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
fish in troubled waters
to involve oneself in a difficult or dangerous situation in order to gain an advantage
The politician was fishing in troubled waters in order to gather information about the scandal.