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Meaning of SOAR

Pronunciation:  sowr

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of rising upward into the air
  2. [v]  go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
  3. [v]  fly a plane without an engine
  4. [v]  fly upwards or high in the sky
  5. [v]  rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage
  6. [v]  fly by means of a hang glider
 
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 Synonyms: hang glide, sailplane, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom, zoom
 
 See Also: arise, ascending, ascension, ascent, aviate, billow, climb, come up, fly, glide, go up, go up, lift, move up, pilot, rise, rise, rise, uprise, wallow, wing

 

 

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Soar
When a secret CIA mission to bug a nuclear test site in China goes wrong it is up to Major Michael Ritzik of Sword Squadron to rescue a group of hostages who are being held by a vicious group of Islamic terrorists. Adding even more danger and urgency to the mission: the terrorists have armed a nuclear weapon.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Soar\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics)
    To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of
    altitude.
    
  2. \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by
    exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze;
    akin to Gr. ?????.]
    1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as
       on wings. --Chaucer.
             When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.
                                                   --Byron.
    2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be
       exalted in mood.
             Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton.
             Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune.
                                                   --Addison.
    
  3. \Soar\, n.
    The act of soaring; upward flight.
          This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. --Coleridge.
    
  4. \Soar\, a.
    See 3d {Sore}. [Obs.]
    
  5. \Soar\, a.
    See {Sore}, reddish brown.
    {Soar falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sore falcon}, under {Sore}.
    
 
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Computing Dictionary
 
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1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. Version: Soar6.

E-mail: <[email protected]>.

["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993].

2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A RISC microprocessor designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley.

 
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