a state of looseness

  • 1Looseness — Loose ness, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2looseness — noun /ˈluːsnəs/ a) The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut. See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does. b) A relaxed state re …

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  • 3looseness — loose·ness || luːsnɪs n. state of being loose; absence of rigidity or strictness; slackness, laxity …

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  • 4Criticism of Islamism — For criticism of the religion of Islam, see Criticism of Islam. Part of the Politics series on Islamism …

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  • 5QUAD (cipher) — Infobox block cipher name = QUAD caption = designers = Côme Berbain, Henri Gilbert and Jacques Patarin publish date = May 28, 2006 (at Eurocrypt) derived from = derived to = related to = certification = key size = 80 bits structure = multivariate …

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  • 6English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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  • 7Subpoena duces tecum — A subpoena duces tecum (or subpoena for production of evidence) is a court summons ordering a named party to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial. The summons is known by various… …

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  • 8District of Columbia v. Heller — Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 18, 2008 Decided June …

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  • 9painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 10Samuel Wesley (poet) — ; in his own time he was known to many as a poet and a writer of controversial prose.FamilyThe father of Samuel Wesley was the Rev. John Westley, rector of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. His mother was the daughter of Rev. John White… …

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