| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
progression (prəˈɡrɛʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of progressing; advancement |
| 2. | the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next |
| 3. | maths arithmetic progression geometric progression See also harmonic progression a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation |
| 4. | music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next (melodic progression) or from one chord to the next (harmonic progression) |
| 5. | astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life |
| pro'gressional | |
| —adj | |
| pro'gressionally | |
| —adv | |
progression (prəˈɡrɛʃən) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of progressing; advancement |
| 2. | the act or an instance of moving from one thing or unit in a sequence to the next |
| 3. | maths arithmetic progression geometric progression See also harmonic progression a sequence of numbers in which each term differs from the succeeding term by a constant relation |
| 4. | music movement, esp of a logical kind, from one note to the next (melodic progression) or from one chord to the next (harmonic progression) |
| 5. | astrology one of several calculations, based on the movement of the planets, from which it is supposed that one can find the expected developments in a person's birth chart and the probable trends of circumstances for a year in his life |
| pro'gressional | |
| —adj | |
| pro'gressionally | |
| —adv | |
| progression (prə-grěsh'ən) Pronunciation Key
See sequence. |