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adj
- Having the nature of essence; not physical.
- Necessary.
- Necessary for survival but not synthesized by the organism, thus needing to be ingested.
- Being in the basic form; showing its essence.
- Really existing; existent.
- Very important; of high importance.
- Such that each complementary region is irreducible, the boundary of each complementary region is incompressible by disks and monogons in the complementary region, and no leaf is a sphere or a torus bounding a solid torus in the manifold.
- Idiopathic.
noun
noun
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Bernoulli's Principle
- An original faculty or endowment.
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- Moral rule or aspect.
verb
noun
- A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
- The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
- A disagreement or argument.
- An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be the same. See augmentation and cadency.
- The quality of being different.
- The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
- The set of elements that are in one set but not another ( scriptstyle A◌̅B).
- Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
- A Boolean operation which is true when the two input variables are different but is otherwise false; the XOR operation ( scriptstyle A◌̅B+◌̅AB).
verb
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To establish the referent of a term or notation.
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
noun
noun
- a thing that is different
- an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
- a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event
- the action of changing something
- the result of alteration or modification
- the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- a different or fresh set of clothes
- coins of small denomination regarded collectively
- money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- a difference that is usually pleasant
verb
- undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
- lay aside, abandon, or leave for another
- change clothes; put on different clothes
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- give to, and receive from, one another
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- become deeper in tone
- remove or replace the coverings of
noun
- Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else.
- A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.
- Antithesis.
- is a substance used to increase the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging.
- The degree of this difference.
- A difference between two objects, people or concepts.
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- object formed by a mold
- the act of throwing dice
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- a violent throw
verb
- put or send forth
- deposit
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- throw forcefully
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- to remove
- choose at random
- formulate in a particular style or language
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- a type or class
- a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
- a small adhesive token stuck on a letter or package to indicate that postal fees have been paid
- something that can be used as an official medium of payment
- a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid
- machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- a block or die used to imprint a mark or design
- a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a closing or to authenticate documents
verb
- walk heavily
- to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something
- reveal clearly as having a certain character
- affix a stamp to
- treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
- destroy or extinguish as if by stamping with the foot
- form or cut out with a mold, form, or die
- crush or grind with a heavy instrument
- raise in a relief
noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the process of becoming mildewed
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- sculpture produced by molding
verb
noun
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- loose soil rich in organic matter
- the process of becoming mildewed
- a fungus that produces a superficial growth on various kinds of damp or decaying organic matter
- a dish or dessert that is formed in or on a mold
- a distinctive nature, character, or type
- sculpture produced by molding
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
verb
noun
- The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
- A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- A pure substance.
- The fifth alchemical element, or essence, after earth, air, fire, and water that fills the universe beyond the terrestrial sphere.
- A hypothetical form of dark energy postulated to explain observations of an accelerating universe.
verb
noun
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A keepsake.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a substitute for money; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- A tally.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
adj
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- He was hired as the company's token black person.
- Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
verb
noun
- The act of treating one thing as distinct from another, or of creating such a distinction; of separating a class of things into categories; of describing a thing by illustrating how it is different from something else.
- The process of separation of cooling magma into various rock types.
- The process of applying the derivative operator to a function; of calculating a function's derivative.
- The evolutionary process by which one taxonomic group (species, genus, variety, etc.) becomes distinct from another, or acquires distinct features; the result of such a process: distinctness.
- The process of developing distinct components.
- The process by which the components of multicellular life (cells, organs, etc.) are produced and acquire function, as when a seed develops the root and stem, and the initial stem develops the leaf, branches, and flower buds.
noun
- An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as imperfect approximations; pure essence, as opposed to actual examples.
- A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
- A purposeful aim or goal; intent
- A musical theme or melodic subject.
- More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
- An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
- A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
adj
- Other; different from something else.
- Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
- Presenting two or more alternatives.
- Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
noun
- A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
- One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- alternative rock
- A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
- The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
adj
adj
- Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- Similar, alike.
- Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
- A reply of confirmation of identity.
adv
pron
- It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
- It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
- The identical thing, ditto.
- Something similar, something of the identical type.
intj
noun
- The spirit or essence of anything.
- The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- A kind of submanifold involved in the soul theorem of Riemannian geometry.
- Soul music.
- A person, especially as one among many.
- An individual life.
- Life, energy, vigor.
verb
verb
noun
adj
noun
- Something derived.
- A financial instrument whose value depends on the valuation of an underlying asset; such as a warrant, an option etc.
- A word that derives from another one.
- The value of such a derived function for a given value of its independent variable: the rate of change of a function at a point in its domain.
- The linear operator that maps functions to their derived functions, usually written D; the simplest differential operator.
- Any of several related generalizations of the derivative: the directional derivative, partial derivative, Fréchet derivative, functional derivative, etc.
- A chemical derived from another.
- The derived function of f(x): the function giving the instantaneous rate of change of f; equivalently, the function giving the slope of the line tangent to the graph of f. Written f'(x) or (df)/(dx) in Leibniz's notation, ̇f(x) in Newton's notation (the latter used particularly when the independent variable is time).
adj
- Having a value that depends on an underlying asset of variable value.
- Lacking originality.
- Imitative of the work of someone else.
- Obtained by derivation; not radical, original, or fundamental.
- Referring to a work, such as a translation or adaptation, based on another work that may be subject to copyright restrictions.
noun
- A material essence thought to be capable of extraction from a substance.
- A colour or tint, especially if produced by a pigment or something which stains; a tinge.
- A (small) alcoholic drink.
- The part of a substance thought to be essential, finer, and/or more volatile, which could be extracted in a solution; also, the process of obtaining this.
- An immaterial substance or spiritual principle which was thought capable of being instilled into physical things; also, the essence or spirit of something.
- A slight addition of a thing to something else; a shade, a touch, a trace.
- A hue or pattern used in the depiction of a coat of arms; namely, a colour, fur, or metal.
- A medicine consisting of one or more substances dissolved in ethanol or some other solvent.
verb
- Followed by with: to add to or impregnate (something) with (a slight amount of) an abstract or (obsolete) physical quality; to imbue, to taint, to tinge.
- To have a taint or tinge of some quality.
- To dissolve (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.
- To colour or stain (something) with, or as if with, a dye or pigment.
noun
- A physical thing that typifies an abstract thing; an embodiment or personalization.
- In Freudian psychology, an unconscious defense mechanism by which an individual "projects" his or her own internal characteristics onto the outside world or other people.
- The process of making something external, or visible from the outside.
noun
- an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something
- fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background
- device or stratagem for concealment or deceit
- the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance
verb
noun
- That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
- A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
adj
- Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in particular, having corresponding angles equal and corresponding line segments proportional; such that one can be had from the other using a sequence of rotations, translations and scalings.
- Of two square matrices; being such that a conjugation sends one matrix to the other.
- Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
noun
- Something that purports to be something other than it actually is, especially that purports to be more valuable than it actually is.
- The smallest amount of money imaginable.
- A wooden token that is manufactured and distributed by a particular business as an advertising gimic or which can be exchanged for goods. Many wooden nickels have now become collector's items.
- A worthless replica of a coin, usually intended to defraud.
noun
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery)
verb
- To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
- To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
- To be or act different from the usual.
- Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.
- To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
- To change with time or a similar parameter.
- To display differences.
noun
- something a little different from others of the same type
- an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished
- an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard
- the angle (at a particular location) between magnetic north and true north
- the process of varying or being varied
- (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon)
- (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration
- (ballet) a solo dance or dance figure
- the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard
noun
- An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
- An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
- Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
- An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
- The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
- The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
- The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
- A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
- Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
- A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
- A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
- Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
- The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
- The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
- Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
- The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
- Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
adj
- of the essence or essential element of a thing.
- Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
- Of or pertaining to a substantive.
- actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
- Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
- Depending on itself; independent.
- of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
noun
verb
verb
- To change the look of (something), usually thus making it imperfect or unattractive; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual appearance.
- To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
- To alter the shape of (something) by applying a force or stress.
- To become changed in shape or misshapen.
- To mar the character or quality of (something).
adj
adj
- Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- Relating to the statistical mode.
- Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- a modal dialog; a modal window
noun
noun
- The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
- A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
- A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
- The art of designing
- The composition of a work of art.
- Malicious or malevolent intention.
- A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.
- Intention or plot.
verb
verb
- To be extraordinary and different or to have features and qualities which make someone or something special.
- To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
- To be obvious or conspicuous, in contrast to the surroundings.
- To sail in a direction away from shore.
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