ALL meanings of chimera
chi·me·ra
C c - countable noun chimera A chimera is an unrealistic idea that you have about something or a hope that you have that is unlikely to be fulfilled. 3
- countable noun chimera In Greek mythology, a chimera is a creature with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a snake. 3
- noun chimera a fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a serpent 3
- noun chimera a fabulous beast made up of parts taken from various animals 3
- noun chimera a wild and unrealistic dream or notion 3
- noun chimera an organism, esp a cultivated plant, consisting of at least two genetically different kinds of tissue as a result of mutation, grafting, etc 3
- noun chimera a fire-breathing monster, usually represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail 3
- noun chimera any similar fabulous monster 3
- noun chimera an impossible or foolish fancy 3
- noun chimera an organism having two or more genetically distinct types of cells due to mutation, grafting, etc. 3
- noun Technical meaning of chimera (web) A modular, X Window System-based web browser for Unix. Chimera uses the Athena widget set so Motif is not needed. It supports forms, inline images, TERM, SOCKS, proxy servers, Gopher, FTP, HTTP and local file accesses. Chimera can be extended using external programs. New protocols can easily be added and alternate image formats can be used for inline images (e.g. PostScript). Version 1.60 is available for ftp://ftp.cs.unlv.edu/pub/chimera. Chimera runs on Sun SPARC SunOS 4.1.x, IBM RS/6000 AIX 3.2.5, Linux 1.1.x. It should run on anything with X11R[3-6], imake and a C compiler. 1
- noun plural chimera (often initial capital letter) a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. 1
- noun plural chimera any similarly grotesque monster having disparate parts, especially as depicted in decorative art. 1
- noun plural chimera a horrible or unreal creature of the imagination; a vain or idle fancy: He is far different from the chimera your fears have made of him. 1
- noun plural chimera Genetics. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues, as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an artificially produced individual having tissues of several species. 1
- noun chimera mythical creature 1
- noun chimera sth imaginary 1
- abbreviation CHIMERA composite 1
- noun chimera (in Greek mythology) A fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. 1
- noun chimera (mythology) Chimera, or any fantastic creature with parts from different animals. 0
- noun chimera Anything composed of very disparate parts. 0
- noun chimera A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. 0
- noun chimera (genetics) An organism with genetically distinct cells originating from two zygotes. 0
- noun chimera (architecture) A grotesque, like a gargoyle but without a spout for rainwater. 0
- noun chimera (usually chimaera) A cartilaginous marine fish in the subclass Holocephali and especially the order Chimaeriformes, with a blunt snout, long tail, and a spine before the first dorsal fin. 0