Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The opening of an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.
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- noun UK The act of opening an
academic disputation ; theproposition ofobjections to atenet , as anexercise for adegree .
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Examples
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Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.
Scientific American 2010
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Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.
Scientific American 2010
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Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.
Scientific American 2010
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Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.
Scientific American 2010
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Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.
Scientific American 2010
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Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.
Scientific American 2010
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Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.
Scientific American 2010
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L (1992) The color hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponency.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010
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Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.
Scientific American 2010
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Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.
Scientific American 2010
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