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fidelity
(mass) | fidelity
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fidelity
(encz) | fidelity,věrnost n: |
Fidelity
(gcide) | Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid['e]lit['e].
See Fealty.]
Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact
observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially:
(a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound;
loyalty.
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Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
--Macaulay.
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The best security for the fidelity of men is to
make interest coincide with duty. --A. Hamilton.
(b) Adherence to the marriage contract.
(c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
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The principal thing required in a witness is
fidelity. --Hooker.
Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;
fealty.
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fidelity
(wn) | fidelity
n 1: accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the
sound or image of its input signal
2: the quality of being faithful [syn: fidelity,
faithfulness] [ant: infidelity, unfaithfulness] |
fidelity
(devil) | FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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high fidelity
(encz) | high fidelity,hi-Fi Zdeněk Brožhigh fidelity,věrná reprodukce Zdeněk Brož |
high fidelity sound system
(encz) | high fidelity sound system, n: |
high-fidelity
(encz) | high-fidelity, adj: |
infidelity
(encz) | infidelity,nevěra |
wireless fidelity
(encz) | wireless fidelity, n: |
Fidelity
(gcide) | Fidelity \Fi*del"i*ty\, n. [L. fidelitas: cf. F. fid['e]lit['e].
See Fealty.]
Faithfulness; adherence to right; careful and exact
observance of duty, or discharge of obligations. Especially:
(a) Adherence to a person or party to which one is bound;
loyalty.
[1913 Webster]
Whose courageous fidelity was proof to all danger.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
The best security for the fidelity of men is to
make interest coincide with duty. --A. Hamilton.
(b) Adherence to the marriage contract.
(c) Adherence to truth; veracity; honesty.
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The principal thing required in a witness is
fidelity. --Hooker.
Syn: Faithfulness; honesty; integrity; faith; loyalty;
fealty.
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Infidelity
(gcide) | Infidelity \In`fi*del"i*ty\, n.; pl. Infidelities. [L.
infidelitas: cf. F. infid['e]lit['e].]
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1. Lack of faith or belief in some religious system;
especially, a lack of faith in, or disbelief of, the
inspiration of the Scriptures, of the divine origin of
Christianity.
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There is, indeed, no doubt but that vanity is one of
the principal causes of infidelity. --V. Knox.
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2. Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation
of the marriage covenant by adultery.
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3. Breach of trust; unfaithfulness to a charge, or to moral
obligation; treachery; deceit; as, the infidelity of a
servant. "The infidelity of friends." --Sir W. Temple.
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high fidelity
(wn) | high fidelity
n 1: the reproduction of sound with little or no distortion
[syn: high fidelity, hi-fi] |
high fidelity sound system
(wn) | high fidelity sound system
n 1: equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity
[syn: hi-fi, high fidelity sound system] |
high-fidelity
(wn) | high-fidelity
adj 1: characterized by minimal distortion in sound
reproduction; "a high-fidelity recording"; "a hi-fi
system" [syn: high-fidelity, hi-fi] |
infidelity
(wn) | infidelity
n 1: the quality of being unfaithful [syn: infidelity,
unfaithfulness] [ant: faithfulness, fidelity] |
wireless fidelity
(wn) | wireless fidelity
n 1: a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals
to transmit and receive data over distances of a few
hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol [syn: {wireless local
area network}, WLAN, wireless fidelity, WiFi] |
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