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Specification

The act of specifying or determining by a mark or limit; notation of limits.

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Confinement 76% connected

Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

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Description 76% connected

The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.

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Document 76% connected

That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma.

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Naming 76% connected

of Name

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Restriction 76% connected

The act of restricting, or state of being restricted; confinement within limits or bounds.

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Specify 74% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Specify 74% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Stipulation 92% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Analogy noun · 86% connection

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

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Computer architecture noun · 86% connection

the art of assembling logical elements into a computing device; the specification of the relation between parts of a computer system

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Derivation noun · 86% connection

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

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Entailment noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Extrapolation noun · 86% connection

an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

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Illation noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Implication noun · 86% connection

something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"

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Inference noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Neural network noun · 86% connection

computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons; can learn by trial and…

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Presumption noun · 86% connection

(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed

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Acceptance noun · 85% connection

(contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)

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Citation noun · 85% connection

(law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)

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Demur noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

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Demurral noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

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Demurrer noun · 85% connection

(law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings

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Disclaimer noun · 85% connection

(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

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Accent noun · 78% connection

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Algorithm noun · 78% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Algorithmic program noun · 78% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

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Algorithmic rule noun · 78% connection

a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem

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Bound noun · 78% connection

The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which somet…

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Boundary noun · 78% connection

That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imagina…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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By pref. · 78% connection

Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.

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Celestial longitude noun · 78% connection

(astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Clef noun · 78% connection

A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Compass noun · 78% connection

Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Confine verb · 78% connection

To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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Countermark noun · 78% connection

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: specifying, determining, mark, limit, notation.
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