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floor / flôr/ • n. 1. the lower surface of a room, on which one may walk: he dropped the cup and it smashed on the floor the kitchen floor. ∎ all the rooms or areas on the same level of a building; a story: his office was on the twenty-second floor | [as adj. , in comb.] a third-floor apartment. ∎ a level area or space used or designed for a particular activity. ∎ fig. the minimum level of prices or wages: the dollar's floor against the yen. ∎ inf. the ground: the best way to play is to pass the ball on the floor. ∎ the bottom of the sea, a cave, or an area of land: the ocean floor. 2. (the floor) (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak. ∎ the right or opportunity to speak next in debate: other speakers have the floor. ∎ (of the stock exchange) the large central hall where trading takes place. • v. [tr.] 1. (often be floored) provide (a room or area) with a floor: a hall floored in gleaming white oak. | [as adj. , in comb.] (-floored) a stone-floored building. 2. inf. knock (someone) to the ground, esp. with a punch. ∎ baffle or confound (someone) completely: that question floored him. PHRASES: cross the floorsee cross. from the floor (of a speech or question) delivered by an individual member at a meeting, not by a representative on the platform: questions from the floor will be invited. take the floor 1. begin to dance on a dance floor. 2. speak in a debate or assembly. |
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"floor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "floor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-floor.html "floor." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-floor.html |
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floor, the lower part of a transverse frame of a ship running each side of the keelson to the bilges. In the general run of shipbuilding, this part of the frame is usually approximately horizontal, so that the floor of a vessel, i.e. the lower section of its transverse frames, is a virtually horizontal platform extending to the ship's sides at the point where they begin to turn towards the vertical.
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"floor." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "floor." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-floor.html "floor." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-floor.html |
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floor.
1. Division between one storey and another. In the UK ground-, first-, second-, etc., described the storeys, but in many countries ‘first-floor’ means the ‘ground-floor’, etc. 2. Set of rooms and landings, on the same level, i.e. in one storey. 3. Layer of boards, etc., on which people tread, and i.e. the surface of the floor in the room. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "floor." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "floor." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-floor.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "floor." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-floor.html |
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floor sb. OE. flōr, corr. to (M)Du. vloer, MHG. vluor (G. flur), ON. flór :- Gmc. *flōruz; rel. to OIr. lár, W. llawr :- Celt. *plār-.
Hence vb. cover with a floor XV; bring to the ground XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "floor." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "floor." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-floor.html T. F. HOAD. "floor." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-floor.html |
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floor If x is a real number, then floor(x), also written as ⌊x⌋, is the largest integer less than or equal to x.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "floor." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "floor." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-floor.html JOHN DAINTITH. "floor." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-floor.html |
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"floor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "floor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-floor.html "floor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-floor.html |
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