(electronics) A non-SI unit of the attenuation (or sometimes gain) of field and power quantities such as electronic signals; the natural logarithm of a ratio, with 1 Np (a ratio of 2.718:1) being equivalent to 8.686 dB.
paren
paren
noun
(informal, especially computing) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
perni
peron
perun
phren
phren
noun
(obsolete, anatomy) The diaphragm.
(philosophy, historical) The brain or mind.
piner
piner
noun
One who pines (languishes, grieves or mourns).
preen
preen
noun
(dialectal) bodkin; brooch
(dialectal) pin
A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
verb
(intransitive) To show off, posture, or smarm.
(of birds, transitive, intransitive) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
(of people, intransitive, reflexive) To spend time making oneself attractive and admiring one's appearance, e.g. in front of a mirror.
(transitive) To comb; to make orderly.
(transitive) To pin; fasten.
(transitive) To trim up, as trees.
(transitive, more generally) To improve the appearance of; groom; prettify.
prent
prepn
prine
prone
prone
adj
(figuratively) Predisposed, liable, inclined.
Having a downward inclination or slope.
Lying face downward.
Of the hand, forearm or foot: turned facing away from the body; with the thumb inward or big toe downward.
verb
(medicine) To place in a prone position, to place face down.
prune
prune
noun
(obsolete) A plum.
(slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.
The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water.
(obsolete) To preen; to prepare; to dress.
(transitive, computer science) To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure.
(transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material).
(transitive, horticulture) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.
repen
repin
repin
verb
(transitive) To pin again.
ripen
ripen
verb
(intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.
(intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)
(transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe
(transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection