Define the word Vulcan"Vulcan" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Vulcan \Vul"can\, n. [L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulk[=a] a
firebrand, meteor. Cf. Volcano.] (Rom. Myth.)
The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; --
answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
[1913 Webster]
"Vulcan" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Vulcan
n : (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart
of Greek Hephaestus
"Vulcan" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "Vulcan":
Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother,
Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen,
Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Wayland, Zeus,
farrier, forger, metalworker, smith
"vulcan" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
VULCAN
1. Wayne Ratliff ca. 1980. CP/M port of JPLDIS which evolved
into dBASE II.
2. The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with
their Emerald Bay product. [same as 1?]
3. Early string manipulation language. "VULCAN - A String
Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et
al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS (Fall 1970).
4. Kahn et al, Xerox PARC. Concurrent object orientation and
logic programming. An object-oriented preprocessor for FCP.
"Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in
Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming,
A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987.
"Vulcan" gazetteer "U.S. Gazetteer (1990)"
Vulcan, MI
Zip code(s): 49892
Vulcan, MO
Zip code(s): 63675
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