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  • 51Generalized mean — In mathematics, a generalized mean, also known as power mean or Hölder mean (named after Otto Hölder), is an abstraction of the Pythagorean means including arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means. Contents 1 Definition 2 Properties 2.1 …

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  • 52Descartes: methodology — Stephen Gaukroger INTRODUCTION The seventeenth century is often referred to as the century of the Scientific Revolution, a time of fundamental scientific change in which traditional theories were either replaced by new ones or radically… …

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  • 53Fundamental theorem of algebra — In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of algebra states that every non constant single variable polynomial with complex coefficients has at least one complex root. Equivalently, the field of complex numbers is algebraically closed.Sometimes,… …

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  • 54Ecclesiastes — • The name given to the book of Holy Scripture which usually follows the Proverbs; the Hebrew Qoheleth probably has the same meaning Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastes     Ecclesiastes …

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  • 55premise — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. basis, assumption, hypothesis, proposition; (pl.) building, land, house, apartment, office, etc. See evidence, reasoning, region, location. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. proposition, axiom, assumption; see… …

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  • 56Axiom — This article is about logical propositions. For other uses, see Axiom (disambiguation). In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proven or demonstrated but considered either to be self evident or to define and… …

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  • 57List of commonly misused English words — This is a list of English words which are commonly misused. It is meant to include only words whose misuse is deprecated by most usage writers, editors, and other professional linguists of Standard English. It is possible that some of the… …

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  • 58Vance v. Terrazas — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Vance v. Terrazas ArgueDate=October 30 ArgueYear=1979 DecideDate=January 15 DecideYear=1980 FullName=Cyrus Vance, Secretary of State v. Laurence J. Terrazas USVol=444 USPage=252 Citation=100 S. Ct. 540; 62 L. Ed. 2d 461 Prior …

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  • 59suspect — sus·pect 1 / səs ˌpekt, sə spekt/ adj [Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere to look up at, regard with awe, suspect, from sub sus up, secretly + specere to look at]: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion or heightened… …

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  • 60ḤAZAKAH — (Heb. חֲזָקָה; lit. possession, taking possession ), a term expressing three main concepts in Jewish law: (1) a mode of acquiring ownership; (2) a means of proving ownership or rights in property; (3) a factual legal presumption (praesumptio… …

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