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imperfect
(encz) | imperfect,nedokonalý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Imperfect
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\ ([i^]m*p[~e]r"f[e^]kt), n. (Gram.)
The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
imperfect tense.
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Imperfect
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, v. t.
To make imperfect. [Obs.]
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Imperfect
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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imperfect
(gcide) | Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +
imperfect.] (Gram.)
Old name of the tense also called imperfect.
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imperfect
(wn) | imperfect
adj 1: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an
imperfect understanding of his responsibilities";
"imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" [ant:
perfect]
2: wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the
attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only
a fallible human"; "frail humanity" [syn: fallible,
frail, imperfect, weak]
n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
[syn: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect,
imperfect tense, continuous tense] |
IMPERFECT
(bouvier) | IMPERFECT. That which is incomplete.
2. This term is applied to rights and obligations. A man has a right to
be relieved by his fellow-creatures, when in distress; but this right he
cannot enforce by law; hence it is called an imperfect right. On the other
hand, we are bound to be grateful for favors received, but we cannot be
compelled to perform such imperfect obligations. Vide Poth. Ob. arc.
Preliminaire; Vattel, Dr. des Gens, Prel. notes, Sec. 17; and Obligations.
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imperfect competition
(encz) | imperfect competition,nedokonalá konkurence Mgr. Dita Gálováimperfect competition,nedokonalá soutěž [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
imperfect tense
(encz) | imperfect tense, n: |
imperfectability
(encz) | imperfectability, n: |
imperfectibility
(encz) | imperfectibility,nezdokonalitelnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
imperfection
(encz) | imperfection,nedokonalost n: Zdeněk Brož |
imperfections
(encz) | imperfections,nedokonalosti n: Zdeněk Brožimperfections,nedostatky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
imperfective
(encz) | imperfective,nedokonavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
imperfective aspect
(encz) | imperfective aspect, n: |
imperfective verb
(encz) | imperfective verb,nedokonavé sloveso |
imperfectly
(encz) | imperfectly,nedokonale adv: Zdeněk Brož |
imperfectness
(encz) | imperfectness, |
osteogenesis imperfecta
(encz) | osteogenesis imperfecta, n: |
Fungi Imperfecti
(gcide) | Fungi Imperfecti \Fun"gi Im`per*fec"ti\, pl. [L. imperfecti
imperfect.] (Bot.)
A heterogenous phylum of fungi which lack a sexual phase, or
of which the sexual phase is not known. Some undoubtedly
represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. It is
not considered a natural phylum, and is also called the
Deuteromycota. The group is divided into the orders
Sph[ae]ropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales. It
includes the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus, which
reproduce asexually by means of conidia.
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Imperfect
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\ ([i^]m*p[~e]r"f[e^]kt), n. (Gram.)
The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
imperfect tense.
[1913 Webster]Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, v. t.
To make imperfect. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
[1913 Webster]Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +
imperfect.] (Gram.)
Old name of the tense also called imperfect.
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Imperfect arch
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Imperfect cadence
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
[1913 Webster]Cadence \Ca"dence\, n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a
falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza.
See Chance.]
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1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]
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Now was the sun in western cadence low. --Milton.
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2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at
the end of a sentence.
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3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as,
music of bells in cadence sweet.
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Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched. --Milton.
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The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest
cadence. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
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Golden cadence of poesy. --Shak.
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If in any composition much attention was paid to the
flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the
14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire
cadence." --Dr. Guest.
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5. (Her.) See Cadency.
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6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a
well-managed horse.
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7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest,
commonly reached by the immediate succession of the
tonic to the dominant chord.
(b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before
the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with
a flight of fancy.
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Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.
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Imperfect consonances
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Imperfect flower
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Imperfect interval
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Imperfect number
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
[1913 Webster] |
Imperfect obligations
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
[1913 Webster] |
Imperfect power
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
[1913 Webster]
He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
[1913 Webster]
Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
[1913 Webster] |
Imperfect tense
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
[1913 Webster]
Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Imperfectibility
(gcide) | Imperfectibility \Im`per*fec`ti*bil"i*ty\, n.
The state or quality of being imperfectible. [R.]
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Imperfectible
(gcide) | Imperfectible \Im`per*fec"ti*ble\, a.
Incapable of being made perfect. [R.]
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Imperfection
(gcide) | Imperfection \Im`per*fec"tion\, n. [L. imperfectio: cf. F.
imperfection. See Imperfect, a.]
The quality or condition of being imperfect; lack of
perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
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Sent to my account
With all my imperfections on my head. --Shak.
Syn: Defect; deficiency; incompleteness; fault; failing;
weakness; frailty; foible; blemish; vice.
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Imperfectness
(gcide) | Imperfectness \Im*per"fect*ness\, n.
The state of being imperfect.
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Preterimperfect
(gcide) | Preterimperfect \Pre`ter*im*per"fect\, a. & n. [Pref. preter- +
imperfect.] (Gram.)
Old name of the tense also called imperfect.
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fungi imperfecti
(wn) | Fungi imperfecti
n 1: large and heterogeneous form division of fungi comprising
forms for which no sexually reproductive stage is known
[syn: Deuteromycota, subdivision Deuteromycota,
Deuteromycotina, Fungi imperfecti, {subdivision
Deuteromycotina}] |
imperfect tense
(wn) | imperfect tense
n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
[syn: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect,
imperfect tense, continuous tense] |
imperfectibility
(wn) | imperfectibility
n 1: the capability of becoming imperfect [ant:
perfectibility] |
imperfectible
(wn) | imperfectible
adj 1: capable of being made imperfect |
imperfection
(wn) | imperfection
n 1: the state or an instance of being imperfect [syn:
imperfection, imperfectness] [ant: flawlessness, {ne
plus ultra}, perfection] |
imperfective
(wn) | imperfective
n 1: aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the
action of the verb [syn: imperfective, {imperfective
aspect}] |
imperfective aspect
(wn) | imperfective aspect
n 1: aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the
action of the verb [syn: imperfective, {imperfective
aspect}] |
imperfectly
(wn) | imperfectly
adv 1: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly
developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if
she practiced more"- Jane Austen [syn: imperfectly,
amiss] [ant: perfectly] |
imperfectness
(wn) | imperfectness
n 1: the state or an instance of being imperfect [syn:
imperfection, imperfectness] [ant: flawlessness, {ne
plus ultra}, perfection] |
osteogenesis imperfecta
(wn) | osteogenesis imperfecta
n 1: autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue
characterized by brittle bones that fracture easily |
IMPERFECT
(bouvier) | IMPERFECT. That which is incomplete.
2. This term is applied to rights and obligations. A man has a right to
be relieved by his fellow-creatures, when in distress; but this right he
cannot enforce by law; hence it is called an imperfect right. On the other
hand, we are bound to be grateful for favors received, but we cannot be
compelled to perform such imperfect obligations. Vide Poth. Ob. arc.
Preliminaire; Vattel, Dr. des Gens, Prel. notes, Sec. 17; and Obligations.
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