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escape(2)(dictionary)
escape(1)(dictionary)
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interpolator (iou) and escape 2, noun (oh)


interpolator (iou)



interpolator noun. M17.
[from INTERPOLATE verb + -OR.]
A person who interpolates something. M17.
Engineering. A device or apparatus which guides a tool through a smooth curve when provided with a set of points defining the curve. M20.

escape 2, noun (oh)



2 S3 n
[U and C] the act of getting away from a place, or a dangerous or bad situation
::The girl had no chance of escape.
::Christina hoped it wouldn't be too long before she could make her escape .
escape from
::the firm's narrow escape from bankruptcy
::an escape route
::They had a lucky escape (=were lucky not to be hurt or killed) when a car crashed into the front of their house.
[singular, U] a way of forgetting about a bad or boring situation for a short time
escape from
::Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life.
[U and C] an amount of gas, liquid etc that accidentally comes out of the place where it is being kept, or an occasion when this happens
::The lid prevents the escape of poisonous gases.
-see also fire escape