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ONLINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does online mean?
• ONLINE (adjective)
The adjective ONLINE has 3 senses:
1. on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
2. connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
3. being in progress now
Familiarity information: ONLINE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
On a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
on-line industries
Domain category:
shipping; transport; transportation (the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
an on-line database
Similar:
connected; machine-accessible (stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a central computer)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being in progress now
Synonyms:
on-line; online
Context example:
on-line editorial projects
Similar:
current (occurring in or belonging to the present time)
Context examples
An item located online that cannot be classified within a particular set of terms.
(Internet Other, NCI Thesaurus)
A system of at least five exoplanets has been discovered by citizen scientists through a project called Exoplanet Explorers, part of the online platform Zooniverse, using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope.
(Multi-planet System Found Through Crowdsourcing, NASA)
Observations of objects like 'Oumuamua are expected to increase when the NSF-supported Large Synpotic Survey Telescope, LSST, comes online in 2022.
('Oumuamua interstellar object was not an alien spacecraft, National Science Foundation)
But there can also be dangers, and it is important for parents to monitor their children's use and teach them how to be safe online.
(Internet Safety, NIH)
Physician Data Query is an online database developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute.
(Physician Data Query, NCI Dictionary)
PDQ is an online database developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute.
(PDQ, NCI Dictionary)
An online database developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute.
(PDQ Information System, NCI Dictionary)
J Am Coll Cardiol, 2007; 50:1-157, doi:10.1016/j. jacc.2007.02.013 (Published online 6 August 2007).
(Atypical Coronary Artery Disease Symptom, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
The rising rate of discovery is due to dedicated NEO surveys and upgraded telescopes coming online in recent years.
(Catalog of Known Near-Earth Asteroids Tops 15,000, NASA)
A web site (http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov/) which acts as NCI's online gateway to clinical trials resources.
(CancerTrials, NCI Thesaurus)
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