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Meaning of KALI

Pronunciation:  'kalee, 'kâlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
  2. [n]  bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
 
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 Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort
 
 See Also: bush, Hindu deity, shrub

 

 

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.)
    The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --
    considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000
    years.
    
  2. \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. k[=a]l[=i].] (Hind. Myth.)
    The black, destroying goddess; -- called also {Doorga}, {Anna
    Purna}.
    
  3. \Ka"li\, n. [Ar. qali. See {Alkali}.] (Bot.)
    The glasswort ({Salsola Kali}).
    
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

A data parallel language.

["Supporting Shared Data Structures on Distributed Memory Architectures", C. Koelbel et al in Second ACM SIGPLAN Symp on Princ and Prac of Parallel Programming, pp.177-186, Mar 1990].

 
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