Indistinctness

  • 31Confusion — Con*fu sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. [1913 Webster] The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians were liable …

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  • 32Confusion of goods — Confusion Con*fu sion, n. [F. confusion, L. confusio.] 1. The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult. [1913 Webster] The confusion of thought to which the Aristotelians… …

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  • 33Mumm — Mumm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumming}.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by talking… …

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  • 34Mummed — Mumm Mumm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumming}.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by… …

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  • 35Mumming — Mumm Mumm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Mummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mumming}.] [D. mimmen to mask, mom a mask; akin to G. mumme disguise; prob. of imitative origin, and akin to E. mum, mumble, in allusion to the indistinctness of speech occasioned by… …

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  • 36Obsoleteness — Ob so*lete*ness, n. 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Indistinctness; want of development. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 37ambiguous — adjective Etymology: Latin ambiguus, from ambigere to be undecided, from ambi + agere to drive more at agent Date: 1528 1. a. doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness < eyes of an ambiguous color …

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  • 38decipher — transitive verb Date: 1545 1. decode 1a 2. obsolete depict 3. a. to make out the meaning of despite indistinctness or obscurity b. to interpret the meaning of • …

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  • 39indistinct — adjective Etymology: Latin indistinctus, from in + distinctus distinct Date: 1526 not distinct: as a. not sharply outlined or separable ; blurred < indistinct figures in the fog > b. faint, dim < an indistinct light in the distance > c …

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  • 40KL-ONE — is a well known knowledge representation system in the tradition of semantic networks and frames; that is, it is a frame language. The system is an attempt to overcome semantic indistinctness in semantic network representations and to explicitly&#8230; …

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