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Meaning of Septic | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈsɛp.tɪk

Definitions

  1. A substance that causes sepsis or putrefaction.
  2. A mathematical object (function, curve, surface, etc.) of degree seven.
  3. An American, a Yank.
    Australia, New-Zealand, UK, ethnic, slang, slur
  4. A person who has sepsis.
    dated
  5. A septic tank; a system for the disposal of sewage into a septic tank, a septic system.

Equivalents

العربية نتن
Bosanski sepsa
Català sèptic
Dansk septisk
Deutsch septisch
Ελληνικά σηπτικός
Esperanto sepsa
Español séptico
Français septique
Hrvatski sepsa
Bahasa Indonesia septik
Italiano settico
Latina septicus
Polski septyczny
Português séptico sético
Српски sepsa
Svenska septisk

Examples

“1750, John Pringle, Further Experiments on Substances Resisting Putrefaction, in 1809, Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson (editors), The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Volume X: 1750—1755, page 86, But, in the prosecution of this subject, he had met with very few real septics; and found many substances, commonly accounted such, of a quite opposite nature.”
“Acid-base balance data revealed moderately abnormal metabolic balance for both septics and nonseptics (in either direction) with normal respiratory balance or mild alkalosis.”
“The question is whether there are any spatial differences in how septics impact water quality, and whether these spatial variations should be considered when regulating septic improvement or removal.”
“Enriques states that it is possible to construct a family of septics with a singular curve of degree 7 and genus 4 having a triple point that degenerates to the above configuration[…].”
“Now consider the two septics C = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Cᵢ, D = U⁷ᵢ₌₁Dᵢ and note that for i = 1,2,3,4,5,6 the lines Cᵢ and Dᵢ are parallel, so that the intersection of two septics S' consists of 6⁶^([sic]) + 6 + 1 = 43 points and it is the singular set of a foliation of degree 6.”
“Typical septic. Can't understand why the rest of the world thinks he's a fuck-knuckle.”
““Didn′t enjoy the septics,” he says jokingly about the Americans.”
““What′s the septics′ Achilles heel?” I said using the slang septic tank, meaning Yank.”
“Not only didn′t he want to tour he didn′t even want “Septics” (“Septic Tanks,″ meaning Yanks) to buy his records.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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