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fetch: see wave wave, in oceanography , an oscillating movement up and down, of a body of water caused by the frictional drag of the wind, or on a larger scale, by submarine earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides. ..... Click the link for more information. , in oceanography. fetchTo locate the next instruction in memory for execution by the CPU. See instruction cycle. fetch 1. Engineering the reach, stretch, etc., of a mechanism 2. Geography the distance in the direction of the prevailing wind that air or water can travel continuously without obstruction fetch [fech] (computer science) To locate and load into main memory a requested load module, relocating it as necessary and leaving it in a ready-to-execute condition. (oceanography) The distance traversed by waves without obstruction. An area of the sea surface over which seas are generated by a wind having a constant speed and direction. The length of the fetch area, measured in the direction of the wind in which the seas are generated. Also known as generating area. fetch a Doppelganger. [Irish Folklore: Leach, 376] See : Doubles
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| "Hey, you, Kwaque, go fetch 'm two fella bottle of beer stop 'm along icey-chestis," he commanded in his most peremptory manner. The chickens will become ready for the market when poultry will fetch the highest price, so that by the end of the year I shall have money enough from my share to buy a new gown. "Well, I'm glad you've come," her mother said, as soon as the last note had passed out of her, "I want to go and fetch your father; but what's more'n that, I want to tell 'ee what have happened. |
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