colossus
11Colossus — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Colossus (homonymie). Colossus Personnage de fiction apparaissant dans …
12Colossus — , COLOSSAL Colossal is an ordinary word used by ordinary people, even though it doesn t describe ordinary things. Its meaning, of course, is enormous in size, extent, or degree. Its closest synonym is gigantic. In ancient times the Colossus …
13colossus — [[t]kəlɒ̱saɪ[/t]] colossi 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n (emphasis) If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size. [JOURNALISM] He was a colossus, a legend.… …
14colossus — noun a) A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. [“]The Empire has always been a… …
15colossus — UK [kəˈlɒsəs] / US [kəˈlɑsəs] noun [countable] Word forms colossus : singular colossus plural colossi literary someone or something that is very large or impressive …
16colossus — /keuh los euhs/, n., pl. colossi / los uy/, colossuses. 1. (cap.) the legendary bronze statue of Helios at Rhodes. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World. 2. any statue of gigantic size. 3. anything colossal, gigantic, or very powerful. [1350 1400; ME <… …
17colossus — co|los|sus [kəˈlɔsəs US kəˈla: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: very large statue , from Greek kolossos] someone or something that is extremely big or extremely important ▪ an intellectual colossus like Leonardo …
18colossus — noun (C) someone or something that is very big or very important: An intellectual colossus like Leonardo comes along only once in a generation …
19Colossus — /kəˈlɒsəs/ (say kuh losuhs) noun a huge bronze statue of Apollo which, according to legend, stood across the entrance to the harbour at Rhodes in ancient times; one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Also, Colossus of Rhodes …
20Colossus computer — Colossus MkI/MkII A Colossus Mark 2 computer. The operator on the left is Dorothy Duboisson. The slanted control panel on the left was used to set the pin patterns on the Lorenz. The bedstead paper tape transport is on the right. Developer Tommy… …
