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  • 21example — ex|am|ple [ ıg zæmpl ] noun count *** 1. ) something that you mention in order to show the type of thing you are talking about and to help explain what you mean: Many sports are still dominated by men football is an obvious example. example of:… …

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  • 22set — I. verb (set; setting) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to cause to sit ; place in or on a seat 2 …

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  • 23set — [c]/sɛt / (say set) verb (set, setting) –verb (t) 1. to put in a particular place or position: to set a vase on a table. 2. to put into some condition or relation: to set a house on fire. 3. to apply: to set fire to a house. 4. to cause to begin …

  • 24example — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French essample, example, from Latin exemplum, from eximere to take out, from ex + emere to take more at redeem Date: 14th century 1. one that serves as a pattern to be imitated or not to be imitated… …

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  • 25example — noun 1》 a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.     ↘a written problem or exercise designed to illustrate a rule. 2》 a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated: parents should set an example.… …

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  • 26Set theory (music) — Example of Z relation on two pitch sets analyzable as or derivable from Z17 (Schuijer 2008, p.99), with intervals between pitch classes labeled for ease of comparison between the two sets and their common interval vector, 212320. Musical set… …

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  • 27Set packing — is a classical NP complete problem in computational complexity theory and combinatorics, and was one of Karp s 21 NP complete problems. Suppose we have a finite set S and a list of subsets of S. Then, the set packing problem asks if some k… …

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  • 28set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something …

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  • 29set aside — vt 1: to disagree with and overturn (a decision or act of a lower tribunal) upon review: overrule vacate set aside the decree 2: to deprive of legal effect or force: annul void may set aside the contract …

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  • 30Set — /set/, n. Egyptian Relig. the brother and murderer of Osiris, represented as having the form of a donkey or other mammal and regarded as personifying the desert. Also, Seth. * * * I In mathematics and logic, any collection of objects (elements),… …

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