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programme(2) (iou)



programme verb. Also (earlier, now US & Computing) program, infl. -mm-, *-m-. L19.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Arrange according to a programme; draw up a programme of; plan definitely. L19.
programmed cell death (Medicine & Biology) = APOPTOSIS 2.
Listener Americans..are now being taught by..programmed texts. Daily Telegraph He tried to programme her day into housework and study. Church Times The General was programmed to leave the gathering.
verb trans. & intrans. Broadcast. US. M20.
verb trans. & intrans. Express (a task or operation) in terms appropriate to its performance by a computer etc.; cause (an activity or property) to be automatically regulated in a prescribed way; incorporate (a property) into a computer etc. by Programming. M20.
Scientific American The algorithm is easy to program and can be executed quickly with a computer.
verb trans. & intrans. Cause (a computer etc.) automatically to do a prescribed task or perform in a prescribed way; supply with a program; fig. train to behave in a predetermined way. M20.
M. Frayn Another job..a computer could..be programmed to do.
verb intrans. Astronautics. Of a spacecraft: perform a scheduled and automatically controlled manoeuvre. M20.
programma'bility noun the property of being programmable M20.
programmable adjective & noun (a) adjective able to be programmed; (b) noun a programmable calculator: M20.

witch hazel family (sh)




Family Hamamelidaceae, comprising 23 genera of shrubs and trees, native to tropical and warm temperate regions.

The six species of the genus Hamamelis include such ornamentals as witch hazel, winter hazel, and Fothergilla, which are outstanding for their early flowering and fall leaf colour. Members of the family are characterized by simple leaves and by flowers with four or five petals and sepals each. American, or common, witch hazel (H. virginiana) flowers in fall and retains yellow, cuplike calyxes (collections of sepals) through the winter. The common name refers to the forked twigs that were sometimes used for water-witching, or dowsing to locate underground water. The fragrant liniment witch hazel is made from the dried leaves and sometimes from twigs and bark. Brilliant autumn leaf colour is an outstanding trait of ironwood (Parrotia persica). Another genus, Altingia, has seven species, all Asian and all valued for their timber. A. excelsa is one of the largest trees of the Asian tropics, sometimes reaching a height of 82 ft (25 m).