n.
1.a metallic element of the rare earth group
2.infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of tubercle bacilli and manifested in fever and small lesions (usually in the lungs but in various other parts of the body in acute stages)
3.a unit of information equal to a trillion (1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 1024 gigabytes
Idiom of the Day
blow the whistle (on someone)
to report someone's wrongdoing to the police or other authorities
The employee blew the whistle on the illegal practices of the company.