profilen.
/ˈprəʊfʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌfaɪl/ I. The outline of a physical object or feature, or a representation of this.† 3. A horizontal sectional representation of a building or object; a ground plan. Obsolete.
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a. A representation of the outline of an object; a silhouette. Also: a drawing or other representation of the side view of something, esp. a person's face or head (cf. in profile at sense 1b).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > profile
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > portrait-painting > a portrait > profile
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1638 H. Hexam tr. S. Marolois & A. Girard Art of Fortification 28 The Profile or draught shalbe made in this manner: first a privie line is drawne from the utmost part thereof, then ye shall beginne to lay out the breath of the ramparts, moates and wayes.
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 82 Remove that picture at such a distance from the eye.. so as the outmost stels, or profile of the figure, may be perfectly discern'd.
1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 28 I observe likewise in that of the Shepheard Paris, a certain variety in the Profile from that of Venus.
1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. III. Introd. p. xj Invented the profile, to represent the side-face of a prince, who had lost an eye.
1788 R. Burns Let. 23 June (2001) I. 288 Mr Miers..has executed a profile of Dr Blacklock for me.
1809 ‘J. A. Andersen’ Dane's Excurs. I. 22 Lord Nelson pointed out to me a profile, and then observed ‘You see it is but a shade.’
1863 M. O. Oliphant Doctor's Family i, in Rector & Doctor's Family 62 The lamp..threw a hideous profile of the intruder upon the wall behind him.
1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel viii. 181 They had made three rough copies of the statue—mere wooden profiles, things that would not bear looking at closely.
1950 V. Barker Amer. Painting iv. 371 He advertised profiles in gold on glass for three dollars and in cutouts by the physiognotrace for fifty cents.
1990 ‘A. Cross’ Players come Again (1992) i. 11 The photographer, perhaps not content with only a profile of her, had caught three quarters of the averted face.
b. in profile: (esp. of a person's face or head) as seen from one side; side-on. in lost profile: as seen from a position in which the subject is more than half turned away from the onlooker (cf. profil perdu n.).
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [phrase] > from the side
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1668 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Idea Perfection Painting 37 The Eye of Paris, which..he has represented in Profile.
a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. iii. 538 Till about the end of the third Century..I do not remember to have seen the head of a Roman Emperor drawn with a full face. They always appear in profil, to use a French term of art.
1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) Three Blackamoors' Heads in Profile..banded Argent and Gules.
1840 E. A. Poe Ligeia in Tales of Grotesque & Arabesque I. 100 I knew that he was not asleep, from the wide and rigid opening of the eye as I caught a glance of it in profile.
1895 T. Hardy Jude v. ii. 336 She may have seemed handsome enough in profile under the lamps, but a frowsiness was apparent this morning.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 353 Didn't let her see me in profile.
1967 W. Ames Prince Albert & Victorian Taste xi. 139 The Duke..is seen in lost profile, with just enough of his nose and chin showing to be unmistakable.
2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 30/2 Globular eyes are round in shape and somewhat prominent, although they are not bulging in profile.
2. The actual outline or contour of something, esp. of a person's face or head.
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the world > space > shape > [noun] > contour(s)
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun] > outline of
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1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. i. 13 I continually begin to measure the projectures of every Profile from the Central line of the Colomn.
1776 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 225 I..discovered him at my elbow, modelling my antiquated profil.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 434 Leading canals around the profiles of hills.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 968 Imperial, a species of dome, whose profile is pointed towards the top.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. i. 5 Throw up your chin a moment, so that I may catch the profile of your face better.
1921 E. Ferber Girls ix. 184 Their profiles would have put a movie star to shame.
1967 T. Wilder Eighth Day ii. 175 His profile and the back of his head were vulnerable, as it is in the young.
1994 Canad. Geographic May 40/1 The Princess is my favourite among the Marine Atlantic ferries—145 metres long, seakindly and gracious, with the classic profile of an ocean liner.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > plan drawing
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1665 J. Moxon tr. J. Barozzio Vignola (ed. 2) xxxi. 76 Thus in the Figure you have the Semidiameter of the Profile, divided into 4 equall parts.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 152 Winding Stairs are projected on a round Profile, whose Diameter is equal to the Base the Stair-Case is to stand on.
1701 J. Collier Hist. Geogr. Dict. (ed. 2) at Cambalu It is true, that the Profil, or Draught of Cambalu, which the Portuguese have at Lisbon..differs from that of Peking, which the Hollanders brought.
4. Originally: a transverse vertical section of a fort. In later use also: (Architecture, Surveying, and Engineering) a vertical sectional representation of a building, machine part, etc.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > a plan or diagram > section
profile1669
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1669 P. Staynred Compend. Fortification 7 (caption) in S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. The Profile or Section of a Fort with a Fausse-Bray and Counterscarp.
1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 141 The Profil of a Chimney, cut by a Plane perpendicular to the Hearth and to the Back.
1803 Woodington in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 291 The profile and elevation of the western front of the fort.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator i. 21 The profile is a vertical section at right angles to the trace, and shows the true heights and breadths of the object.
1946 L. Toft & A. T. J. Kersey Theory of Machines (ed. 5) viii. 233 The ordinary capstan is not a cylinder, having a concave profile.
5. Ceramics and Campanology. A template or shaping tool into which is cut the form of the interior or exterior outline of (part of) the object to be made.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for marking out work > [noun] > templates
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > casting equipment > other casting equipment
strickle1688
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1751 J. Barrow Dict. Arts & Sci. at Foundery of Bells The core is judged to be in perfection, when the profile carries the fresh cement entirely off, without leaving any upon the last dry lay.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 462 With different profiles, or ribs, he forms the inside of the vessel into whatever shape may be required.
1880 C. A. Janvier Pract. Keramics v. 55 He presses the bottom of the plate with an instrument called a profile, or rib, which..gives the exact profile of the outside of the plate.
1940 B. Leach Potter's Bk. iv. 74 For minor corrections of form in narrow-necked vases or bottles, long wooden profiles may replace the hand.
1977 Harrison Mayer Ltd. Catal. 53/2 These throwing ribs or ‘profiles’..are used for pulling up the pot and forming the base when throwing.
6. Fortification. The structural formation of an earthwork, considered in terms of its relative thickness or strength; (also) an earthwork (of a particular thickness or strength). Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > earthwork with reference to thickness
profile1800
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > earthwork with reference to thickness > thickness of
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1800 W. Nicolay tr. K. A. von Struensee First Princ. Field-fortification i. iv. 122 As there is no reason to apprehend a powerful attack upon the traverse, its profile need be but very weak.
1865 Reader 4 Mar. 247/3 172 guns of position spread over a distance of five miles, which space was fortified by fieldworks of the weakest profile.
1891 Daily News 11 Nov. 5/5 A strong profile will be required on account of the great power of penetration which is given to the present bullet by the smokeless powder employed.
1938 Times 11 Mar. 10/5 The steep-sided ditch was a formidable obstacle, but weathering and deliberate alteration of the profile have done much to obliterate the original aspect.
7. Theatre. (a) A type of thin board used to make flat pieces of scenery, and from which stage properties are cut in outline. (b) A piece of stage scenery made from this.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of
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1824 J. Decastro Mem. 43 The master carpenter had forgot to saw off one of the unpainted pieces of profile belonging to a wing.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 29 Jan. 10/1 A piece of ‘profile’ was left standing in contact with the gas-jets for twenty minutes without effect.
1927 Times 30 Apr. 13/7 It is atmospheric rather than structural depth [that the paintings lack], depending upon the relations in tone of one plane behind another—like stage profiles.
1941 P. Barber New Scene Technician's Handbk. iii, in J. Gassner Producing Play 610 A stage column is made by cutting a series of sweeps... Thin profile is then bent around the sweeps, and nailed, and then covered with canvas.
1957 W. Bridges-Adams Irresistible Theatre ii. xx. 230 Slit deal and inch-board sound remarkably like the profile and three-by-one of the nineteenth-century theatre.
1977 W. F. Bellman Scenography & Stage Technol. x. 176 (caption) Hard flat materials have been worked into the edges of these profiled flats to give strength to the irregular edges. Such profiles are normally covered with muslin before painting.
8. Fortification and Building. A light wooden frame set up to serve as a guide in forming an earthwork, the foundations of a building, etc. rare.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > construction of > framework used as guide
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1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 47 When a work is traced on the ground..two profiles should be set up on each line to shew the workmen the form of the parapet, and to guide them in the execution of their task.
1932 T. Corkhill Conc. Building Encycl. 163 Profiles, temporary wooden guides for the erection of brickwork.
1988 Do It Yourself Mar. 46/1 Setting out foundations starts with making wooden profiles on which to fix the string-lines to indicate the trench and brickwork.
9. figurative. The extent to which a person or thing attracts attention or is exposed to the public eye; a specified degree of conspicuousness or prominence.See also high profile n., low-profile n.
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1937 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 19 June 10/6 Such a program is within the power of women themselves. They can change their public profile.
1962 Listener 11 Jan. 105/2 Marschner's application of a powerful declamatory style lends Heiling an extraordinary dramatic profile.
1970 Guardian 16 Dec. 10/2 The United States..has repeatedly committed itself to keeping its profile low.
1989 Daily Herald (Chicago) 4 Oct. iv. 2/1 Its ability to develop innovative products while keeping its costs low and its public profile high.
1996 Sky Mag. Oct. 55/2 You're a soap actor with a whiter-than-white image. You want to raise your profile. What do you do? You pose nude.
2005 Independent 21 Sept. 32/1 For the past two years the British have kept as low a profile as possible in southern Iraq.
II. (A representation of) a structured set of characteristics of someone or something.
10. A description of a person, organization, product, etc.
a. A short biographical sketch or character study, esp. of a public figure.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > [noun] > types of biography > biographical sketch
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a1734 R. North in J. L. Clifford Biogr. as Art (1962) 31 As for the many sketches or profiles of great men's lives, pretended to be synoptical or multum in parvo, we are sure there is nothing we look for in them.
1840 C. Dickens Let. 26 Nov. (1969) II. 158 I have gone through your two profiles, and marked them in pencil here and there.
1927 Observer 23 Oct. 6/2 In this volume we have glimpses of a few political personages... But novel ‘profiles’ of writers whom he has known are not to be found.
1962 Listener 7 June 1004/1 A film profile of Julian Bream.
1990 Pen Internat. 40 I. 51 It's difficult to give a short profile of a man of so many aspects..without risking a distorted portrait.
b. A brief description of a thing or event; a summary or evaluation of the salient characteristics of something, esp. a business or product.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] > outline or sketch in words
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1783 B. Franklin Let. 17 Mar. in W. Jones Lett. (1821) 38 You are appointed to an honourable and profitable place in the Indies; so I expect now soon to hear of the wedding, and to receive the profile.
1954 Harvard Business Rev. Nov. 130 (caption) Product profile, evaluating extent to which company Y meets requirements of market entry.
1983 M. Edwardes Back from Brink vi. 131 The team who were there worked out a profile that showed we could compete with the best European manufacturer.
1995 BBC Good Food Aug. 35/1 Alongside the profiles of every bread under the sun, there is a wide variety of recipes using it as an ingredient.
2003 Chatelaine May 259 (advt.) The Maclean's Guide to Canadian Universities 2003..has everything you need to help make this difficult decision easier. Profiles of the 68 schools.
c. A record or report of a person's psychological or behavioural traits, personal preferences, etc., typically based on the analysis of his or her responses in a questionnaire or test. Cf. sense 15 and profiling n. 5.
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1922 H. L. Hollingworth Judging Human Char. 210 Allport has used a similar method for portraying personality profiles on the basis of questionnaire replies, with rough steps of classification.
1963 Proc. AFIPS Conf. 23 258/2 Most user profiles (interests) have been obtained..by blindly mailing a short form to the potential user.
1974 Physics Bull. Nov. 505/1 Abstracts would be sent selectively to subscribers..according to their interest ‘profiles’.
1994 Independent 1 Aug. 16/6 I arranged to sit another psychometric test... The profile..picked up on my eye for detail and the fact that I have a problem meeting deadlines.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Oct. 107/1 Bronner compiled a detailed database of the clients AT&T had lost to the competition and began tailoring the give-back to fit the customer's calling profile.
d. Originally U.S. In a criminal investigation: a description of the probable psychological and behavioural characteristics of an unknown perpetrator, created to help identify suspects. Cf. offender profiling n. at offender n. Compounds.Recorded earliest in psychological profile n. at psychological adj. and n. Compounds.
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society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > personal identification > [noun] > identification parade > description of person wanted by police
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1964 Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 18 Jan. a3/3 A ‘psychological profile’ of the killer or killers responsible for 11 stranglings of women in eastern Massachusetts.
1977 Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 7 May 6/3 The task force has also come up with a profile of the killer: He is, police say, a white male between 20 and 35 years of age, educated and intelligent, with the capacity to hide his victim for a number of days.
1984 Times 24 Sept. 12/4 In assembling a profile, they identify both the type of individual and the type of crime that he or she would carry out.
1990 Law & Human Behaviour 14 216 Through close examination of the crime scene one is able to extrapolate certain relevant psychological material that leads to a profile;..the forensic investigator will let the entire crime scene, including the victim, tell, in effect, what kind of person committed this act.
e. Originally and chiefly U.S. A criterion or set of criteria used to identify individuals or groups of people for particular scrutiny for purposes of law enforcement or public safety. Cf. profiling n.
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1989 in J. P. Collum Without Just Cause (WWOR TV script) Segment 1 (O.E.D. Archive) Individuals..are being stopped who fit what anyone else, black or white, would call a profile. The state police might not call it a profile but its clear its [sic] a profile.
1997 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 8 Mar. Police officials in Prince George's County..say they are sensitive to the danger of using racial profiles, and they have emphasized that officers must treat all drivers with ‘courtesy and professionalism’.
2003 Los Angeles Times 8 Jan. b1 It didn't matter to the cops that night that he is a professional man... ‘All that matters to them..is that I am a young black male in an old Cutlass—that's their profile.’
11. Physical Geography. The outline of part of the earth's surface as seen in a vertical section along a straight line or a line following the course of a valley, river, etc. profile of equilibrium n. the profile of a graded river or stream; a profile such that the velocity of flow is just sufficient to transport all the load supplied from above; (also) an analogous profile of a beach, such that the amount of sediment deposited is balanced by the amount removed.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > vertical section
profile1826
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > sedimentation > [noun] > erosion-deposition equilibrium
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > natural drainage > specific river profile
profile of equilibrium1894
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > movement of material > [noun] > by wind, water, or ice > competence or capacity
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1734 Builder's Dict. I. at Bridge The Soundings of the Water being made, and set down on the Plan, they serve for making a Profile of the River, which marks or sets out the Depth of the Water that has been found.
1826 Amer. Philos. Trans. 22 3 The paper by Dr Drake..is accompanied with a profile of the valley of the Ohio, running transversely across the river at Cincinnati, and indicating the alluvial formations on each bank of the river at that place.
1854 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1850–54 6 6 If we consider the isothermal lines on a longitudinal profile of the Alps, we find that their forms show some connexion with the mean elevation of the different parts of the Alps.
1894 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 2 77 Following certain French writers, the profile of the stream when this balanced condition has been reached has been called the profile of equilibrium.
1902 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 10 1 (heading) Development of the profile of equilibrium of the subaqueous shore terrace.
1924 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 80 581 There is little indication of the U-shaped transverse profile which is so characteristic of the Towy valley near Nant Stalwyn.
1968 R. W. Fairbridge Encycl. Geomorphol. 871/2 During the last glacial period of the Pleistocene, mean sea level was lowered by about 100 meters or more. River valleys cut down towards a new profile of equilibrium.
1986 B. W. Sparks Geomorphol. (BNC) (ed. 3) 241 The summer and winter beach profiles..often show a winter profile combed down into a series of bars and troughs caused by the destructive waves of winter storms and a steeper summer profile with a large inshore berm built up by swell waves of constructive type.
1988 Canad. Geographic Feb. 54/1 Waska..switches on the fish finder, a sonar unit that prints out a profile of the river below us.
12. The way a physical quantity varies along a line or in a particular direction, esp. a vertical line through the earth or the atmosphere; a diagrammatic representation of this. More widely: any graph of empirical results in the form of a line. Frequently with distinguishing word.In quot. 1860: a curve showing the variation of atmospheric pressure in a particular direction.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph
curve1818
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trend line1912
subgraph1931
network1941
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multigraph1966
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > diagrams, graphs, or lines > [noun] > barometric pressure
profile1860
isobar1864
electrogram1877
barogram1884
isallobar1911
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xxi. §859 There is barely a resemblance between this profile of the atmosphere over the land and the profile of it over the sea.
1933 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 141 311 The magnetic profile for a traverse across the dyke.
1953 Jrnl. Geophysical Res. 58 519 Five temperature profiles are obtained which represent stratospheric conditions over New Mexico during October 1952.
1963 G. L. Pickard Descriptive Physical Oceanogr. vi. 97 Temperature/depth or salinity/depth profiles..are usually drawn as the first stage in examining oceanographic data.
1972 Nature 25 Feb. 417/1 Oxygen isotope profiles through the entire depth of the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica..provide an excellent record of climatic changes.
1999 Textile Month May 60/1 Unlike conventional cambered rolls, the Anti-Deflection Roller delivers an even pressure profile at all applied loads.
13. The shape of a transverse wave, as viewed along the course of the wave.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > [noun] > wave form
waveform1845
profile1902
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 579/2 Mr Froude made the assumption that the profile of the wave was a curve of sines.
1959 E. Pulgram Introd. Spectrogr. Speech ii. 33 The profiles of waves A and C are so different from one another that one cannot help wondering whether, apart from pitch, they really represent the same tone.
1975 E. Hecht Schaum's Outl. Theory & Probl. Optics i. 2 Show that f(x − vt) is a progressive wave moving in the positive x-direction with an unchanging profile.
1990 J. D. Barrow Theories of Everything ix. 206 When the initial wave profile is described by a continuous but not twice differentiable function, then there may exist no computable solution of the wave equation in two or more space dimensions.
14. Soil Science. The set of horizons of which a soil is composed, as displayed in a vertical cross-section down to the parent material. More fully soil profile.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > horizon > profile
profile1906
pedon1960
1877 Harper's Mag. Jan. 314/1 Dr. H. von Nathusius..is doing eminent service to agricultural science by the publication..of a number of series of ‘Charts for Scientific Instruction with special Reference to Agriculture’. One of these is a series by Professor Orth of six charts, each giving six diagrams in profile of the characteristic sedimentary soils of North Germany.]
1906 E. W. Hilgard Soils x. 165 (caption) Soil profiles illustrating differences in soils of humid and arid regions.
1927 N. M. Comber Introd. Sci. Study Soil xiii. 144 Areas in which the profiles are essentially alike are grouped together and the characteristic profile is given a definite name.
1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery xi. 94 Over a large part of Highland Britain..there has been insufficient time for the weathering of rocks and the formation of a complete profile.
1996 B. W. Clark & J. K. Wallace Canada (ed. 3) vii. 89 New mineral materials are added at the bottom of the profile by the weathering of the parent material. At the same time, organic materials are added at the top of the profile.
15. Originally: the outline formed on a graph or chart by joining the scores that a person has obtained in tests for various personality traits, esp. in order to provide a quantified result easily comparable with the results of others. Hence, more generally: a graphical or other representation of information relating to particular characteristics of a person or thing, esp. for the purposes of identification or comparison.In later use, esp. in Psychology, passing into 10c.DNA, psychological, pollen, radar profile: see the first element.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [noun] > standard of comparison
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benchmark1884
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > testing of personality > [noun] > graphic result
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1914 Jrnl. Amer. Inst. Criminal Law & Criminol. 5 308 We rely upon the Rossolino Psychological Profile Method, the Graduated Association Method,..and others.
1932 Darrow & Heath in K. S. Lashley Stud. Dynamics of Behavior 68 By repetition and comparison of tests on the same person, we find a tendency for the shape of the profile to be characteristic of a given individual.
1948 Eng. Stud. 29 109 Two variables are considered of prime importance in identifying specific patterns of tone in speech: the shape of the curve of speech melody, and the position of the principal stress on that curve. A given combination of shape and stress-position will be referred to as a profile.
1957 R. B. Cattell Personality & Motivation ix. 366 The definition of a profile as a set of ordered measurements (corresponding to the mathematical definition of a vector quantity) applying to a single case.
1985 M. Larson Pawns & Symbols ii. 19 Her psychometric profile was reviewed before she was considered: xenophobic index remarkably low.
1991 Ace Feb. 40/2 The caller's voice is broken down into a frequency profile.
16. Geology. A representation of the form of the interface between strata, obtained from measurements made at points lying on a straight line; (also) the line itself. to shoot a profile: to make such measurements, esp. by seismic reflection or refraction.
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the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [verb (intransitive)] > measurement of strata
to shoot a profile1929
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geology > [noun] > measurement of strata > line or representation
sectional line1831
profile1929
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > section or profile
section1858
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1929 Q. Colorado School Mines Mar. 108 For a number of potential profiles covering the ground, lines of equal resistivity may be drawn in plan view, instead of equipotential lines.
1929 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 81 597 To delimit a newly discovered dome and determine the depth to the top of the cap..profiles are shot by the refraction method.
1949 Geophysics 14 57 (heading) Airborne magnetic profile above 40th parallel, eastern Colorado to western Indiana.
1976 W. M. Telford et al. Appl. Geophysics iv. 365 Where a single refractor is being followed, a series of short refraction profiles are often shot rather than a long profile.
1991 Nature 24 Jan. 283/2 High-pressure experiments, in combination with seismic density profiles, indicate that (Mg,Fe)SiO3 in the perovskite structure is the dominant mineral of much of the lower mantle.
17. Astronomy. The way the intensity of radiation varies with wavelength from one side of a line in a stellar spectrum to the other; a diagrammatic representation of this.
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the world > the universe > star > star-matter > [noun] > spectrum
spectral type1890
redshift1923
space reddening1931
profile1933
1933 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 19 642 (caption) Schematic profiles of lines in the spectrum of a nova expanding with constant high velocity.
1953 L. H. Aller Astrophysics p. v The abundance of calcium may be determined from the profile of the ‘K’ line in the solar spectrum.
1971 Nature 15 Jan. 214/1 He was one of the first to measure intensity profiles of the Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum.
1996 Astrophysical Jrnl. 466 175/1 Expected broad-line profile variability will be difficult to detect unless the quality of the data is high.
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a. Aeronautics and Astronautics. The sequence of events in the flight plan of an aircraft, esp. in a test flight or reconnaissance; a particular sequence of accelerations undergone by a space rocket in flight; the plan of a space flight as regards the nature and duration of successive trajectories.
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society > travel > air or space travel > space flight > [noun] > a space shot or flight > course or trajectory of spacecraft > plan of successive trajectories
profile1937
1937 Geogr. Rev. 27 432 The height of the airplane was recorded..from the altimeter readings for the major segments of the flight profile, but..was not precisely known for every..photograph.
1962 K. A. Ehricke Princ. Guided Missile Design I. vii. 774 (caption) Constant thrust acceleration profile with and without intermediate coast period.
1962 R. C. Duncan Dynamics Atmospheric Entry i. 16 The functional phases of the direct-entry profile are: 1. Orbital phase... 2. Departure phase... 3. Free-fall phase... 4. Approach phase... 5. Landing phase.
1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders ii. 39 This flight data looks like pure vanilla on first inspection... Nice easy turns, steady on the engines. Textbook flight profile.
2004 Flight Internat. (Nexis) 24 June 4 SpaceShipOne's flight profile and fuel load called for a climb-out to 360,000ft.
b. Military. (A plan or strategy for) the deployment and movement of vehicles (esp. aircraft) or troops on a particular mission.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > forming extended line
deploy1796
deployment1796
fronting1796
deploying1852
profile1959
1959 Operations Res. 7 599 During..a tactical air campaign, the commanders..must decide such things as type of weapon,..targets to be hit, mission profile,..etc.
1979 R. Prest F4 Phantom vi. 56 I am leading, so I hastily rebrief my chaseman, review the profile we are to follow.
1991 T. Laming RAF Fighter Pilot (1993) ix. 147 There are many differing attack profiles practised by the Buccaneer crews... In this profile, six Buccaneers each carry four Sea Eagles, flying line abreast, less than 100 feet above the sea surface.
2004 National Defense (Nexis) 1 Apr. 6 The initial phase of the program focuses on three key mission profiles: anti-submarine warfare, mine warfare and maritime interdiction operations.
19. Computing. An analysis of computer software for optimization purposes, typically showing when and how often each part of a program is called. Cf. profile v. 4b.
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1971 D. E. Knuth in Software Pract. & Experience 1 111 Thus our experience has suggested that frequency counts are so important that they deserve a special name; let us call the collection of frequency counts the profile of a program.
1996 I. C. Pyle Dict. Computing (ed. 4) 389/2 An execution profile for a program might show the proportion of time spent in each individual procedure during a run of the program.
1999 B. W. Kernighan & R. Pike Practice of Programming vii. 172 The following table shows the profile generated by a special version of the spam filter we built to understand its behavior.
Compounds
C1. General attributive and objective.
profile head n.
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1738 J. Breval Remarks Several Parts Europe: Tours since 1723 I. 133 There was Room indeed to suspect the Stone's Antiquity; but I think a more beautiful profile Head cannot be seen.
1843 Biblical Repertory Jan. 181 The pictorial feature of the work consists in profile heads of the French monarchs.
1927 R. H. Wilenski Mod. Movement in Art 133 The full-face eye in profile heads in Egyptian art.
1996 R. Neich in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture iv. 81 The structural framework of the shark-toothed knife is the body of the manaia or spiritual being whose profile head and jaws appear at the upper end.
profile line n.
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1850 Sci. Amer. 23 Mar. 210/1 It is said that the machine combines the operation of the perambulator with that of the pentagraph giving profile lines of plats, surveys and measuring distances.
1897 Outing 30 125/2 The skull rounded with a slight peak—profile line nearly straight.
1930 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 34 175 The profile line, from forehead to nose..is long and straight.
1990 Amiga Computing Dec. 115/2 Having entered the position and orientation of the spindle a profile line can be drawn.
profile painter n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > silhouetting or shadow-painting > artist
profile painter1778
profilist1793
silhouettist1835
1778 New Prose Bath Guide 50 Mr. Farrar, Profile Painter.
1801 Times 19 Feb. 4/3 The Plaintiff is a Profile Painter.
1938 Bismarck (N. Dakota) Tribune 31 Dec. 2/4 He considers himself the greatest living portrait and profile painter.
1992 D. Chotner Amer. Naive Paintings 580/1 Possibly the best known profile painter was Jacob Eichholz of Pennsylvania.
profile picture n.
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1793 J. Woodforde Diary 25 Nov. (1929) IV. 80 They were so kind as to bring us a profile Picture of our late worthy friend Mr. DuQuesne.
1870 Ladies' Repository Mar. 239/1 They are executed in what is known as the silhouette style—a profile picture in black, on a white or tinted ground.
1953 Times 2 Sept. 2/6 Another Fuseli..is the half-length profile picture of ‘The Three Witches’.
2000 Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 5 Nov. d4/2 Look in the newspaper for profile pictures of people in the news.
profile study n.
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1882 W. Sharp D. G. Rossetti 447 Profile study of a girl's head.
1912 Dict. National Biogr. at Legros, Alphonse The present writer has a profile study in oils and two etchings.
1959 Notes & Queries Feb. 84/1 An initial profile-study gives some biographical facts.
1997 D. E. Osterbrock Yerkes Observatory vi. 155 Struve seems to have done all the measurements, identifications, analysis, and profile studies.
profile view n.
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1738 J. F. Fritsch tr. G. de Lairesse Art of Painting vii. 350 Would not a more Profile-view have suited him better?
1848 Commerc. Rev. South & West Sept. 215 The profile view on the north of the map shows the elevations of the present travelling route.
1918 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 20 June 5/3 (caption) This is an elegant tripling of the profile views of the three great Allied commanders.
1996 New Phytologist 133 545 The phycobilisomes in profile view appear in highly ordered rows.
profile writer n.
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1940 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 15 Oct. 17/1 One of the prisoners was a certain profile writer's grandpater.
1978 Rugby World Apr. 36/2 Gareth's second enthusiasm.., according to a generation of profile-writers, is fishing.
1997 Guardian 10 Feb. ii. 12/1 A slight sideways twitch of the thin lips profile-writers have found so useful when discerning asceticism and control-freakism.
C2. † profile instrument n. Obsolete rare an apparatus used for drawing outlines or silhouettes.† profile stage property n. Obsolete rare = sense 7.
profile board n. (a) a board or plate cut to a pattern, used as a template to fix the shape or dimensions of something being made or built; (b) Theatre = sense 7(a).
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1858 New Amer. Cycl. IV. at Cannon Over this..is plastered a layer of prepared clay,..and by causing the rod to revolve against a profile board having the exact outline of the gun, the model receives its shape.
1926 M. Smith Bk. Play Production for Little Theaters, Schools & Colleges 143 Profile board is a three-ply board made especially for ‘cut outs’, such as trees, ground rolls, or other irregular edges.
1991 M. R. Booth Theatre in Victorian Age iii. 76 The sloat was a device for raising scenic flats such as a profile board ground row (rocks on the seashore or a flowery meadowbank) through a narrow cut in the stage.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) x. 441/1 For a straight footing, set up two profile boards made from 25mm (1in) thick timber nailed to stakes driven into the ground at each end of the proposed trench.
profile chart n. Ecology (now rare) = profile diagram n.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > vertical section of forest
profile chart1924
profile diagram1936
1924 Ecology 5 197 Methods of studying vegetation..and for making quadrats, transacts, and profile charts.
1926 A. G. Tansley & T. F. Chipp Aims & Methods Study Vegetation iv. 65 Profile charts record diagrammatically the vertical relations of the vegetation..as seen in profile or ‘elevation’.
profile cut n. and adj. (a) n.a method or style of cutting a diamond in which it is sliced into thin plates that are polished on one side, finely grooved on the other, and bevelled on the edge; (b) adj.of a diamond: cut using this method.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > diamond > [noun] > of specific type of cut > types of cut
rose-cut1773
Lisbon cut1874
twentieth century cut1903
profile cut1964
1964 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 25 Aug. 10/6 An even more radical innovation is the ‘profile’ or ‘corrugated’ cut.
1964 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 25 Aug. 10/6 The profile-cut diamond..has neither culet bottom point nor an inverted pyramid below its table or top surface.
1970 R. Webster Gems (ed. 2) xx. 378 The Profile cut allows considerably greater area of visible diamond than a brilliant cut of similar size.
1976 ‘D. Craig’ Faith, Hope & Death xxii. 156 Good stuff, like profile-cut diamonds.
profile cutter n. (a) an (itinerant) artist who produces silhouette portraits (now historical); (b) a cutting tool in a woodworking or metalworking machine with an edge in the shape of the outline to be cut; (also) the machine itself; = profile machine n. (b).
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1818 in Jrnl. Amer. Inst. for Conservation (2002) 41 215/2 The Profile Cutter attends every day and evening—Frames furnished at the door.
1879 Manufacturer & Builder June 136/2 Profile cutters for every style of molding.
1988 D.-B. Garvin & J. L. Garvin On Road North of Boston v. 99 (caption) Itinerant profile cutters..advertised their skills..in local newspapers as they moved from tavern to tavern.
2001 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 5 Dec. 5 The versatile small batch profile cutter..enables users to cut a range of profiles in-house without taking main line machines off production.
profile diagram n. Ecology a representation of a vertical section through a forest, showing the outlines of the individual components of the vegetation.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > vertical section of forest
profile chart1924
profile diagram1936
1933 Davis & Richards in Jrnl. Ecol. 21 369 The stratification is very irregular and ill-marked, as can also be seen from the diagrammatic profile in Fig. 6.]
1936 Jrnl. Ecol. 24 u12 (caption) Profile diagram of Mixed forest on summit of ridge.
1974 D. Mueller-Dombois & H. Ellenberg Aims & Methods Vegetation Ecol. viii. 148 Profile diagrams can be used to illustrate details in vertical spacing of species.
2000 Jrnl. Ecol. 88 822/2 These reports rely on qualitative assessments of profile diagrams constructed with a priori assumptions of zonation.
profile drag n. Aeronautics the part of the drag on an aerofoil or aircraft which arises directly from its profile and from skin friction (i.e. the part not attributable to lift).
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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > aerodynamic forces and concepts > [noun] > drag > types of
parasite resistance1918
profile drag1922
induced drag1926
parasite drag1927
form drag1931
pressure drag1933
parasitic drag1937
wave drag1948
1922 Flight 14 692/2 Prandtl calls this increment of the drag at given lift by the trailing vortex system the ‘induced drag’, and the drag of the wing of infinite aspect ratio and of the same section he calls the ‘profile drag’.
1936 Jrnl. Aeronaut. Sci. 4 13/2 The covering of cellulose acetate may be highly polished to lower the profile drag.
1989 M. Owen Hang Gliding 33 There are two types of drag on a hang glider: profile drag and induced drag.
profile-grind v. Engineering transitive and intransitive to grind using a profile grinder.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > grind (down)
rough-grind1664
to rub down1794
roughen1839
sand1858
profile-grind1941
1941 Automobile Engineer 31 169/3 (caption) Profile grinding a helical gear by the Maag gear grinding process.
1956 Automobile Engineer 46 348/2 The floor-to-floor time was 12 minutes, or 6 minutes per gear. To profile grind at such rates a reasonable standard of gear preparation is necessary.
2000 Mod. Machine Shop (Nexis) 1 Feb. 64 In many applications these two axes are used in concert to profile grind the workpiece.
profile grinder n. Engineering a machine for profile grinding.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine tool > other specific machine tools > [noun] > profile grinder
profiler1890
profile grinder1950
1950 C. R. Hines Machine Tools for Engineers xi. 234 Profile or contour grinders. These grinders are similar to pantograph milling machines.
1968 S. Tolansky Strategic Diamond viii. 67 (caption) Shaped profile grinder roller for making ceramic spark plug.
1997 Metalworking Production May 67 (advt.) Grinding... Surface & profile grinders.
profile grinding n. Engineering grinding in which the work surface of the wheel has the same outline as that required in the item being ground.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > [adjective] > grinding
grindinga1000
profile grinding1917
1917 T. R. Shaw Precision Grinding Machines x. 155 (heading) Profile and form grinding.
1968 S. Tolansky Strategic Diamond viii. 66 Profile grinding is used extensively and ubiquitously for both large and small components which require to be of exact size or have complex shape.
1988 Frederick (Maryland) Post 28 May g7/3 (advt.) A person to sharpen and grind molder knives using grinding stones and profile grinding machines.
profile-ground adj. Engineering ground or shaped by profile grinding.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > materials having undergone process > [adjective] > ground or crushed
crumbleda1475
contunded1599
stamped1600
powdered1646
rough-ground1754
pulverized1762
ground1765
crushed1855
plough-ground1896
profile-ground1941
1941 Automobile Engineer 31 168/3 In some cases the gears are hobbed and in others pinion type profile ground cutters are employed.
2004 Mod. Machine Shop (Nexis) 1 Aug. 172 This tool consists of a steel body that has been hardened, profile ground and galvanic-plated.
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1842 G. W. Francis Dict. Arts Silouette, or Profile Instrument, a contrivance for taking the exact outline of an object, particularly the outline of a person's side face.
profile machine n. (a) = profile instrument n.; (b) a machine for cutting or shaping a part to a desired profile, esp. guided by a template or pattern; a profiler.
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1816 Times 17 Aug. 1/3 (advt.) A capital profile machine, adapted for travelling; the purchaser may be instructed in the method of taking profile likenesses.
1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxii. 344 Your likeness was took on my hart in much quicker time..than ever a likeness was took by the profeel macheen.
1864 Sci. Amer. 22 Oct. 270/3 (advt.) On the 10th day of November next, will be sold at auction..a large number of Milling, Edging, or Profile Machines.
1950 V. Barker Amer. Painting xxxvii. 249 For likenesses in which the sitter faced the painter, and for which therefore the profile machine was useless, Sharples charged more.
2005 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner (Nexis) 18 Oct. 21 Atlas Specialty Metals has four new staff, a profile machine and new overhead crane to move the plates.
profile paper n. paper ruled with equidistant vertical and horizontal lines, to facilitate drawing something to scale.
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1874 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xvii. 160 He plotted the line on the profile paper.
1913 Times 9 Apr. 23/4 A drive from the rear axle moves a strip of profile paper over two drums.
1949 Sunday Gleaner (Kingston) 6 Feb. 2/2 (advt.) Section paper. Profile paper. Black and coloured waterproof inks.
profile piece n. (a) Theatre = sense 7(b); (b) chiefly Journalism a feature article, esp. one describing the life of a public figure.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of
side shutter1634
drop1781
flat1795
back-scene1818
border1824
profile1824
act drop1829
set piece1859
profiling1861
profile wing1873
backing1889
profile piece1896
revolve1900
construction1924
wood-wing1933
cutout1949
1896 Washington Post 23 Feb. 8/6 This profile piece is set about four feet in front of the sky drop.
1941 Port Arthur (Texas) News 23 Oct. 4/2 One of Life's editors..was ordered to spend at least two weeks with Ginger Rogers..for a profile piece.
1968 Drama Rev. 13 77 Any illusion of reality is contradicted..by the two-dimensional profile piece and the unconvincing treatment of the..hewn log walls.
2004 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 5 Sept. 8 The Independent ran a profile piece of like-it-or-better-still-loathe-it celebrity magazine Closer.
profile shot n. a photograph or photographer's view of a subject, esp. a person's face, in profile.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject
high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1928 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 22 Jan. 26 (caption) Profile ‘shot’ of the Cyrene sculpture, in which the ironical smile is plainly apparent.
1972 I. Hamilton Thrill Machine viii. 34 She always managed to turn slightly this way or that to give Joe a profile shot.
2003 L. Lokko Sundowners (2004) xx. 175 For the next two hours they worked almost without a break. Profile shots, straight-ons,..every pose and every angle he could think of.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > props > types of
stock-gold1713
profile stage property1854
slapstick1896
custard pie1915
practical1952
tickling stick1969
1854 A. C. Mowatt Autobiogr. Actress xvii. 308 I suppose you will send some profile stage properties to my room.
profile wing n. Theatre (now rare) a flat piece of scenery placed at the side of a stage (cf. sense 7).
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > pieces of
side shutter1634
drop1781
flat1795
back-scene1818
border1824
profile1824
act drop1829
set piece1859
profiling1861
profile wing1873
backing1889
profile piece1896
revolve1900
construction1924
wood-wing1933
cutout1949
1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 278/2 Side scenes cut out thus are termed profile wings.
1923 W. Archer Old Drama & New i. 20 When an actor,..entered between a pair of profile wings, or through a canvas door with no handle,..the thing was from the outset so absolutely unreal.
1961 K. A. Burnim D. Garrick, Director iv. 74 By refining the technical use of ramps, levels, set-pieces, and profile-wings..he advanced along the path to a romantic and more realistic treatment of stage space.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
profilev.
/ˈprəʊfʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌfaɪl/ 1. † a. transitive. Architecture. To represent in profile; to draw in cross-section; to outline. Obsolete.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > make plan or diagram of [verb (transitive)] > section
profile1664
sectionize1876
1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. viii. 108 Vignola has proceeded with a great deal more exactness and judgment in his Designs, which he has also Profil'd very neatly [Fr. lesquels il a profilez tres-nettement].
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. 33 The Imposts of the Arches are profil'd by the side of the Pedestal.
1774 J. Carter Builder's Mag. 269 Profiling sometimes denotes designing or describing the member with a rule, compass, &c.
b. transitive. In passive. To be defined in outline against a background; to be shown in profile, to be visible side-on.
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the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give outline to > throw up the outline of
profile1839
silhouette1876
1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 378 Full and plain those features are displayed Thus profiled forth against the clear blue sky.
1877 E. M. A. Heron Balance of Pain 119 Th' embracing lands are profiled clear against the evening sky.
1941 J. Agee & W. Evans Let us now praise Famous Men 163 On the cloth..sits a white china swan, profiled upon the north.
1966 R. Price Generous Man (1967) ii. 148 Her face was profiled and her arms were hooped above her head.
1995 Artichoke Spring 43/1 Upton's 1993 Self Portrait in Hawaiian Shirt shows her profiled against a wallpaper of blocked prints.
2. transitive. To provide (an object) with a profile of a specified nature, to give an outline to; (Engineering) to shape (an object) by means of a profile machine. Also (occasionally) intransitive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > draw [verb (transitive)] > in specific manner
trick1545
purfle1601
profile1715
outline?1790
black1840
to line in1886
the world > space > shape > shape or give shape to [verb (transitive)] > give outline to
to quarter out1600
outline1817
profile1823
skeleton1861
society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > machine
turn?c1335
mill1677
to rough down1829
broach1846
spin1853
plane1875
straddle mill1898
profile1905
jig-bore1939
spark-erode1960
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. 45 I will..give here some Ornaments of the Doors and Windows of Chambers,..and will also shew the method of profiling each Member with grace, and its due Projecture.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 496 The Grecian Ionic specimens of capitals,..are, generally speaking, better profiled than those of the Romans.
1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. ii. ii. i. 401 Had they [sc. Gothic architects] carefully profiled and ornamented the exterior of the stone roofs.
1892 P. N. Hasluck Milling Machines 152 Fig. 133 is a two-spindle profiling machine, and the cutter will profile or surface to the extreme limit of the table area.
1905 J. Horner Engineers' Turning xv. 294 Fig. 368 is a tool in its holder used for profiling ball handles, as used on lathes, and other machine tools.
1973 J. G. Tweeddale Materials Technol. II. vi. 146 Side-cutters are often profiled axially to cut a specific shape.
1991 Engineering July 9/2 The machine has been developed for Coborn to profile diamond grinding wheels off-line.
3.
a. transitive. To compose or present a biographical profile of (a person).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > biography > write biography of [verb (transitive)] > write biographical sketch of
profile1882
1882 E. P. Hood in Leisure Hour Apr. 225/2 There are many instances in which he thus profiles his contemporaries.
1937 Washington Post 5 Dec. vi. 2/6 Mr. Paul is Cholly Knickerbocker.., one of the pioneers among the society reporters, who was profiled recently in the New Yorker.
1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross v. 85 Ross..took..the flagpole sitter..and profiled him.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 7 b/3 Hugh Downs hosts a magazine format show. Tonight, disco star Donna Summer is profiled.
2005 Los Angeles Times 14 Apr. d2 ESPN this week profiled the late Shirley Povich, a Washington Post sportswriter for nearly 75 years.
b. transitive. To record and analyse the psychological and behavioural characteristics of (a person); to evaluate (a person) by this means. Cf. profile n. 10c.
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1951 Personnel Psychol. 4 296 Complexity profiles, and the written ‘evaluation’ of the persons who are profiled, are used by management in a variety of ways.
1976 Federal Suppl. 408 796/2 Since around the mid-1960's, the Board policy..has been to profile its teachers, principals, and administrators.
2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 27 Mar. (FT Rep.) 8 Each individual had been profiled to determine their risk appetite in the context of their human capital, their wealth and their risk attitudes.
c. transitive. To give a summary description or make a report of (a body of achievements, a set of salient characteristics, or an organization).
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > summarize or abridge [verb (transitive)]
abrevya1325
comprehendc1369
abridgec1384
shorta1390
suma1398
abbreviate?a1475
shorten1530
to cut short?1542
curtail1553
to knit up1553
to wind up1583
clip1598
epitomize1599
brief1601
contract1604
to shut up1622
decurt1631
to sum up1642
breviate1663
curtilate1665
compendize1693
epitomate1702
to gather up1782
summarize1808
scissor1829
précis1856
to cut down1857
to boil down1880
synopsize1882
essence1888
résumé1888
short copy1891
bovrilize1900
pot1927
summate1951
capsulize1958
profile1970
1970 T. Lupton Managem. & Social Sci. (ed. 2) iv. 98 Ways of measuring and ‘profiling’ the many structural characteristics of organizations.
1971 Nature 19 Mar. 153/2 The user constructs a list of words and phrases (search terms) that summarize (profile) his information requirements.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Dec. 37 (advt.) This important study profiles many of UNHCR's major relief and repatriation operations.
2001 Brill's Content Feb. 44/2 Shalit profiled a branding company named Landor Associates. She portrayed ‘the extreme sport that is modern corporate nomenclature’.
d. intransitive. Originally and chiefly U.S. To engage in profiling (profiling n. 5b), esp. racial profiling. Also transitive: to subject to profiling.
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1989 in J. P. Collum Without Just Cause (WWOR TV script) Segment 2 (O.E.D. Archive) Profiling is illegal. We as state police officers are not allowed to profile.
1996 Las Vegas Rev.-Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Dec. While driving from New York to Boston several years ago I was ‘racially profiled’—that is, stopped because I fit a law enforcement agency's ‘profile’ of a likely drug courier: a young black man driving a rented car.
1999 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 June 53/3 Cops, white and black, know one other thing: they're not the only ones who profile. Civilians profile all the time—when they buy a house, or pick a school district, or walk down the street.
2002 National Rev. 28 Jan. 36/1 American [Airlines], to its credit, has stood by the pilot, all the while insisting that the airline would never ethnically profile.
4.
a. transitive. To investigate or record the way a physical quantity varies, esp. along a line or in a particular direction; to record or summarize data, esp. in graphical form; (Geology and Physical Geography) to measure or investigate the profile of (a soil, an underground or underwater feature, etc.).Cf. profile n. II. and profiling n. 4. Earliest as profiled adj.
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1925 Science 27 Feb. 237/2 (caption) Approximate relative depths below sealevel of edge of continental shelf from the Banks to Florida. Origin and direction of profiled belt.
1926 Ecology 7 129 If a sufficient number of peat deposits between morainal zones can be found and profiled they will throw much light upon the extension and duration of former lakes.
1932 Physics 2 174 One of the earliest applications of the seismograph was its use in profiling salt domes.
1972 Physics Bull. Feb. 85/1 The Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford..has improved still further its original method of profiling the atmosphere from a satellite.
1975 New Yorker 12 May 93/1 A control room, where electronic equipment could absorb the findings of a hundred and twenty instruments that profiled, among other things, hull pressures, mooring forces, and six degrees of freedom of motion.
2000 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 27 334/2 As the operator pulls the sled along a transect, the signals appear on the monitor as..globular, elongated, V-shaped, or comet-head-shaped outlines depending on the material profiled.
b. transitive. Computing. To analyse (software) with a profiler, esp. for the purpose of optimizing it. Cf. profiling n. 6.
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1992 Dr. Dobb's Jrnl. Oct. 102/3 After profiling your program, the data collected must be output to a file for processing.
2004 PC Magazine 30 Nov. 50 A standout improvement in this relase is the ability to profile server-side code..to spot performance bottlenecks.
5.
a. intransitive. To present oneself in profile; spec. (of a bullfighter) to stand in profile in preparation for a charge.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > be clearly visible > by contrast > present profile
profile1932
1932 E. Hemingway Death in Afternoon 347 Profiling with more style, his kills would gain greatly in emotion.
1957 A. MacNab Bulls of Iberia xv. 205 To get it to charge he has to profile on the contrary horn, making it feel sure it will catch him each time.
1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project ii. 14 He'll be over here..profiling for the newsreels.
1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport ii. 78 He gave the bull seven more passes, profiled, and went in with the sword in the slowest and most classic manner.
b. intransitive. U.S. slang. In African-American use: to show off; to posture or preen.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > be affected or act affectedly [verb (intransitive)]
to make it goodlyc1325
bride?1533
affect1600
mimp1673
to give oneself airs1701
fal-lal1818
pose1840
posturize1850
attitudinize1864
primp1875
posture1877
lardy-dardy1887
to put (or pile) on lugs1889
la-di-da1901
profile1970
1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture ii. 111 I was sitting in the schoolyard across the street from Charles Evans Hughes on a Thursday evening when Spade walked by, strolling actually, profiling for all the cats who thought they were seeing a ghost.
1973 Black World Sept. 84 Ever get tired of people posturing, Posing and profiling?
1995 S. Moore In the Cut 33 He turned his cap on his head. Getting the right pose. Profiling, as he would say.
2002 S. Holmes B-More Careful x. 125 He was the talk of the hood, styling and profiling on the block. Things were all good for Black.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1664- have or take scope
- have or take the law of or on
- have other fish to fry
- have other haft in hand
- have other hafts in hand
- have out
- have out ,forth in farm
- have out ,forth to farm
- have over
- have oversight of
- have part
- have passage
- have pat
- have patience
- have patience in
- have patience toward
- have patience with
- have pegged
- have pepper in the nose
- have personality
- have pissed on a nettle
- have pity
- have pity of
- have place
- have pleasing to