Definition of lead-2 in English English dictionary
- lead-210 dating
- Method of dating that makes use of the ratio of the amount of the radioactive isotope lead-210 to that of the stable isotope lead-206. The method has been applied to the ores of uranium. Lead-210 dating is particularly useful for determining the ages of relatively recent marine sediments and so has been applied to studies concerned with the impact of human activity on the aquatic environment
- all roads lead to Rome
- different paths can take one to the same goal
- arm the lead
- To fill the hollow in the bottom of a sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature of the bottom by the substances adhering
- black lead
- graphite, one of the allotropes of carbon
- bury the lead
- To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts
- eka-lead
- An alternative name for ununquadium
- get the lead out
- to go faster; to hurry up
- go over like a lead balloon
- To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly
- goes over like a lead balloon
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of go over like a lead balloon
- going over like a lead balloon
- Present participle of go over like a lead balloon
- gone over like a lead balloon
- Past participle of go over like a lead balloon
- jump lead
- One of a pair of electrical cables with a spring clip at each end, used to connect the batteries of two cars, so as to use the power of one car to operate the starter motor of the second car
- lead
- The player who throws the first two rocks for a team
- lead
- To step off base and move towards the next base
The batter always leads off base.
- lead
- The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment
- lead
- The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. — Claudias Saunier
- lead
- a metallic wire for electrical devices and equipments
- lead
- To have the highest interim score in a game
- lead
- A thin cylinder of black lead or plumbago (graphite) used in pencils
- lead
- To begin a game, round, or trick, with; as, to lead trumps
He led a double five.
- lead
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
The investigation stalled when all leads turned out to be dead ends.
- lead
- To lead off or out, to go first; to begin
- lead
- A teaser; a lead in; the start of a newspaper column, telling who, what, when, where, why and how. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- lead
- A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots
- lead
- A lode
- lead
- The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played; as, your partner has the lead
- lead
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection; as, a father leads a child; a jockey leads a horse with a halter; a dog leads a blind man
In thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. — Milton.
- lead
- To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes
- lead
- The course of a rope from end to end
- lead
- The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts
- lead
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of, to lead a pupil; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions. Hence, figuratively: To direct; to counsel; to instruct; as, to lead a traveler
This thought might lead me through the world’s vain mask. Content, though blind, had I no better guide. — Milton.
- lead
- Foremost
The contestants are all tied; no one has the lead position.
- lead
- Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading
This copy has too much lead; I prefer less space between the lines.
- lead
- To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race
- lead
- When a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown
The runner took his lead from first.
- lead
- Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; as, the white horse had the lead; a lead of a boat’s length, or of half a second; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in a game in an incomplete game
- lead
- In a steam engine, The width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke
- lead
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- lead
- bullets
They filled him full of lead.
- lead
- To guide or conduct oneself in, through, or along (a certain course); hence, to proceed in the way of; to follow the path or course of; to pass; to spend. Also, to cause (one) to proceed or follow in (a certain course)
You remember . . . the life he used to lead his wife and daughter. — Dickens.
- lead
- To tend or reach in a certain direction, or to a certain place; as, the path leads to the mill; gambling leads to other vices
The mountain-foot that leads towards Mantua. — Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, V-ii.
- lead
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details
- lead
- To produce
The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
- lead
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure; as, to lead one to espouse a righteous cause
Silly women, laden with sins, led away by divers lusts. — 2 Timothy 3:6.
- lead
- A channel of open water in an ice field
- lead
- To cover, fill, or affect with lead; as, continuous firing leads the grooves of a rifle
- lead
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; as, to lead an army, an exploring party, or a search; to lead a political party; to command, especially a military or business unit
Christ took not upon him flesh and blood that he might conquer and rule nations, lead armies, or possess places. — Robert South.
- lead
- charging lead
- lead
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs
- lead
- To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages
And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. — Leigh Hunt.
- lead
- To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb
- lead
- The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course; as, to take the lead; to be under the lead of another
At the time I speak of, and having a momentary lead, . . . I am sure I did my country important service. — Edmund Burke.
- lead
- To be more advanced in technology or business than others
- lead
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing
- lead
- Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer
Joe is a great addition to our sales team, he has numerous leads in the paper industry.
- lead
- To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter
- lead
- A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates
I would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon.
- lead
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident
- lead
- A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, Atomic weight 206.4, Specific Gravity 11.37, Symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum)
- lead dog
- one of the dogs at the front of the team, who set the pace
- lead down a garden path
- To mislead; to seduce
- lead fiddle
- Somewhat rarer synonym of first fiddle
- lead guitar
- in rock music, an electric guitar that plays soloistically, usually playing melodically as opposed to strumming chords; supported by the rhythm guitar
- lead hopping
- the identification of isofunctional molecular structures with significantly different molecular backbones
- lead hydride
- The unstable tetrahydride of lead, PbH4, plumbane
- lead nowhere
- to have no purpose, to result in nothing
- lead off
- The first batter in the batting order
Jones has been the team's lead off hitter for three years.
- lead off
- To be the first batter of an inning
Jones is leading off an inning for the third time in the game.
- lead off
- The first batter of an inning
The lead off hitter for the sixth inning is Jones.
- lead out
- A race tactic, used to set up a rider for a sprint finish, in which one rider on a team will ride at a very high rate of speed with a teammate (the sprinter) following directly behind in his slipstream thus enabling the following rider to gain speed without expending as much energy as he normally would. Cf: drafting
- lead oxide
- A yellow oxide of lead, PbO, used in the manufacture of paints and glass
- lead poisoning
- to be shot
- lead poisoning
- A chronic intoxication that is produced by the absorption of lead into the body and is characterized by severe colicky pains, a dark line along the gums, and local muscular paralysis
- lead shot
- Small balls of lead, used as projectiles in shotguns, and as a weight in angling etc
- lead someone down the garden path
- To deceive, hoodwink
'It was thought that the early origins of the idiom was founded on the tendency for one village to marry off their unsuccessful brides to unknowing bachelors. The superstition of the groom not being able to see his veiled bride until the marriage proclamation had been made was widely practiced. To that end the bride remained veiled throughout the ceremony. When the veil was lifted, the groom would learn that he had been married to a stranger. Many ceremonies took place in private gardens and as such the tendency to deceive with intent had evolved to the idiom of leading someone down the garden path.'.
- lead suboxide
- A poorly-characterized oxide of lead, Pb2O; it is a black, amorphous solid
- lead sulfate
- The insoluble lead salt or sulfuric acid, PbSO4, that forms in lead-acid batteries
- lead sulphate
- Alternative spelling of lead sulfate
- lead time
- The amount of time between the initiation of some process and its completion, e.g. the time required to manufacture or procure a product; the time required before something can be provided or delivered
It's an excellent device, but it has a 10-week lead time, so be sure to order it in advance.
- lead up the garden path
- To mislead or deceive
- lead vocalist
- A singer (or one of a small group of singers) who provides lead vocals to a song
- lead vocals
- The primary words of a song, sung by the lead vocalist to the same tune as the primary melody
- lead-acid
- Describing a battery having lead electrodes and an electrolyte of sulfuric acid solution; used in motor vehicles
- lead-footed
- Tending to drive too fast
- lead-footed
- Slow, boring, dull or stupid
- lead-free
- Containing no lead
- lead-free
- Containing no tetraethyl lead; unleaded
- lead-in
- An introduction, something that leads into the beginning of something
After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was anticlimactic.
- lead-out
- A program, scheduled to follow another
also stay around for the 11:30 movie lead-out. ― Edwin Diamond.
- lead-pipe cinch
- A cinch; something very easy
- pencil lead
- The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead
- pig lead
- unrefined lead, cast in blocks (in pigs)
- red lead
- a bright red, poisonous oxide of lead, Pb3O4, used as a pigment and in glass and ceramics
- sugar of lead
- a trivial name of lead acetate; due to its sweetish taste
- swing the lead
- To pretend to be unwell so that you do not have to work
John phoned in sick, but I think he is just swinging the lead. He probably wants to watch the tennis final on TV.
- take the lead
- To assume leadership over a group
- take the lead
- To become the leader, to advance into first place
At 0-0, United will take the lead if they score the penalty.
- tetra-ethyl lead
- Alternative form of tetraethyl lead
- tetraethyl lead
- a toxic organometallic compound, (C2H5)4Pb, added to petroleum/gasoline as an antiknock agent
- went over like a lead balloon
- Simple past of go over like a lead balloon
- white lead
- A basic lead carbonate once used in paint
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it
- lead-acid
- Terms used in conjunction with a cell or battery that utilizes lead and lead peroxide as the active plate materials in a diluted electrolyte solution of sulfuric acid and water Nominal cell voltage about 2 1 volts
- lead-acid
- A technique for rechargable batteries Electrodes of lead oxide and metallic lead are separated by an electrolyte of sulfuric acid
- lead to
- Begin a process that causes something to happen
- lead
- {n} a heavy, soft metal, very ductile, a bar of lead for sounding
- lead
- {f} coat with lead; fix in place using lead
- lead
- {v} to go first, guide, conduct, entice, draw, pass, spend
- lead
- {v} to cover or fit with lead
- jump lead
- Each of a pair of cables for recharging a battery in a motor vehicle by connecting it to a battery in another
- lead guitar
- (Muzik) Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. Lead guitar is commonly used in blues, jazz and rock music. The lead guitarist is also normally the guitarist who will play the guitar solo in a song, provided that the song contains one
- lead-in
- A lead-in is a short phrase, usually five words or less, that starts off a photo caption in a newspaper, high school yearbook, magazine or other publication. Lead-ins (aka "kickers") are used to catch the reader's attention and "lead in" to the main caption. These phrases widely range from common phrases to song lyrics, and are written appropriate to the subject matter of the photograph
- procurement lead time
- TEDARİK ÖN SÜRESİ: Tedarik faaliyetlerinin başlamasıyla, böyle bir faaliyetin sonucu olarak satın alınmış imalat modelinin (prototipler hariç) ikmal sistemine girişi arasında, ay olarak fasıla. Bu sure istihsal suresi (production lead time) ve idari süre (administrative lead time) diye adlandırılan iki unsurdan ibarettir. Ayrıca bakınız: "initiation of procurement action", "level of supply", "receipt into the supply system"
