glob
English
Etymology
In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour.
Noun
glob (plural globs)
- A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
- He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
- (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
- (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
See also
Verb
glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
- To stick in globs or lumps.
- (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlɔp/
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Declension
Romanian
Declension
declension of glob
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) glob | globul | (niște) globuri | globurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) glob | globului | (unor) globuri | globurilor |
| vocative | globule | globurilor | ||
Swedish
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