[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

colossus \colos"sus\, n.; pl. l. colossi, e. colossuses.
   l., fr. gr. ?.
   1. a statue of gigantic size. the name was especially applied
      to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the colossus of
      nero in rome, the colossus of apollo at rhodes.
      1913 webster

            he doth bestride the narrow world
            like a colossus.                      --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: there is no authority for the statement that the legs
         of the colossus at rhodes extended over the mouth of
         the harbor. --dr. wm. smith.
         1913 webster

   2. any man or beast of gigantic size.
      1913 webster
see also:
colossi colossuses 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

colossus
     n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
          syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster
     2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation syn: behemoth,
         giant, heavyweight, titan
     also: colossi pl
see also:
giant goliath behemoth monster heavyweight titan 
colossi 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 moby thesaurus words for "colossus":
   antaeus, atlas, briareus, brobdingnagian, charles atlas, cyclops,
   goliath, hercules, polyphemus, samson, superman, tarzan, titan,
   amazon, antenna tower, barbican, belfry, bell tower, bully,
   bullyboy, campanile, column, cupola, derrick, dome, fire tower,
   giant, gorilla, lantern, lighthouse, martello, martello tower,
   mast, minaret, monument, muscle man, obelisk, observation tower,
   pagoda, pilaster, pillar, pinnacle, pole, powerhouse, pylon,
   pyramid, shaft, skyscraper, spire, stalwart, standpipe, steeple,
   strong man, strong-arm man, stupa, television mast, the mighty,
   the strong, titan, tope, tough, tough guy, tour, tower,
   tower of strength, turret, water tower, windmill tower

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

colossus
     
        a huge and ancient statue on the greek island of rhodes.
     
        1.  the colossus and colossus mark ii computers used
        by alan turing at bletchley park, uk during the second
        world war to crack the "tunny" cipher produced by the lorenz
        sz 40 and sz 42 machines.  colossus was a semi-fixed-program
        vacuum tube calculator unlike its near-contemporary, the
        freely programmable z3.
     
        "breaking the enemy's code", glenn zorpette, ieee spectrum,
        september 1987, pp. 47-51.
     
        2. the computer in the film "colossus: the forbin project".
        forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer
        that will run all of america's nuclear defences.  shortly
        after being turned on, it detects the existence of goliath,
        the soviet counterpart, previously unknown to us planners.
        both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking
        safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees
        to allow it.  as soon as the link is established the two
        become a new super computer and threaten the world with the
        immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached.
        colossus begins to give its plans for the management of the
        world under its guidance.  forbin and the other scientists
        form a technological resistance to colossus which must operate
        underground.
     
        the internet movie database
       
     http://www.msstate.edu/m/title-exact?colossus:20the20forbin20project.
     
        date?
     
        2002-07-28
     
     
see also:
alan turing bletchley park vacuum tube z3 lt;the internet movie databasegt; 

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