Unlike generals and lieutenant generals, it doesnât take 20 years to become a major general. In fact, you could reach this rank in as little as two years. If this is the case, you can expect pay of $9,531 a month, or $114,372 a year, reports the U.S. Department of Defense.
verb (used without object), dangled, dangling. 1. to hang loosely, especially with a jerking or swaying motion: The rope dangled in the breeze. 2. to hang around or follow a person, as if seeking favor or attention.
(redirected from hoop) Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Acronyms, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. The displacement of the image of an object occurring when viewing across the borderline between two portions of different power in a bifocal or trifocal lens. The jump is eliminated by placing the optical centres on the dividing line; the lens is then called a no jump bifocal (e.g. a monocentric bifocal with a straight dividing line) (Fig. J1).