name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
ras
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CMU ARPABET: R AE1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 3
An Ethiopian king or prince.
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noun
Meaning 4
A headland; a cape.
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noun
Meaning 5
plural of Ra
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Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 6
Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
Initialism of replenishment at sea.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
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noun
Meaning 9
Abbreviation of rail accessory system.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
Meaning 10
Initialism of reticular activating system.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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noun
Meaning 11
Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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noun
Meaning 12
Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
Initialism of remote access service.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: reticular activating system
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Broader terms: neural network, neural net
History
Etymology
Various origins: * Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names * Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land * Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area * Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)
From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2.
From Arabic رأس (raʔs, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above, as well as of resh; further related to reis.