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单词 kern
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kern


kern 1

also kerne K0041000 (kûrn)n.1. A medieval Scottish or Irish foot soldier.2. A loutish person.
[Middle English kerne, from Middle Irish ceithern, ceithernn, band of soldiers, from Old Irish.]

kern 2

K0041000 (kûrn) Printing n. The portion of a typeface that projects beyond the body or shank of a character.tr.v. kerned, kern·ing, kerns 1. To provide (type) with a kern.2. To adjust space between (characters) in typeset text.
[French carne, corner, from Old North French, from Latin cardō, cardin-, hinge.]

kern

(kɜːn) or

kerne

n (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the part of the character on a piece of printer's type that projects beyond the bodyvb (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to furnish (a typeface) with a kern[C17: from French carne corner of type, projecting angle, ultimately from Latin cardō hinge]

kern

(kɜːn) n1. (Historical Terms) (in medieval Ireland or Scotland)a lightly armed foot soldier2. (Historical Terms) a troop of such soldiers3. archaic a loutish peasant[C14: from Middle Irish cethern band of foot soldiers, from cath battle]

kern

(kɜːn) n (General Engineering) engineering the central area of a wall, column, etc, through which all compressive forces pass[from German Kern core, heart]

Kern

(kɜːn) n (Biography) Jerome (David). 1885–1945, US composer of musical comedies, most notably Show Boat (1927)

kern1

(kɜrn)
n. 1. a part of the face of a type projecting beyond the body or shank, as in certain italic letters. v.t. 2. to form or furnish with a kern, as a type or letter. 3. to remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) in preparation for printing. [1675–85; < French carne corner dial. Old French < Latin cardō hinge; compare cardinal]

kern3

or kerne

(kɜrn)

n. 1. (in Irish history) a band of lightly armed foot soldiers. 2. Archaic. yokel. [1325–75; Middle English kerne < Irish ceithern band of foot soldiers]

Kern

(kɜrn)

n. Jerome (David), 1885–1945, U.S. composer.

kern


Past participle: kerned
Gerund: kerning
Imperative
kern
kern
Present
I kern
you kern
he/she/it kerns
we kern
you kern
they kern
Preterite
I kerned
you kerned
he/she/it kerned
we kerned
you kerned
they kerned
Present Continuous
I am kerning
you are kerning
he/she/it is kerning
we are kerning
you are kerning
they are kerning
Present Perfect
I have kerned
you have kerned
he/she/it has kerned
we have kerned
you have kerned
they have kerned
Past Continuous
I was kerning
you were kerning
he/she/it was kerning
we were kerning
you were kerning
they were kerning
Past Perfect
I had kerned
you had kerned
he/she/it had kerned
we had kerned
you had kerned
they had kerned
Future
I will kern
you will kern
he/she/it will kern
we will kern
you will kern
they will kern
Future Perfect
I will have kerned
you will have kerned
he/she/it will have kerned
we will have kerned
you will have kerned
they will have kerned
Future Continuous
I will be kerning
you will be kerning
he/she/it will be kerning
we will be kerning
you will be kerning
they will be kerning
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been kerning
you have been kerning
he/she/it has been kerning
we have been kerning
you have been kerning
they have been kerning
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been kerning
you will have been kerning
he/she/it will have been kerning
we will have been kerning
you will have been kerning
they will have been kerning
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been kerning
you had been kerning
he/she/it had been kerning
we had been kerning
you had been kerning
they had been kerning
Conditional
I would kern
you would kern
he/she/it would kern
we would kern
you would kern
they would kern
Past Conditional
I would have kerned
you would have kerned
he/she/it would have kerned
we would have kerned
you would have kerned
they would have kerned
Thesaurus
Noun1.kern - United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)Kern - United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)Jerome David Kern, Jerome Kern
2.kern - the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its bodytype - a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper; "he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up"
Verb1.kern - furnish with a kernprinting process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publicationfurnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
2.kern - remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)printing process, printing - reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publicationget rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"kern - furnish with a kern

Kern


Kern,

river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. Kern River is the southern terminus of the Friant-Kern Canal, constructed between 1945 and 1951 to bring the waters of the San Joaquin River to the region (see Central Valley projectCentral Valley project,
central Calif., long-term general scheme for the utilization of the water of the Sacramento River basin in the north for the benefit of the farmlands of the San Joaquin Valley in the south, undertaken by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1935.
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); irrigated agriculture (alfalfa, fruit, cotton) and cattle grazing are practiced. U.S. explorer John FrémontFrémont, John Charles,
1813–90, American explorer, soldier, and political leader, b. Savannah, Ga. He taught mathematics to U.S. naval cadets, then became an assistant on a surveying expedition (1838–39) between the upper Mississippi River and the Missouri.
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 named the river in honor of Edward M. Kern, the topographer of his third expedition. Gold was discovered along the river in 1853. The entire river is protected by the National Park Service; the canyon of the upper Kern in Sequoia National ParkSequoia National Park,
402,510 acres (162,960 hectares), E central Calif.; est. 1890. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons.
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 is noted for its beauty.

Kern

Jerome (David). 1885--1945, US composer of musical comedies, esp Show Boat (1927)

Kern


Related to Kern: Kern River, Kern County
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Synonyms for Kern

noun United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)

Synonyms

  • Jerome David Kern
  • Jerome Kern

noun the part of a metal typeface that projects beyond its body

Related Words

  • type

verb furnish with a kern

Related Words

  • printing process
  • printing
  • furnish
  • provide
  • supply
  • render

Antonyms

  • kern

verb remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)

Related Words

  • printing process
  • printing
  • get rid of
  • remove

Antonyms

  • kern
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