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slovo definícia -ances (gcide) Discrepance \Dis*crep"ance\ (?; 277), Discrepancy \Dis*crep"an*cy\, n.; pl. -ances, -ancies. [L. disrepantia: cf. OF. discrepance. See Discrepant.] The state or quality of being discrepant; disagreement; variance; discordance; dissimilarity; contrariety. [1913 Webster] There hath been ever a discrepance of vesture of youth and age, men and women. --Sir T. Elyot. [1913 Webster] There is no real discrepancy between these two genealogies. --G. S. Faber. [1913 Webster]

podobné slovo definícia acquaintances (mass) acquaintances - známi ancestry (mass) ancestry - pôvod appearances (mass) appearances - vystúpeni appurtenances (mass) appurtenances - príslušenstvo finances (mass) finances - financie grievances (mass) grievances - sťažnosť instances (mass) instances - žiadosti Acquaintanceship (gcide) Acquaintanceship \Ac*quaint"ance*ship\, n. A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. --Southey. [1913 Webster] Ancestor (gcide) Ancestor \An"ces*tor\, n. [OE. ancestre, auncestre, also ancessour; the first forms fr. OF. ancestre, F. anc[^e]tre, fr. the L. nom. antessor one who goes before; the last form fr. OF. ancessor, fr. L. acc. antecessorem, fr. antecedere to go before; ante before + cedere to go. See Cede, and cf. Antecessor.] 1. One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir. [1913 Webster] Ancestorial (gcide) Ancestorial \An`ces*to"ri*al\, a. Ancestral. --Grote. [1913 Webster] Ancestorially (gcide) Ancestorially \An`ces*to"ri*al*ly\, adv. With regard to ancestors. [1913 Webster] Ancestral (gcide) Ancestral \An*ces"tral\ (?; 277), a. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. "Ancestral trees." --Hemans. [1913 Webster] Ancestress (gcide) Ancestress \An"ces*tress\, n. A female ancestor. [1913 Webster] Ancestry (gcide) Ancestry \An"ces*try\, n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. [1913 Webster] Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent. [1913 Webster] appurtenances (gcide) appurtenances \appurtenances\ n. 1. miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. Syn: gear, paraphernalia. [WordNet 1.5] Doctrine of chances (gcide) Chance \Chance\ (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. Cadence.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. [1913 Webster] It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. --Samuel Clark. [1913 Webster] Note: Many of the everyday events which people observe and attribute to chance fall into the category described by Clark, as being in practice too complex for people to easily predict, but in theory predictable if one were to know the actions of the causal agents in great detail. At the subatomic level, however, there is much evidence to support the notion derived from Heisenberg's uncertaintly principle, that phenomena occur in nature which are truly randomly determined, not merely too complex to predict or observe accurately. Such phenomena, however, are observed only with one or a very small number of subatomic particles. When the probabilities of observed events are determined by the behavior of aggregates of millions of particles, the variations due to such quantum indeterminacy becomes so small as to be unobservable even over billions of repetitions, and may therefore be ignored in practical situations; such variations are so improbable that it would be irrational to condition anything of consequence upon the occurrence of such an improbable event. A clever experimenter, nevertheless, may contrive a system where a very visible event (such as the dynamiting of a building) depends on the occurrence of a truly chance subatomic event (such as the disintegration of a single radioactive nucleus). In such a contrived situation, one may accurately speak of an event determined by chance, in the sense of a random occurrence completely unpredictable, at least as to time. [PJC] Any society into which chance might throw him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] That power Which erring men call Chance. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The operation or activity of such agent. [1913 Webster] By chance a priest came down that way. --Luke x. 31. [1913 Webster] 3. The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. [1913 Webster] In the field of observation, chance favors only the mind that is prepared. --Louis Pasteur. [PJC] Note: This quotation is usually found in the form "Chance favors the prepared mind." It is a common rejoinder to the assertion that a scientist was "lucky" to have made some particular discovery because of unanticipated factors. A related quotation, from the Nobel-Prize-winning chemist R. B. Woodward, is that "A scientist has to work wery hard to get to the point where he can be lucky." [PJC] It was a chance that happened to us. --1 Sam. vi. 9. [1913 Webster] The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. --Pope. [1913 Webster] I spake of most disastrous chance. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. [1913 Webster] So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on 't --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Math.) Probability. [1913 Webster] Note: The mathematical expression, of a chance is the ratio of frequency with which an event happens in the long run. If an event may happen in a ways and may fail in b ways, and each of these a + b ways is equally likely, the chance, or probability, that the event will happen is measured by the fraction a/a + b, and the chance, or probability, that it will fail is measured by b/a + b. [1913 Webster] Chance comer, one who comes unexpectedly. The last chance, the sole remaining ground of hope. The main chance, the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest. Theory of chances, Doctrine of chances (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions. To mind one's chances, to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity. [1913 Webster] finances (gcide) finances \finances\ n. assets in the form of money. Syn: funds, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource. [WordNet 1.5] Imperfect consonances (gcide) Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See Perfect.] 1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. [1913 Webster] Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. [1913 Webster] He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective. [1913 Webster] Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault; Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. --Gray. Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant number. Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action. [1913 Webster] Inelegances (gcide) Inelegance \In*el"e*gance\, Inelegancy \In*el"e*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Inelegances, Inelegancies. [L. inelegantia: cf. F. in['e]l['e]gance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. [1913 Webster] The notorious inelegance of her figure. --T. Hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition. [1913 Webster] Rancescent (gcide) Rancescent \Ran*ces"cent\ (r[a^]n*s[e^]s"sent), a. [L. rancescens, p. pr. of rancescere, v. incho. from rancere to be rancid.] Becoming rancid or sour. [1913 Webster] Solar protuberances (gcide) Protuberance \Pro*tu"ber*ance\, n. [Cf. F. protub['e]rance. See Protuberant.] That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. [1913 Webster] Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also solar prominences. See Illust. in Append. [1913 Webster] Syn: Projection, Protuberance. protuberance differs from projection, being applied to parts that rise from the surface with a gradual ascent or small angle; whereas a projection may be at a right angle with the surface. [1913 Webster] Spilances oleracea (gcide) Par'a cress \Par['a] cress\ An annual asteraceous herb (Spilances oleracea) grown in tropical countries as a pungent salad, and also used medicinally. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Theory of chances (gcide) Chance \Chance\ (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. Cadence.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. [1913 Webster] It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. --Samuel Clark. [1913 Webster] Note: Many of the everyday events which people observe and attribute to chance fall into the category described by Clark, as being in practice too complex for people to easily predict, but in theory predictable if one were to know the actions of the causal agents in great detail. At the subatomic level, however, there is much evidence to support the notion derived from Heisenberg's uncertaintly principle, that phenomena occur in nature which are truly randomly determined, not merely too complex to predict or observe accurately. Such phenomena, however, are observed only with one or a very small number of subatomic particles. When the probabilities of observed events are determined by the behavior of aggregates of millions of particles, the variations due to such quantum indeterminacy becomes so small as to be unobservable even over billions of repetitions, and may therefore be ignored in practical situations; such variations are so improbable that it would be irrational to condition anything of consequence upon the occurrence of such an improbable event. A clever experimenter, nevertheless, may contrive a system where a very visible event (such as the dynamiting of a building) depends on the occurrence of a truly chance subatomic event (such as the disintegration of a single radioactive nucleus). In such a contrived situation, one may accurately speak of an event determined by chance, in the sense of a random occurrence completely unpredictable, at least as to time. [PJC] Any society into which chance might throw him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] That power Which erring men call Chance. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The operation or activity of such agent. [1913 Webster] By chance a priest came down that way. --Luke x. 31. [1913 Webster] 3. The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty. [1913 Webster] In the field of observation, chance favors only the mind that is prepared. --Louis Pasteur. [PJC] Note: This quotation is usually found in the form "Chance favors the prepared mind." It is a common rejoinder to the assertion that a scientist was "lucky" to have made some particular discovery because of unanticipated factors. A related quotation, from the Nobel-Prize-winning chemist R. B. Woodward, is that "A scientist has to work wery hard to get to the point where he can be lucky." [PJC] It was a chance that happened to us. --1 Sam. vi. 9. [1913 Webster] The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. --Pope. [1913 Webster] I spake of most disastrous chance. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him. [1913 Webster] So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on 't --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Math.) Probability. [1913 Webster] Note: The mathematical expression, of a chance is the ratio of frequency with which an event happens in the long run. If an event may happen in a ways and may fail in b ways, and each of these a + b ways is equally likely, the chance, or probability, that the event will happen is measured by the fraction a/a + b, and the chance, or probability, that it will fail is measured by b/a + b. [1913 Webster] Chance comer, one who comes unexpectedly. The last chance, the sole remaining ground of hope. The main chance, the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest. Theory of chances, Doctrine of chances (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions. To mind one's chances, to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity. [1913 Webster]