Vulcan

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vulcan \Vul"can\, n. [L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulk[=a] a
     firebrand, meteor. Cf. {Volcano}.] (Rom. Myth.)
     The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; --
     answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Vulcan
       n : (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart
           of Greek Hephaestus

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "Vulcan":
     Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
     Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
     Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother,
     Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen,
     Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
     Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
     Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
     Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
     Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
     Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Wayland, Zeus,
     farrier, forger, metalworker, smith
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  VULCAN
       
          1. Wayne Ratliff ca. 1980.  CP/M port of JPLDIS which evolved
          into dBASE II.
       
          2. The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with
          their Emerald Bay product.  [same as 1?]
       
          3. Early string manipulation language.  "VULCAN - A String
          Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et
          al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS (Fall 1970).
       
          4. Kahn et al, Xerox PARC.  Concurrent object orientation and
          logic programming.  An object-oriented preprocessor for FCP.
          "Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in
          Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming,
          A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987.
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Vulcan, MI
    Zip code(s): 49892
  Vulcan, MO
    Zip code(s): 63675