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ajax | render |

As a preposition ajax

is (polari) nearby, over there.

As a verb render is

to cause to become.

As a noun render is

a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls or render can be one who rends.

ajax

English

(wikipedia Ajax)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
  • Etymology 2

    Humorous respelling of a jakes.

    Noun

  • A toilet.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.13:
  • *:I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.
  • Etymology 3

    Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML .

    Alternative forms

    * AJAX

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
  • * 2005 , Jesse James Garrett, Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
  • An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (sports)
  • Etymology 4

    Phonetic similarity to ace jack.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
  • References
    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Etymology 5

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A town in Ontario, Canada
  • A ghost town in Utah
  • render

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * rendre (archaic)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to become.
  • * , chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
  • we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus
  • To translate into another language.
  • to render Latin into English
  • To pass down.
  • To make over as a return.
  • To give; to give back.
  • to render an account of what really happened
  • * I. Watts
  • Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.
  • to give up; to yield; to surrender.
  • * Shakespeare
  • I'll make her render up her page to me.
  • (computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
  • To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
  • To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
  • (cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
  • (construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement or plaster.
  • (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
  • (nautical) To yield or give way.
  • (Totten)
  • (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
  • * Spenser
  • whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may
  • (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
  • * Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 41
  • I will render vengeance to mine enemies.
    Synonyms
    * (fat dripping) render off
    Derived terms
    * (computer graphics) renderer, rendering

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.
  • (computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model.
  • A low-resolution render might look blocky.
  • (obsolete) A surrender.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
  • * Blackstone
  • In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.
  • (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who rends.
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