| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Example.[Websters]. | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb example.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (example) | 1. To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: exampling, exampled, examples, exampler, examplers, examplingly and exampledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXAMPLED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
Specialty Definition: example
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Noun] egzam'pl.. | 2: [Noun] A pattern; a copy; a mode; that which is proposed to be imitated. This word, when applied to material things, is now generally written sample, as a sample of cloth; but example is sometimes used.. | 3: [Noun] A pattern, in morals or manners; a copy, or model; that which is proposed or is proper to be imitated. I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. John 13. Example is our preceptor before we can reason.. | 4: [Noun] Precedent; a former instance. Buonaparte furnished many examples of successful bravery.. | 5: [Noun] Precedent or former instance, in a bad sense, intended for caution. Lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. Heb.4. Sodom and Gomorrah--are set forth for an example,suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude.7.. | 6: [Noun] A person fit to be proposed for a pattern; one whose conduct is worthy of imitation. Be thou an example of the believers. 1 Tim 4.. | 7: [Noun] Precedent which disposes to imitation. Example has more effect than precept.. | 8: [Noun] Instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; or a particular case or proposition illustrating a general rule, position or truth. The principles of trigonometry and the rules of grammar are illustrated by examples.. | 9: [Noun] In logic, or rhetoric, the conclusion of one singular point from another; an induction of what may happen from what has happened. If civil war has produced calamities of a particular kind in one instance, it is inferred that it will produce like consequences in other cases. This is an example.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Bible | Example of Christ (1 Pet. 2:21; John 13:15); of pastors to their flocks (Phil. 3:17; 2 Thess. 3:9; 1 Tim. 4:12; 1 Pet. 5:3); of the Jews as a warning (Heb. 4:11); of the prophets as suffering affliction (James 5:10). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Law | EXAMPLE. An example is a case put to illustrate a. principle. Examples illustrate, but do not restrain or change the laws: illustrant non restringunt legem. Co. Litt. 24, a. (references) | ||
| Technology | In printing and the book trade, a specific copy of a given edition, no different in any respect from other copies of the same edition. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | An example is a representative of a group or a concept. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model. (references) | 2: [Noun] A person punished as a warning to others. (references) | 3: [Noun] An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule. (references) | 4: [Noun] Something that is representative of all such things in a group. (references) | 5: [Noun] Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example). "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge" - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. (references) | 6: [Noun] Something that serves to explain or illustrate a rule. (references) |
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Common Expressions: example
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Assembler code example of parity calculation | The following Intel 8086 Assembler code tests the parity of a 16-bit unsigned integer specified in the AX register. If AX is even on entry, the carry flag will be clear. If it is odd on entry, the carry flag will be set. Note that this does not test the parity of the number of set bits (as used in telecommunications) but instead test the parity of the number. (references) | ||
| Classic example | A classic example is an example often used to explain a concept in science. (references) | ||
| Deterrent example | Punishment intended as a warning to others. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Example of a non-associative algebra | This page presents and discusses an example of a non-associative division algebra over the complex numbers. (references) | ||
| Example Scrabble tournament game | The following game of Scrabble was played between John Chew and Zev Kaufman on June 15, 1997, as part of an NSA-sanctioned tournament in Toronto, Canada. (references) | ||
| For example | As an example; "take ribbon snakes, for example". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Good example | Something to be imitated. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| JavaServer page example input | Below is an example of a JavaServer Page file. Its resulting output can be found here. (references) | ||
| Microsoft Query by Example | Microsoft Query by Example (QBE) is a method of creating database queries using examples based on a text string, the name of a document or a list of documents. The QBE system converts the user input into a formal database query. This approach allows the user to perform powerful searches without the need of having to learn a more formalized query mechanism such as Structured Query Language (SQL). (references) | ||
| Mr. Bad Example | Mr. Bad Example is an album by American singer/songwriter Warren Zevon, released in 1991. (see 1991 in music). (references) | ||
| Office By Example | Office by example (OBE) is a sequel to QBE, described in publications by Moshe Zloof of IBM in the early 1980s but apparently never implemented. (references) | ||
| Simple example of Azuma's inequality for coin flips | For example, if we set t proportional to N , then this tells us that although the maximum possible value of X_N scales linearly with N, the probability that the sum scales linearly with N decreases exponentially fast with N. (references) | ||
| Stein's example | Stein's example, also known as Stein's paradox (after Charles Stein) is a very important example in decision theory which is much celebrated since it contradicts a mathematician's natural intuition. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: example
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Negative example | Computing | In "learning from examples", a counter-example of a concept that may bound the scope of "generalization" Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Office By Example | Computing | Office By Example | |
| Positive example | Computing | A correct instance of a concept that may result in " generalization" Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Query by example | Computing | Query language based on domain relational calculus. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Query By Example | Computing | Query By Example | |
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