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mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg Ludwig von Maurer and others, the mark was composed of free men in voluntary association, holding lands communally, and governed by a chief elected for a short term. The theory was expanded by other scholars, among them Edward Augustus Freeman, but it later was bitterly attacked by the historians N. D. Fustel de Coulanges and Frederic Seebohm. It has become generally accepted that Roman as well as Germanic institutions influenced the formation of the medieval manorial system and that the idyllic democratic society depicted by Maurer never existed. See village.

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mark

(1) A small blip printed on or notched into various storage media used for timing or counting purposes.

(2) To identify a block of text in order to perform some task on it such as deletion, copying and moving.

(3) To identify an item for future reference.

(4) In digital electronics, a 1 bit. Contrast with space.

(5) On magnetic disk, a recorded character used to identify the beginning of a track.

(6) In optical recognition and mark sensing, a pencil line in a preprinted box.

(7) On magnetic tape, a tape mark is a special character that is recorded after the last character of data.

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mark¹

1. Nautical one of the intervals distinctively marked on a sounding lead

2. Bowls another name for the jack

3. Rugby Union an action in which a player standing inside his own 22m line catches a forward kick by an opponent and shouts "mark", entitling himself to a free kick

4. Australian Rules football a catch of the ball from a kick of at least 10 yards, after which a free kick is taken

5. the mark Boxing the middle of the stomach at or above the line made by the boxer's trunks

6. (in medieval England and Germany) a piece of land held in common by the free men of a community

7. on your mark or marks a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line

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mark²

1. See Deutschmark markka Reichsmark Ostmark

2. a former monetary unit and coin in England and Scotland worth two thirds of a pound sterling

3. a silver coin of Germany until 1924

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Mark New Testament

1. one of the four Evangelists. Feast day: April 25

2. the second Gospel, traditionally ascribed to him

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mark [märk]

(communications)

The closed-circuit condition in telegraphic communication, during which the signal actuates the printer; the opposite of space.

(computer science)

A distinguishing feature used to signal some particular location or condition.

(navigation)

A charted conspicuous object, structure, or light serving as an indicator for guidance or warning to craft; a beacon; it may be a day-beacon or sea-mark depending upon its location, or a day-mark or lighted beacon depending upon its period of usefulness.

Fathoms marked on a lead ine.

(ordnance)

A designation followed by a serial number, used to identify models of military equipment.

(statistics)

The name or value given to a class interval; frequently, the value of the midpoint or the integer nearest the midpoint.

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Mark

Christian apostle. [N.T.: Mark]

See : Evangelism