The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule o…
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the quality of being valid and rigorous
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The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from i…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Philosophy, Research methods, Evidence and research, Pollution, Argument and reasoning, Measurement, validity and reliability, Critical thinking, Logic and argument, Water and aquatic environments.Alt. of Coherency
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Argument and reasoning, Water and aquatic environments.A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Argument and reasoning, Water and aquatic environments.The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solid…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Philosophy, Pollution, Logic and argument, Water and aquatic environments.The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.Act or process of deducing or inferring.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Research methods, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the quality of being dependable or reliable
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Research methods, Evidence and research, Measurement, validity and reliability, Critical thinking.the quality of being dependable or reliable
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Research methods, Evidence and research, Measurement, validity and reliability, Critical thinking.the quality of being reproducible
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Research methods, Evidence and research, Measurement, validity and reliability, Critical thinking.The act of entailing or of giving, as an estate, and directing the mode of descent.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Research methods, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.The state of being equivocal.
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Environmental science, Pollution, Critical thinking, Water and aquatic environments.That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Evidence and research, Argument and reasoning, Critical thinking.your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Evidence and research, Argument and reasoning, Critical thinking.The act or process of inferring from premises or reasons; perception of the connection between ideas; that which is inferred; inferenc…
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Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Rigorous; stringent; harsh.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important; "his ethicism often led him to moralize"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: valid, rigorous.Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.
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