help with the definitions?

Question

okay- i now that some of these definitions might seem really easy.... But i need help with them. Can you define the following words, from a dictionary, not your minds. I'd like the definitions from the dictionary because than i know they are 100 % corrcet....the words are
1. skim
2. scan
3. venn diagram
4.denotation
5.connotation
THANK YOU!

Answer 1

I wouldn't feel right about doing your homework for you... but you can very easily do it yourself, even if you don't have a dictionary handy or just looking at one gives you the creeps.

For my homework, I use www.dictionary.com. This online dictionary website has millions, maybe billions of words, at least more than any one dictionary. The website also has a translator, thesaurus, and other references that might help you out! This website has proven to be very dependable, too, it was reccomended by my english teacher!

Good luck with your defenitions!

Answer 2

1. skim-(vt) glance through book or paper: to read something very quickly, looking only at occasional lines or words, in order to get a general idea of its contents

2. scan-(vt) look through something quickly: to look through or read something quickly

3. Venn diagram-representation of mathematical sets: a mathematical diagram representing sets as circles, with their relationships to each other expressed through their overlapping positions, so that all possible relationships between the sets are shown

4. denotation-basic meaning: the most specific or literal meaning of a word, as opposed to its figurative senses or connotations

5. connotation-implied additional meaning: an additional sense or senses associated with or suggested by a word or phrase. Connotations are sometimes, but not always, fixed, and are often subjective.

Answer 3

skim-to brush or cause something to brush against or glide lightly over (a surface)
scan-to look or glance over something quickly
Venn diagram-a diagram that is used to illustrate the relationships between mathematical sets, which are denoted by circles, with intersecting sets being indicated by two or more overlapping circles, and a subset being shown as a smaller circular area within a circle. The whole diagram is enclosed by a rectangle representing the universal set
denotation-the totality of things to which a term is applicable especially in logic — compare connotation
connotation-an essential property or group of properties of a thing named by a term in logic — compare denotation

Answer 4

1-----1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk.
3. to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of water): The sailboat skimmed the lake.
4. to throw in a smooth, gliding path over or near a surface, or so as to bounce or ricochet along a surface: to skim a stone across the lake.
5. to read, study, consider, treat, etc., in a superficial or cursory manner.

2-------1. to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
2. to examine the particulars or points of minutely; scrutinize.
3. to peer out at or observe repeatedly or sweepingly, as a large expanse; survey.
4. to analyze (verse) as to its prosodic or metrical structure; read or recite (verse) so as to indicate or test the metrical form.
5. to read (data) for use by a computer or computerized device, esp. using an optical scanner.

3------a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.


4-------1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience.
2. a word that names or signifies something specific: “Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is the denotation for a certain breed of dog.

5------1. an act or instance of connoting.
2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”

Answer 5

dictionary.com

Answer 6

why not check dictionary.com?

Answer 7

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skim
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scan
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/venn%20diagram
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/denotation
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/connotation

Here are all your words, good luck

Answer 8

No offense, but you are really lazy.

skim /skɪm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skim] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, skimmed, skim·ming, noun
–verb (used with object) 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk.
3. to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of water): The sailboat skimmed the lake.
4. to throw in a smooth, gliding path over or near a surface, or so as to bounce or ricochet along a surface: to skim a stone across the lake.
5. to read, study, consider, treat, etc., in a superficial or cursory manner.
6. to cover, as a liquid, with a thin film or layer: Ice skimmed the lake at night.
7. to take the best or most available parts or items from: Bargain hunters skimmed the flea markets early in the morning.
8. to take (the best or most available parts or items) from something: The real bargains had been skimmed by early shoppers.
9. Metallurgy. to remove (slag, scum, or dross) from the surface of molten metal.
10. Slang. a. to conceal a portion of (winnings, earnings, etc.) in order to avoid paying income taxes, commissions, or the like on the actual total revenue (sometimes fol. by off): The casino skimmed two million a year.
b. to take, remove, or appropriate for illegal use: to skim information from another's credit card.

–verb (used without object) 11. to pass or glide lightly over or near a surface.
12. to read, study, consider, etc., something in a superficial or cursory way.
13. to become covered with a thin film or layer.
14. Slang. to conceal gambling or other profits so as to avoid paying taxes, etc.; practice skimming.
–noun 15. an act or instance of skimming.
16. something that is skimmed off.
17. a thin layer or film formed on the surface of something, esp. a liquid, as the coagulated protein material formed on boiled milk.
18. a thin layer, as of mortar.
19. Slang. the amount taken or concealed by skimming.
20. skim milk.
21. Obsolete. scum.

scan /skæn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skan] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, scanned, scan·ning, noun
–verb (used with object) 1. to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
2. to examine the particulars or points of minutely; scrutinize.
3. to peer out at or observe repeatedly or sweepingly, as a large expanse; survey.
4. to analyze (verse) as to its prosodic or metrical structure; read or recite (verse) so as to indicate or test the metrical form.
5. to read (data) for use by a computer or computerized device, esp. using an optical scanner.
6. Television. to traverse (a surface) with a beam of light or electrons in order to reproduce or transmit a picture.
7. Radar. to traverse (a region) with a beam from a radar transmitter.
8. Medicine/Medical, Biology. to examine (a body, organ, tissue, or other biologically active material) with a scanner.
–verb (used without object) 9. to examine the meter of verse.
10. (of verse) to conform to the rules of meter.
11. Television. to scan a surface or the like.
–noun 12. an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
13. a visual examination by means of a television camera, as for the purpose of making visible or relaying pictures from a remote place: a satellite scan of the dark side of the moon; video scans of property listings available to customers.
14. a particular image or frame in such video observation or a photograph made from it.
15. Medicine/Medical, Biology. a. examination of the body or an organ or part, or a biologically active material, by means of a technique such as computed axial tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasonography, or scintigraphy.
b. the image or display so obtained.

Venn diagram /vɛn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ven] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation,
–noun Mathematics, Symbolic Logic. a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.

de·no·ta·tion /ˌdinoʊˈteɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dee-noh-tey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the association or set of associations that a word usually elicits for most speakers of a language, as distinguished from those elicited for any individual speaker because of personal experience. Compare connotation.
2. a word that names or signifies something specific: “Wind” is the denotation for air in natural motion. “Poodle” is the denotation for a certain breed of dog.
3. the act or fact of denoting; indication.
4. something that denotes; mark; symbol.
5. Logic. a. the class of particulars to which a term is applicable.
b. that which is represented by a sign.

con·no·ta·tion /ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kon-uh-tey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. an act or instance of connoting.
2. the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.” Compare denotation (def. 1).
3. Logic. the set of attributes constituting the meaning of a term and thus determining the range of objects to which that term may be applied; comprehension; intension.