to edge

تعريف to edge في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire
Death and persecution lose all the ill that they can have, if we do not set an edge upon them by our fears and by our vices. Jeremy Taylor.; To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection; The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." John Milton; The boundary line of a surface; To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction
He edged away from her.; The edge of a cricket bat; The edge of something sharp such as a knife or an axe is its sharp or narrow side. the sharp edge of the sword; {v} to sharpen, provoke, border, move; {n} the sharp part of an instrument, a brink; advanced standard for wireless communication (next step up from GSM); A technology that gives GSM and TDMA similar capacity to handle services for the third generation of mobile telephony Developed to enable the transmission of large amounts of data at a high speed, 384 kilobits per second in mobile applications; If you say that someone or something has an edge, you mean that they have a powerful quality. Featuring new bands gives the show an edge Greene's stories had an edge of realism; a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page"; Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc; the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it"; a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box"; The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part; as, in the edge of evening. "On the edge of winter." Milton; the boundary of a surface; (1) (n ) In computer graphics, one or more vectors defining a portion of an object (2) (n ) In image processing, a set of values determined (by an edge-detection algorithm) to be the dividing line between one image and another or an image and background color; {f} sharpen; provide with an edge or border; advance gradually or furtively; {s} at or constituting a place where two surfaces meet; To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction; A technology that gives GSMA and TDMA similar capacity to handle services for the third generation of mobile telephony EDGE was developed to enable the transmission of large amounts of data at a high speed, 384 kilobits per second; If someone's voice has an edge to it, it has a sharp, bitter, or emotional quality. But underneath the humour is an edge of bitterness see also cutting edge, knife-edge, leading edge; To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box; The sharpened area, usually made of carbon steel, on the side of the ski's base that bites into the snow and can assist the skier in maneuvering; To make sharp or keen, figuratively; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on; A one-dimensional primitive used to represent the location of a linear feature and/or the borders of faces Depending upon the level of topology, edges may be topologically linked to nodes, edges, and faces Edges are composed of an ordered collection of two or more coordinate tuples (pairs or triplets) At least two of the coordinate tuples must be distinct The orientation of an edge can be recognized by the ordering of the coordinate tuples; Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution An enhanced modulation technique designed to increase network capacity and data rates in GSM networks EDGE should provide data rates up to 384 Kbps EDGE will let operators without a 3G license to compete with 3G networks offering similar data services EDGE is not expected before 2001 at the earliest 2 5G, GPRS, GSM, HSCSD; Enhanced Data Rates for GMS Evolution: EDGE is an evolution of GSM and US-TDMA systems This enhanced modulation will significantly increase network capacity and data rates, enabling value-added Mobile Multimedia services It provides data rates up to 473 kbit/s; The joining line between two vertices of a polygon; a line determining the limits of an area; provide with an edge; "edge a blade"; Any of the connected pairs of vertices in a graph; A faster technology for GSM and TDMA networks that may offer transfer rates up to 384 Kbps; advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car; provide with a border or edge; "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"; To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool; EDGE is the Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution standard that is part of the GSM capabilities, and increases packet data delivery speed to up to 384 kb/s while mobile EDGE has, in itself, been accepted by the ITU as a 3G standard; If you or your nerves are on edge, you are tense, nervous, and unable to relax. My nerves were constantly on edge; Any sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; extreme verge; as, the edge of a table, a precipice; In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax; A line that joins a polygon or the line (edge) where two faces meet in a 3 dimensional solid; Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution The GSM service EDGE will increase the possible speed for transferring data to 384 kbit/s It is expected that EDGE may be offered within a period of 2-3 years at the earliest; This was to be the network used by AT&T and Rogers in Canada EDGE is Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution Unlikely to see it launched with switch of technologies (Back to top ); Triming the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger; to set your teeth on edge: see tooth; If someone or something edges somewhere, they move very slowly in that direction. He edged closer to the telephone, ready to grab it; The place where two faces of a polyhedron meet; If you say that someone is on the edge of their seat or chair, you mean that they are very interested in what is happening or what is going to happen; This is an enhanced modulation technique designed to increase network capacity and data rates in GSM networks EDGE will let operators without a 3G licence to compete with 3G networks offering similar data services EDGE should provide data rates up to 384 Kbps; To sail close to the wind; Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution; If someone or something has an edge, they have an advantage that makes them stronger or more likely to be successful than another thing or person. The three days France have to prepare could give them the edge over England Through superior production techniques they were able to gain the competitive edge. = advantage; To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen; An advantage (as have the edge on); The edge of something is the place or line where it stops, or the part of it that is furthest from the middle. We were on a hill, right on the edge of town She was standing at the water's edge; lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U S "; "England marches with Scotland"; Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution is as the name states: an evolution of GSM (and US-TDMA) systems moving into 3G It operates at 384 kbps, and enables multimedia transmissions and broadband applications; The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc; To move little by little or cautiously, as by pressing forward edgewise; as, edging their chairs forwards; to tilt the board on its edge and ride it that way Used to control the direction of travel To go upwind, a rider must edge hard Skiers and snowboarders also use this type of edging to turn; Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution A GSM 3G enhancement designed to support baud rates up to 384K; a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" a strip near the boundary of an object; "he jotted a note on the margin of the page" a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition" the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it" the boundary of a surface provide with an edge; "edge a blade" advance slowly, as if by inches; "He edged towards the car; enhanced Data for GSM Evolution Offers the most flexibility and opportunities out of the 3 alternatives Connection speeds of 115kbps and 384kbps will make it possible to play games and watch video on the move; the boundary of a surface provide with an edge; "edge a blade"; A straight line that connects two vertices See also mesh edge; {i} line at which a surface ends; line where two surfaces meet; thin sharp side of a blade; sharpness of a blade; excitement; If something takes the edge off a situation, usually an unpleasant one, it weakens its effect or intensity. A spell of poor health took the edge off her performance; Explorer of Diffuse high-z Galactic Emission A balloon-borne experiment being developed by Stephan Meyer and collaborators to survey the far-infrared background emission with 6' resolution and frequency coverage from 150 GHz to 1 3 THz The primary goal of EDGE is to characterize the power spectrum of fluctuations in the CIBR at large angular scales The instrument will also provide a detailed characterization of the high galactic latitude dust emission The addition of polarization sensitivity, now under study (I would say an essential feature of any respectable continuum instrument in this millenium), would give the best characterization of the diffuse emission from the Milky Way and external galaxies Differences in flux and polarization spectra from one external galaxy to the next are also predicted (by RH) and could be studied with a polarization-sensitive EDGE measurement