'Single file' definitions:
Definition of 'single file'
From: WordNet
noun
A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other [syn: file, single file, Indian file]
Definition of 'Single file'
From: GCIDE
- Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See Simple, and cf. Singular.]
- 1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. [1913 Webster]
- No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Alone; having no companion. [1913 Webster]
- Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. [1913 Webster]
- Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. [1913 Webster]
- These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. [1913 Webster]
- Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. [1913 Webster]
- I speak it with a single heart. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- Single ale, Single beer, or Single drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] --Nares.
- Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. --Burril.
- Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.
- Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.
- Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.
- Single file. See under 1st File.
- Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.
- Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.
- Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Single file'
From: GCIDE
- File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [F. file row (cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. fila), LL. fila, fr. L. filum a thread. Cf. Enfilade, Filament, Fillet.]
- 1. An orderly succession; a line; a row; as: (a) (Mil.) A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The number of files in a company describes its width, as the number of ranks does its depth; thus, 100 men in "fours deep" would be spoken of as 25 files in 4 ranks. --Farrow. (b) An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. (c) The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order. [1913 Webster]
- It is upon a file with the duke's other letters. --Shak. (d) A roll or list. "A file of all the gentry." --Shak.
- 2. Course of thought; thread of narration. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Let me resume the file of my narration. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; -- such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files. [PJC]
- File firing, the act of firing by file, or each file independently of others.
- File leader, the soldier at the front of any file, who covers and leads those in rear of him.
- File marching, the marching of a line two deep, when faced to the right or left, so that the front and rear rank march side by side. --Brande & C.
- Indian file, or Single file, a line of people marching one behind another; a single row. Also used adverbially; as, to march Indian file.
- On file, preserved in an orderly collection; recorded in some database.
- Rank and file. (a) The body of soldiers constituting the mass of an army, including corporals and privates. --Wilhelm. (b) Those who constitute the bulk or working members of a party, society, etc., in distinction from the leaders. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'single file'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- array,
- articulation,
- bank,
- buzz,
- catena,
- catenation,
- chain,
- chain reaction,
- chaining,
- concatenation,
- connection,
- consecution,
- continuum,
- course,
- cycle,
- descent,
- drone,
- endless belt,
- endless round,
- file,
- filiation,
- gamut,
- gradation,
- hum,
- Indian file,
- line,
- lineage,
- monotone,
- nexus,
- pendulum,
- periodicity,
- plenum,
- powder train,
- progression,
- queue,
- range,
- rank,
- recurrence,
- reticulation,
- rotation,
- round,
- routine,
- row,
- run,
- scale,
- sequence,
- series,
- spectrum,
- string,
- succession,
- swath,
- thread,
- tier,
- train,
- windrow