1.
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2. wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi;
- Example: "the black"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Skr. kali.] (Hind. Cosmog.)
The last and worst of the four ages of the world; --
considered to have begun B. C. 3102, and to last 432,000
years.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, prop. n. [Skr. k[=a]l[imac].] (Hind. Myth.)
The black, destroying goddess; -- called also Doorga, Anna
Purna.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Kali \Ka"li\, n. [Ar. qali. See Alkali.] (Bot.)
The glasswort (Salsola Kali).
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cali \Ca"li\, n. (Hindoo Myth.)
The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written
also Kali.]
[1913 Webster] Caliber
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kali
n 1: bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches
having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
[syn: saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kali,
kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda]
2: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi; "the black"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "Kali":
Agni, Asvins, Avalokita, Bhairava, Bhairavi, Brahma, Chandi,
Daksha, Devaki, Devi, Dharma, Dharti Mai, Durga, Dyaus, Ganapati,
Ganesa, Ganesha, Garuda, Hanuman, Himavat, Indra, Kama, Kamsa,
Karttikeya, Lakshmi, Parjanya, Parvati, Pushan, Rahu, Rhibhus,
Rudra, Sarasvati, Savitar, Shiva, Sita, Soma, Surya, Uma, Ushas,
Vaja, Varuna, Varuni, Vayu, Vishnu, Yama
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Kali
A data parallel language.
["Supporting Shared Data Structures on Distributed Memory
Architectures", C. Koelbel et al in Second ACM SIGPLAN Symp on
Princ and Prac of Parallel Programming, pp.177-186, Mar 1990].
(1994-11-09)