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lax |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lax \Lax\, n. A looseness; diarrhea. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lax \Lax\, a. [Compar. {Laxer}; superl. {Laxest}.] [L. laxus Cf {Laches}, {Languish}, {Lease}, v. t., {Leash}.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. --Ray. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. --Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. --J. A. Symonds The word ``[ae]ternus'' itself is sometimes of a lax signification. --Jortin. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Syn: Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lax adj 1: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: {slack}] 2: (phonetics) pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') [ant: {tense}] 3: not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope" [ant: {tense}] 4: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" [syn: {flaccid}, {limp}, {slack}] 5: tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children" [syn: {indulgent}, {lenient}, {soft}] 6: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: {loose}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: LAX LAnguage eXample. A {toy language} used to illustrate {compiler} design. ["Compiler Construction", W.M. Waite et al Springer 1984]. (1994-12-07)
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