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acrobat

  (ăk'rə-băt') pronunciation
n.
  1. One who is skilled in feats of balance and agility in gymnastics.
  2. One who changes one's viewpoint on short notice in response to the circumstances.

[French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs : akros, high; see acro– + bainein, bat-, to walk.]

acrobatic ac'ro·bat'ic adj.
acrobatically ac'ro·bat'i·cal·ly adv.
 
 

Document exchange software from Adobe that allows documents to be displayed and printed the same on every computer. The Acrobat system created the Portable Document Format (PDF), which is widely used in commercial printing and on the Web. See PDF.



 
Antonyms: acrobat

n

Definition: performer doing tricks, physical feats
Antonyms: clod


 
Wikipedia: Acrobat

Acrobat may refer to:

  • someone who practises acrobatics
  • Adobe Acrobat, the trade name of several computer programs for making or reading PDF files (sometimes mistakenly called 'Acrobat files'). (Adobe Systems claims 'Acrobat' in the PDF context as a trademark.)
  • Acrobat, novel written by the American writer and filmmaker Gonzalo Lira
  • the U2 song "Acrobat", from their 1991 album Achtung Baby.

 
Translations: Translations for: Acrobat

Dansk (Danish)
n. - akrobat

Nederlands (Dutch)
acrobaat, iemand die van standpunt verandert, pienter/ kunstzinnig iemand

Français (French)
n. - acrobate

Deutsch (German)
n. - Akrobat, Schlangenmensch, Seiltänzer, Trapezkünstler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ακροβάτης

Italiano (Italian)
acrobata, saltimbanco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - acrobata (m) (f), saltimbanco (m)

Русский (Russian)
акробат

Español (Spanish)
n. - acróbata, saltimbanqui, volatinero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - akrobat

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
杂技演员, 特技演员, 随机应变者, 翻云覆雨者

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 雜技演員, 特技演員, 隨機應變者, 翻雲覆雨者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 줄타기 곡예사, 변절자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 軽業師, 曲芸師

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بهلوان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לוליין, אקרובט‬


 
 

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