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Service for cleaning up web pages for reading
about Readability". Daring Fireball. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2016. "The Readability bookmarking service will shut
Readability_(service)
Level of ease with which a reader can understand written text
reading comprehension, readability is necessary for understanding and applying a given text. Techniques to simplify readability are essential to communicate
Readability
Process to create executable computer programs
it. Following a consistent programming style often helps readability. However, readability is more than just programming style. Many factors, having
Computer_programming
Indicator for the complexity of texts
The Flesch–Kincaid readability tests are readability tests designed to indicate how difficult a passage in English is to understand. There are two tests:
Flesch–Kincaid readability tests
Flesch–Kincaid_readability_tests
Legal agreements between service providers and service consumers
less is needed for consumer readability) median FRE (Flesch Reading Ease) score was 34 (where over 60 is considered readable by consumers) median F-K (Flesch-Kincaid)
Terms_of_service
Machine-readable travel document utilizing optical character recognition
A machine-readable passport (MRP) is a machine-readable travel document (MRTD) with the data on the identity page encoded in optical character recognition
Machine-readable_passport
Medium capable of storing data in a format readable by a machine
described as having machine-readability. Machine-readable data must be structured data. Attempts to create machine-readable data occurred as early as the
Machine-readable medium and data
Machine-readable_medium_and_data
Morse code operating signal for signal quality reports
states, "Readability and signal strength reports indicate the desired method of transmission and should be used in that sense. Readability and signal
QSA and QRK radio signal reports
QSA_and_QRK_radio_signal_reports
2001 Microsoft operating system version
ClearType font rendering mechanism, which is designed to improve text readability on liquid-crystal display (LCD) and similar monitors, especially laptops
Windows_XP
Quality rating of radio communications
signal strength and readability report is a standardized format for reporting the strength of the radio signal and the readability (quality) of the radiotelephone
Signal strength and readability report
Signal_strength_and_readability_report
World Wide Web. Semantic services are a component of the semantic web because they use markup which makes data machine-readable in a detailed and sophisticated
Semantic_web_service
Educational tool for measuring readability level
texts are assigned a Lexile score, where lower scores reflect easier readability for texts and lower reading ability for readers. Lexile scores are assigned
Lexile
Service offered between electronic devices via the Internet
web service, a web technology such as HTTP is used for transferring machine-readable file formats such as XML and JSON. In practice, a web service commonly
Web_service
Art of arranging type
structure all impact readability. Some fonts or font styles, for instance sans-serif fonts, are considered to have low readability and so are unsuited
Typography
Cloud computing term regarding readily-available data for consumers
irrelevant. Data as a service as a business model is a concept when two or more organizations buy, sell, or trade machine-readable data in exchange for
Data_as_a_service
American health information company
both the quality of its content and its usability and readability. A 2020 study of readability ranked Healthline the second hardest to read (highest education
Healthline
Social bookmarking service
such as Flipboard and Twitter. Mozilla discontinued Pocket in 2025. Readability, released in 2009 and discontinued in 2016, allowed users to share to
Instapaper
Social bookmarking service
Pocket, formerly known as Read It Later, was a social bookmarking service for storing, sharing and discovering web bookmarks, first released in 2007.
Pocket_(service)
Data-interchange format
allowing trailing commas). For faster processing at the cost of human-readability, data interchange formats that can express all JSON objects include CBOR
JSON
Online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining tool in Microsoft SQL Server
more readable for a human. A multidimensional model can contain information with many degrees of freedom, and must be unfolded to increase readability by
Microsoft_Analysis_Services
Measure of writing, typing, or reading speed
Okunabilirlik Ölçütü" [A Software Library for Measurement of Readability of Texts and A New Readability Metric For Turkish]. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mühendislik
Words_per_minute
represents the subscriber number. This split of XXXX-NNN-NNN offers better readability. The Department of Telecommunications has divided India into various
Mobile telephone numbering in India
Mobile_telephone_numbering_in_India
Instructions a computer can execute
introduction of high-level programming languages in 1958 allowed for more human-readable instructions, making software development easier and more portable across
Software
Process to discover devices on a LAN
added to improve readability. The definition of a "service:" URL and the allowed attributes for the URL are specified by a service template, a formalized
Service_Location_Protocol
and airports, often share characteristics of, or are chosen for, their readability. Typefaces used on North American traffic signs Road signs in Australia
List of public signage typefaces
List_of_public_signage_typefaces
Computer application of Microsoft Windows
Windows 95 as System Agent. Its core component is an eponymous Windows service. The Windows Task Scheduler infrastructure is the basis for the Windows
Windows_Task_Scheduler
Set of conventions to represent words in writing
Fluency Slow reading Speed reading Words per minute Readability Automatic assessment Legibility Readability test Reading differences and disabilities Dyslexia
Spelling
Shadow library search engine
alongside them in structured directories. The format is designed to be machine-readable, easy to distribute via torrents, and compatible with the site's existing
Anna's_Archive
Ongoing armed conflict in West Asia
killed two people. US Central Command announced the death of a seventh US service member from an Iranian attack. The UK confirmed its forces had intercepted
2026_Iran_war
Markup language and file format
regular grammars. DTDs only support rudimentary datatypes. They lack readability. DTD designers typically make heavy use of parameter entities (which
XML
English translation of the Bible
original [King James Version], yet truly updated to enhance its clarity and readability." The text of the New Testament was published in 1979; the Psalms in
New_King_James_Version
Type of two-dimensional barcode
squares within a square grid featuring fiducial markers on the corners, readable by imaging devices like cameras, and processed using Reed–Solomon error
QR_code
Proposed web services standard
Service Mapping Description (SMD) is a proposed standard for describing, in a machine-readable JSON format, the web services available at a particular
Service_Mapping_Description
Chinese multi-purpose mobile app
called Easy Mode. It was mainly designed for elderly people with higher readability by providing a larger font size, sharper colours, and bigger buttons
List of roughly 2,000 most frequent words in English
and other important vocabulary lists. OKAPI will return formatted CBA probes or a readability analysis, with bands for Grades 1-3 (US) and Grades 4+
General_Service_List
XML-based interface description language
referred to as a WSDL file), which provides a machine-readable description of how the service can be called, what parameters it expects, and what data
Web Services Description Language
Web_Services_Description_Language
Country in northwestern Europe
Kingdom. The UK Government uses the ISO 8601 format, yyyy-mm-dd, for machine-readable dates and times. See Date and time notation in the United Kingdom. Excludes
United_Kingdom
Cemetery, Prospect, Koppies District Some graves in the cemetery is not readable. In the middle of the graves is a monument made of sands This cemetery
List of heritage sites in Free State
List_of_heritage_sites_in_Free_State
Set of detailed instructions to assist in workplace safety
Procedures must be suited to the literacy levels of the user, so the readability of procedures is important. Best practice – Method or technique that
Standard_operating_procedure
Format for expressing RDF statements in HTML documents
.. consisting of a few attributes that may be used to express machine-readable data in Web documents like HTML, SVG, and XML. While it is not a complete
RDFa
Topics referred to by the same term
Machine-readable postal marking may refer to: POSTNET, Postal Numeric Encoding Technique, which encodes ZIP codes, ZIP+4 codes and (optionally) delivery
Machine-readable postal marking
Machine-readable_postal_marking
Portrayal of sexual subject matter
academic journal dedicated to critical study of pornographic "products and services". Pornography is a major influencer of people's perception of sex in the
Pornography
Organization promoting world citizenship
The World Service Authority (WSA), founded in 1953 by Garry Davis, is a non-profit organization that claims to educate about and promote "world citizenship"
World_Service_Authority
Computer network protocol
information. The protocol stores and delivers database content in a human-readable format. The current iteration of the WHOIS protocol was drafted by the
WHOIS
American football player and commentator (born 1977)
27, 2017. Garcia, Ahiza (March 7, 2017). "Tom Brady launches meal kit service". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on September 28, 2017. Retrieved
Tom_Brady
Chinese artificial intelligence company
thinking trace within a <think>...</think> tag. R1-Zero has issues with readability and mixing languages. R1 was trained to address these issues and further
DeepSeek
Removal of unnecessary characters in code without changing its functionality
characters, comments, and sometimes block delimiters, which are used to add readability to the code but are not required for it to execute. Minification reduces
Minification_(programming)
Automated message from an email system
Both of them affect the IP reputation of the sender because the Email Service Providers (ESPs) consider the total bounce rate as a decision factor when
Bounce_message
Englishman, became Iran's national chess coach," writes Nigel in this eminently readable Times article." Chess in Iran – Nigel Short's illuminating report Archived
List of atheists (miscellaneous)
List_of_atheists_(miscellaneous)
Horizontal space between sentences in typeset text
double spacing impair readability. Proponents of double sentence spacing say the extra space between sentences enhances readability by providing clearer
Sentence_spacing
Architectural pattern in software design
Nick Gall of Gartner. It is a software architecture style that extends service-oriented architecture (SOA) to web-based applications. WOA was originally
Web-oriented_architecture
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
imprisoned in Iran after being arrested for training journalists in a BBC World Service Trust project – had been "simply teaching people journalism". Facing criticism
Boris_Johnson
Web technique
this constraint. Some shortening services, such as tinyurl.com and bit.ly can generate URLs that are human-readable, although the resulting strings are
URL_shortening
Mail sent using electronic means
by default, the message in a non-Latin alphabet language appears in non-readable form (the only exception is a coincidence if the sender and receiver use
2009 aircraft accident in the Atlantic Ocean
years' service, Stéphanie Schoumacker (38), 13 years' service, Sébastien Vedovati (33), 11 years' service, Clara Amado (31), 8 years' service, Carole
Air_France_Flight_447
release in the early 2020s faced delays, with others released on streaming services with little or no theatrical window. The era witnessed a profound transformation
History_of_film
Self-report mood disorder questionnaire
sensitivity and 88% specificity. Preliminary work using gold standard readability measures suggests that a significant minority of patients might find
PHQ-9
breadth of coverage, referencing, and readability. Wikipedia was ranked highly across all categories except for readability. A 2013 review of nephrology content
Health information on Wikipedia
Health_information_on_Wikipedia
Travel document and primary national identity document for citizens of the Philippines
abroad, with certain exceptions. The DFA began issuing maroon machine-readable passports on September 17, 2007, and biometric passports on August 11,
Philippine_passport
Family of web feed formats
applications to access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format. Subscribing to RSS feeds can allow a user to keep track of many
RSS
1963 espionage novel by Ian Fleming
reader into the next. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service the sweep "moves with confidence and readability" to build the tension. Where the sweep is broken
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)
On_Her_Majesty's_Secret_Service_(novel)
Email service that can be accessed using a web browser
web-based email) is an email service that can be accessed using a standard web browser. It contrasts with email service accessible through a specialised
Webmail
Web browser developed by Google
links to ensure the desired one is clicked, font size boosting to ensure readability regardless of the zoom level. Features missing in the mobile version
Google_Chrome
Pakistani courier and logistics company
assigned machine readable passports (MRPs) delivery services by the government, and Visa application submission and delivery services by embassies. Yayvo
TCS_(logistics_company)
Computer-based technologies
text-based structure offers the advantage of being both machine- and human-readable. Data transmission has three aspects: transmission, propagation, and reception
Information_technology
Technologies for automatic network connection configuration
address this issue, the internet has long used DNS, which allows human-readable names to be associated with IP addresses, and includes code for looking
Zero-configuration_networking
British politician (1912–1998)
Cemetery, Warwickshire, ten days after a family funeral service at Westminster Abbey and public services at St Margaret's, Westminster, and the Collegiate Church
Enoch_Powell
2011 erotic novel by E.L. James
British author Jenny Colgan in The Guardian wrote "It is jolly, eminently readable and as sweet and safe as BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism)
Fifty_Shades_of_Grey
Clear, concise, comprehensible writing
text and increases readability. Proponents of plain language adoption argue that it improves reading comprehension and readability and grants readers
Plain_language
Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008
youths to work, primarily through the introduction of mandatory military service. In September, the government temporarily permitted emigration for anyone
Fidel_Castro
of eight letters (e.g., CT-QP-ED-TP). Dashes are included to increase readability, but can be omitted. The code may contain any Latin letter but the letters
Service_d'adresse_mondial
Propeller driven single engine aircraft
other small gauges were relocated to the left side for improved pilot readability compared with the earlier 172 panel designs. 6,826 built; 4,926 (1973–75)
Cessna_172
American social media company (2006–2023)
previously operated the Vine short video app and Periscope livestreaming service. In April 2023, Twitter merged with X Holdings and ceased to be an independent
Twitter,_Inc.
Internet error message
and NNTP. At the HTTP level, a 404 response code is followed by a human-readable "reason phrase". The HTTP specification suggests the phrase "Not Found"
HTTP_404
DNS record type
ability to associate arbitrary text with a host or other name, such as human readable information about a server, network, data center, or other accounting information
TXT_record
1991 United States Supreme Court case
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States establishing
Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
Feist_Publications,_Inc._v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co.
Digital formats for library cataloguing
MARC (machine-readable cataloging) is a standard set of digital formats for the machine-readable description of items catalogued by libraries, such as
MARC_standards
British politician, broadcaster, and writer (born 1954)
"we recommend that he apologise to the House, and be suspended from its service for a period of 18 actual sitting days." Galloway's suspension was not
George_Galloway
Former NHS agency
an initiative by the Department of Health to move the National Health Service (NHS) in England towards a single, centrally-mandated electronic care record
NHS_Connecting_for_Health
History of the source control web service
GitHub, a web-based Git or version control repository and Internet hosting service. Censorship of GitHub Timeline of social media Timeline of online food
Timeline_of_GitHub
Book One of Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steve Erikson
Erikson's world-building and characterization, calling the novel "fiendishly readable". 2000 World Fantasy Award - Novel (nominated) 2000 Locus Award for Best
Gardens_of_the_Moon
Austrian-American author (1911–1986)
American author (noted for his book Why Johnny Can't Read), and also a readability expert and writing consultant who was a vigorous proponent of plain English
Rudolf_Flesch
Confederate Army officer (1843–1919)
Young's Confederate wizards of the saddle; being reminiscences and observations of one who rode with Morgan (John Hunt Morgan) readable pdf file
Bennett_H._Young
British politician (born 1933)
years of National Service, already due for abolition by 1960, an effort was made to call up men who had so far managed to postpone service. Despite having
Michael_Heseltine
Retrieved 30 October 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Delvaille, Bernard (1971). La poésie symboliste: [anthologie]. Seghers
History_of_painting
Diode that emits light from an organic compound
acts as a mirror, with reflectance approaching 80%, leading to poor readability in bright ambient light such as outdoors. However, with the proper application
OLED
Specification for machine-readable interface files
specification for a machine-readable interface definition language for describing, producing, consuming and visualizing web services. Originally developed to
OpenAPI_Specification
Writing format
human readable. By omitting spaces, camel case does not have this problem. Camel case has been criticized as negatively impacting readability due to
Camel_case
Interview in which questions are not prearranged
Ann (2014). Research Methods In Health: Investigating Health And Health Services. United Kingdom: McGraw-Hill Education. p. 398. ISBN 978-0335262748. Rubin
Unstructured_interview
Language for controlling a computer
detrimental to readability, as is overloading operators, so that the same operator can have multiple meanings. Another feature important to readability is orthogonality
Programming_language
United States government body
Fluency Slow reading Speed reading Words per minute Readability Automatic assessment Legibility Readability test Reading differences and disabilities Dyslexia
National_Reading_Panel
Naval helicopter series of the H-60/S-70 family
evacuation (MEDEVAC). When entering service, the SH-60B was too large to operate from some of the smaller vessels in service, so it served along with the Kaman
Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk
President of Germany from 1925 to 1934
1888. The following year, he moved to the War Ministry to write the field service regulations on field-engineering and on the use of heavy artillery in field
Paul_von_Hindenburg
Form of URLs used as persistent identifiers
operational service support. Returns a description of the object. Descriptions are returned in either a structured metadata format or a human readable text format;
Archival_Resource_Key
Historical region of Western United States, c. 1607–1912
authorized road improvements and an overland mail service to California. The new commercial wagon trains service primarily hauled freight. In 1858 John Butterfield
American_frontier
Microblogging and social networking website
which often shortened long chains of reblogs between users to improve readability. In September 2015, Tumblr changed how threads of comments on reblogged
Tumblr
1990–1991 conflict in the Middle East
broadcast from a CIA-run radio station out of Saudi Arabia. The Arabic service of the Voice of America supported the uprising by stating that the rebellion
Gulf_War
Design language developed by Apple
first developer beta, Apple made several adjustments intended to improve readability. These included increasing opacity in navigation bars and other interface
Liquid_Glass
Area of special education
Difficulties from Preschool Through Fifth Grade. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. E. Kay-Raining Bird; P.L. Cleave & L. McConnel (2000). Reading
Reading_for_special_needs
MSDOS-like operating system
01 were released as open source in form of the M.R.S. kit (for Machine Readable Sources) in May 1997, but with license terms mostly incompatible with existing
DR-DOS
READABILITY SERVICE
READABILITY SERVICE
Girl/Female
Tamil
Niveditha | நீவேதீதாÂ
One dedicated to service, A girl with intelligence
Niveditha | நீவேதீதாÂ
Girl/Female
Tamil
Dedicated to service, Surrendered, Offered to God
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sitaramapadaseva | ஸீதாராமபதஸேவா
Always engaged in ramas service
Sitaramapadaseva | ஸீதாராமபதஸேவா
Boy/Male
Sikh
One who praises the true one, Truthful service
Girl/Female
Tamil
Love, Service
Boy/Male
Tamil
Name of a Hindu month, Name of a star (Son of blind parents; known as an idol of service to parents)
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sitaramapada | ஸீதாராமாஂபதா
Always engrossed in ramas service, Lord Hanuman
Sitaramapada | ஸீதாராமாஂபதா
Girl/Female
Tamil
Yogayukta | யோகயà¯à®•à¯à®¤
Engaged in devotional service
Yogayukta | யோகயà¯à®•à¯à®¤
Boy/Male
Sikh
Supreme selfless service
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nivedhita | நிவேதிதா
One dedicated to service, A girl with intelligence
Nivedhita | நிவேதிதா
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name for someone who lived on a piece of land held without obligations of rent or service, from Anglo-Norman French frank ‘free’ (see Frank 2) + Middle English land ‘land’. Compare Freeland.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : patronymic from a personal name (Latin Gallus) which was widespread in Europe in the Middle Ages (see Gall 2).German : nickname for someone in the service of the monastery of St Gallen, or a habitational name for someone from the city in Switzerland so named.English : variant of Gallier.Hungarian (Gallér) : from gallér ‘collar’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a taylor, in particular a maker of military garments.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Galle ‘bile’, ‘gall’, with the agent suffix -er. This surname seems to have been one of the group of names selected at random from vocabulary words by government officials.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nivedita | நிவேதிதா
One dedicated to service, A girl with intelligence
Nivedita | நிவேதிதா
Boy/Male
Sikh
One who praises the true one, Truthful service
Girl/Female
Indian
Service, Name of a sahabiyah
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name for someone who lived on a piece of land held without obligations of rent or service, from Old English frēo ‘free’ + land ‘land’. Compare Frankland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old Norse drengr ‘young man’, but with more than one possible interpretation. It may reflect the personal name (originally a byname) of this form, which had some currency in the most Scandinavian-influenced areas of medieval England. Alternatively it may reflect the Middle English borrowing of the vocabulary word in the sense ‘servant’, later a technical term of the feudal system of Northumbria for a free tenant who held land by military and agricultural service, sometimes paying rent as well or in commutation.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (a common feudal service). Falconry was a tremendously popular sport among the aristocracy in medieval Europe, and most great houses had their falconers. The surname could also have arisen as metonymic occupational name for someone who operated the siege gun known as a falcon.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Godefrei, Godefroi(s), composed of the Germanic elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u), fred ‘peace’. See also Jeffrey.Americanized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh or Ó Gothraidh, patronymics from the Irish equivalent of Godfrey (see 1 above), borrowed from the Vikings.Americanized form of the French surname Godefroi, of the same origin as 1.An Irish family of the name Godfrey originated in Romney, Kent. The first of them to settle in Ireland was Colonel John Godfrey, who was rewarded with lands in Kerry for his services in the 1641 rebellion.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : nickname for someone who behaved in a masterful manner, or an occupational name for someone who was master of his craft or a schoolmaster, from Middle English maister (Old French maistre, Latin magister). In early instances this surname was often borne by people who were franklins or other substantial freeholders, presumably because they had laborers under them to work their lands. In Scotland Master was the title given to administrators of medieval hospitals, as well as being born by the eldest sons of barons; thus, the surname may also have been acquired as a metonymic occupational name by someone in the service of such.Either a dialect form or an Americanized form of German Meister.Indian (Gujarat and Bombay city) : Parsi occupational name for someone who was a master of his craft, from the English word master.
READABILITY SERVICE
READABILITY SERVICE
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Water Spread
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Joy of Life
Boy/Male
Tamil
Hariharan | ஹரிஹரணÂ
Born out of Hari (Vishnu) and Hara (Shiva)
Boy/Male
Tamil
Army Man
Boy/Male
Indian
Good Heart
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
One who Delights in Consciousness
Female
Polish
Feminine form of Polish CzesÅ‚aw, CZESÅAWA means "honor and glory."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Proud, Honorary, Glory
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Jeffrey.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Honorable judge, Justice
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n.
The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.
a.
Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
n.
The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp/na or an attachment.
a.
One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
a.
Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
v. i.
To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
n.
The state of being readable; readableness.
n.
A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty.
v. t.
That for which one labors; meed; reward; stipulated payment for service performed; hire; pay; compensation; -- at present generally used in the plural. See Wages.
n.
A compensation given to a hired person for services; price paid for labor; recompense; hire. See Wage, n., 2.
v. t.
To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
n.
Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
n.
The quality or state of being reparable.
n.
The quality or state of being ratable.
n.
One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
n.
The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.