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verb
adj
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
noun
noun
- Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- (philosophy) The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
- (philosophy) The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions).
- A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority.
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
adj
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
- free from discordant qualities
- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- in a state of sexual virginity
- free of extraneous elements of any kind
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
- Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
- Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- (programming) Having no side effects.
- Mere; that and that only.
- (Bermuda, slang) A lot of.
- (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
adv
noun
verb
adj
- based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- (logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
- involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
- (linguistics, conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
- Presumed without analysis.
- Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
adv
adj
- involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes
- (logic, philosophy) Involving induction of theories from facts.
- requiring evidence for validation or support
- (linguistics, conlanging) Of a constructed language, Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.
adv
verb
- To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
- To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
- To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- become systemic and spread throughout the body
- speak or write in generalities
noun
- Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.
- (nautical) A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water, and often employed by coastal search and rescue.
- Singular of data: A single recorded phenomenon, especially obtained by scientific work.
- (cartography, surveying, engineering, manufacturing) A point, line, plane, or surface with reference to which positions (such as elevations) are measured or indicated. (Examples include a permanent benchmark in leveling or mean sea level in a topographical survey).
- an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
verb
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
- An act of inducting.
- (mathematics) A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
- (embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.
- (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
- (mechanical engineering) The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
- The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
- (theater) Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
- A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
- An act of inducing.
- (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
- (medicine) The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
verb
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
adj
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
noun
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
noun
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- the style of expressing yourself
- The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
- (medicine) A medicinal preparation.
- A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
noun
- the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
- (specifically Ancient Greek philosophy) Know-how; compare techne.
- (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
- (specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.
noun
noun
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
- Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
- An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
verb
noun
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the creation of something in the mind
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
verb
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
adj
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
- of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
- conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
- constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
noun
- (algebra) A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.
- (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
- A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
- (algebra, Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
- (algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
- (set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
verb
- To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
- (in rhetorical questions) Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
- (often imperative) Consider, used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
- look on as or consider
- devise or invent
- choose in one's mind
- take into consideration, have in view
- intend to refer to
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
noun
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
adj
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
noun
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the most important or necessary part of something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
- a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
- Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
- A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
adj
- (now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.
- Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
- (politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
- Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
- Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
- tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
- given or giving freely
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having political or social views favoring reform and progress
- not literal
noun
- (politics) A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
- One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
- (US politics, Canadian politics, Philippine politics) Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.
- (Australian politics) A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.
- (UK politics) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
noun
- Adjusting the amount of emphasis on theory during practical research.
- (film) Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing recordings in the new location and recording the playback at that location or by adjusting the audio depth of field.
noun
- Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems.
- (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
- (philosophy) The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception.
- (philosophy) The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions).
- A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority.
- the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct
- the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
noun
- Something known or assumed as fact, and is made the basis of reasoning or inference which an intellectual system of any sort (such as knowledge or theoretical framework) is constructed.
- (nautical) A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water, and often employed by coastal search and rescue.
- Singular of data: A single recorded phenomenon, especially obtained by scientific work.
- (cartography, surveying, engineering, manufacturing) A point, line, plane, or surface with reference to which positions (such as elevations) are measured or indicated. (Examples include a permanent benchmark in leveling or mean sea level in a topographical survey).
- an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
verb
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- Inductive reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
- an idea or conclusion having general application
- (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus
- the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances
- (mathematics) A proof, axiom, problem, or definition that includes another's cases, and also some additional cases; a conclusion reached by inferring from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- An oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of the members of a group.
- An act or instance of generalizing; concluding that something true of a subclass is true of the entire class.
noun
- reasoning from detailed facts to general principles
- stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
- an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a formal entry into an organization or position or office
- the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time)
- An act of inducting.
- (mathematics) A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next.
- (embryology) Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells.
- (logic) Derivation of general principles from specific instances.
- (mechanical engineering) The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine.
- The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study.
- (theater) Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play.
- A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service.
- An act of inducing.
- (physics) Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field.
- (medicine) The process of inducing labour for the childbirth process.
noun
- inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
- a substance prepared according to a formula
- the style of expressing yourself
- The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
- (medicine) A medicinal preparation.
- A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.
noun
- the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time
- (specifically Ancient Greek philosophy) Know-how; compare techne.
- (philosophy) Scientific knowledge; a principled system of understanding; sometimes contrasted with empiricism.
- (specifically Foucaultian philosophy) The fundamental body of ideas and collective presuppositions that defines the nature and sets the bounds of what is accepted as true knowledge in a given epistemic epoch.
noun
noun
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- (generic programming) A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
- Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).
- An abstract and general idea; an abstraction.
verb
noun
- an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances
- the act of becoming pregnant; fertilization of an ovum by a spermatozoon
- the event that occurred at the beginning of something
- the creation of something in the mind
- The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
- The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
- The state of being conceived; the beginning.
- The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
- The start of pregnancy.
- The act of conceiving.
- An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.
noun
verb
- create by linking linguistic units
- put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
- reassemble mentally
- draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions
- make by combining materials and parts
- create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts
- (transitive) To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- (transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.
- (transitive, grammar) To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
noun
- A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
- Something to look at, such as scenery.
- (Internet) An individual viewing of a web page or a video etc. by a user.
- An intention or prospect.
- (computing, databases) A virtual or logical table composed of the result set of a query in relational databases.
- A picture, drawn or painted; a sketch.
- A point of view.
- (physical) Visual perception.
- (computing, programming) The part of a computer program which is visible to the user and can be interacted with
- An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief.
- A wake.
- The range of vision.
- The act of seeing or looking at something.
- A mental image.
- purpose; the phrase ‘with a view to’ means ‘with the intention of’ or ‘for the purpose of’
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty
- the range of the eye
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- outward appearance
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the visual percept of a region
- a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof
- the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated
verb
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
adj
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
verb
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a relation that provides the foundation for something
- the most important or necessary part of something
- A physical base or foundation.
- A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
- (linear algebra) In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
- (topology) A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
- An underlying condition or circumstance.
- (accounting) Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
- A regular frequency.
- (agriculture, trading) The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
- a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies
- (figuratively) That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
- Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
- A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
noun
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- lowest support of a structure
- a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
- an institution supported by an endowment
- the basis on which something is grounded
- education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
- A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
- That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
- (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture.
- That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding.
- The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
- (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order.
- (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop.
- (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
- A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines.
noun
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
- (programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
- (business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
- The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
- (philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
- continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
noun
- Adjusting the amount of emphasis on theory during practical research.
- (film) Sounds adjusted such that they sound as if heard in an acoustic location other than where originally created, generally by playing recordings in the new location and recording the playback at that location or by adjusting the audio depth of field.
verb
adj
- (figuratively, derogatory) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
- (figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
noun
verb
- To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
- To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
- To spread throughout the body and become systemic.
- To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
- draw from specific cases for more general cases
- cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- become systemic and spread throughout the body
- speak or write in generalities
verb
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
adj
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
noun
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
verb
- To create in one's mind; to originate an idea through thought.
- (in rhetorical questions) Used to suggest an aberrant thought, idea or action.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see think, of. (to think on the subject of)
- (often imperative) Consider, used to emphasise a reason to act in a certain way.
- look on as or consider
- devise or invent
- choose in one's mind
- take into consideration, have in view
- intend to refer to
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
adj
- based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- (logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
- involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
- (linguistics, conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
- Presumed without analysis.
- Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
adv
adj
- concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
- free from discordant qualities
- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- in a state of sexual virginity
- free of extraneous elements of any kind
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless
- Free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean.
- Free of foreign material or pollutants.
- Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
- (of a branch of science) Done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.
- (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
- (programming) Having no side effects.
- Mere; that and that only.
- (Bermuda, slang) A lot of.
- (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
adv
noun
verb
adj
- based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment
- (logic) Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
- involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
- (linguistics, conlanging) Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
- Presumed without analysis.
- Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
adv
adj
- involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes
- (logic, philosophy) Involving induction of theories from facts.
- requiring evidence for validation or support
- (linguistics, conlanging) Of a constructed language, Developed on a basis of languages which already exist.
adv
verb
- consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
- consider apart from a particular case or instance
- give an abstract (of)
- make off with belongings of others
- (transitive) To separate; to disengage.
- (transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
- (intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- (transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
- (intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
- (transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
- (intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
- (transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
- To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
- (intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
adj
- Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
- dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention
- existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
- not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
- Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
- (object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
- (dance) Lacking a story.
- (art, often capitalized) Free from representational qualities, in particular the non-representational styles of the 20ᵗʰ century.
- (music) Absolute.
- Insufficiently factual.
- (grammar) As a noun, denoting a concept or intangible as opposed to an object, place, or person.
- Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
- Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
noun
- a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance
- a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
- (art) An abstract work of art.
- (real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
- (medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
- Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
- An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
- Concentrated essence of a product.
- The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
adj
- Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
- Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
- Optimal; being the best possibility.
- Teaching or relating to the doctrine of idealism.
- Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
- (mathematics) Not actually present, but considered as present when limits at infinity are included.
- of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
- conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
- constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
noun
- (algebra) A subsemigroup with the property that if any semigroup element outside of it is added to any one of its members, the result must lie outside of it.
- (algebra, order theory, lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
- A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
- (algebra, Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.
- (algebra, ring theory) A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
- (set theory) A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
- model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
- the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
adj
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
noun
adj
- (now rare outside set phrases) Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training.
- Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
- (politics) Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical or modern liberalism.
- Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
- Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
- tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
- given or giving freely
- showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
- having political or social views favoring reform and progress
- not literal
noun
- (politics) A supporter of any of several liberal parties.
- One with liberal views, supporting individual liberty (see Wikipedia's article on Liberalism).
- (US politics, Canadian politics, Philippine politics) Someone with progressive or left-wing views, especially on social and environmental issues.
- (Australian politics) A conservative, especially a liberal conservative.
- (UK politics) One who favors individual voting rights, human and civil rights, and laissez-faire markets (also called "classical liberal"; compare libertarian).
- a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties
- a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets