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october | library |

As an adjective october

is of october.

As a noun library is

an institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people it is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.

october

English

Alternative forms

* Octobre (obsolete)

Proper noun

(Octobers)
  • The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar, following September and preceding November. Abbreviation: Oct
  • Derived terms

    * mid-October * October beer * October-bird * October effect * Octoberfest * Octoberist, Octobrist * October Revolution * October surprise * (October War) * Red October

    See also

    * ----

    library

    Noun

    (libraries)
  • An institution which holds books and/or other forms of stored information for use by the public or qualified people. It is usual, but not a defining feature of a library, for it to be housed in rooms of a building, to lend items of its collection to members either with or without payment, and to provide various other services for its community of users.
  • A collection of books or other forms of stored information.
  • An equivalent collection of analogous information in a non-printed form, e.g. record library
  • (computer science) A collection of software subprograms that provides functionality, to be incorporated into or used by a computer program.
  • (card games) The deck or draw pile
  • A collection of DNA material from a single organism or relative to a single disease
  • Derived terms

    * Borgesian library * interlibrary * librarian * librarial * library and information science * library assistant * library catalog * library hand * library science * mobile library * record library * public library * school library