glob

English

Etymology

In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour.

Pronunciation

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡlɑb/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡlɒb/

Noun

glob (plural globs)

1. A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.

   He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.

2. (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
3. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.

See also

• Glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)

1. To stick in globs or lumps.
2. (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.

Anagrams

• Blog, blog

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Romanian

Etymology

From French globe, from Latin globus.

Noun

glob n (plural globuri)

1. globe (all senses)

Declension

declension of glob

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) glob	globul	(niște) globuri	globurile
genitive/dative	(unui) glob	globului	(unor) globuri	globurilor
vocative	globule		globurilor

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Swedish

Noun

glob c

1. a globe

Declension

Declension of glob
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	glob	globen	glober	globerna
Genitive	globs	globens	globers	globernas

Related terms

• global
• jordglob
• Globen = Stockholm Globe Arena