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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soar  \Soar\,  v.  i.  (A["e]ronautics) 
  To  fly  by  wind  power;  to  glide  indefinitely  without  loss  of 
  altitude. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soar  \Soar\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Soared};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Soaring}.]  [F.  s'essorer  to  soar,  essorer  to  dry  (by 
  exposing  to  the  air),  fr  L.  ex  out  +  aura  the  air,  a  breeze; 
  akin  to  Gr  ?????.] 
  1.  To  fly  aloft,  as  a  bird;  to  mount  upward  on  wings,  or  as 
  on  wings.  --Chaucer. 
 
  When  soars  Gaul's  vulture  with  his  wings  unfurled. 
  --Byron. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  rise  in  thought,  spirits,  or  imagination;  to  be 
  exalted  in  mood. 
 
  Where  the  deep  transported  mind  may  soar.  --Milton. 
 
  Valor  soars  above  What  the  world  calls  misfortune. 
  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soar  \Soar\,  n. 
  The  act  of  soaring;  upward  flight. 
 
  This  apparent  soar  of  the  hooded  falcon.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soar  \Soar\,  a. 
  See  3d  {Sore}.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Soar  \Soar\,  a. 
  See  {Sore},  reddish  brown. 
 
  {Soar  falcon}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  {Sore  falcon},  under  {Sore}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  soar 
  n  :  the  act  of  rising  upward  into  the  air  [syn:  {zoom}] 
  v  1:  rise  rapidly,  as  of  a  current  or  voltage  [syn:  {soar  up},  {soar 
  upwards},  {surge},  {zoom}] 
  2:  fly  by  means  of  a  hang  glider  [syn:  {hang  glide}] 
  3:  fly  upwards  or  high  in  the  sky 
  4:  go  or  move  upward;  "The  stock  market  soared  after  the 
  cease-fire  was  announced" 
  5:  fly  a  plane  without  an  engine  [syn:  {sailplane}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SOAR 
 
  1.  State,  Operator  And  Result.  A  general  problem-solving 
  {production  system}  architecture,  intended  as  a  model  of  human 
  intelligence.  Developed  by  A.  Newell  in  the  early  1980s. 
  SOAR  was  originally  implemented  in  {Lisp}  and  {OPS5}  and  is 
  currently  implemented  in  {Common  Lisp}.  Version:  Soar6. 
 
  E-mail:  . 
 
  ["The  SOAR  Papers",  P.S.  Rosenbloom  et  al  eds,  MIT  Press 
  1993]. 
 
  (1994-11-04) 
 
  2.  Smalltalk  On  A  RISC.  A  {RISC}  {microprocessor}  designed  by 
  David  Patterson's  at  Berekeley. 
 
  (1994-11-04) 
 
 




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