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Definition: BOOLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective boole.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(boole)
1. Of or relating to George Boole or his logic; "Boolean logic".[Wordnet].
2. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb booly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun 1. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Booly" is a common misspelling or typo for: body, bold, booty, buoy, boozy, booby, bole, bolo, bialy, boonly.

Date "Booly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1400. (references)

Note: Booly \Boo"ly\, noun; plural Boolies. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.]. (references)

Definition: BOOLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective boole.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective Form
(boole)
1. Of or relating to George Boole or his logic; "Boolean logic".[Wordnet].
2. Seldom used base adjective of the adverb booly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun1. A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "BOOLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1400. (references)

Note: Booly \Boo"ly\, noun; plural Boolies. [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.]. (references)

Common Expressions: boole

ExpressionsDefinition
Boole (crater)Boole is a lunar crater that lies along the northwestern limb of the Moon, to the northwest of Gerard crater. At this location it is viewed nearly from the side, and is very oblong in shape due to foreshortening. The crater formation is nearly circular, however, with a wide inner wall that has been worn and rounded due to subsequent impacts. (references)
Ella A. BooleElla Alexander Boole (July 26, 1858 - March 13, 1952) was a U.S. temperance leader. In 1920 she unsuccessfully challenged James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. for the Republican Party nomination for the United States Senate. Boole was president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1925 to 1933. (references)
George BooleEnglish mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Mary Everest BooleMary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was a self-taught mathematician who is most well known as an author of didactic works on mathematics, such as Philosophy and Fun of Algebra, and as the wife of George Boole. Her life is of interest to feminists as an example of how women made careers in an academic system that did not welcome them. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: boole

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
George BooleComputingGeorge Boole 1815-11-02 - 1864-12-08. An English mathematician best known for his contribution to symbolic logic (Boolean Algebra) but also active in other fields such as probability theory, algebra, analysis, and differential equations. He lived, taught, and is buried in Cork City, Ireland. The Boole library at University College Cork is named after him. For centuries philosophers have studied logic, which is orderly and precise reasoning. George Boole argued in 1847 that logic should be allied with mathematics rather than with philosophy. Demonstrating logical principles with mathematical symbols instead of words, he founded symbolic logic, a field of mathematical/philosophical study. In the new discipline he developed, known as Boolean algebra, all objects are divided into separate classes, each with a given property; each class may be described in terms of the presence or absence of the same property. An electrical circuit, for example, is either on or off. Boolean algebra has been applied in the design of binary computer circuits and telephone switching equipment. These devices make use of Boole's two-valued (presence or absence of a property) system. Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK, George Boole was the son of a tradesman and was largely self-taught. He began teaching at the age of 16 to help support his family. In his spare time he read mathematical journals and soon began to write articles for them. By the age of 29, Boole had received a gold medal for his work from the British Royal Society. His 'Mathematical Analysis of Logic', a pamphlet published in 1847, contained his first statement of the principles of symbolic logic. Two years later he was appointed professor of mathematics at Queen's College in Ireland, even though he had never studied at a university. He died in Ballintemple, Ireland, on 1864-12-08. Compton's Encyclopedia Online (http://comptons2.aol.com/encyclopedia/ARTICLES/00619_A.html). (1998-11-19). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing..

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Topics by Level of Interest: boole

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
George Boole36   Alicia Boole Stott5
Boole (crater)12   Boole (band)8
Boole (band)8   Boole (crater)12
Alicia Boole Stott5   Ella A. Boole5
Ella A. Boole5   George Boole36
Mary Everest Boole4   Mary Everest Boole4

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