glob

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ɡlɑb/ (UK) IPA(key): /ɡlɒb/ Rhymes: -ɑb, -ɒb === Etymology 1 === This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Possibly a blend of blob +‎ gob, or a clipping of globule. An element of sound symbolism is clearly involved: compare such phonetically and semantically similar words as glop, gop, lob, blob, lump, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.) In the biological sense, proposed by Bevil R. Conway and Doris Y. Tsao, by analogy with the cytochrome-oxidase "blobs" of V1, an earlier stage in the hierarchical elaboration of colour. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) ==== Noun ==== glob (plural globs) A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance. (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed) To stick in globs or lumps. === Etymology 2 === Originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; clipping of global. ==== Noun ==== glob (plural globs) (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression; such a pattern. ==== Verb ==== glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed) (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob. === References === === Further reading === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “glob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Blog, GLBO, LGBO, blog == Malay == === Etymology === From English globe, from late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, from Latin globus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡlop] Rhymes: -op Hyphenation: glob === Noun === glob (Jawi spelling ݢلوب) A globe (spherical model of Earth). === Further reading === "glob" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French globe. Doublet of globus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɔp/ Rhymes: -ɔp Syllabification: glob === Noun === glob m inan (related adjective globowy) (countable, astronomy) globe, planet (large celestial body belonging to a planetary system) Synonym: planeta Hypernym: ciało niebieskie (uncountable) globe (planet on which people live; Earth in reference only to the planet without its gaseous envelope) Synonym: ziemia Hypernym: planeta ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === glob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN glob in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French globe, from Latin globus. === Noun === glob n (plural globuri) globe (all senses) ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === glob c a globe ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== global jordglob Globen = Stockholm Globe Arena