lame
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(lām) 
adj., lam·er, lam·est.
To cause to become lame; cripple.
lameness lame'ness n.
lame2 (lām)
n.
A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
adj., lam·er, lam·est.
- Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
- Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.
- Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory: a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.
To cause to become lame; cripple.
[Middle English, from Old English lama.]
lamely lame'ly adv.lameness lame'ness n.
lame2 (lām)
n.
A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
[French, from Old French, from Latin lāmina, thin plate.]
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adj
Definition: disabled
Antonyms: able, able-bodied, agile, mobile, uncrippled, walking
adj
Definition: feeble, weak
Antonyms: able, capable, convincing, efficient, satisfactory, strong
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and laine; lane
1. mod. inept; inadequate; undesirable. That guy's so lame, it's pitiful.
2. n. a square person. (Streets. Underworld.) Let's see if that lame over there has anything we want in his pockets.
3. n. an inept person. The guy turned out to be a lame, and we had to fire him.
1. mod. inept; inadequate; undesirable. That guy's so lame, it's pitiful.
2. n. a square person. (Streets. Underworld.) Let's see if that lame over there has anything we want in his pockets.
3. n. an inept person. The guy turned out to be a lame, and we had to fire him.
The Dream Encyclopedia:
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Lame/Limp
A dream about limping could represent feelings of weakness, inadequacy, or uncertainties about a particular situation. A dream about lameness might also be alluding to the metaphorical use of "lame," as being pathetic or unoriginal.
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adjective
adjective, mainly African-American
1: Naïve, socially inept. (1942 —) .
Washington Post Posers are really lame (1986).noun
2: A socially unsophisticated person; one who does not fit in with a particular social group. (1959 —) .
J. Wambaugh They're a couple of lames trying to groove with the Kids. They're nothing (1972).
adjective, mainly African-American
1: Naïve, socially inept. (1942 —) .
Washington Post Posers are really lame (1986).
2: A socially unsophisticated person; one who does not fit in with a particular social group. (1959 —) .
J. Wambaugh They're a couple of lames trying to groove with the Kids. They're nothing (1972).
| lam, lallygag, lallapaloosa | |
| lame-brain, lamer, lamp |
Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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lameness
The state of being lame.
- complementary l. — redistribution of weight from one painful leg can cause lameness in another, previously normal, leg.
- fescue l. — see festuca.
- regional l. — lameness in a particular part of a limb, e.g. stifle lameness.
- supporting leg l. — discomfort is evident when the animal is standing or bearing weight on the leg.
- swinging leg l. — abnormality of movement, such as hitching or failure to flex a joint, is evident when the leg is in motion.
- three-legged l. — the animal does not put weight on one of its limbs.
- weightbearing l. — the lameness is not caused by movement of the limb but by putting weight on it.
- whirlbone l. — see trochanteric bursitis.
Random House Word Menu:
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categories related to 'lameness'
- Defects and Disabilities - lameness: condition of having a limb disabled enough to impair normal movement, esp. walking
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This article is about the audio encoder. For other uses, see Lame.
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 LAME v3.99.5 running under Linux |
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| Developer(s) | The LAME development team |
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| Initial release | 1998 |
| Stable release | 3.99.5 / 28 February 2012 |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Codec |
| License | GNU Lesser General Public License |
| Website | lame.sourceforge.net |
LAME is a free software codec used to encode/compress audio into the lossy MP3 file format.
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History
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The name LAME is a recursive acronym for "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder".[1] Around mid-1998, Mike Cheng created LAME 1.0 as a set of modifications against the "8Hz-MP3" encoder source code. After some quality concerns raised by others, he decided to start again from scratch based on the "dist10" MPEG reference software sources. His goal was only to speed up the dist10 sources, and leave its quality untouched. That branch (a patch against the reference sources) became Lame 2.0. The project quickly became a team project. Mike Cheng eventually left leadership and started working on tooLAME (an MP2 encoder).
Mark Taylor then started pursuing increased quality in addition to better speed, and released version 3.0 featuring gpsycho, a new psychoacoustic model he developed.
A few key improvements, in chronological order:
- May 1999: a new psychoacoustic model (gpsycho) is released along with LAME 3.0.
- June 1999: The first variable bitrate implementation is released. Soon after this, LAME also became able to target lower sampling frequencies from MPEG-2.
- November 1999: LAME switches from a GPL license to an LGPL license, which allows using it with closed-source applications.
- May 2000: the last pieces of the original ISO demonstration code are removed. LAME is not a patch anymore, but a full encoder.
- December 2003: substantial improvement to default settings, along with improved speed. LAME no longer requires user to use complicated parameters to produce good results.
- May 2007: default variable bitrate encoding speed is vastly improved.
Patents and legal issues
Like all MP3 encoders, LAME implements some technology covered by patents owned by the Fraunhofer Society and other entities.[2] The developers of LAME do not themselves license the technology described by these patents. Distributing compiled binaries of LAME, its libraries, or programs that derive from LAME in countries that recognize those patents may be patent infringing.
The LAME developers state that, since their code is only released in source code form, it should only be considered as an educational description of an MP3 encoder, and thus does not infringe any patent by itself when released as source code only. At the same time, they advise users to obtain a patent license for any relevant technologies that LAME may implement before including a compiled version of the encoder in a product.[3] Some software is released using this strategy: companies use the LAME library, but obtain patent licenses.
In November 2005, there were reports that the Extended Copy Protection rootkit included on some Sony Compact Discs included portions of the LAME library without complying with the terms of the LGPL.[4][5][6]
See also
References
- ^ "LAME MP3 Encoder :: About". Lame.sourceforge.net. http://lame.sourceforge.net/about.php. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ "Home". mp3licensing.com. http://www.mp3licensing.com/. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ http://lame.sourceforge.net/tech-FAQ.txt
- ^ Reuters (2005-11-21). "Sony BMG Software May Contain Open-Source Code". foxnews.com. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,176021,00.html. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
- ^ "Is Sony in violation of the LGPL?". The-interweb.com. http://www.the-interweb.com/serendipity/index.php?/archives/52-Is-Sony-in-violation-of-the-LGPL-Part-II.html. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ^ Sony's XCP DRM[dead link]
External links
- Official website
- LAME library for Audacity For use with the GNU GPL Audacity audio editor.
- LAME at HydrogenAudio Wiki
- LAME Mp3 Info Tag revision 1 Specifications
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Lame
Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - halt, vanfør, bovlam, utilfredsstillende, spag
v. tr. - slå til krøbling, gøre halt
idioms:
- lame duck krøbling, havarist, insolvent børsspekulant, en det er gået skævt for i livet
2.
n. - lamé
Nederlands (Dutch)
mank, slecht ter been, niet overtuigend, stijf, defect, stokkend, verlammen, verminken aan voeten/-poten, onbruikbaar maken
Français (French)
1.
adj. - boiteux, estropié, éclopé, (fig) boiteux (une excuse)
v. tr. - estropier
idioms:
- lame duck canard boiteux
2.
n. - lamé
Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - lahm, holprig
v. - lähmen, lahm reiten
idioms:
- lame duck Versager, zahlungsunfähige Firma, Politiker, der nicht wiedergewählt worden ist, zahlungsunfähiger Spekulant
2.
n. - Schuppe (eines Panzers), dünnes Metallplättchen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κουτσαίνω (κάποιον), σακατεύω
adj. - κουτσός, χωλός, μη πειστικός, ανεπαρκής
n. - (ύφασμα) λαμέ
idioms:
- lame duck ανήμπορος (άνθρωπος, αξιωματούχος), προβληματική επιχείρηση
Italiano (Italian)
paralizzare, zoppo
idioms:
- lame duck fallimento, azienda pericolante
Português (Portuguese)
v. - estropiar, coxear, aleijar
adj. - manco, imperfeito, aleijado
idioms:
- lame duck bode (m) expiatório, pessoa incapaz
Русский (Russian)
калечить, хромой, неудачный, тонкая металлическая пластинка
idioms:
- lame duck неудачник, банкрот, политик, завершающий свое пребывание на посту
Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - cojo, lisiado
v. tr. - lisiar, dejar cojo, incapacitar
idioms:
- lame duck funcionario cesante, diputado no reelegido, cosa inútil, persona incapacitada, fracaso, caso perdido
2.
n. - pobre, ineficaz, vano, frívolo, cada una de las placas que superpuestas forman la armadura
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra halt, förlama, stympa, ramponera
adj. - halt, ofärdig, bristfällig, otillfredsställande, haltande
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跛足的, 不完全的, 僵痛的, 使成残废
idioms:
- lame duck 无用的人, 投机者
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 跛足的, 不完全的, 僵痛的
v. tr. - 使成殘廢
idioms:
- lame duck 無用的人, 投機者
2.
adj. - 절름발이의, 불완전한, 아픈, 가락이 맞지 않은
v. tr. - 절름발이를 만들다, 불충분하게 하다
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 跛行の, 足の不自由な, 凝って痛い, 不十分な, 不完全な
v. - びっこにする, 不完全にする, 足を不自由にする
n. - 薄い金属板金
idioms:
- a lame duck 役に立たない人, 落選議員
- lame duck 無力な人, 役に立たない物
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يجعله مقعدا أو كسيحا, يضعفه (صفه) مقعد, كسيح, أعرج, ضعيف
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - צולע, נכה, חיגר, לא משכנע (תירוץ וכד')
v. tr. - עשה לצולע, לא משכנע (תירוץ וכד')
n. - למה (אריג שזור בזהב)
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