foot vs state

foot

noun
  • Recognized condition; rank; footing. 

  • The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest. 

  • The basic measure of rhythm in a poem. 

  • Travel by walking. 

  • The end of a rectangular table opposite the head. 

  • In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant. 

  • The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward. 

  • The bottom edge of a sail. 

  • A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres. 

  • The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove. 

  • A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it. 

  • A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg. 

  • A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm. 

  • The bottommost part of a typed or printed page. 

  • Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking. 

  • The base or bottom of anything. 

  • The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads. 

  • The globular lower domain of a protein. 

  • The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface. 

  • Fundamental principle; basis; plan. 

  • The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it. 

  • Foot soldiers; infantry. 

  • The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting. 

  • The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked. 

verb
  • To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up. 

  • To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip. 

  • To walk. 

  • To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.). 

  • To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). 

  • To pay (a bill). 

state

noun
  • Rank; condition; quality. 

  • A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system. 

  • Pomp, ceremony, or dignity. 

  • Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance. 

  • Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government. 

  • A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. 

  • A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States, Mexico, Nigeria, or India. 

  • A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government. 

  • The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that do not change over time. 

  • A mess; disorder. 

  • The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle. 

  • The set of all parameters relevant to a computation. 

  • The values of all parameters at some point in a computation. 

  • The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma. 

  • A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time. 

  • An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process. 

verb
  • To declare to be a fact. 

  • To make known. 

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