(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole
propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
of or intended for or involved in military operations
pertaining to a process or series of actions for achieving a result; "operational difficulties"; "they assumed their operational positions"
unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food