overhead wall enclosing a room
finish a surface of a wall with plaster or thin boards; to furnish with a ceiling
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Ceiling Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
(v. t.)
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor.
(v. t.)
The inner planking of a vessel.
The inner planking of a vessel.
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Ceil
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. Aboutof Ceil
ceiling
\ceil"ing\, n. [see cell, v. t.]
1. (arch.) (a) the inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) the lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.
2. (naut.) the inner planking of a vessel.
similar words(4)
coved ceiling
camp ceiling
wagon ceiling
ceiling boards
Nen = n. a ceiling, a canopy
Nenfwd = n. a ceiling arch
Neniad = n. a ceiling, a vaulting
Noun
1. the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling"
(hypernym) upper surface
(hyponym) overhead
(part-holonym) room
2. (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
(hypernym) altitude, height
(classification) meteorology
3. an upper limit on what is allowed; "they established a cap for prices"
(synonym) cap
(hypernym) control
(hyponym) glass ceiling
4. maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)
(hypernym) altitude, height
(hyponym) absolute ceiling
Ceiling Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
1) The height above the earth's surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as "broken", "overcast", or "obscuration", and not classified as "thin" or "partial". 2) The height above the ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of the cloud below 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) covering more than half the sky. (14CFR1) (FAA4)
By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
The highest price, interest rate, or other numerical factor allowable in a financial transaction.
Copyright © 2000, Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.Ceiling Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
The height above the Earth’s surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuration phenomena that is reported as “broken,” “overcast,” or “obscured” and not classified as “thin” or “partial.”
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Ceiling Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ceiling Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
The lowest cloud layer that is reported as broken or overcast. If the sky is totally obscured, then it is the height of the vertical visibility. See measured ceiling and variable ceiling.
The height above the earth's surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena, under which fighter-bombers can visually work a target, i.e. a 200-foot ceiling would be quite dangerous. Or, in reference to aircraft performance, the maximum altitude an aircraft is able to reach and maintain.
Ceiling Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A ceiling (pronounced ) is an overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room. It is generally not a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the floor or roof structure above.
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Ceiling Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Planking covering the frames on the inner side of the hull. Larger timbers in the same position intended for strengthening are termed walings or thickstuff.
Ceiling Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
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n. tlhoy' SaS - ceiling between stories
n. tlhoy' SaS - ceiling between stories
Ceiling Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
the covering (1 Kings 7:3,7) of the inside roof and walls of a house with planks of wood (2 Chr. 3:5; Jer. 22:14). Ceilings were sometimes adorned with various ornaments in stucco, gold, silver, gems, and ivory. The ceilings of the temple and of Solomon's palace are described 1 Kings 6:9, 15; 7:3; 2 Chr. 3:5,9.
The descriptions of Scripture, (1 Kings 6:9,15; 7:3; 2 Chronicles 3:5,9; Jeremiah 22:14; Haggai 1:4) and of Josephus, show that the ceilings of the temple and the palaces of the Jewish kings were formed of cedar planks applied to the beams or joists crossing from wall to wall. "Oriental houses seem to have been the reverse of ours, the ceiling being of wood, richly ornamented, and the floor of plaster or tiles."
Ceiling Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
Both hands are held palms down above the head, index fingers side by side. The arms are separated while the signer looks up.
The maximum biological effect that can be induced in a tissue by a given drug, regardless of how large a dose is administered. The maximum effect produced by a given drug may be less than the maximum response of which the reacting tissue is capable, and less than the maximum response which can be induced by another drug of greater intrinsic activity. "Ceiling" is analogous to the maximum reaction velocity of an enzymatic reaction when the enzyme is saturated with substrate.
Cf. Intrinsic Activity
Cf. Intrinsic Activity
