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sufficiency
(mass) | sufficiency
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sufficiency
(encz) | sufficiency,dostatek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sufficiency
(gcide) | Sufficiency \Suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. sufficientia: cf. F.
suffisance. See Suffice.]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to
the end proposed; adequacy.
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His sufficiency is such that he bestows and
possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. --Boyle.
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2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity.
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A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. --Shak.
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I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not
willingly to admit the counsel of others. --Eikon
Basilike.
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3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant
sufficiency." --Thomson.
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4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
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5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency.
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Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance.
--Sir W.
Temple.
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sufficiency
(wn) | sufficiency
n 1: sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet
obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's
sufficiency"
2: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is
more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn:
enough, sufficiency]
3: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he
questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn:
sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy,
insufficiency] |
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sufficiency
(mass) | sufficiency
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cardiac insufficiency
(encz) | cardiac insufficiency, n: |
coronary insufficiency
(encz) | coronary insufficiency, n: |
insufficiency
(encz) | insufficiency,nedostatečnost n: insufficiency,nedostatek n: insufficiency,neschopnost n: insufficiency,věc v nedostatečném množství n: |
renal insufficiency
(encz) | renal insufficiency, n: |
self-sufficiency
(encz) | self-sufficiency,soběstačnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sufficiency
(encz) | sufficiency,dostatek n: Zdeněk Brož |
sufficiency condition
(encz) | sufficiency condition,postačující podmínka [mat.] v.martin |
chronic adrenocortical insufficiency
(gcide) | Addison's disease \Ad"di*son's dis*ease"\ [Named from Thomas
Addison, M. D., of London, who first described it.] (Med.)
A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration
of the skin, hypotension, and loss of weight; it is due to
insufficient secretion of adrenocortical hormones. Untreated
disease is usually fatal. Called also {chronic adrenocortical
insufficiency}
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Insufficiency
(gcide) | Insufficiency \In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F.
insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]
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1. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of
sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the
insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
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The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the
light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.
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2. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity;
incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an
office.
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Self-sufficiency
(gcide) | Self-sufficiency \Self`-suf*fi"cien*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being self-sufficient.
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Unsufficiency
(gcide) | Unsufficience \Un`suf*fi"cience\, Unsufficiency
\Un`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n.
Insufficiency. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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cardiac insufficiency
(wn) | cardiac insufficiency
n 1: inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause
angina pectoris [syn: coronary insufficiency, {cardiac
insufficiency}] |
coronary insufficiency
(wn) | coronary insufficiency
n 1: inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause
angina pectoris [syn: coronary insufficiency, {cardiac
insufficiency}] |
insufficiency
(wn) | insufficiency
n 1: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in
my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy
in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]
2: (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function
normally
3: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy,
deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency] |
renal insufficiency
(wn) | renal insufficiency
n 1: insufficient excretion of wastes by the kidneys |
self-sufficiency
(wn) | self-sufficiency
n 1: personal independence [syn: autonomy, self-direction,
self-reliance, self-sufficiency] |
sufficiency
(wn) | sufficiency
n 1: sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet
obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's
sufficiency"
2: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to
achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is
more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" [syn:
enough, sufficiency]
3: the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he
questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence" [syn:
sufficiency, adequacy] [ant: deficiency, inadequacy,
insufficiency] |
INSUFFICIENCY
(bouvier) | INSUFFICIENCY. What is not competent; not enough.
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