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colossus
co·los·sus C0492200 (kə-lŏs′əs)n. pl. co·los·si (-lŏs′ī′) or co·los·sus·es 1. A huge statue.2. Something likened to a huge statue, as in size or importance: a colossus of bureaucracy.
[Latin, from Greek kolossos.]colossus (kəˈlɒsəs) n, pl -si (-saɪ) or -susessomething very large, esp a statue[C14: from Latin, from Greek kolossos]co•los•sus (kəˈlɒs əs)
n., pl. -los•si (-ˈlɒs aɪ)
-los•sus•es. 1. any statue of gigantic size. 2. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably < a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  colossus - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerfulbehemoth, goliath, monster, giantunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual | | 2. |  colossus - a person of exceptional importance and reputationtitan, behemoth, giant, heavyweightimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
Translationscolossoorcostatua gigantescaколоссгигантColossus
Colossus(A huge and ancient statue on the Greek island of Rhodes).
1. The Colossus and Colossus Mark II computers usedby Alan Turing at Bletchley Park, UK during the SecondWorld War to crack the "Tunny" cipher produced by the LorenzSZ 40 and SZ 42 machines. Colossus was a semi-fixed-programvacuum tube calculator (unlike its near-contemporary, thefreely programmable Z3).
["Breaking the enemy's code", Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum,September 1987, pp. 47-51.]
2. The computer in the 1970 film, "Colossus: The ForbinProject". Forbin is the designer of a computer that will runall of America's nuclear defences. Shortly after being turnedon, it detects the existence of Goliath, the Sovietcounterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Bothcomputers insist that they be linked, whereupon the two becomea new super computer and threaten the world with the immediatelaunch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossusbegins to give its plans for the management of the world underits guidance. Forbin and the other scientists form atechnological resistance to Colossus which must operateunderground.
The Internet Movie Database.ColossusA statue which is larger than life-size. colossus
Related to colossus: Colossus of RhodesSynonyms for colossusnoun someone or something that is abnormally large and powerfulSynonyms- behemoth
- goliath
- monster
- giant
Related Wordsnoun a person of exceptional importance and reputationSynonyms- titan
- behemoth
- giant
- heavyweight
Related Words- important person
- influential person
- personage
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