aegis \ae"gis\ ([=e]"j[i^]s), n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. a'igi`s a
goat skin, a shield, a'i`x goat, or fr. 'ai`:ssw to rush.]
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A
shield; a protection.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
aegis
n 1: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
under the auspices of the city council" [syn: auspices,
protection]
2: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: breastplate, egis]
WordNet (r) 2.0
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "aegis":
abetment, advocacy, arm guard, armament, armor, auspices, backing,
backstop, bard, beaver, brassard, breastplate, buckler, buffer,
bulletproof vest, bulwark, bumper, care, championship, charity,
coif, contraceptive, copyright, corselet, countenance,
crash helmet, cuirass, cushion, dashboard, dodger, encouragement,
face mask, favor, fender, finger guard, foot guard, fosterage,
fuse, gas mask, gauntlet, goggles, goodwill, governor, guard,
guardrail, guidance, habergeon, hand guard, handrail, hard hat,
hauberk, headpiece, helm, helmet, insulation, interest, interlock,
jamb, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, life preserver,
lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, lorica, mail, mask,
mudguard, nasal, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, patent,
patronage, pilot, plate, preventive, prophylactic, protection,
protective clothing, protective umbrella, rondel, safeguard,
safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, seconding,
security, shield, shin guard, sponsorship, sun helmet, sympathy,
tutelage, umbrella, visor, ward, windscreen, windshield
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
AEGIS
Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)
Aegis
A CASE tool for project change
management, from the GNU project.
(1995-03-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
AEGIS
A Unix variant that was used on Apollo
workstations before Apollo was bought by Hewlett Packard.
AEGIS has some advantages over standard BSD or System V
Unix. It includes faster file access and a richer command
set; there are commands to find out which process is running
on a particular node, which process is locking a particular
file, etc.
(1997-02-25)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
aegis awards, aegis group plc, aegis school of business, aegis trust, aegis trust award, aegis-fang, aegis/sm-2 block iva, auspices, breastplate, egis, nosferattus aegis, protection
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