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home 1. the environment or habitat of a person or animal 2. a. a building or organization set up to care for orphans, the aged, etc. b. an informal name for a mental home 3. Sport one's own ground 4. a. the objective towards which a player strives in certain sports b. an area where a player is safe from attack 5. Lacrosse a. one of two positions of play nearest the opponents' goal b. a player assigned to such a position 6. Baseball another name for home plate 7. Sport relating to one's own ground Home Baron. See (Baron) Home of the Hirsel home [hōm] (computer science) The location at the upper left-hand corner of an electronic display. (electricity) To return to the starting position, as in a stepping relay or turning motor. (navigation) To navigate toward a point by maintaining constant some navigational parameter other than altitude. (ordnance) To travel to a target by guidance of heat radiation, radar echoes, radio waves, sound waves, laser beams, or other phenomena reflected from or originating in the target, as in homing missiles and homing torpedoes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But just when classes were about to restart after Hurricane Katrina's unruly visit, Hurricane Rita began bearing down on Tulane's new home away from home, notes Ian Taylor, the school's dean. Boaters want a home away from home for the whole family. The club became a home away from home for members of the band, and for the punkers in the East and South Bay region. |
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