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cess Definition

cess (ses)

noun

in Ireland, an assessment; tax: now used only in bad cess to, bad luck to

Etymology: prob. < assess

cess Usage Examples

Object

  • pit: Update 20/08/2004 In Area A the removal of post-Roman pits - mostly cess pits of medieval date - is almost complete.
  • format: If the ld command pro- duces an executable file in the parallel pro- cessing format, a logical task stack size is displayed.
  • pro-: Data recorded on site are pro- cessed to provide basic coordinates for the production of measured plans and elevations.

Converse of object

  • call: Any file descriptor created by the calling pro- cess or by the child process is also valid in the other process.
  • run: Background pro- cesses run in a separate process group and a line con- taining their exit status is printed upon their comple- tion.
  • collect: In 1685 he was appointed one of the Commissioners for collecting the Cess of the county ( Ibid, VIII. , 463 ).

Adjective modifier

  • current: By default notify marks the current pro- cess; simply say ` notify ' after starting a background job to mark it.

Modifies a noun

  • pit: The existing drainage system - using cess pits in the paddock - was tied in to the new system.
  • deposit: It seems possible that the basal fills accumulated slowly in waterlogged conditions rather than representing cess deposits.
  • pool: Some sewage drained into cess pools which filtered into nearby wells.
  • tank: Above: Fly puparia in the bottom of a bowl found in the cess tank.
  • component: The residue had a greenish tinge, possibly indicating a cess component.
  • group: SIGTSTP stops all processes in the foreground pro- cess group for that terminal.

Noun used with modifier

  • pro-: Signals set to be ignored by the calling process will be set to be ignored by the new pro- cess.
  • background: Background pro- cesses run in a separate process group and a line con- taining their exit status is printed upon their comple- tion.
  • suc-: The biggest suc- cesses continue to be the buildings we do not adopt but where our intervention stimulates the owners into action.

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