Thrust and Progress

• (v.t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
• (imp.&p.p.) of Thrust.
• (n.) The force or pressure of one part of a construction against other parts; especially (Arch.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments or of rafters against the wall which support them.
• (v.i.) To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
• (v.i.) To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
• (n.) A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length or with the hand or foot or with any instrument; a stab; -- a word much used as a term of fencing.
• (v.t.) To push or drive with force; to drive, force or impel; to shove; as, to thrust anything with the hand or foot or with an instrument.
• (v.i.) To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to intrude.
• (n.) An attack; an assault.
• (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
• (n.&v.) Thrist.

noun

• The force used in pushing.
  • usage: "the push of the water on the walls of the tank"; "the thrust of the jet engines"
  • synonyms: push
• A strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.
  • usage: "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
  • synonyms: stab, knife thrust
• The act of applying force to propel something.
  • usage: "after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off"
  • synonyms: drive, driving force
• Verbal criticism.
  • usage: "he enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians"
• A sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow. )
  • usage: "he warned me with a jab with his finger"; "he made a thrusting motion with his fist"
  • synonyms: jab, jabbing, poke, poking, thrusting

verb

• Push forcefully.
  • usage: "He thrust his chin forward"
• Press or force.
  • usage: "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"
  • synonyms: stuff, shove, squeeze
• Make a thrusting forward movement.
  • synonyms: lunge, hurl, hurtle
• Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably.
  • usage: "She forced her diet fads on him"
  • synonyms: force
• Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.
  • synonyms: pierce
• Force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock.
• Push upward.
  • usage: "The front of the trains that had collided head-on thrust up into the air"
  • synonyms: push up
• Place or put with great energy.
  • usage: "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"
  • synonyms: throw

Thrust is a comparison between the price difference of successively lower pivot bottoms or higher pivot tops. For example, a reduction in the difference between pivot bottoms shows loss of momentum; an increase in the difference shows increased momentum.

noun

• Gradual improvement or growth or development.
  • usage: "advancement of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts"
  • synonyms: advancement
• The act of moving forward (as toward a goal.
  • synonyms: progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion
• A movement forward.
  • usage: "he listened for the progress of the troops"
  • synonyms: progression, advance

verb

• Develop in a positive way.
  • usage: "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
  • synonyms: come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
• Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense.
  • usage: "Time marches on"
  • synonyms: advance, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Form or accumulate steadily.
  • usage: "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
  • synonyms: build up, work up, build

• (n.) Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities or the race; as, social, moral, religious or political progress.
• (n.) In business of any kind; as, the progress of a negotiation; the progress of art.
• (v.i.) To make improvement; to advance.
• (v.i.) To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.
• (n.) A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
• (n.) In the growth of an animal or plant; increase.
• (n.) A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance.
• (n.) In knowledge; in proficiency; as, the progress of a child at school.
• (n.) In actual space, as the progress of a ship, carriage, etc.
• (v.t.) To make progress in; to pass through.