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chad
a tiny chip of paper left hanging in hole-punched cards and ballots
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Chad
(chăd) A country of north-central Africa. Once part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960. N'Djamena is the capital and the largest city.
Chad′i·an adj. & n.
chad
(chăd)n.
1. Scraps or bits of paper, such as the perforated edges of paper for tractor feed printers or the tiny rectangles punched out from data cards.
2. One of these scraps or bits of paper.
[Origin unknown.]
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chad
(tʃæd)n
(Computer Science) the small pieces of cardboard or paper removed during the punching of holes in computer printer paper, paper tape, etc
[C20: perhaps based on chaff1]
Chad
(tʃæd)n
1. (Placename) a republic in N central Africa: made a territory of French Equatorial Africa in 1910; became independent in 1960; contains much desert and the Tibesti Mountains, with Lake Chad in the west; produces chiefly cotton and livestock; suffered intermittent civil war from 1963 and prolonged drought. Official languages: Arabic; French. Religion: Muslim majority, also Christian and animist. Currency: franc. Capital: Ndjamena. Pop: 11 193 452 (2013 est). Area: 1 284 000 sq km (495 750 sq miles). French name: Tchad
2. (Placename) Lake Chad a lake in N central Africa: fed chiefly by the Shari River, it has no apparent outlet. Area: at fullest extent 10 000 to 26 000 sq km (4000 to 10 000 sq miles), varying seasonally; it has shrunk considerably in recent years
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chad
(tʃæd)n.
1. the small paper disks or squares formed when holes are punched in punch cards, punch-card ballots, or paper tape.
2. one of these disks or squares.
[1935–40; orig. uncertain]
chad′less, adj.
Chad
(tʃæd)n.
1. Lake, a lake in Africa at the junction of Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria. 5000 to 10,000 sq. mi. (13,000 to 26,000 sq. km) (seasonal variation).
2. Republic of, a republic in N central Africa, E of Lake Chad: a member of the French Community. 7,557,436; 501,000 sq. mi. (1,297,590 sq. km). Cap.: N'Djamena.
French, Tchad. Chad′i•an, n., adj.
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chad
- A hole poked out of cards or paper.See also related terms for holes.
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| Noun | 1. | chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape dimple, dimpled chad, pregnant chad - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached hanging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and hanging by one corner paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses swinging chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at two corners tri-chad - a chad that is incompletely removed and still attached at three corners |
| 2. | Chad - a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean | |
| 3. | Chad - a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 capital of Chad, Fort-Lamy, Ndjamena, N'Djamena - the capital and largest city of Chad; located in the southwestern on the Shari river Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Chadian - a native or inhabitant of Chad | |
| 4. | Chad - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member Biu-Mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad East Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in Chad Masa - an independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa |
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Translations
Čad
Tchad
Ĉado
Tšaad
Tšad
Čad
Csád
チャド
차드
ChadeRepública do Chade
Ciad
Čad
Tchad
ประเทศชาดในอัฟริกา
nước Chad
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Chad
n → der Tschad
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chad
→ تشاد Čad Tchad Taschad Τσαντ Chad Tšad Tchad Čad Ciad チャド 차드 Tsjaad Tsjad Czad República do Chade Чад Tchad ประเทศชาดในอัฟริกา Çad nước Chad 乍得Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009