| actual |
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions" taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual beating" being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced the emotion you experienced" de facto: existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war" being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
|
|---|---|
| actual cautery |
the application of an agent that actually burns tissue.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
|
| actual c. |
1. an instrument that destroys tissue by burning rather than by chemical action. 2. the application of such an instrument.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
|
| actual n. |
(obs.) Freud's term for a neurosis caused by sexual excitement without adequate gratification (in which he included neurasthenia and anxiety neurosis), as opposed to psychoneurosis (hysteria, obsessions, phobias) originating in childhood experiences.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
|
| actual |
Code name used in 7th CACO to designate a unit leader. The captain of 7th CACO was the company "actual," and the corporal or sergeant heading our CAP was our "actual."
Ãâó: capmarine.com/cap/glossary.htm
|