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contention
(mass) | contention
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contention
(encz) | contention,názor n: Zdeněk Brož |
contention
(encz) | contention,neshoda n: Zdeněk Brož |
contention
(encz) | contention,spor n: Zdeněk Brož |
contention
(encz) | contention,tvrzení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Contention
(gcide) | Contention \Con*ten"tion\, n. [F. contention, L. contentio. See
Contend.]
1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist,
something; contest; strife.
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I would my arms could match thee in contention.
--Shak.
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2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel;
dispute; as, a bone of contention.
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Contentions and strivings about the law. --Titus
iii. 9.
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3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
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An end . . . worthy our utmost contention to obtain.
--Rogers.
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4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument
taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or
strife; a position taken or contended for.
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All men seem agreed what is to be done; the
contention is how the subject is to be divided and
defined. --Bagehot.
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This was my original contention, and I still
maintain that you should abide by your former
decision. --Jowett.
Syn: Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict;
feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance;
disagreement; debate; competition; emulation.
Usage: Contention, Strife. A struggle between two parties
is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a
struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the
possession of some desired object, or the
accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the
words is necessarily used in a bad sense, since there
may be a generous strife or contention between two
friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to
sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a
struggle arising from bad passions. In that case,
strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and
contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own
aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should
obtain too much. Strife has more reference to the
manner than to the object of a struggle, while
contention takes more account of the end to be gained.
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contention
(wn) | contention
n 1: a point asserted as part of an argument
2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[syn: controversy, contention, contestation,
disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]
3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams
were in fierce contention for first place" [syn:
competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation] |
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contention
(mass) | contention
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bone of contention
(encz) | bone of contention,kontroverzní věc Zdeněk Brož |
contention
(encz) | contention,názor n: Zdeněk Brožcontention,neshoda n: Zdeněk Brožcontention,spor n: Zdeněk Brožcontention,tvrzení n: Zdeněk Brož |
A bone of contention
(gcide) | Bone \Bone\ (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to
Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf.
Icel. beinn straight.]
1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of
vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium
carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and
bone.
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Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute
cavities containing living matter and connected by
minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals
through which blood vessels ramify.
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2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a
rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any
fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of
the body.
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3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
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4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers
and struck together to make a kind of music.
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5. pl. Dice.
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6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a
corset.
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7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
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A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute.
A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's
self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one).
Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for
making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry.
Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into
which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels;
-- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a
decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc.,
and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black.
Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or
recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones
of man. --Am. Cyc.
Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a
fertilizer.
Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the
calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of
calcium.
Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because
woven with bobbins of bone.
Bone oil, an oil obtained by heating bones (as in the
manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing
the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their
derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil.
Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary.
Bone shark (Zool.), the basking shark.
Bone spavin. See under Spavin.
Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue
color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise.
Bone whale (Zool.), a right whale.
To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.]
To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate.
[Low]
To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over
a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]
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bone of contention
(wn) | bone of contention
n 1: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as
you know, is money" |
contention
(wn) | contention
n 1: a point asserted as part of an argument
2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
[syn: controversy, contention, contestation,
disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing]
3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams
were in fierce contention for first place" [syn:
competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation] |
contention slot
(foldoc) | contention slot
In a communication system where only one node at a
time may transmit successfully on a shared channel, the contention
slot or contention period is the time a node must wait before it
can be sure that no other node's transmission has {collided
(collision)} with its transmission.
If node A starts to transmit at time t0 and then another node
starts to transmit just before it recieves A's transmission at
time t0 + T, then the transmissions will collide but node A will
not detect the collision until time t0 + 2T. The contention slot,
2T, for nodes seperated by the maximum propagation delay thus
determines how much data the node must be prepared to re-transmit
in the event of a collision.
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