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alternative
(encz) | alternative,alternativa n: Stanislav Horáček |
alternative
(encz) | alternative,alternativní adj: Stanislav Horáček |
alternative
(encz) | alternative,náhrada n: Stanislav Horáček |
alternative
(encz) | alternative,náhradní adj: Stanislav Horáček |
Alternative
(gcide) | Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.]
1. Offering a choice of two things.
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2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
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3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Alternative
(gcide) | Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL.
alternativa.]
1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but
not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is
taken, the other must be left.
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There is something else than the mere alternative of
absolute destruction or unreformed existence.
--Burke.
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2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only,
the two things are called alternatives.
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Having to choose between two alternatives, safety
and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.
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If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
--Lewis.
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With no alternative but death. --Longfellow.
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4. A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.
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My decided preference is for the fourth and last of
these alternatives. --Gladstone.
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alternative
(wn) | alternative
adj 1: serving or used in place of another; "an alternative
plan" [syn: alternate, alternative, substitute]
2: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive
possibilities; "alternative possibilities were neutrality or
war"
3: pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life
style"
n 1: one of a number of things from which only one can be
chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other
alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" [syn: option,
alternative, choice] |
ALTERNATIVE
(bouvier) | ALTERNATIVE. The one or the other of two things. In contracts a party has
frequently the choice to perform one of several things, as, if he is bound
to pay one hundred dollars, or to deliver a horse, he has the alternative.
Vide Election; Obligation; Alternative.
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alternatively
(encz) | alternatively,alternativně adv: alternatively,náhradně adv: alternatively,popřípadě adv: Pino |
alternatives
(encz) | alternatives,náhrady n: pl. |
green alternative european link
(encz) | Green Alternative European Link,GRAEL Green Alternative European
Link [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačGreen Alternative European Link,Green Alternative European Link
GRAEL [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
pleading in the alternative
(encz) | pleading in the alternative, n: |
analysis of alternatives (formerly: coea)
(czen) | Analysis of Alternatives (formerly: COEA),AOA[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož
a automatický překlad |
grael green alternative european link
(czen) | GRAEL Green Alternative European Link,Green Alternative European
Link[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
green alternative european link grael
(czen) | Green Alternative European Link GRAEL,Green Alternative European
Link[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Alternative
(gcide) | Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. alternatif.]
1. Offering a choice of two things.
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2. Disjunctive; as, an alternative conjunction.
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3. Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] --Holland.
[1913 Webster]Alternative \Al*ter"na*tive\, n. [Cf. F. alternative, LL.
alternativa.]
1. An offer of two things, one of which may be chosen, but
not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is
taken, the other must be left.
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There is something else than the mere alternative of
absolute destruction or unreformed existence.
--Burke.
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2. Either of two things or propositions offered to one's
choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only,
the two things are called alternatives.
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Having to choose between two alternatives, safety
and war, you obstinately prefer the worse. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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3. The course of action or the thing offered in place of
another.
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If this demand is refused the alternative is war.
--Lewis.
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With no alternative but death. --Longfellow.
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4. A choice between more than two things; one of several
things offered to choose among.
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My decided preference is for the fourth and last of
these alternatives. --Gladstone.
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Alternatively
(gcide) | Alternatively \Al*ter"na*tive*ly\, adv.
In the manner of alternatives, or that admits the choice of
one out of two things.
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Alternativeness
(gcide) | Alternativeness \Al*ter"na*tive*ness\, n.
The quality of being alternative, or of offering a choice
between two.
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alternative birth
(wn) | alternative birth
n 1: a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech
medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings [syn:
alternative birth, alternative birthing] |
alternative birthing
(wn) | alternative birthing
n 1: a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech
medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings [syn:
alternative birth, alternative birthing] |
alternative energy
(wn) | alternative energy
n 1: energy derived from sources that do not use up natural
resources or harm the environment |
alternative medicine
(wn) | alternative medicine
n 1: the practice of medicine without the use of drugs; may
involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback
or acupuncture |
alternative pleading
(wn) | alternative pleading
n 1: a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is
difficult to determine which facts the person intends to
rely on [syn: alternative pleading, {pleading in the
alternative}] |
alternatively
(wn) | alternatively
adv 1: in place of, or as an alternative to; "Felix became a
herpetologist instead"; "alternatively we could buy a
used car" [syn: alternatively, instead, or else] |
pleading in the alternative
(wn) | pleading in the alternative
n 1: a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is
difficult to determine which facts the person intends to
rely on [syn: alternative pleading, {pleading in the
alternative}] |
alternative text
(foldoc) | alternative text
alt text
(alt text) In an HTML document, text associated with an
image that conveys the same essential information as the image.
Alt text
is important for visually impared users using screen reader
software.
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simulation language for alternative modeling
(foldoc) | Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling
(SLAM) A simulation language descended from
GASP. Implemented as a Fortran preprocessor.
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ALTERNATIVE
(bouvier) | ALTERNATIVE. The one or the other of two things. In contracts a party has
frequently the choice to perform one of several things, as, if he is bound
to pay one hundred dollars, or to deliver a horse, he has the alternative.
Vide Election; Obligation; Alternative.
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