| slovo | definícia |
duality
(encz) | duality,dualita n: Zdeněk Brož |
duality
(encz) | duality,podvojnost n: Rostislav Svoboda |
Duality
(gcide) | Duality \Du"al"i*ty\, n. [L. dualitas: cf. F. dualit['e].]
The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual
character or usage.
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duality
(wn) | duality
n 1: being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or
subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western
culture" [syn: dichotomy, duality]
2: (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic
radiation that is characterized by the fact that some
properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by
particle theory [syn: duality, wave-particle duality]
3: (geometry) the interchangeability of the roles of points and
planes in the theorems of projective geometry |
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graduality
(encz) | graduality, n: |
individuality
(encz) | individuality,individualita |
wave-particle duality
(encz) | wave-particle duality, n: |
Duality
(gcide) | Duality \Du"al"i*ty\, n. [L. dualitas: cf. F. dualit['e].]
The quality or condition of being two or twofold; dual
character or usage.
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Graduality
(gcide) | Graduality \Grad"u*al"i*ty\, n.
The state of being gradual; gradualness. [R.] --Sir T.
Browne.
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Individuality
(gcide) | Individuality \In`di*vid`u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Individualities.
[Cf. F. individualit['e].]
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1. The quality or state of being individual or constituting
an individual; separate or distinct existence; oneness;
unity. --Arbuthnot.
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They possess separate individualities. --H. Spencer.
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2. The character or property appropriate or peculiar to an
individual; that quality which distinguishes one person or
thing from another; the sum of characteristic traits;
distinctive character; as, he is a person of marked
individuality.
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3. A habit of thinking and acting in one's own distinctive
manner and as one believes appropriate, not being heavily
influenced by the opinions of others; -- of people.
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graduality
(wn) | graduality
n 1: the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual
stages [syn: graduality, gradualness] |
individuality
(wn) | individuality
n 1: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the
movement that she lost all sense of individuality" [syn:
individuality, individualism, individuation] [ant:
commonality, commonness]
2: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a
persisting entity; "you can lose your identity when you join
the army" [syn: identity, personal identity,
individuality] |
wave-particle duality
(wn) | wave-particle duality
n 1: (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic
radiation that is characterized by the fact that some
properties can be explained best by wave theory and others
by particle theory [syn: duality, {wave-particle
duality}] |
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