Definizione monolingua

ply

ply (third-person singular simple present plies, present participle plying, simple past and past participle plied)

1. (transitive) to bend; to fold.
2. (intransitive) to flex.

ply (plural plies)

1. A layer of material. (two-ply toilet paper)
2. A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up yarn or rope.
3. (colloquial) Plywood.
4. (artificial intelligence, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a ""half-turn"", or one move made by one of the players.

   He proposed to build Deep Purple a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.

5. (now chiefly Scotland) State, condition.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Penguin 1985, p. 66:

     You may be sure, in the ply I was now taking, I had no objection to the proposal, and was rather a-tiptoe for its accomplishment.

Definizione dizionario ply

assillare

esercitare

filo

maneggiare

manovra

piega

stratagemma

strato

usare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To persist in offering.

(now chiefly Scottish) State, condition.

(colloquial) Plywood.

(transitive) To use vigorously.

(artificial intelligence, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn", or one move made by one of the players.

A layer of material. (two-ply toilet paper)

(transitive) to bend; to fold.

(transitive) To travel over regularly.

(transitive) To work at diligently.

(intransitive) to flex.