ajax
see also: Ajax, AJAX
Pronunciation
Ajax
Pronunciation
AJAX
Proper noun
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see also: Ajax, AJAX
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.dʒæks/
- (Polari) Nearby, over there
ajax
- (now, rare, historical) A toilet.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
- I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, III.13:
ajax
Ajax
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.dʒæks/
- (Greek mythology) Either of two heroes of the Trojan War.
- 1995, David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World, Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 9780195112061, page 11
- In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon. After Achilles, he was the bravest Greek warrior at Troy. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Ajax engages in many combats for...
- 1995, David Sacks, Oswyn Murray, A Dictionary of the Ancient Greek World, Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 9780195112061, page 11
- (computing) A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
- A town in Ontario, Canada
- 1994, Mike Filey, Toronto Sketches 3: The Way We Were, Dundurn ISBN 9781550022278, page 135
- In relative terms, the history of Ajax, Ontario, a town twenty-three miles east of Toronto, is short, spanning a little more than half a century. (Interestingly, to me at least, is the fact that the town is the same age as I am.).
- 1994, Mike Filey, Toronto Sketches 3: The Way We Were, Dundurn ISBN 9781550022278, page 135
- A ghost town in Utah
- 1910, Forth, p. 829
- Seldom was the missionary more agreeably surprised than when the mail stage which had picked him up from the train at Ajax, Utah, drew up at an old ranch.
- 1910, Forth, p. 829
- An unincorporated community in South Dakota
- 2000, Construction Into the Powder River Basin, Powder River Basin Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 20
- Once across Spring Creek the branch line turns southeast and then southwest and proceeds toward Ajax, South Dakota.
- 2000, Construction Into the Powder River Basin, Powder River Basin Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 20
- An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
- 2016, Suzi Parron, Following the Barn Quilt Trail, Ohio University Press ISBN 9780804040693
- THE road north took us to Ajax, Louisiana, more of a crossroads than an actual town. The RV park sat just a minute or so from the interstate and miles from much else; a saw mill near the highway and a diner across the road were the only...
- 2016, Suzi Parron, Following the Barn Quilt Trail, Ohio University Press ISBN 9780804040693
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia
- The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax
- German: Ajax; (usually) Ajax Amsterdam
AJAX
Proper noun
- (computing) Alternative form of Ajax
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