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
under fire
being shot at or attacked, under (verbal) attack
The soldiers were under fire. The owner of the company is under fire for not paying his employees a fair salary.
