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conception
(mass) | conception
- koncepcia, predstava |
conception
(encz) | conception,chápání n: Zdeněk Brož |
conception
(encz) | conception,nápad n: Zdeněk Brož |
conception
(encz) | conception,početí n: Zdeněk Brož |
conception
(encz) | conception,pojetí n: Zdeněk Brož |
conception
(encz) | conception,představa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Conception
(gcide) | Conception \Con*cep"tion\, n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr.
concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]
1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an
embryonic animal life.
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I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception. --Gen. iii.
16.
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2. The state of being conceived; beginning.
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Joy had the like conception in our eyes. --Shak.
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3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in
the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or
perception.
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Under the article of conception, I shall confine
myself to that faculty whose province it is to
enable us to form a notion of our past sensations,
or of the objects of sense that we have formerly
perceived. --Stewart.
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4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion,
apprehension.
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Conception consists in a conscious act of the
understanding, bringing any given object or
impression into the same class with any number of
other objects or impression, by means of some
character or characters common to them all.
--Coleridge.
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5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is
formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the
product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.
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He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts
the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to
denote some more general and abstract conception
than that of the visible operation which the word
primarily signifies. --Whewell.
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6. Idea; purpose; design.
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Note this dangerous conception. --Shak.
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7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.]
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He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram,
and witticism. --Dryden.
Syn: Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.
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conception
(wn) | conception
n 1: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from
specific instances [syn: concept, conception,
construct] [ant: misconception]
2: the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a
spermatozoon
3: the event that occurred at the beginning of something; "from
its creation the plan was doomed to failure" [syn:
creation, conception]
4: the creation of something in the mind [syn: invention,
innovation, excogitation, conception, design] |
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immaculate conception
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misconception
(encz) | misconception,chybné pojetí n: Zdeněk Brož |
misconceptions
(encz) | misconceptions,chybná pojetí Zdeněk Brož |
preconception
(encz) | preconception,předsudek n: Zdeněk Brož |
preconceptions
(encz) | preconceptions,předsudky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Conception
(gcide) | Conception \Con*cep"tion\, n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr.
concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]
1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an
embryonic animal life.
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I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy
conception. --Gen. iii.
16.
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2. The state of being conceived; beginning.
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Joy had the like conception in our eyes. --Shak.
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3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in
the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or
perception.
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Under the article of conception, I shall confine
myself to that faculty whose province it is to
enable us to form a notion of our past sensations,
or of the objects of sense that we have formerly
perceived. --Stewart.
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4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion,
apprehension.
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Conception consists in a conscious act of the
understanding, bringing any given object or
impression into the same class with any number of
other objects or impression, by means of some
character or characters common to them all.
--Coleridge.
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5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is
formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the
product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.
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He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts
the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to
denote some more general and abstract conception
than that of the visible operation which the word
primarily signifies. --Whewell.
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6. Idea; purpose; design.
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Note this dangerous conception. --Shak.
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7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.]
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He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram,
and witticism. --Dryden.
Syn: Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.
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Conceptional
(gcide) | Conceptional \Con*cep"tion*al\, a.
Pertaining to conception.
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Conceptionalist
(gcide) | Conceptionalist \Con*cep"tion*al*ist\, n.
A conceptualist.
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False conception
(gcide) | False \False\, a. [Compar. Falser; superl. Falsest.] [L.
falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F.
faux, and AS. fals fraud. See Fail, Fall.]
1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit;
dishnest; as, a false witness.
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2. Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance,
vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false
friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
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I to myself was false, ere thou to me. --Milton.
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3. Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or
likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
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4. Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive;
counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty;
false colors; false jewelry.
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False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
--Shak.
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5. Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as,
a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in
grammar.
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Whose false foundation waves have swept away.
--Spenser.
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6. Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which
are temporary or supplemental.
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7. (Mus.) Not in tune.
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False arch (Arch.), a member having the appearance of an
arch, though not of arch construction.
False attic, an architectural erection above the main
cornice, concealing a roof, but not having windows or
inclosing rooms.
False bearing, any bearing which is not directly upon a
vertical support; thus, the weight carried by a corbel has
a false bearing.
False cadence, an imperfect or interrupted cadence.
False conception (Med.), an abnormal conception in which a
mole, or misshapen fleshy mass, is produced instead of a
properly organized fetus.
False croup (Med.), a spasmodic affection of the larynx
attended with the symptoms of membranous croup, but
unassociated with the deposit of a fibrinous membrane.
False door or False window (Arch.), the representation of
a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors
or windows or to give symmetry.
False fire, a combustible carried by vessels of war,
chiefly for signaling, but sometimes burned for the
purpose of deceiving an enemy; also, a light on shore for
decoying a vessel to destruction.
False galena. See Blende.
False imprisonment (Law), the arrest and imprisonment of a
person without warrant or cause, or contrary to law; or
the unlawful detaining of a person in custody.
False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to
serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's
lateral resistance.
False key, a picklock.
False leg. (Zool.) See Proleg.
False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in
croup and diphtheria, and resembling in appearance an
animal membrane.
False papers (Naut.), documents carried by a ship giving
false representations respecting her cargo, destination,
etc., for the purpose of deceiving.
False passage (Surg.), an unnatural passage leading off
from a natural canal, such as the urethra, and produced
usually by the unskillful introduction of instruments.
False personation (Law), the intentional false assumption
of the name and personality of another.
False pretenses (Law), false representations concerning
past or present facts and events, for the purpose of
defrauding another.
False rail (Naut.), a thin piece of timber placed on top of
the head rail to strengthen it.
False relation (Mus.), a progression in harmony, in which a
certain note in a chord appears in the next chord prefixed
by a flat or sharp.
False return (Law), an untrue return made to a process by
the officer to whom it was delivered for execution.
False ribs (Anat.), the asternal rebs, of which there are
five pairs in man.
False roof (Arch.), the space between the upper ceiling and
the roof. --Oxford Gloss.
False token, a false mark or other symbol, used for
fraudulent purposes.
False scorpion (Zool.), any arachnid of the genus
Chelifer. See Book scorpion.
False tack (Naut.), a coming up into the wind and filling
away again on the same tack.
False vampire (Zool.), the Vampyrus spectrum of South
America, formerly erroneously supposed to have
blood-sucking habits; -- called also vampire, and {ghost
vampire}. The genuine blood-sucking bats belong to the
genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
False window. (Arch.) See False door, above.
False wing. (Zool.) See Alula, and Bastard wing, under
Bastard.
False works (Civil Engin.), construction works to
facilitate the erection of the main work, as scaffolding,
bridge centering, etc.
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Immaculate conception
(gcide) | Immaculate \Im*mac"u*late\, a. [L. immaculatus; pref. im- not +
maculatus, p. p. of maculare to spot, stane, fr. macula spot.
See Mail armor.]
Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.
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Were but my soul as pure
From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold
One more immaculate. --Denham.
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Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain. --Shak.
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Immaculate conception (R. C. Ch.), the doctrine that the
Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin. --
Im*mac"u*late*ly, adv. -- Im*mac"u*late*ness, n.
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Misconception
(gcide) | Misconception \Mis`con*cep"tion\, n.
Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.
--Harvey.
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Preconception
(gcide) | Preconception \Pre`con*cep"tion\, n.
The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously
formed.
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Superconception
(gcide) | Superconception \Su`per*con*cep"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
Superfetation. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
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conceptional
(wn) | conceptional
adj 1: being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan
abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional
comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"
[syn: conceptional, ideational, notional] |
immaculate conception
(wn) | Immaculate Conception
n 1: Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854 [syn:
Immaculate Conception, December 8]
2: (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved
the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the
moment she was conceived [syn: Immaculate Conception,
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary] |
immaculate conception of the virgin mary
(wn) | Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary
n 1: (Christianity) the Roman Catholic dogma that God preserved
the Virgin Mary from any stain of original sin from the
moment she was conceived [syn: Immaculate Conception,
Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary] |
misconception
(wn) | misconception
n 1: an incorrect conception [ant: concept, conception,
construct] |
preconception
(wn) | preconception
n 1: an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence; "he
did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" [syn:
preconception, prepossession, parti pris,
preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, {preconceived
notion}]
2: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an
issue or situation [syn: bias, prejudice,
preconception] |
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