What is "hazard"

Hazard \Haz"ard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hazarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hazarding.] [Cf. F. hasarder. See Hazard, n.]

1. To expose to the operation of chance; to put in danger of loss or injury; to venture; to risk.

   Men hazard nothing by a course of evangelical obedience.
   --John Clarke.

   He hazards his neck to the halter.
   --Fuller.

2. To venture to incur, or bring on.

   I hazarded the loss of whom I loved.
   --Shak.

   They hazard to cut their feet.
   --Landor.

   Syn: To venture; risk; jeopard; peril; endanger.

Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), v. i. To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
--Shak.

Hazard \Haz"ard\ (h[a^]z"[~e]rd), n. [F. hasard, Sp. azar an unforeseen disaster or accident, an unfortunate card or throw at dice, prob. fr. Ar. zahr, z[=a]r, a die, which, with the article al the, would give azzahr, azz[=a]r.]

1. A game of chance played with dice.
   --Chaucer.

2. The uncertain result of throwing a die; hence, a fortuitous event; chance; accident; casualty.

   I will stand the hazard of the die.
   --Shak.

3. Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life.

   Men are led on from one stage of life to another in a condition of the utmost hazard.
   --Rogers.

4. (Billiards) Holing a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

5. Anything that is hazarded or risked, as the stakes in gaming. ``Your latter hazard.''
   --Shak.

6. (Golf) Any place into which the ball may not be safely played, such as bunkers, furze, water, sand, or other kind of bad ground.

   Hazard table, a table on which hazard is played, or any game of chance for stakes.

   To run the hazard, to take the chance or risk.

   Syn: Danger; risk; chance. See Danger.

c.1300, from Old French hasard, hasart (12c.) "game of chance played with dice," possibly from Spanish azar "an unfortunate card or throw at dice," which is said to be from Arabic az-zahr (for al-zahr) "the die." But this is doubtful because of the absence of zahr in classical Arabic dictionaries. Klein suggests Arabic yasara "he played at dice;" Arabic -s- regularly becomes Spanish -z-. The -d was added in French in confusion with the native suffix -ard. Sense evolved in French to "chances in gambling," then "chances in life." In English, sense of "chance of loss or harm, risk" first recorded 1540s.

"put something at stake in a game of chance," 1520s, from Middle French hasarder "to play at gambling" (15c.), from hasard (see hazard (n.)). Related: Hazarded; hazarding.

n. 1 (context historical English) A type of game played with dice. (from 14th c.) 2 chance. (from 16th c.) 3 The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. (from 16th c.) vb. 1 To expose to chance; to take a risk. 2 To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on. 3 (rfdef: English)

1. n. a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: jeopardy, peril, risk]

2. an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" [syn: luck, fortune, chance]

3. an obstacle on a golf course

1. v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: guess, venture, pretend]

2. put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, adventure, stake, jeopardize]

3. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: gamble, chance, risk, take chances, adventure, run a risk, take a chance]

Hazard is an early English game played with two dice; it was mentioned in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in the 14th century.

Despite its complicated rules, hazard was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries and was often played for money. At Crockford's Club in London, hazard was especially popular. In the 19th century, the game craps developed from hazard through a simplification of the rules. Craps is now very popular in North America but neither game remains popular amongst the rest of the world.

Hazard (Carter Alexander Ryking) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Men vol. 2 #12.

Hazard is a fictional comic book character published by DC Comics. She was a member of the villainous group Injustice Society. Though she does not have a problem using her abilities for illegal gain, she has shown some apprehension at murder.

In the domain of central processing unit (CPU) design, hazards are problems with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, and can potentially lead to incorrect computation results. Three common types of hazards are data hazards, structural hazards, and control flow hazards (branching hazards).

There are several methods used to deal with hazards, including pipeline stalls/pipeline bubbling, operand forwarding, and in the case of out-of-order execution, the scoreboarding method and the Tomasulo algorithm.

In digital logic, a hazard in a system is an undesirable effect caused by either a deficiency in the system or external influences. Logic hazards are manifestations of a problem in which changes in the input variables do not change the output correctly due to some form of delay caused by logic elements ( NOT, AND, OR gates, etc.) This results in the logic not performing its function properly. The three different most common kinds of hazards are usually referred to as static, dynamic and function hazards.

Hazards are a temporary problem, as the logic circuit will eventually settle to the desired function. Therefore, in synchronous designs, it is standard practice to register the output of a circuit before it is being used in a different clock domain or routed out of the system, so that hazards do not cause any problems. If that is not the case, however, it is imperative that hazards be eliminated as they can have an effect on other connected systems.

A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle, which may be of two types: (1) water hazards such as lakes and rivers; and (2) man-made hazards such as bunkers. Special rules apply to playing balls that fall in a hazard. For example, a player may not touch the ground with his club before playing a ball, not even for a practice swing. A ball in any hazard may be played as it lies without penalty. If it cannot be played from the hazard, the ball may be hit from another location, generally with a penalty of one stroke. The Rules of Golf govern exactly from where the ball may be played outside a hazard. Bunkers (or sand traps) are shallow pits filled with sand and generally incorporating a raised lip or barrier, from which the ball is more difficult to play than from grass.

"Hazard" is a 1992 hit song written and performed by American singer/songwriter/producer Richard Marx. It peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached #6 in the Cash Box charts.

In addition, the song was Richard's third #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, it topped charts throughout the world, hitting #1 in Australia and #3 in the United Kingdom.

Hazard, in comics may refer to:

• Hazard (DC Comics)
• Hazard (Marvel Comics)
• Hazard (Wildstorm), a Wildstorm series

A hazard is an event posing a threat to life, health, property or environment. For hazards in the context of risk assessment, see Hazard (risk).

Hazard may also refer to:

The '' Hazard '' was an Australian sloop wrecked in 1809.

In March 1809, three ships, the Argument, the Experiment and the Hazard left Pittwater, New South Wales, bound for Sydney with a cargo of wheat. A squall arose and the Hazard was driven onto Box Head, two miles north of Barrenjoey, New South Wales. The master, Andrew Lusk, got into the ships boat but was unable to persuade his single crew member, a boy, to join him. The boy was washed overboard and was dragged from the surf by some aborigines. Lusk attempted to make it to shore but the boat capsized and Lusk drowned.

The Hazard was a sloop of unknown tonnage, probably built in Sydney in 1800. It was owned by Thorley & Griffiths and had been chartered to Lusk.

Hazard is a 2005 Japanese film mostly shot in New York, written and directed by Sion Sono, starring Joe Odagiri and Jai West. It is the story of three youths who attempt to avenge their rights in a society of criminals and thugs.

Hazard is a 1948 American film directed by George Marshall. It stars Paulette Goddard and Macdonald Carey.

A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment. These hazards are also very dangerous for human and animal life. Most hazards are dormant or potential, with only a theoretical risk of harm; however, once a hazard becomes "active", it can create an emergency. A hazardous situation that has come to pass is called an incident. Hazard and possibility interact together to create risk.

Identification of hazard risks is the first step in performing a risk assessment.

A hazard is any biological, chemical, mechanical, environmental or physical agent that is reasonably likely to cause harm or damage to humans, other organisms, or the environment in the absence of its control. This can include, but is not limited to: asbestos, electricity, microbial pathogens, motor vehicles, nuclear power plants, pesticides, vaccines, and X-rays. Identification of hazards is the first step in performing a risk assessment, though in some cases risk assessment may not be necessary.

Hazard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Augustus George Hazard (1802–1868), American gunpowder manufacturer and namesake of Hazardville, Connecticut
• Benjamin Hazard (1770–1841), Rhode Island legislator, attorney and member of the secessionist Hartford Convention
• Caroline Hazard (1856–1945), president of Wellesley College
• Dave Hazard, British karate expert
• Ebenezer Hazard (1744–1817), American publisher and US Postmaster General
• Eden Hazard (born 1991), Belgian football player, brother of Thorgan and Kylian
• Erskine Hazard, co-founder of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
• Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., American law professor
• George Hazard (1700–1738), deputy governor of colonial Rhode Island
• Henry T. Hazard (1844–1941), mayor of Los Angeles, California
• Jonathan Hazard (1744 – c. 1824), American statesman who served as a delegate for Rhode Island in the Continental Congress
• Kylian Hazard (born 1995), Belgian football player, brother of Eden and Thorgan
• Manny Hazard, American football player
• Micky Hazard (born 1960), English football player
• Nathaniel Hazard (1776–1820), U.S. Congressman from Rhode Island
• Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), American naval officer
• Paul Hazard, French historian of ideas
• Richard Hazard (1921–2000), American television composer
• Robert Hazard (1948–2008), American musician
• Robert Hazard (Rhode Island) (1702–1751), deputy governor of colonial Rhode Island
• Roberta L. Hazard, admiral in U.S. Navy
• Rowland Hazard (disambiguation), one of several people by this name
• Thierry Hazard (born 1962), French singer
• Thomas Hazard (c. 1610 – c. 1677, founding settler of Newport, Rhode Island
• Thorgan Hazard (born 1993), Belgian football player, brother of Eden and Kylian

Fictional characters:

• Jenos Hazard, character in Black Cat manga