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narrowing (encz) | narrowing,úžící |
narrowing (encz) | narrowing,zúžení |
narrowing (encz) | narrowing,zužování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Narrowing (gcide) | Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n.
1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in
breadth or extent.
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2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed.
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Narrowing (gcide) | Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Narrowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Narrowing.] [AS. nearwian.]
1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a
smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir
W. Temple.
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2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal
or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to
narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in
discussion.
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Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine
ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I.
Watts.
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3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by
taking two stitches into one.
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narrowing (wn) | narrowing
adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering,
narrowing]
2: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn:
constricting, constrictive, narrowing]
n 1: an instance of becoming narrow
2: a decrease in width [ant: broadening, widening]
3: the act of making something narrower [ant: broadening,
widening] |
narrowing (foldoc) | narrowing
Unification followed by unfolding. The
left-hand side of a rule is unified with some term, resulting in
a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the
right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for {bound
variables}.
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narrowing (encz) | narrowing,úžící narrowing,zúžení narrowing,zužování n: Zdeněk Brož |
narrowing (wn) | narrowing
adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers";
"trousers with tapered legs" [syn: tapered, tapering,
narrowing]
2: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn:
constricting, constrictive, narrowing]
n 1: an instance of becoming narrow
2: a decrease in width [ant: broadening, widening]
3: the act of making something narrower [ant: broadening,
widening] |
narrowing (foldoc) | narrowing
Unification followed by unfolding. The
left-hand side of a rule is unified with some term, resulting in
a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the
right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for {bound
variables}.
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