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Module

A model or measure.

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Broader term 6

Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Compartment 76% connected

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a gar…

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Component 76% connected

Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

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Constituent 76% connected

Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

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Element 76% connected

One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are…

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Narrower term 17

Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Cartridge 76% connected

A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

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Intellect 76% connected

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Language 76% connected

Any means of conveying or communicating ideas; specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the voice; sounds, expressive of thought, artic…

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Memory 76% connected

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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Reason 76% connected

A thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; a just ground for a conclusion or an action; that which is offered…

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Retention 76% connected

The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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Retentiveness 76% connected

The quality of being retentive.

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Retentivity 76% connected

The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

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Sensation 76% connected

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one o…

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Sense 76% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sentience 76% connected

Alt. of Sentiency

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Sentiency 76% connected

The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

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Speech 76% connected

The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

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Volition 76% connected

The act of willing or choosing; the act of forming a purpose; the exercise of the will.

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Will 76% connected

The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide t…

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Derivationally related 2

Modular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

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Modular 74% connected

Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as, modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

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Containing whole 1

System 70% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Synonym 1

Faculty 92% connected

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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