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61isooctane — [ī΄sō äk′tān, ī΄səäk′tān] n. [ ISO + OCTANE] a liquid hydrocarbon, (CH3) 2CHCH2C(CH3) 3, used with normal heptane to prepare antiknock rating standards and arbitrarily assigned an octane rating of 100 …
62oxidation potential — noun : the potential at which oxidation occurs at the anode in an electrochemical cell * * * Physical Chem. (in a galvanic cell) the potential of the electrode at which oxidation occurs. Cf. reduction potential. [1895 1900] * * * oxidation… …
63rifamycin — ˌrifəˈmīsən noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, alteration of earlier rifomycin, from rif (from Rififi, title of a French film (1954), name arbitrarily assigned by the drug s Italian discoverers to a group of antibacterial… …
64arbitrary — arbitrarily /ahr bi trer euh lee, ahr bi trair /, adv. arbitrariness, n. /ahr bi trer ee/, adj., n., pl. arbitraries. adj. 1. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one s discretion: an arbitrary… …
65Counterfeit coin problem — Information theory was created in 1948 by Claude Shannon. This theory has notably enriched the field of research into mathematics, economics, biology, psychology, semantics, etc. As an example, this theory recently contributed to quantum… …
66Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — In all areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the human rights record remained poor, and numerous serious abuses were committed. Unlawful killings, disappearances, torture, rape, and arbitrary arrest and detention by security forces… …
67First-order logic — is a formal logical system used in mathematics, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. It goes by many names, including: first order predicate calculus, the lower predicate calculus, quantification theory, and predicate logic (a less… …
68Graph coloring — A proper vertex coloring of the Petersen graph with 3 colors, the minimum number possible. In graph theory, graph coloring is a special case of graph labeling; it is an assignment of labels traditionally called colors to elements of a graph… …
69linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
70Principle of indifference — The principle of indifference (also called principle of insufficient reason) is a rule for assigning epistemic probabilities.Suppose that there are n gt; 1 mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive possibilities.The principle of indifference …
