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| cy pres | (n) a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible, Syn. cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres | | contingency procedure | (n) an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises | | emergency procedure | (n) (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) | | abruptness | (n) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning, Syn. suddenness, precipitancy, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitateness | | extravagance | (n) the trait of spending extravagantly, Syn. profligacy, prodigality | | imperativeness | (n) the state of demanding notice or attention, Syn. insistency, pressure, insistence, press | | precedence | (n) status established in order of importance or urgency, Syn. precedency, priority | | precession | (n) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony), Syn. precedency, precedence | | priority | (n) preceding in time, Syn. antecedency, antecedence, anteriority, precedency, precedence, Ant. posteriority | | uncertainty principle | (n) (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time, Syn. indeterminacy principle |
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| | | | | | | contingency procedure | (n) an alternative to the normal procedure; triggered if an unusual but anticipated situation arises | | cy pres | (n) a rule that when literal compliance is impossible the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as nearly as possible, Syn. cy pres doctrine, rule of cy pres | | emergency procedure | (n) (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) | | abruptness | (n) the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning, Syn. suddenness, precipitancy, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitateness | | extravagance | (n) the trait of spending extravagantly, Syn. profligacy, prodigality | | imperativeness | (n) the state of demanding notice or attention, Syn. insistency, pressure, insistence, press | | precedence | (n) status established in order of importance or urgency, Syn. precedency, priority | | precession | (n) the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony), Syn. precedency, precedence | | priority | (n) preceding in time, Syn. antecedency, antecedence, anteriority, precedency, precedence, Ant. posteriority | | uncertainty principle | (n) (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time, Syn. indeterminacy principle |
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