glob
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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, blob, clump and clod. (Still, globe, clump and clod may be related via the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-; compare clew.[1])
In the programming sense, originates from the early (c. 1970) Unix command glob; short for global.
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?)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
glob (plural globs)
- A round, shapeless or amorphous lump, as of a semisolid substance.
- He put a glob of paint into the cup and went on painting.
- (programming) A limited pattern matching technique using wildcards, less powerful than a regular expression.
- (biology) A millimeter-sized colour module found beyond the visual area V2 in the brain's parvocellular pathway.
See also[edit]
Glob (programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb[edit]
glob (third-person singular simple present globs, present participle globbing, simple past and past participle globbed)
- To stick in globs or lumps.
- Paint was globbing off the wall.
- (programming) To carry out pattern matching using a glob.
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 359
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “glob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin globus. Doublet of gleba and globus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
glob m inan
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- glob in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- glob in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French globe, from Latin globus.
Noun[edit]
glob n (plural globuri)
- globe (all senses)
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) glob | globul | (niște) globuri | globurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) glob | globului | (unor) globuri | globurilor |
| vocative | globule | globurilor | ||
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
glob c
- a globe
Declension[edit]
| Declension of glob | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | glob | globen | glober | globerna |
| Genitive | globs | globens | globers | globernas |
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