Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To happen as a consequence: synonym: follow.
- intransitive verb To end in a particular way.
- noun Something that follows naturally from a particular action, operation, or course; a consequence or outcome. synonym: effect.
- noun Favorable or desired outcomes.
- noun Mathematics The quantity or expression obtained by calculation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To leap back; rebound; leap again.
- To proceed, spring, or rise as a consequence from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, etc.; be the outcome; be the final term in a connected series of events, operations, etc.
- To have an issue; terminate: followed by in.
- To decree; determine, as an ecclesiastical council.
- noun The act of leaping, springing, or flying back; resilience.
- noun Consequence; conclusion: outcome; issue; effect: that which proceeds naturally or logically from facts, premises, or the state of things: as, the result of reasoning; the result of reflection; the result of a consultation; the result of a certain procedure or effect.
- noun The final decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; resolution: as, the result of an ecclesiastical council.
- noun In mathematics, a quantity, value, or expression ascertained by calculation.
- noun Synonyms Consequence, etc. (see
effect ), event, termination, end, upshot, consummation, seeresultant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To leap back; to rebound.
- intransitive verb To come out, or have an issue; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by
in . - intransitive verb To proceed, spring, or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought, or endeavor.
- intransitive verb (Law) a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money of an estate, etc.
- intransitive verb (Law) a use which, being limited by the deed, expires or can not vest, and thence returns to him who raised it.
- noun obsolete A flying back; resilience.
- noun That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect.
- noun The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
proceed , spring or rise, as aconsequence , from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor. - verb To come out, or have an
issue ; to terminate; to have consequences; -- followed by in; as, this measure will result in good or in evil. - verb law To
return to theproprietor (or heirs) after areversion - noun That which results; the
conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect; as, the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation. - noun The
fruit , beneficial or tangibleeffect (s) achieved by effort. - noun sports The final
score in a game. - noun by extension A positive or favourable
outcome for someone. - interjection UK An exclamation of
joy following a favorable outcome.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- noun a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- noun the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
- verb have as a result or residue
- verb come about or follow as a consequence
- verb issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
- noun something that results
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Pundits said the decadence was the result of disillusion over Vietnam and Watergate; cynics said it was the result of too much money pursuing too much free time.
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Pundits said the decadence was the result of disillusion over Vietnam and Watergate; cynics said it was the result of too much money pursuing too much free time.
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When you log into your Google accountand you need to have one for thisyou can move a search result up using an up arrow button, get rid of a result with an X button, or suggest another listing with an Add a result link at the bottom of the search results page.
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When you log into your Google accountand you need to have one for thisyou can move a search result up using an up arrow button, get rid of a result with an X button, or suggest another listing with an Add a result link at the bottom of the search results page.
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$expected must be a well-formed block of HTML. capture (\&function, ...) - > ($text, $result) Invokes a function while grabbing stdout, so the "http response" doesn't flood the console that you're running the unit test from, and you can analyse the result in your test function.
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#find the checksum of string_data string_data = "0123456789abcdef" cksum = checksum (string_data) the checksum will be sum of 01+23+45+ ... +ef (adding each byte) then next result = ~result and finally result = result+1 def checksum (data): return result my main problem is the addition what should i do?? thanks
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$result = mysql_fetch_array ($sql); [Loop end] repeat 3,4 until you get X total number of result this will get you 600% faster than using Solution 3 for multiple row selection good technique until now i do not know that it has 4 types of solutinos the 4th query is great as far as prrformence is concerned
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i = 1 fname = ` date +\%F-\%H\%M ` result = 1 while [$result = 1]; do echo Attempt $i "$fname". flv trap "echo User killing the download; exit" INT TERM youtube-dl $1 - o "$fname". flv result = $? let i = i+1 if [$result = 1]; then sleep 10 fi done
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i = 1 fname = ` date +\%F-\%H\%M ` result = 1 while [$result = 1]; do echo Attempt $i "$fname". flv trap "echo User killing the download; exit" INT TERM youtube-dl $1 - o "$fname". flv result = $? let i = i+1 if [$result = 1]; then sleep 10 fi done
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i = 1 fname = ` date +\%F-\%H\%M ` result = 1 while [$result = 1]; do echo Attempt $i "$fname". flv trap "echo User killing the download; exit" INT TERM youtube-dl $1 - o "$fname". flv result = $? let i = i+1 if [$result = 1]; then sleep 10 fi done
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