If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process. This is a two year course taught by means of lectures and seminars
emphasis You use expressions such as `by no means', `not by any means', and `by no manner of means' to emphasize that something is not true. This is by no means out of the ordinary They were not finished, however, not by any means
instrumentality used to achieve an end considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means
If someone is living beyond their means, they are spending more money than they can afford. If someone is living within their means, they are not spending more money than they can afford. The more gifts she received, the more she craved, until he was living beyond his means
If you say that something is a means to an end, you mean that it helps you to achieve what you want, although it may not be enjoyable or important itself. We seem to have lost sight of the fact that marketing is only a means to an end
A means of doing something is a method, instrument, or process which can be used to do it. Means is both the singular and the plural form for this use. The move is a means to fight crime The army had perfected the use of terror as a means of controlling the population Business managers are focused on increasing their personal wealth by any available means
formulae You can say `by all means' to tell someone that you are very willing to allow them to do something. `Can I come and have a look at your house?' --- `Yes by all means'
Discard Eligible (network, frame-relay) A 1-bit field in a frame relay header that provides a two level priority indicator Used to bias discards of frames in the event of congestion toward lower priority frames Similar to the CLP bit in ATM
of, from; ?De donde ? From where ?; de la ma?ana, in the morning; de la noche, in the evening; de la tarde, in the afternoon; De nada , You''re welcome
Discard eligible ATM cells that have their CLP bit set to 1 If the network is congested, tagged traffic can be dropped to ensure delivery of higher-priority traffic
Germany (in Internet addresses). Delaware. the written abbreviation of Delaware. prep. or te (Chinese; "virtue") In Daoism, the potentiality of dao that is present in all things; in Confucianism, the virtue of internal goodness and propriety. In both systems it is regarded as the active principle of dao, and it is thus the life or moral principle. In the Daodejing, de is described as the unconscious functioning of the physical self, which can live harmoniously with nature. Personal de is thought to flourish when one abandons ambition and the spirit of contention for a life of naturalness, leading to an awareness of the underlying unity that permeates the universe. prep. Tao te ching Te Anau Lake Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Janette virtue ethics