Definition of a-rank in English English dictionary
- J. Arthur Rank
- A wank
He's just gone in the bog for a J. Arthur Rank.
- flag rank
- Any of several equivalent ranks in several other naval or other military organizations
- flag rank
- The rank of a flag officer
- ordinal rank
- A specified position in a numbered series
- pull rank
- To assert one's authority over a subordinate who disagrees
- rank
- to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
Their defense ranked third in the league.
- rank
- Quickly, eagerly, impetuously
The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke, / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare .
- rank
- Gross, disgusting
- rank
- maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix
- rank
- The lines or rows of people in an organization
He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.
- rank
- In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal
- rank
- The dimensionality of an array
- rank
- One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
- rank
- a level in an organization such as the military
Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
- rank
- Having a very strong and bad odor
Your gym clothes are rank, bro’ – when d’you last wash ’em?.
- rank
- Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence)
I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
- rank
- a level in a scientific taxonomy system
Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
- rank
- position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
- rank and file
- Those lacking any particular title or status; those having no station
The executives attend meetings in exotic locations while the rank and file stays at headquarters doing the bulk of the work.
- taxi rank
- The system whereby barristers must accept a brief if they are the first available when one comes up
Although she detested her client, the taxi rank system meant she had no choice but to take the case.
- taxi rank
- An area reserved for taxi cabs to await customers
Getting of the train he made his way to the taxi rank.
- close rank
- unite in order to defend common interests
- close rank
- (of soldiers or police officers) come closer together in a line
- percentile rank
- The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution which are lower. For example, a test score which is greater than 85% of the scores of people taking the test is said to be at the 85th percentile. Percentile ranks are commonly used to clarify the interpretation of scores on standardized tests. For the test theory, the percentile rank of a raw score is interpreted as the percentages of examinees in the norm group who scored below the score of interest (Crocker & Algina, 1986). Percentile ranks (PRs or "percentiles") compared to Normal curve equivalents (NCEs)Unlike a normal distribution of scores, which are bell shaped, the distribution of percentile ranks is uniform and is rectangular in shape. Percentile rank is not an equal-interval scale; that is, the difference between any two scores is not the same between any other two scores. For example, 50 - 25 = 25 is not the same distance as 60 - 35 = 25 because of the bell-curve shape of the distribution. Some percentile ranks are closer to some than others. Percentile rank 30 is closer on the bell curve to 40 than it is to 20 (see [1] and [2] for examples). References Crocker, L., & Algina, J. (1986). Introduction to classical and modern test theory. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers.The percentile rank of a score is the percentage of scores in its frequency distribution which are lower. For example, a test score which is greater than 90% of the scores of people taking the test is said to be at the 90th percentile
- pull rank
- To use one's superior rank to gain an advantage
- pulling rank
- To use one's superior rank to gain an advantage
- rank correlation
- (İstatistik) In statistics, rank correlation is the study of relationships between different rankings on the same set of items. A rank correlation coefficient measures the correspondence between two rankings and assesses its significance
- J Arthur Baron Rank Rank
- born Dec. 22/23, 1888, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng. died March 29, 1972, Winchester, Hampshire British motion-picture distributor and producer. His British National Film Co. made its first commercial picture in 1935. That year he and Charles Woolf established General Film Distributors to distribute Universal Pictures films in Britain. By 1941 Rank controlled two of the three largest movie theatre chains in Britain. The J. Arthur Rank Organisation (incorporated 1946) dominated British film production in the late 1940s and '50s. Rank served as chairman (1946-62) and president (1962-72) of the Rank Organisation, which shifted from filmmaking to hotel ownership and other more profitable enterprises in the late 1960s
- Joseph Arthur Baron Rank of Sutton Scotney Rank
- born Dec. 22/23, 1888, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng. died March 29, 1972, Winchester, Hampshire British motion-picture distributor and producer. His British National Film Co. made its first commercial picture in 1935. That year he and Charles Woolf established General Film Distributors to distribute Universal Pictures films in Britain. By 1941 Rank controlled two of the three largest movie theatre chains in Britain. The J. Arthur Rank Organisation (incorporated 1946) dominated British film production in the late 1940s and '50s. Rank served as chairman (1946-62) and president (1962-72) of the Rank Organisation, which shifted from filmmaking to hotel ownership and other more profitable enterprises in the late 1960s
- Otto Rank
- orig. Otto Rosenfeld born April 22, 1884, Vienna, Austria died Oct. 31, 1939, New York, N.Y., U.S. Austrian psychologist. A protégé of Sigmund Freud, Rank's early books, including The Artist (1907) and The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (1909), extended psychoanalytic theory to explain the significance of myths. He edited the International Journal of Psychoanalysis (1912-24). The publication of The Trauma of Birth (1924), which was seen to undermine the principles of psychoanalysis by arguing that the basis of anxiety neurosis is psychological trauma occurring during birth, led to his expulsion from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Rank settled in New York City in 1936, and his later work focused on the will as the guiding force in personality development
- be advanced to the rank of
- be promoted to the position of (Military)
- cab rank
- a place where taxis wait for customers American Equivalent: cabstand
- exposed his rank
- official confirmation of a new rank (Military)
- honorary rank
- temporary rank given according to a person's position and not for special military services
- insignia of rank
- symbol worn on one's uniform which shows one's military rank
- insignia of rank
- an insignia worn on a military uniform
- kendall partial rank correlation
- a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
- military rank
- rank in a military organization
- officer's rank
- rank of a military officer
- promote an officer to the rank of
- raise an officer's rank to -, give an officer a higher rank of -
- pull one's rank
- make improper use of authority
- rank
- Complete, used as an intensifier
- rank
- If you say that the members of a group close ranks, you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized. Institutions tend to close ranks when a member has been accused of misconduct
- rank
- take precedence or surpass others in rank growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
- rank
- A rank of people or things is a row of them. Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by
- rank
- Something which is disgusting
- rank
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "absolute freedom"; "an absolute dimwit"; "a downright lie"; "out-and-out mayhem"; "an out-and-out lie"; "a rank outsider"; "many right-down vices"; "got the job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity"
- rank
- In traditional taxonomy, taxa are ranked according to their level of inclusiveness Thus a genus contains one or more species, a family includes one or more genera, and so on
- rank
- A rank on a dimension D is simply a set of cells that are connected to each other on D A given cell can only be on one rank on a given dimension
- rank
- Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue
- rank
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
- rank
- Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. He eventually rose to the rank of captain The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and privileges
- rank
- the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
- rank
- relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
- rank
- To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division
- rank
- indicates the rank order of the genes based on gene expression differences Clicking on the rank number will show you genes that have similar expression profiles, using all of the chips
- rank
- If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are. His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations St Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen has to rank as one of the most extraordinary hotels I have ever been to
- rank
- {i} grade, level, classification; position, standing, status; row; column
- rank
- (n ) the number of dimensions of an array Zero for a scalar
- rank
- To take rank of; to outrank
- rank
- An ad's standing in comparison to other ads, based on the graphical click-through rate Rank provides advertisers with information on an ad's performance across sites
- rank
- If you experience something, usually something bad, that other people have experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks. Last month, 370,000 Americans joined the ranks of the unemployed
- rank
- {f} arrange in a line, arrange in a row; grade, classify, assign a rank
- rank
- If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale. You can also say that someone or something ranks 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example. The report ranks the UK 20th out of 22 advanced nations the only British woman to be ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings Mr Short does not even rank in the world's top ten
- rank
- The value of the card Numbered cards usually have the rank of the associated number Aces can either be high or low If high, aces are ranked 1 If low, aces are ranked as 14 J, Q, and K are usually ranked 11, 12, and 13 respectively However, some games may rank these cards as 10 In such a case, a high ace might be ranked as 11
- rank
- Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank
- rank
- The number value of a card In solitaire, the Ace counts as one and is the lowest-ranked card, while the Jack, Queen, and King count as eleven, twelve, and thirteen
- rank
- Integer between zero and (number of processes - 1) that defines the order of a process in a communicator Determining the rank of a process is important when solving problems where a master process partitions and distributes work to slave processes The slaves perform some computation and return the result to the master as the solution
- rank
- assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
- rank
- Strong to the taste
- rank
- disapproval If you say that someone in authority pulls rank, you mean that they unfairly force other people to do what they want because of their higher rank or position. The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way
- rank
- A numerical invariant of a finitely generated abelian group Such a group is isomorphic to a product of a finte group and a finite number of infinite cyclic groups The rank is the number of infinite cyclic groups in this product
- rank
- The number of dimensions in an array A scalar has a rank of zero
- rank
- You can describe something as rank when it has a strong and unpleasant smell. The kitchen was rank with the smell of drying uniforms. the rank smell of unwashed clothes
- rank
- Index | Top A polynomial matrix P has full column rank (or full normal column rank) if it has full column rank everywhere in the complex plane except at a finite number of points Similar definitions hold for full row rank and full rank The normal rank of a polynomial matrix P equals Similar definitions apply to the notions of normal column rank and normal row rank A square polynomial matrix is nonsingular if it has full normal rank
- rank
- Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds
- rank
- See 1st File, 1 (a)
- rank
- The value of a card The rank of the 2 of Spades is 2 The rank of the Queen of Hearts is Queen Rank value increases from 2 through 10, followed in order by Jack, Queen, King, and Ace In High/Low games, the Ace may be used both for its high rank and as the lowest rank card
- rank
- In MPI, the number identifying a process This is equivalent to a PE number
- rank
- To place abreast, or in a line
- rank
- A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available for hire. The man led the way to the taxi rank
- rank
- very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"
- rank
- If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks, you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization. Britain appears unlikely to break ranks with other members of the European Union
- rank
- Any horizontal row on the chessboard Ranks are noted with the numbers 1 through 8 for identification
- rank
- Each card has a suit and a rank The eight of diamonds and the eight of hearts have the same rank A pair is two cards of the same rank Come on, you know this
- rank
- The rank of a matrix is the maximum number of independent rows or columns A matrix of order n is rank deficient if it has rank < n
- rank
- The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces. Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks
- rank
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" take precedence or surpass others in rank growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation" very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar
- rank
- Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy
- rank
- very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"
- rank
- A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers
- rank
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- rank
- Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to. He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner
- rank
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
- rank
- is the range of point values attributed to each job class based on the PEC evaluation of generic job descriptions using the Hay Guide Chart methodology Positions in the MUNACA bargaining unit are ranked from 1 to 34 There is a 5% range between each rank, i e , Rank 1 to Rank 2, Rank 2 to Rank 3 etc
- rank
- growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
- rank
- The rank of an array is the number of dimensions it has, or the number of integers in its shape tuple
- rank
- The numerical value of a card (as opposed to its suit) Example: "jack," "seven "
- rank
- take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
- rank
- A rank indicates the relative frequency of a measure, such as mentions for a particular drug category For example, a drug category ranked second indicates that it accounted for the second highest number of mentions among all drug categories When 2 or more drugs receive equal numbers of mentions, they are assigned the same rank A difference in rank should be considered only as indicative of a difference in frequency among drugs reported to DAWN, regardless of the size of the difference Such differences are not necessarily meaningful or statistically significant
- rank
- very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar
- rank
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- rank
- emphasis You can use rank to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality that exists in an extreme form. He called it `rank hypocrisy' that the government was now promoting equal rights. = sheer
- rank
- position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
- rank
- Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral
- rank
- The designation of 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, or Ace A Euchre deck only contains 24 cards The rank of cards in Euchre depends on whether the card belongs to the trump suit The rank in the trump suit from lowest to highest is 9, 10, Queen, King, Ace, left bower, right bower The rank of the suit which is the same colour as the trump suit is 9, 10, Queen, King, Ace The Jack of this suit is the left bower and does not belong to the suit for the hand The suits of the opposite colour are ranked: 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace similar to most other card games
- rank
- A line of soldiers ranged side by side; opposed to file
- rank
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
- rank
- Rankly; stoutly; violently
- rank
- Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank
- rank
- A rank is a row of pipes The row always has all pipes of the same kind of sound For example, all the pipes for a Spitzflute (one kind of flute sound) will be in the same row Organs are often described by the number of ranks they have A 60 rank instrument is a fairly large size while an 18 rank instrument is small Practice organs can have anywhere from 3 to 9 ranks
- rank
- The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it. There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too
- rank
- {s} giving off a foul odor; fertile, productive, fruitful, growing vigorously
- rank
- An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings
- rank
- Inflamed with venereal appetite
- rank
- To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify
- rank
- The relative plausibility of a Transition If the Transition is Nominal Mode, the Rank is 0 Otherwise, for Failure Mode, the Rank is a positive number, essentially the negative of the logarithm of its prior probability
- rank
- Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land
- rank
- To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation
- rank and file
- the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
- rank and file
- common people
- rank and file
- The rank and file are the ordinary members of an organization or the ordinary workers in a company, as opposed to its leaders or managers. There was widespread support for him among the rank and file. the ordinary members of an organization rather than the leaders
- rank and file
- The members of a union (as opposed to the union officers, executive board, and office staff)
- rank and file
- common soldiers; common laborers; common people
- rank and file
- people who constitute the main body of any group
- rank and file
- The ordinary members
- rank order
- an arrangement according to rank
- rank structure
- order of military importance arranged by rank
- rank-order correlation coefficient
- the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
- reduction in rank
- lowering a soldier's rank as a punishment imposed for a specific transgression
- reserve rank
- rank in the military reserve forces
- retired rank
- military rank of someone who has stopped actively working
- single rank
- one line, one row
- taxi rank
- A taxi rank is a place where taxis wait for passengers, for example at an airport or outside a station. a place where taxis wait for customers American Equivalent: cabstand