a. | 1. | Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; |
2. | Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. | |
3. | Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. | |
n. | 1. | A looseness; diarrhea. |
Adj. | 1. | lax - lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" Synonyms: slack |
2. | lax - pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') Antonyms: tense - pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') | |
3. | lax - not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope" Antonyms: tense - taut or rigid; stretched tight; "tense piano strings" | |
4. | lax - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" | |
5. | lax - tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children" | |
6. | lax - emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" Synonyms: loose |
LAX - LAnguage eXample. A toy language used to illustrate compiler design. ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al, Springer 1984]. |