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Dictionary: roam   (rōm) pronunciation

v., roamed, roam·ing, roams.

v.intr.
To move about without purpose or plan; wander. See synonyms at wander.

v.tr.
To wander over or through: roamed the streets.

n.
The act or an instance of roaming.

[Middle English romen.]

roamer roam'er n.

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The ability to use a communications device such as a cellphone or PDA and be able to move from one cell or access point to another without losing the connection.

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verb

    To move about at random, especially over a wide area: drift, gad, gallivant, meander, peregrinate, ramble, range, rove, stray, traipse, wander. See move/halt.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To travel aimlessly; to travel with no plan or purpose; to wander.

pronunciation The naturalist loved to roam through the park to observe the wildlife.

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Real-time optimally adapting mesh (ROAM), is a continuous level of detail algorithm that optimizes terrain meshes. On modern computers, sometimes it is more effective to send a small amount of unneeded polygons to the GPU, rather than burden the CPU with LOD calculations—making algorithms like geomipmapping more effective than ROAM.

Authors

  • Mark Duchaineau
  • Murray Wolinsky
  • David E. Sigeti
  • Mark C. Miller
  • Charles Aldrich
  • Mark B. Mineev-Weinstein

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vandre om, strejfe omkring, flakke om
v. tr. - (lade blikket) vandre (over)
n. - vandring, gennemstrejfning

Nederlands (Dutch)
dolen, frequenteren, doling

Français (French)
v. intr. - parcourir, faire le tour de
v. tr. - parcourir, faire le tour de, traîner
n. - vagabondage

Deutsch (German)
v. - wandern, umherstreifen
n. - Streifzug

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιπλανώμαι, περιφέρομαι, τριγυρνώ, διασχίζω, διατρέχω
n. - περιπλάνηση

Italiano (Italian)
vagabondare, vagabondaggio

Português (Portuguese)
v. - percorrer, caminhar
n. - caminhada (f)

Русский (Russian)
бродить, странствовать, скитания

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - vagar, errar
v. tr. - rodar por, errar por
n. - vagabundeo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ströva, flacka omkring
n. - flackande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
漫步, 流浪, 漫游, 在...漫步, 在...流浪

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 漫步, 流浪, 漫遊
v. tr. - 在...漫步, 在...流浪, 漫遊
n. - 漫步, 流浪, 漫遊

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 걸어 다니다, 돌아다니다, 배회하다
v. tr. - 돌아다니다, 방랑하다
n. - 돌아다님, 산책, 배회

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 歩き回る, 放浪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطوف, يجول (الاسم) طواف, تجوال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮נדד, שוטט‬
v. tr. - ‮נע ונד, שוטט‬
n. - ‮נדידה, שוטטות‬


 
 
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