event
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See also évent
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Latin eventus (“‘an event, occurrence’”) < evenire (“‘to happen, fall out, come out’”) < e (“‘out’”) + venire (“‘to come’”); see venture, and cf. advent, convent, invent, etc., convene, evene, etc.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈven̩t/, SAMPA: /I"vEnt/
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[edit] Noun
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event (plural events)
- An occurrence of social or personal importance.
- (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate
- (computing) A possible action that the user can perform and is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from "event"
[edit] Translations
occurrence of social or personal importance
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point in spacetime (physics)
action by the user which triggers an event handler (computing)
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[edit] External links
- event in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- event in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
