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lumen collapse: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the intestine"; a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions

lux collapse: a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle

foray collapse: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"; a sudden short attack; briefly enter enemy territory

light meter collapse: photographic equipment that measures the intensity of light

remuneration collapse: the act of paying for goods or services or to recompense for losses; "adequate remuneration for his work"

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

net income collapse: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

tithe collapse: an offering of a tenth part of some personal income; a levy of one tenth of something; pay a tenth of one's income, especially to the church; "Although she left the church officially, she still tithes"; pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"; levy a tithe on (produce or a crop); "The wool was tithed"; exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"

graduate collapse: a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts; confer an academic degree upon; "This school graduates 2,000 students each year"; receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"

unexpurgated collapse: not having material deleted; "volumes of the best plays, unexpurgated"- Havelock Ellis

intelligence quotient collapse: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

ascend collapse: travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"; slope upwards; "The path ascended to the top of the hill"; go along towards (a river's) source; "The boat ascended the Delaware"; become king or queen; "She ascended to the throne after the King's death"; go back in order of genealogical succession; "Inheritance may not ascend linearly"

topography collapse: the configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and natural features; precise detailed study of the surface features of a region

raid collapse: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

road map collapse: a map showing roads (for automobile travel); a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

dandruff collapse: loose scales shed from the scalp; "I could see the dandruff on her shoulders"; a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp

timecard collapse: a card used with a time clock to record an employee's starting and quitting times each day; a card recording an employee's starting and quitting times each work day

quantity collapse: an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition"; something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable

decrease collapse: the act of decreasing or reducing something; the amount by which something decreases; a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"; a process of becoming smaller or shorter; decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"; make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

value collapse: relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe; the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"; a numerical quantity measured or assigned or computed; "the value assigned was 16 milliseconds"; an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values"; the amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else; "he tried to estimate the value of the produce at normal prices"; (music) the relative duration of a musical note; fix or determine the value of; assign a value to; "value the jewelry and art work in the estate"

weather map collapse: (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region

pattern collapse: a model considered worthy of imitation; "the American constitution has provided a pattern for many republics"; form a pattern; "These sentences pattern like the ones we studied before"

introvert collapse: (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts; turn inside; "He introverted his feelings"

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