Hal

Chemistry.
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[hal] /hæl/
noun
1.
a male given name, form of .
1.
variant of before a vowel:
halite.
[prins] /prɪns/
noun
1.
Harold S(mith) (“Hal”) born 1928, U.S. stage director and producer.
2.
a male given name.
[wol-is, waw-lis] /ˈwɒl ɪs, ˈwɔ lɪs/
noun
1.
Harold Brent
[brent] /brɛnt/ (Show IPA), (“Hal”) 1899–1986, U.S. film producer.
2.
John, 1616–1703, English mathematician.
3.
a male given name, form of .
4.
a female given name.
/ˈvalɪs/
noun
1.
the German name for Valais
/ˈwɒlɪs/
noun
1.
Sir Barnes (Neville). 1887–1979, English aeronautical engineer. He designed the airship R100, the Wellesley and Wellington bombers, and the bouncing bomb (1943), which was used to destroy the Ruhr dams during World War II
combining form
1.
a variant of halo-
/prɪns/
noun
1.
(in Britain) a son of the sovereign or of one of the sovereign’s sons
2.
a nonreigning male member of a sovereign family
3.
the monarch of a small territory, such as Monaco, usually called a principality, that was at some time subordinate to an emperor or king
4.
any sovereign; monarch
5.
a nobleman in various countries, such as Italy and Germany
6.
an outstanding member of a specified group: a merchant prince
7.
(US & Canadian, informal) a generous and charming man
/prɪns/
noun
1.
full name Prince Rogers Nelson. born 1958, US rock singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. His albums include Dirty Mind (1981), Purple Rain (1984), Parade (1986), and Sign o’ the Times (1987)
n.

c.1200, “ruler of a principality” (mid-12c. as a surname), from Old French prince “prince, noble lord” (12c.), from Latin princeps (genitive principis) “first man, chief leader; ruler, sovereign,” noun use of adjective meaning “that takes first,” from primus “first” (see prime (adj.)) + root of capere “to take” (see capable). German cognate fürst, from Old High German furist “first,” is apparently an imitation of the Latin formation. Colloquial meaning “admirable or generous person” is from 1911, American English. Prince Regent was the title of George, Prince of Wales (later George VI) during the mental incapacity of George III (1811-1820).

hal- pref.
Variant of halo-.

noun

A very decent and admirable person; ace • Often used ironically: He told me he thinks you’re a goddam prince (1911+)

Related Terms

jewish american prince

1. HAL 9000, the murdering computer on the spaceship in the science fiction classic “2001, A Space Odyssey” by Arthur C. Clark.
“HAL” is “IBM” with each letter changed to the one before and there is an unconfirmed rumour that 9000 is the sum of the various IBM computer numbers that were in service at the time. However, in the sequel “2010”, Clarke emphatically denies that HAL’s name is supposed to be “one step ahead of IBM”. It is, rather, short for “heuristic algorithm”.
2. Hardware Abstraction Layer.
(1995-11-09)
hardware abstraction layer

the title generally applied to the chief men of the state. The “princes of the provinces” (1 Kings 20:14) were the governors or lord-lieutenants of the provinces. So also the “princes” mentioned in Dan. 6:1, 3, 4, 6, 7 were the officers who administered the affairs of the provinces; the “satraps” (as rendered in R.V.). These are also called “lieutenants” (Esther 3:12; 8:9; R.V., “satraps”). The promised Saviour is called by Daniel (9:25) “Messiah the Prince” (Heb. nagid); compare Acts 3:15; 5:31. The angel Micheal is called (Dan. 12:1) a “prince” (Heb. sar, whence “Sarah,” the “princes”).