skot

See also: Skot, skót, sköt, Škot, and Škót

English

Noun

skot (plural skots)

  1. A unit of luminance, used for self-luminous objects equal to 10,000 brils or 10-7 lamberts.
    • 2014, William Ross McCluney, Introduction to Radiometry and Photometry, Second Edition, page 360:
      many of the old units-such as the nox, phot, glim, skot, and scot (identical), as well as the bril and brill (different)—are so antiquated as to be of interest only to the historian.

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *skotъ with unclear origins. Possibly related to Proto-Germanic *skatta-.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skot/

Noun

skot m

  1. cattle

Declension

References

  1. "skot" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. "skot" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɔːt/, [skoɔ̯t]
  • Rhymes: -ɔːt

Noun

skot n (genitive singular skots, nominative plural skot)

  1. a shot, a gunshot
  2. a bullet syn.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skôt/

Noun

skȍt m (Cyrillic spelling ско̏т)

  1. litter (animal young)
  2. (derogatory) evil and merciless person

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