(usually in the plural) A measure of how many times an imaging or display device produces unique consecutive images (frames) in one second.

(law, archaic) The party to a legal dispute against whom a complaint was initially raised in a court.

(transitive) To shut off or keep apart, as from company, society, etc.; withdraw (oneself) from society or into solitude. / (transitive) To shut or keep out; exclude; preclude.

The act of secluding, shutting out or keeping apart. / The state of being secluded or shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; solitude. / A secluded, isolated or private place.

(education, Britain, Ireland) In the UK and Ireland, a state school attended between the ages of 11 and 16 or 18.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.

(finance) A line representing the relationship between expected return and systematic risk, thus a graphical representation of the CAPM. It is valid both for portfolios and individual assets.

(chemistry) any compound of general formula R₂P-H

Somebody ranking next below a commander. / Someone ranking next below the person in charge.

(cryptography) Not decodable with all available computer power.