Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS

TAYLOR-WHITE PROCESS Tay "lor-White " proc `ess. (Metal. )

 

Defn: A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White ) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 7 º to 85 º C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 37 º and 67 º C., and cooled in air.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Taylor

Tay lor |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | a city in southeastern Michigan, southwest of Detroit; pop. 60,619 (est. 2008 ).

 

Taylor, Elizabeth

Tay lor, Elizabeth |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | (1932 –), US actress, born in England. Notable movies include National Velvet (1944 ), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 ), Butterfield 8 (1960 ), Cleopatra (1963 ), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966 ).

 

Taylor, James

Tay lor, James |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | (1948 –) US pop singer and songwriter. His hit songs include “You've Got a Friend ” and “Fire and Rain. ” His albums include Sweet Baby James and Hourglass (1997 ).

 

Taylor, Jeremy

Tay ¦lor |ˈteɪlə | (1613 –67 ), English Anglican churchman and writer. Chaplain to Charles I during the English Civil War, he is now remembered chiefly for his devotional writings.

 

Taylor, Lawrence

Tay lor, Lawrence |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | (1959 –), US football player. A linebacker for the New York Giants 1981 –93, he was voted the NFL's most valuable player in 1986. He played in ten Pro Bowl games. Football Hall of Fame (1999 ).

 

Taylor, Zachary

Tay lor, Zachary |ˈteɪlər ˈtālər | (1784 –1850 ), 12th president of the US. 1849 –50. Long in the military 1808 –49, he became a national hero after his victories in the war with Mexico 1846 –48. He negotiated the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty of 1850 with Great Britain that stated that any canal built in Central America would be under the joint control of Great Britain and the US. As the last Whig president, he came into conflict with Congress over his desire to admit California to the Union as a free state (without slavery ) and died before the problem was resolved.

 

Taylorism

Tay lor ism |ˈtāləˌrizəm ˈteɪlərɪzəm | ▶noun the principles or practice of scientific management. DERIVATIVES Tay lor ist noun & adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Frederick W. Taylor (1856 –1915 ), the American engineer who expounded the system, + -ism .

 

Taylor series

Tay lor se ries ▶noun Mathematics an infinite sum giving the value of a function f (z ) in the neighborhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after Brook Taylor (1685 –1731 ), English mathematician.

 

Taylorsville

Tay lors ville |ˈtālərzˌvil ˈteɪlərzvɪl | a city in northwestern Utah, a southwestern suburb of Salt Lake City; pop. 58,785 (est. 2008 ). It was incorporated as a city in 1995.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Taylor

Tay lor |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | a city in southeastern Michigan, southwest of Detroit; pop. 60,619 (est. 2008 ).

 

Taylor, Dame Elizabeth

Tay ¦lor |ˈteɪlə | (b.1932 ), American actress, born in England. Notable films include National Velvet (made when she was still a child in 1944 ), Cleopatra (1963 ), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966 ), for which she won an Oscar. She has been married eight times, including twice to the actor Richard Burton.

 

Taylor, James

Tay lor, James |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | (1948 –) US pop singer and songwriter. His hit songs include “You've Got a Friend ” and “Fire and Rain. ” His albums include Sweet Baby James and Hourglass (1997 ).

 

Taylor, Jeremy

Tay ¦lor |ˈteɪlə | (1613 –67 ), English Anglican churchman and writer. Chaplain to Charles I during the English Civil War, he is now remembered chiefly for his devotional writings.

 

Taylor, Lawrence

Tay lor, Lawrence |ˈtālər ˈteɪlər | (1959 –), US football player. A linebacker for the New York Giants 1981 –93, he was voted the NFL's most valuable player in 1986. He played in ten Pro Bowl games. Football Hall of Fame (1999 ).

 

Taylor, Zachary

Tay ¦lor |ˈteɪlə | (1784 –1850 ), American Whig statesman, 12th President of the US 1849 –50. He became a national hero after his victories in the war with Mexico (1846 –8 ).

 

Taylorism

Tay ¦lor |ism |ˈtəɪlərɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the principles or practice of scientific management and work efficiency as practised in a system known as the Taylor System. DERIVATIVES Taylorist noun & adjective ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from the name of Frederick W. Taylor (1856 –1915 ), the American engineer who expounded the system, + -ism .

 

Taylor's series

Taylor's ser ¦ies ▶noun Mathematics an infinite sum giving the value of a function f (z ) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after Brook Taylor (1685 –1731 ), English mathematician.

 

Taylorsville

Tay lors ville |ˈtālərzˌvil ˈteɪlərzvɪl | a city in northwestern Utah, a southwestern suburb of Salt Lake City; pop. 58,785 (est. 2008 ). It was incorporated as a city in 1995.

 

Duden Dictionary

Taylorismus

Tay lo ris mus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Taylor i smus |der Taylorismus; Genitiv: des Taylorismus nach dem amerikanischen Ingenieur F. W. Taylor, 1856 –1915 System der wissenschaftlichen Betriebsführung mit dem Ziel, einen möglichst wirtschaftlichen Betriebsablauf zu erzielen

 

Taylorsystem

Tay lor sys tem , Tay lor-Sys tem Substantiv, Neutrum , das Taylor-System |ˈteɪlɐ … ˈteɪlɐ …|das Taylorsystem; Genitiv: des Taylorsystems das Taylor-System; Genitiv: des Taylor-Systems nach dem amerikanischen Ingenieur F. W. Taylor, 1856 –1915 Taylorismus

 

Spanish Dictionary

taylorismo

taylorismo nombre masculino Sistema de organización del trabajo y de los tiempos de ejecución del mismo que sigue los principios señalados por el ingeniero y economista estadounidense Frederick Taylor (1856 -1915 ):el taylorismo intentó cronometrar el tiempo de ejecución del trabajo e ideó un sistema de remuneración que recompensaba el esfuerzo del obrero para de este modo aumentar la producción .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Taylor

Tay lor /téɪlə r /名詞 テイラー 〘Zachary /zǽk (ə )ri / ～, 1784 --1850; 米国第12代大統領 (1849 --50 )〙.