rank vs station

rank

noun
  • The level of one's position in a class-based society. 

  • A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. 

  • One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). 

  • The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. 

  • The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). 

  • The size of any basis of a given matroid. 

  • One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality. 

  • The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. 

  • In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. 

  • A level in a scientific taxonomy system. 

  • A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. 

  • A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. 

verb
  • To have a ranking. 

  • To place abreast, or in a line. 

  • To take rank of; to outrank. 

  • To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. 

adj
  • Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. 

  • Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence). 

  • Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. 

  • Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. 

  • Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. 

  • Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. 

  • Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). 

  • Gross, disgusting. 

station

noun
  • Standing; rank; position. 

  • A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers. 

  • The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde motion. 

  • A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing. 

  • The position of the foetal head in relation to the distance from the ischial spines, measured in centimetres. 

  • A regular stopping place for ground transportation. 

  • An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation of a pump, tank, etc. 

  • A place used for broadcasting radio or television. 

  • Any of the Stations of the Cross. 

  • A gas station, service station. 

  • The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat. 

  • A place where some object is provided. 

  • A place where one performs a task or where one is on call to perform a task. 

  • A military base. 

  • An official building from which police or firefighters operate. 

  • A ground transportation depot. 

  • A very large sheep or cattle farm. 

  • The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion. 

  • A broadcasting entity. 

  • Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path. 

  • Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment. 

  • A place where one stands or stays or is assigned to stand or stay. 

  • In British India, the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside. 

verb
  • To put in place to perform a task. 

  • To put in place to perform military duty. 

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