casing
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sɪŋ noun
1.
a case or covering; housing.
2.
material for a case or covering.
3.
the framework around a door or window.
4.
the outermost covering of an automobile tire.
5.
any frame or framework.
6.
a steel pipe or tubing, especially as used in oil and gas wells.
7.
a layer of glass that has been fused to an underlying layer of glass of a different color or of different properties.
8.
the thin, tubular membrane of the intestines of sheep, cattle, or hogs, or a synthetic facsimile, for encasing processed meat in making sausages, salamis, etc.
9.
Nautical. the walls surrounding a funnel.
10.
a channel created in a garment or other article to carry a drawstring or elastic, as by sewing a strip of cloth to the basic material with two parallel rows of stitches.
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noun
1.
an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
2.
a sheath or outer covering: a knife case.
3.
a box with its contents: a case of ginger ale.
4.
the amount contained in a box or other container: There are a dozen bottles to a case.
5.
a pair or couple; brace: a case of pistols.
6.
a surrounding frame or framework, as of a door.
7.
Bookbinding. a completed book cover ready to be fitted to form the binding of a book.
8.
Printing. a tray of wood, metal, or plastic, divided into compartments for holding types for the use of a compositor and usually arranged in a set of two, the upper (upper case) for capital letters and often auxiliary types, the lower (lower case) for small letters and often auxiliary types, now generally replaced by the job case">California job case. Compare news case.
9.
a cavity in the skull of a sperm whale, containing an oil from which spermaceti is obtained.
10.
Also called case card. Cards. the last card of a suit or denomination that remains after the other cards have been played: a case heart; the case jack.
11.
Faro. casebox.
12.
Southeastern U.S. (chiefly South Carolina) . a coin of a particular denomination, as opposed to the same amount in change: a case quarter.
13.
Metallurgy. the hard outer part of a piece of casehardened steel.
verb (used with object)
14.
to put or enclose in a case; cover with a case.
15.
Slang. to examine or survey (a house, bank, etc.) in planning a crime (sometimes followed by out ): They cased the joint and decided to pull the job on Sunday.
16.
to fuse a layer of glass onto (glass of a contrasting color or of different properties).
17.
to cover (a surface of a wall, well, shaft, etc.) with a facing or lining; revet.
18.
Bookbinding. to bind (a book) in a case.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English cas < Anglo-French cas(s)e, Old French chasse < Latin capsa cylindrical case for holding books in scroll form, receptacle
1250–1300; Middle English cas < Anglo-French cas(s)e, Old French chasse < Latin capsa cylindrical case for holding books in scroll form, receptacle
Related forms
cas·er, noun
well-cased, adjective
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World English Dictionary
case1 (keɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a single instance, occurrence, or example of something |
| 2. | an instance of disease, injury, hardship, etc |
| 3. | a question or matter for discussion: the case before the committee |
| 4. | a specific condition or state of affairs; situation |
| 5. | a set of arguments supporting a particular action, cause, etc |
| 6. | a. a person attended or served by a doctor, social worker, solicitor, etc; patient or client |
| b. (as modifier): a case study | |
| 7. | a. an action or suit at law or something that forms sufficient grounds for bringing an action: he has a good case |
| b. the evidence offered in court to support a claim | |
| 8. | grammar |
| a. a set of grammatical categories of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, marked by inflection in some languages, indicating the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence | |
| b. any one of these categories: the nominative case | |
| 9. | informal a person in or regarded as being in a specified condition: the accident victim was a hospital case; he's a mental case |
| 10. | informal a person of a specified character (esp in the phrase a hard case) |
| 11. | informal an odd person; eccentric |
| 12. | informal (US) love or infatuation |
| 13. | short for case shot See canister |
| 14. | as the case may be according to the circumstances |
| 15. | (adverb) in any case no matter what; anyhow: we will go in any case |
| 16. | (adverb) in case |
| a. in order to allow for eventualities | |
| b. (as conjunction) in order to allow for the possibility that: take your coat in case it rains | |
| c. (US) if | |
| 17. | (preposition) in case of in the event of |
| 18. | (adverb) in no case under no circumstances: in no case should you fight back |
| [Old English casus (grammatical) case, associated also with Old French cas a happening; both from Latin cāsus, a befalling, occurrence, from cadere to fall] | |
| case2 (keɪs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a container, such as a box or chest |
| b. (in combination): suitcase; briefcase | |
| 2. | an outer cover or sheath, esp for a watch |
| 3. | a receptacle and its contents: a case of ammunition |
| 4. | a pair or brace, esp of pistols |
| 5. | architect another word for casing |
| 6. | a completed cover ready to be fastened to a book to form its binding |
| 7. | printing upper case See also lower case a tray divided into many compartments in which a compositor keeps individual metal types of a particular size and style. Cases were originally used in pairs, one (the upper case) for capitals, the other (the lower case) for small letters |
| 8. | metallurgy the surface of a piece of steel that has been case-hardened |
| —vb | |
| 9. | to put into or cover with a case: to case the machinery |
| 10. | slang to inspect carefully (esp a place to be robbed) |
| [C13: from Old French casse, from Latin capsa, from capere to take, hold] | |
| casing (ˈkeɪsɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a protective case or cover |
| 2. | material for a case or cover |
| 3. | Also called: case a frame containing a door, window, or staircase |
| 4. | the intestines of cattle, pigs, etc, or a synthetic substitute, used as a container for sausage meat |
| 5. | the outer cover of a pneumatic tyre |
| 6. | a pipe or tube used to line a hole or shaft |
| 7. | the outer shell of a steam or gas turbine |
| vanity bag, case or box | |
| —n | |
| a woman's small bag or hand case used to carry cosmetics, etc | |
| case, case or box | |
| —n | |
| box, case or box | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
case
"state of affairs," early 13c., from O.Fr. cas "an event," from L. casus "a chance," lit. "a falling," from cas-, pp. stem of cadere "to fall, sink, settle down, decline, perish" (used widely: of the setting of heavenly bodies, the fall of Troy, suicides), from PIE base *kad- "to lay out, fall or make
fall, yield, break up" (cf. Skt. sad- "to fall down," Armenian chacnum "to fall, become low," perhaps also M.Ir. casar "hail, lightning"). The notion being "that which falls" as "that which happens." Widespread extended senses in law, medicine, grammar, etc. In case "in the event" is recorded from mid-14c. Case history is from 1912, originally medical; case study is from 1933, originally legal.
case
"receptacle," c.1300, from O.N.Fr. casse, O.Fr. chasse, from L. capsa "box," from capere "to take, hold" (see capable). The verb meaning "examine, inspect" (usually prior to robbing) is Amer.Eng. slang first recorded 1915. Artillery sense is from 1660s, from case-shot "small
projectiles put in cases" (1620s). Reference in the printing trade (first recorded 1580s) to the two trays where compositors keep their types in separate compartments for easy access led to upper case for capitals and lower case for small letters.
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Medical Dictionary
case (kās)
n.
An occurrence of a disease or disorder.
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Cultural Dictionary
case definition
A grammatical category indicating whether nouns and pronouns are functioning as the subject of a sentence (nominative case) or the object of a sentence (objective case), or are indicating possession (possessive case). He is in the nominative case, him is in the objective case, and his is in the possessive case. In a language such as English, nouns do not change their form in the nominative or objective case. Only pronouns do. Thus, ball stays the same in both “the ball is thrown,” where it is the subject, and in “Harry threw the ball,” where it is the object.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| CASE computer-aided software engineering |
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Example sentences
The culprit: hydrogen, created by the reaction of the fuel casing with steam.
Steel casing for cast-in-place piling should be designated by nominal size, not inside diameter.
Batteries have a high concentration of metals, which if not disposed of properly can seep into the ground when the casing erodes.
After scouts return from casing possible sites, they dance.
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