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tiiviste — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concentrate verb To focus one's full attention on something.
  • essence noun The most basic, defining quality of something — what makes it what it truly is.
  • gasket noun A thin piece of material, such as rubber or metal, placed between two surfaces to stop gas or liquid from leaking out.
  • hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
  • seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
  • sealant noun Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

Senses

tiiviste is used for these senses in English:

  • caulking A sealing material used to seal joints between heterogeneous materials in many kinds of construction and manufacture.
  • concentrate A substance that is in a condensed form.
  • essence The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
  • gasket (mechanics) Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
  • hash (computing) The result generated by a hash function.
  • hash (computing, cryptocurrency) One guess made by a mining computer in the effort of finding the correct answer which releases the next unit of cryptocurrency; see also hashrate.
  • seal Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
  • sealant Any material used to seal a surface so as to prevent passage of a fluid.

concentrate — full definition

  1. verb To focus one's full attention on something.
  2. verb To bring together into one place, or to reduce something to a stronger, smaller form.
  3. noun A substance that has been reduced and strengthened, with excess liquid removed.

essence — full definition

  1. noun The most basic, defining quality of something — what makes it what it truly is.
  2. noun A concentrated liquid extracted from a plant, used for flavoring or fragrance.

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