female

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

   “female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male”

2. sıfat Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine, womanly.)

   “stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration”

3. sıfat Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

   “the female chromosome”

4. sıfat Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.

   “The teacher's voice inflects the pulse of nêhiyawêwin as he teaches us. He says a prayer in the first class. Nouns, we learn, have a gender. In French, nouns are male or female, but in Cree, nouns are living or non-living, animate or inanimate.”

5. sıfat Lacking the F factor, and able to receive DNA from another bacterium which does have this factor (a male).
6. sıfat Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.

   “A ground-joint union is made in three separate pieces and is used for joining two pipes. It consists of two machined pieces with female pipe threads, which are screwed on the pipes to be united, and a threaded collar which holds the two pieces of the union together.”

7. isim An animal of the sex that produces eggs.

   “Accumulated data indicate that in all species of sharks, the females grow larger than the males.”

8. isim A human of feminine gender; a girl or woman.

   “It would be years sometimes ere he saw the face of a female, and when he did, that face would not be overangelic.”

9. isim A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
10. isim A bacterium which lacks the F factor, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.

    “During mating, F+ male bacteria transfer the F factor to the recipient females, transforming them into F+ males.”

11. isim A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.

    “These are the most common type, as they join females of the same diameter together. […] For example, you may need an adapter such as a 3-in. pipe thread (a common thread used to join pipes) female to 2 1⁄2 NH male.”