Republican Party, in theUnited States, one of the two major political parties, the other being theDemocratic Party. During the 19th century the Republican Party stood against the extension ofslaveryto the country’s new territories and, ultimately, for slavery’s complete abolition. During the 20t...
persons. Indexes are a late addition, and most of the early ones were useless. Alphabetical arrangement was as strongly opposed as the use of any language but Latin, at least in the first 1,000 years of publication in the West, and skilled group editorship has a history of some 200 ...
2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing the subjects of patents, mentions "new and useful art," and "new and useful improvement." To entitle the inventor to a patent, his invention must, to a certain extent, be beneficial to the community, and not be...
11. a set or packet of tickets, checks, stamps, matches, etc., bound together like a book. 12. anything that serves for the recording of facts or events: The petrified tree was a book of nature. 13. gathered information and recommended strategy regarding a task, problem, opponent, etc...
An adverb of condition tells us the condition needed before the main idea comes into effect. An adverb of condition often starts with "if" or "unless." If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. (Theoretical physicist Albert Einstein) Age doesn't matter, unless you're a ...
These recovered chapters will possess no doubt, but little value in the eyes of persons, otherwise very judicious, who have sought in "Notre-Dame-de-Paris" only the drama, the romance. But there are perchance, other readers, who have not found it useless to study the aesthetic and philosop...
... those men whose character is an honor to the bench, full of the dignity of his profession, but not thinking himself infallible, firm without useless rigor, cold and still kind-hearted, having no other mistress but Justice, and knowing no other ambition but that ...— Within an Inch...
to throw into great disorder: Huge construction projects can take years to finish, and meanwhile, can greatly perturb the neighborhood. Synonyms:muddle,disarrange,confuse Astronomy.to causeperturbationin the orbit of (a celestial body). Discover More ...
The condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness. Synonyms: disability, disablement, handicap. "Hearing impairment" 4. Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality. 5. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine). Synonym...
However, because of that, it’s a definition that is largely useless for determining how to handle any particular case or whether an incident was an ethical infraction. That, instead, has to be taken on a case-by-case basis, which is precisely how accusations of plagiarism should be handled...