What does RAFT mean?
Definitions for RAFT
ræft, rɑftraft
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Princeton's WordNet
raftnoun
a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadverb
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
raftverb
transport on a raft
"raft wood down a river"
raftverb
travel by raft in water
"Raft the Colorado River"
raftverb
make into a raft
"raft these logs"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Raft
Edmund Spenser.
Raftnoun
A frame or float made by laying pieces of timber cross each other.
Etymology: probably from ratis, Latin.
Where is that son
That floated with thee on the fatal raft. William Shakespeare.Fell the timber of yon lofty grove,
And form a raft, and build the rising ship. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
raft
Reversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer or RAFT polymerization is one of several kinds of reversible-deactivation radical polymerization. It makes use of a chain-transfer agent in the form of a thiocarbonylthio compound (or similar, from here on referred to as a RAFT agent, see Figure 1) to afford control over the generated molecular weight and polydispersity during a free-radical polymerization. Discovered at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) of Australia in 1998, RAFT polymerization is one of several living or controlled radical polymerization techniques, others being atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), etc. RAFT polymerization uses thiocarbonylthio compounds, such as dithioesters, thiocarbamates, and xanthates, to mediate the polymerization via a reversible chain-transfer process. As with other controlled radical polymerization techniques, RAFT polymerizations can be performed with conditions to favor low dispersity (molecular weight distribution) and a pre-chosen molecular weight. RAFT polymerization can be used to design polymers of complex architectures, such as linear block copolymers, comb-like, star, brush polymers, dendrimers and cross-linked networks.
ChatGPT
raft
A raft is a flat structure, often made of wooden planks or inflatable materials, designed to float on water. It is used for transportation, aquatic activities, or survival purposes and is typically propelled by paddles, poles, or sails. The design and construction vary greatly depending on its intended usage.
Webster Dictionary
Raft
imp. & p. p. of Reave
Raftnoun
a collection of logs, boards, pieces of timber, or the like, fastened together, either for their own collective conveyance on the water, or to serve as a support in conveying other things; a float
Raftnoun
a collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs navigation
Raftnoun
a large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately
Raftverb
to transport on a raft, or in the form of a raft; to make into a raft; as, to raft timber
Raft
of Reave
Etymology: [Originally, a rafter, spar, and fr. Icel. raptr a rafter; akin to Dan. raft, Prov. G. raff a rafter, spar; cf. OHG. rfo, rvo, a beam, rafter, Icel. rf roof. Cf. Rafter, n.]
Wikidata
Raft
A raft is any flat structure for support or transportation over water. It is the most basic of boat design, characterized by the absence of a hull. Although there are cross-over boat types that blur this definition, rafts are usually kept afloat by using any combination of buoyant materials such as wood, sealed barrels, or inflated air chambers, and are typically not propelled by an engine.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Raft
raft, n. (U.S.) a miscellaneous or promiscuous lot. [A variant of Raff (1).]
Raft
raft, n. a collection of pieces of timber fastened together for a support on the water: planks conveyed by water.—v.t. to transport on a raft: to form into a raft.—v.i. to manage a raft, travel by raft.—ns. Raft′-bridge, a bridge supported on rafts; Raft′-dog, an iron bar fitted for securing logs in a raft; Raft′-duck, the black-head duck of the United States; Raft′-port, a square hole in some ships for convenience in loading and unloading timber; Raft′-rope, a rope used in whaling-vessels for stringing blubber; Rafts′man, one who guides a raft. [Ice. raptr (pron. raftr), a rafter—ráf, ræfr, a roof; cf. Old High Ger. rāfo, a spar.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
raft
A sort of float formed by an assemblage of casks, planks, or pieces of timber, fastened together with swifters and raft-dogs side by side, as well as tier upon tier. The timber and plank with which merchant ships are laden in the different ports of the Baltic, are attached together in this manner, in order to float them off to the shipping; but the rafts of North America are the most gigantic in the world. Also, a kind of floating bridge of easy construction for the passage of rivers by troops, &c.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
raft
A species of floating bridge for the passage of rivers, on which the soldiers and light artillery may be safely conveyed.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of RAFT in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of RAFT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of RAFT in a Sentence
While Democrats seized on Mr. Floyd’s death last May to highlight racism in policing and other forms of social injustice, Republicans responded to a summer of protests by proposing a raft of punitive new measures governing the right to lawfully assemble, some, like [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis, are labeling them ‘anti-riot’ bills, conflating the right to peaceful protest with the rioting and looting that sometimes resulted from such protests.
Markets are still betting on a raft of stimulus measures from the ECB in September and that is having a pretty strongly negative effect on the euro, but in the near term, this idea that we could see more spending out of Germany is helping to alleviate that.
It's a bit like a life raft.
There's a whole raft of different factors involved and it's progressing nicely.
We failed to separate from the chain of command certain key substantive decisions about the procedure, but also a whole raft of crimes that are related to sexual assault.
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- طوفArabic
- salAzerbaijani
- плытBelarusian
- салBulgarian
- raiCatalan, Valencian
- raft, vorCzech
- flådeDanish
- Schlauchboot, FloßGerman
- σχεδίαGreek
- balsaSpanish
- parvEstonian
- کلکPersian
- kumilautta, [[tehdä]] [[lautta]], roppakaupalla, [[kuljettaa]] [[lautalla]], lautta, [[kulkea]] [[lautalla]]Finnish
- flakiFaroese
- masse, multitude, radeauFrench
- raftaIrish
- רַפסוֹדָהHebrew
- बेड़ाHindi
- tutajHungarian
- լաստArmenian
- flekiIcelandic
- gommone, zatteraItalian
- いかだ, ラフトJapanese
- ტივიGeorgian
- 뗏목Korean
- trabicaLatin
- plaustasLithuanian
- plostsLatvian
- mōkī, mōkihiMāori
- сплавMacedonian
- flåteNorwegian
- rubberboot, vlotDutch
- flote, flåteNorwegian Nynorsk
- flåteNorwegian
- tsin naaʼeełNavajo, Navaho
- ਬੇੜਾPanjabi, Punjabi
- tratwaPolish
- balsaPortuguese
- plutăRomanian
- куча, плот, рафт, множество, уймаRussian
- splav, сплавSerbo-Croatian
- plťSlovak
- splavSlovene
- trapAlbanian
- flotteSwedish
- తెప్పTelugu
- salTurkish
- плітUkrainian
- بیڑاUrdu
- bèVietnamese
- boadafloted, flotedVolapük
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