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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ambiguity \Am`bi*gu"i*ty\, n.; pl {Ambiguities}. [L. ambiguitas fr ambiguus: cf F. ambiguit['e].] The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. --I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ambiguity n 1: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context 2: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [syn: {equivocalness}] [ant: {unambiguity}, {unambiguity}]
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