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Ambiguity

Ambiguity

Origin: L. Ambiguitas, fr. Ambiguus: cf. F. Ambiguite.

The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. (i. Taylor) The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. (South)


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A biochemical question

Thanks!!!!!! :) Looking back, does anyone think that this problem could have been worded better to avoid confusion and ambiguity? If so, could someone reword the question (and post it)??????

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by thewax
Thu Dec 25, 2008 11:40 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: A biochemical question
Replies: 8
Views: 700

What is life? (Seeking a physical signature for life)

... as a physical entity...even though emperical evidence denies the validity of such an assumption. This perhaps is the reason for disagreement and ambiguity when we try to define life. I hope I made my argument/hypothesis clear. You may perhaps need a little bit of knowledge on certain areas in ...

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by ragav.payne
Sun Feb 03, 2008 3:59 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is life? (Seeking a physical signature for life)
Replies: 9
Views: 646

Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEED

Thank you for your time mith. I apologize for any ambiguity but we are nearly there I think, if only we could replace the "#replace matchpattern with your query sequence" into a print output which would include the start and end of the position ...

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by Kwak
Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:01 am
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: Genomic Scan, Frequency & Distribution of SEED
Replies: 6
Views: 1698

Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].

^ Ambiguity about carnivores addressed :p I guess he meant mammalian carnivores. Panting is the one way that most carnivores cool themselves. The tongue is richly vascularised. h t t p ://concise .britannica. com/ebc/article-9059359/perspiration: ...

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by thehundredthone
Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:10 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Perspiration among carnivores [mammals].
Replies: 11
Views: 1734

Re: Not getting it still~take a hard look

... each person measuring their fibres, etc, could perform. Perhaps you could help devising an list of "measuremts". But also, to remove any ambiguity, then how could it be set up for those 10 people to have their measurements taken in a lab somewhere? I have suggested earlier that a possible ...

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by in_the_uk
Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:51 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
Replies: 7403
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