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soar |
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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