A frigate () is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.

The term " frigate " was used because such ships still mounted their principal armament on a single continuous upper deck.

The term " frigate " ( Italian: fregata ; Spanish / Catalan / Portuguese / Sicilian: fragata ; Dutch: fregat ; French: fregate ) originated in the Mediterranean in the late 15th century, referring to a lighter galleass type ship with oars, sails and a light armament, built for speed and maneuverability.

In French, the term " frigate " became a verb, meaning ' to build long and low ', and an adjective, adding further confusion.

Under the rating system of the Royal Navy, by the middle of the 18th century, the term " frigate " was technically restricted to single-decked ships of the fifth rate, though small 28-gun frigates were classed as sixth rate.

Since they are related to the pelicans, the term " frigate pelican " is also a name applied to them.

Just like the term " frigate ", the term " galleon " was originally applied to certain types of war galleys in the Middle Ages.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the term ' frigate ' fell out of use.

These were not ' armored cars ' in the sense implied by the modern term, as they provided no real protection for their crews against any kind of opposing fire.

The term is synonymous with wealth ( commonly denoted as a person with fame and fortune ), implied with great popular appeal, prominence in a particular field, and is easily recognized by the general public.

Latin terminology is often used to describe modern languages, at times erroneously, as in the application of the term " pluperfect " to the English " past perfect ", the application of " perfect " to what in English more often than not is not " perfective ", or where the German simple and perfect pasts are called respectively " Imperfektum " and " Perfektum ", despite the fact that neither has any real relationship to the aspects implied by the use of the Latin terms.

While the term help desk initially implied the place where employees received technical support for the organizations IT infrastructure, that scope has broadened widely in meaning and use.

Irradiation is a more general term of the exposure of materials to radiation to achieve a technical goal ( in this context " ionizing radiation " is implied ).

For instance, variants of Pan-Germanism have different ideas about what constituted Greater Germany, including the confusing term Grossdeutschland, which, in fact, implied the inclusion of huge Slavic minorities from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

An accompanying proposed rule deals with cosmetics, concluding that any use of natural estrogens in a cosmetic product makes the product an unapproved new drug and that any cosmetic using the term " hormone " in the text of its labeling or in its ingredient statement makes an implied drug claim, subjecting such a product to regulatory action.

The word " Omnipotence " derives from the Latin term " Omni Potens ", meaning " All-Powerful " instead of " Infinite Power " implied by its English counterpart.

Within the entire Risk Management literature ( and this section of Wikipedia ) you will find little or no reference to the human part of the risk equation other than what might be implied by the term ' compliant '.

It is a term he would later regret, because Jeet Kune Do implied specific parameters that styles connote ; whereas the idea of his martial art was to exist outside of parameters and limitations.

The advertisement was criticized by several leading US conservatives, who claimed it implied that President Barack Obama deserved a second term.

This reductionist understanding is very different from that usually implied by the term ' emergence ', which typically intends that what emerges is more than the sum of the processes from which it emerges.

Though baby farmers were paid in the understanding that care would be provided, the term " baby farmer " was used as an insult, and improper treatment was usually implied.

Irradiation is a more general term of deliberate exposure of materials to radiation to achieve a technical goal ( in this context ' ionizing radiation ' is implied ).

In 1783 he published a paper on the temperature at which mercury freezes and in that paper made use of the idea of latent heat, although he did not use the term because he believed that it implied acceptance of a material theory of heat.

Historically, the term implied male primogeniture, to the exclusion of females.

As implied by the term " mangle ," these early machines were quite dangerous, especially if powered and not hand-driven.

While the terms " parallel universe " and " alternative reality " are generally synonymous and can be used interchangeably in most cases, there is sometimes an additional connotation implied with the term " alternative reality " that implies that the reality is a variant of our own.

More recently the term Free Radio implied that the broadcasts were commercial free and the station was only there for the output, be it a type of music or spoken opinion.

Until the precision-guided munitions became standard in 1960s, the term " attack aircraft " implied a heavily armored aircraft armed with both bombs and with forward-firing automatic weapon — the former were more powerful, but the latter enabled strafing attacks of much higher precision.

This usage of the term denotes that the singular physical entity in question claims many internal mental residents ; no importance to one entity over the rest is implied.

Estoppel in its broadest sense is a legal term referring to a series of legal and equitable doctrines that preclude " a person from denying or asserting anything to the contrary of that which has, in contemplation of law, been established as the truth, either by the acts of judicial or legislative officers, or by his own deed, acts, or representations, either express or implied.

Originally the term implied a distinction between the literate and the illiterate, which carried great weight when literacy was rare.

Rolling Stone magazine's first use of the term " Rockumentary " was in 1969 to describe the radio show The History of Rock and Roll which, as its name implied, aimed to document the major artists of rock and roll to its date.

But the enmities it will incur, the isolation into which it will descend, and the internal moral and spiritual softness that will be engendered, will, in the long term, bring it to economic and political disaster.

They like it and would supply most of the capital because of the long term leases by strong oil companies.

While current mouthwash treatments must be used with a degree of frequency to prevent this bacteria from regrowing, future treatments could provide a viable long term solution.

Abugidas were long considered to be syllabaries or intermediate between syllabaries and alphabets, and the term " syllabics " is retained in the name of Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.

Once the physical therapist determines that the individual is able to safely perform parts of the program independently, it is important that the individual be prescribed and regularly engage in a supplementary home exercise program that incorporates these components to further improve long term outcomes.

The class did not survive the Revolution ; but the courtesy title of abbé, having long lost all connection in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman.

The term can also refer to an establishment which has long ceased to function as an abbey, in some cases for centuries ( for example, see Westminster Abbey below ).

Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years ( especially in geology, cosmology or astronomy ), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period.

The study concluded that one-on-one lessons in the Alexander Technique from registered teachers have long term benefits for patients with chronic back pain, and that six lessons followed by exercise prescription were nearly as effective as 24 lessons.

Bidwill, with plans already in the works to leave St. Louis, opted instead to sign a long term lease with Arizona State University to use its Sun Devil Stadium as the home of his soon-to-be Arizona-based NFL franchise.

The company needed funds to survive in the long term.

CBT has been shown to be effective in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder, and possibly more effective than pharmacological treatments in the long term.

Evidence from comparison studies indicates that at least some individuals with schizophrenia recover from psychosis without taking antipsychotics, and may do better in the long term than those that do take antipsychotics.

The lack of moving parts makes them appropriate for long term use in exposed automated weather stations and weather buoys where the accuracy and reliability of traditional cup-and-vane anemometers is adversely affected by salty air or large amounts of dust.

The concept was that because Italian bond futures had a less liquid market, in the short term Italian bond futures would have a higher return than U. S. bonds, but in the long term, the prices would converge.

It enlarged a network of monitoring sites to determine how acidic the precipitation actually was, and to determine long term trends, and established a network for dry deposition.

In 2007, total SO < sub > 2 </ sub > emissions were 8. 9 million tons, achieving the program's long term goal ahead of the 2010 statutory deadline.

The Brazilian foreign policy under the Lula da Silva administration had been focused on the following directives: to contribute toward the search for greater equilibrium and attenuate unilateralism ; to strengthen bilateral and multilateral relations in order to increase the country's weight in political and economic negotiations on an international level ; to deepen relations so as to benefit from greater economical, financial, technological and cultural interchange ; to avoid agreements that could jeopardize development in the long term.

The better a plant can cope with these changing conditions, the more likely it is to be able to survive over both the short and long term as well as establish itself over a wider geographic range.

For a binomial involving subtraction, the theorem can be applied as long as the opposite of the second term is used.

Others have argued that " black " is a better term because " African " suggests foreignness, despite the long presence of black people in the US.

Long-term use is controversial due to concerns about adverse psychological and physical effects, increased questioning of effectiveness and because benzodiazepines are prone to cause tolerance, physical dependence, and, upon cessation of use after long term use, a withdrawal syndrome.

Withdrawal from a long term benzodiazepine addiction may cause tinnitus as a side effect.

The views range from those that hold that benzodiazepines are not effective long-term and that they should be reserved for treatment-resistant cases to that they are as effective in the long term as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.