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  • PLY (file format) — PLY is a computer file format known as the Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format.The format was principally designed to store three dimensional data from 3D scanners. It supports a relatively simple description of a single object as …   Wikipedia

  • Ply — Ply, v. i. 1. To bend; to yield. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It would rather burst atwo than plye. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The willow plied, and gave way to the gust. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ply — ply1 [plī] vt. plied, plying [ME plien < OFr plier < L plicare, to fold < IE base * plek , to entwine > FLAX] Now Rare to bend, twist, fold, or mold vi. Obs. to bend or submit n. pl. plies [MFr pli < the v.] 1 …   English World dictionary

  • Ply (game theory) — In two player sequential games, a ply refers to one turn taken by one of the players. The word is used to clarify what is meant when one might otherwise say turn . Turn is problematic since it means different things in different traditions. For… …   Wikipedia

  • ply — English has two distinct words ply, although ultimately they are related. The one meaning ‘fold, twist, layer’ [14], now mainly found in plywood [20] and in combinations such as twoply and three ply, comes from Old French pli, a derivative of the …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • ply — English has two distinct words ply, although ultimately they are related. The one meaning ‘fold, twist, layer’ [14], now mainly found in plywood [20] and in combinations such as twoply and three ply, comes from Old French pli, a derivative of the …   Word origins

  • ply —   Ka ā. Two ply, ka ā lua.    ♦ To ply back and forth, haulani.    ♦ Ply with frivolous questions, nīele, nieniele …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • ply — Synonyms and related words: about ship, apply pressure, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat to windward, beset, besiege, blandish, boat, box off, break, bring about, bring round, bug, buttonhole, cajole,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • ply — verb 1) the gondolier plied his oar Syn: use, wield, work, manipulate, handle, operate, utilize, employ 2) he plied a profitable trade Syn: engage in, carry on, pursue, conduct …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ply — verb 1) he plied a profitable trade Syn: engage in, carry on, pursue, conduct, practise 2) ferries ply between all lake resorts Syn: travel, shuttle, go back and forth 3) she plied me with …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • back and fill — Synonyms and related words: about ship, alternate, battledore and shuttlecock, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change… …   Moby Thesaurus

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