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entering | ajax |

As a verb entering

is .

As a noun entering

is action of the verb to (enter).

As a preposition ajax is

(polari) nearby, over there.

entering

English

Verb

(head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • action of the verb to (enter)

    • Derived terms

    * breaking and entering

    ajax

    English

    (wikipedia Ajax)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.

    • Etymology 2

    Humorous respelling of a jakes.

    Noun

  • A toilet.
  • *1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.13:
  • *:I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.

    • Etymology 3

    Short for asynchronous JavaScript and XML .

    Alternative forms

    * AJAX

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
  • * 2005 , Jesse James Garrett, Ajax: A New Approach to Web Applications
    • An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (sports)

    • Etymology 4

    Phonetic similarity to ace jack.

    Noun

  • (poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
    • References
    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523

    Etymology 5

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A town in Ontario, Canada
  • A ghost town in Utah