| Acting |
of Act |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
| Acting |
Operating in any way. |
a. |
| Acting |
Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent. |
a. |
| Self-acting |
Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press. |
a. |
| Single-acting |
Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc. |
a. |
| Direct |
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. |
a. |
| Direct |
Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. |
a. |
| Direct |
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. |
a. |
| Direct |
In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. |
a. |
| Direct |
In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body. |
a. |
| Direct |
To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. |
v. t. |
| Direct |
To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road. |
v. t. |
| Direct |
To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army. |
v. t. |
| Direct |
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go. |
v. t. |
| Direct |
To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter. |
v. t. |
| Direct |
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. |
v. i. |
| Direct |
A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. |
n. |
| Double-acting |
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump. |
a. |