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relax | chi |

As a verb relax

is to calm down.

As a noun chi is

chi (greek letter).

relax

English

Verb

(es)
  • To calm down.
  • To make something loose.
  • to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews
  • * Milton
  • Horror all his joints relaxed .
  • To become loose.
  • To make something less severe or tense.
  • to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours
  • To become less severe or tense.
  • To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  • * Jonathan Swift
  • The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.
    {{quote-book
    , year=1953 , author=Edward Corwin , title=The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation , chapter=Section 2. Jurisdiction citation , page=589 , passage=The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."}}
  • (of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
  • To relieve (something) from stress.
  • Amusement relaxes the mind.
  • (dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
  • An aperient relaxes the bowels.

    Antonyms

    * stress, excite

    Derived terms

    * relaxable

    Anagrams

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    chi

    English

    Etymology 1

    From the classical (la) transcription of the ancient Greek pronunciation /k?i/

    Alternative forms

    * khi

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-second letter of the Classical]] and [[Modern Greek, Modern Greek alphabets.
  • Etymology 2

    From former romanizations of (etyl) (zh)

    Alternative forms

    * ki, qi

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) A life force in traditional Chinese philosophy, culture, medicine, etc. related (but not limited) to breath and circulation
  • * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 196
  • Usage note
    As this is based on former romanizations of Chinese, one should be careful to distinguish its pronunciation from pinyin chi .

    Etymology 3

    From the pinyin romanization of (cmn) (zh)

    Alternative forms

    * chih, ch'ih

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The Chinese foot, a traditional Chinese unit of length based on the human forearm
  • (Mainland China) The Chinese unit of length standardized in 1984 as 1/3 of a meter.
  • (Taiwan) The Taiwanese unit of length standardized as 10/33 of a meter, identical to the Japanese shaku.
  • (Hong Kong) The chek or Hong Kong foot, a unit of length standardized as 0.371475 meters.
  • Synonyms
    * (sense) Chinese foot * (Taiwan) Taiwanese foot * (Hong Kong) Hong Kong foot, chek

    Anagrams

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