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  • 11Case — (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See {Capacious}, and cf. 4th {Chase}, {Cash}, {Enchase}, 3d {Sash}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding …

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  • 12case — case1 [kās] n. [ME & OFr cas, an event < L casus, a chance, lit., falling, pp. of cadere, to fall < IE base * k̑ad , to fall > Sans s̍ad , to fall off] 1. an example, instance, or occurrence [a case of carelessness, a case of measles] 2 …

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  • 13case|ment — «KAYS muhnt», noun. 1. a window which opens on hinges like a door. 2. any window. 3. a casing; covering; frame. ╂[probably < case2 + ment] …

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  • 14Frame of reference — A frame of reference in physics, may refer to a coordinate system or set of axes within which to measure the position, orientation, and other properties of objects in it, or it may refer to an observational reference frame tied to the state of… …

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  • 15Frame story — A frame story (also frame tale, frame narrative, etc.) is a literary technique and a type of story within a story, whereby an introductory or main narrative is presented, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage either for a more… …

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  • 16Case study — This article is about the method of doing research. For the teaching method, see Case method. For the method of teaching law, see Casebook method. A case study is an intensive analysis of an individual unit (e.g., a person, group, or event)… …

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  • 17Frame fields in general relativity — In general relativity, a frame field (also called a tetrad or vierbein) is a set of four orthonormal vector fields, one timelike and three spacelike, defined on a Lorentzian manifold that is physically interpreted as a model of spacetime. The… …

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  • 18case — Synonyms and related words: Bible truth, Smyth sewing, abessive, ablative, absolute fact, accepted fact, accusative, action, actual fact, adessive, admitted fact, afghan, alien, allative, ammunition box, anyhow, anyway, apoplectic, approximative …

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  • 19Frame problem — In artificial intelligence, the frame problem was initially formulated as the problem of expressing a dynamical domain in logic without explicitly specifying which conditions are not affected by an action. John McCarthy and Patrick J. Hayes… …

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  • 20Frame of a vector space — This article is about a generalization of bases to linearly dependent sets of vectors. For a linearly independent set of vectors, see k frame. In linear algebra, a frame of a vector space V with an inner product can be seen as a generalization of …

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