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narrowing |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of --Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: narrowing adj 1: becoming gradually narrower; "long tapering fingers"; "trousers with tapered legs" [syn: {tapered}, {tapering}] 2: (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom [syn: {constricting}, {constrictive}] n 1: an instance of becoming narrow 2: a decrease in width [ant: {widening}] 3: the act of making something narrower [ant: {widening}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: narrowing {Unification} followed by {unfolding}. The left-hand side of a {rule} is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for {bound variable}s.
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