.
II.
The course or area regularly patrolled by a police officer, sentinel, etc.; gen. a person's habitual round, territory, or ambit. E18.
Dickens The costermongers repaired to their ordinary 'beats' in the suburbs. W. C. Williams The cop on the beat yelled at him to halt. fig.: N. Gordimer Space is conceived as trackless, but there are beats about the earth frequented by cyclones given female names.
A tract of country traversed by a hunter in search of game; a stretch of water fished by an angler. M19.
III.
A distance sailed, or a spell of sailing, to windward. L19.
Comb.: beatbox slang (a) a type of synthesizer producing percussion sounds; (b) a Radio or Radio-cassette player, as used to play loud Music, esp. rap; (c) Music, esp. rap Music, with a largely percussion background; beat frequency the number of beats per second, equal to the difference in the frequencies of the two interacting tones or oscillations.
beaty adjective (of jazz etc.) with a strongly marked beat M20.