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paradox

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paradox  \Par`a*dox\,  n.;  pl  {Paradoxes}.  [F.  paradoxe,  L. 
  paradoxum  fr  Gr  ?;  ?  beside,  beyond,  contrary  to  +  ?  to 
  think,  suppose,  imagine.  See  {Para-},  and  {Dogma}.] 
  A  tenet  or  proposition  contrary  to  received  opinion;  an 
  assertion  or  sentiment  seemingly  contradictory,  or  opposed  to 
  common  sense  that  which  in  appearance  or  terms  is  absurd, 
  but  yet  may  be  true  in  fact 
 
  A  gloss  there  is  to  color  that  paradox,  and  make  it 
  appear  in  show  not  to  be  altogether  unreasonable. 
  --Hooker. 
 
  This  was  sometime  a  paradox,  but  now  the  time  gives  it 
  proof.  --Shak. 
 
  {Hydrostatic  paradox}.  See  under  {Hydrostatic}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paradox 
  n  :  (in  logic)  a  self-contradiction;  "I  always  lie" 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Paradox,  NY 
  Zip  code(s):  12858 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  paradox 
 
    An  apparently  sound  argument  leading  to  a 
  {contradiction}. 
 
  Some  famous  examples  are  {Russell's  paradox}  and  the  {liar 
  paradox}.  Most  paradoxes  stem  from  some  kind  of 
  {self-reference}. 
 
  {Smarandache  Linguistic  Paradox 
  (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}. 
 
  (1999-11-05) 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Paradox 
 
    A  {relational  database}  for  {Microsoft  Windows}, 
  originally  from  {Borland}. 
 
  Paradox  5  ran  on  {Microsoft  Windows}  [version?]  and  provided  a 
  graphical  environment,  a  debugger,  a  {data  modelling}  tool, 
  and  many  ObjectPAL"  commands. 
 
  Paradox  7  ran  under  {Windows  95}  and  {Windows  NT}. 
 
  Latest  version:  Paradox  9,  as  of  2000-02-10  (a  {Corel} 
  product). 
 
  {Home  (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}. 
 
  [Update?] 
 
  (1996-05-27)




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