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RENDERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
Example:
her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving
Synonyms:
interpretation; rendering; rendition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):
reinterpretation (a new or different interpretation)
spin (a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion))
Derivation:
render (give an interpretation or rendition of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Giving in acknowledgment of obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
defrayal; defrayment; payment (the act of paying money)
Derivation:
render (bestow)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Perspective drawing of an architect's design
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
drawing (a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
coat; coating (a thin layer covering something)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
Example:
often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
Synonyms:
interpretation; interpreting; rendering; rendition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
explanation (thought that makes something comprehensible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):
broad interpretation; judicial activism (an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court))
Sense 6
Meaning:
A written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
Synonyms:
interlingual rendition; rendering; translation; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rendering"):
mistranslation (an incorrect translation)
crib; pony; trot (a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly))
retroversion (translation back into the original language)
caption; subtitle (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)
supertitle; surtitle (translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
Example:
they heard a live rendition of three pieces by Schubert
Synonyms:
rendering; rendition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rendering" is a kind of...):
performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)
Derivation:
render (give an interpretation or rendition of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb render
Context examples:
Device packaging that has been opened purposefully or inadvertently thus exposing the device to the outside environment and rendering it unsterile or unclean (e.g. a broken seal or ripped or torn packaging).
(Device Packaging Compromised Evaluation Result Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
The attack involved targeting Dyn's domain name system servers with a large volume of requests, rendering it incapable of serving replies to legitimate requests — a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.
(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)
In this dye system, iron acts as a mordant to hematoxylin rendering it insoluble, thereby allowing irreversible blue-black colored dyeing to the cell nucleus.
(Iron Hematoxylin Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Elinor's marriage divided her as little from her family as could well be contrived, without rendering the cottage at Barton entirely useless, for her mother and sisters spent much more than half their time with her.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In short, she sat, during the first visit, looking at Jane Fairfax with twofold complacency; the sense of pleasure and the sense of rendering justice, and was determining that she would dislike her no longer.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Due to ligation of CD154 to CD40 on CLL cells, this agent may induce CLL cells to express the proapoptotic molecule BID and death receptors CD95 (Fas) and DR5, rendering CLL B cells first resistant and then sensitive to Fas-mediated apoptosis.
(Autologous Ad-CD154-Transduced CLL B Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
It was at all times pleasant to listen while from his lips fell the words of the Bible: never did his fine voice sound at once so sweet and full—never did his manner become so impressive in its noble simplicity, as when he delivered the oracles of God: and to-night that voice took a more solemn tone—that manner a more thrilling meaning—as he sat in the midst of his household circle (the May moon shining in through the uncurtained window, and rendering almost unnecessary the light of the candle on the table): as he sat there, bending over the great old Bible, and described from its page the vision of the new heaven and the new earth—told how God would come to dwell with men, how He would wipe away all tears from their eyes, and promised that there should be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, nor any more pain, because the former things were passed away.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The receptor moiety of etanercept binds to circulating TNF (2 molecules of TNF per receptor) and inhibits its attachment to endogenous TNF cell surface receptors, thereby rendering TNF inactive and inhibiting TNF-mediated mechanisms of inflammation.
(Etanercept, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers mostly from Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in the U.S. reported the invention of a new coating that could reduce bacterial growth, water waste, and odor when sprayed onto an ordinary house toilet by rendering its surface too slippery for anything to remain attached for long.
(Materials scientists invent new coating for self-cleaning, water-efficient toilets, Wikinews)
This agent may stimulate tumor necrosis and promote shunting of blood flow to viable regions of the tumor, increasing their oxygenation and rendering them more susceptible to the antitumor effects of hyperthermia and ionizing radiation.
(Mitoflaxone, NCI Thesaurus)
