GIANT: значение слова

[ˈdʒaɪənt]
1. сущ.

1) великан, гигант; титан

2) тех. гидромонитор
2. прил. гигантский, огромный, громадный Syn : large

великан, гигант исполин, титан - mental * гигант мысли - * of the faith столп веры - a * among poets титан среди других поэтов (техническое) монитор (астрономия) звезда-гигант громадный, гигантский, исполинский, колоссальный - a man of * strength человек огромной силы - he had a * helping ему дали огромную порцию (пищи) - * planets большие планеты (Юпитер, Сатурн, Уран и Нептун)

corporate ~ крупная корпорация

giant великан, гигант, исполин; титан ~ гигантский, громадный, исполинский ~ тех. гидромонитор

brain
большая вычислительная машина

hail
сильный град

ice floe
геогр. поле ледяное большое

ice floes
геогр. поля ледяные большие

jet
гидромонитор

lizard
зоол. варан Syn : varan

molecule
макромолекула

monopolies
гигантские монополии

oscillations
режим гигантских колебаний

pulse
гигантский импульс

resonance
"гигантский" резонанс (фотоядерной реакции)

I. noun
Etymology: Middle English giaunt, from Anglo-French geant, from Latin gigant-, gigas, from Greek
Date: 14th century
a legendary humanlike being of great stature and strength,

2. a living being of great size, a person of extraordinary powers, something unusually large or powerful, giantlike adjective

II. adjective
Date: 15th century
having extremely large size, proportion, or power

giant anteater
noun
Date: 1940
a large bushy-tailed anteater ( Myrmecophaga tridactyla ) of Central and South America

giant cactus
noun
Date: circa 1884
saguaro

giant clam
noun
Date: circa 1889
a very large clam ( Tridacna gigas ) found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans that sometimes weighs more than 500 pounds (227 kilograms)

giant panda
noun
Date: 1920
panda 2

giant reed
noun
Date: 1851
a tall perennial grass ( Arundo donax ) native to Mediterranean regions that has woody stems used especially in making baskets, shelters, and reeds for woodwind instruments

giant schnauzer
noun
Date: circa 1934
any of a breed of powerful heavyset schnauzers that attain a height of 23 1/2 to 27 1/2 inches (60 to 70 centimeters)

giant sequoia
noun
Date: circa 1931
an evergreen tree ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the bald cypress family that grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and sometimes exceeds 270 feet (about 82 meters) in height

giant slalom
noun
Date: 1952
a slalom race for skiers on a longer and steeper course than that used for the regular slalom

giant squid
noun
Date: circa 1890
any of a genus ( Architeuthis ) of extremely large squids that may attain a length of 60 feet (18 meters) and include the largest mollusks known

giant star
noun
Date: 1912
a star of great luminosity and of large mass

giant tortoise
noun
Date: circa 1909
any of various large long-lived herbivorous land tortoises (genus Geochelone ) formerly common on the islands of the western Indian Ocean and on the Galápagos Islands

giant water bug
noun
Date: 1901
any of a family (Belostomatidae and especially genus Lethocerus ) of very large predatory aquatic bugs capable of inflicting a painful bite