Valid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Valid	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Valid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
valid adj well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract" Antonym(s): invalid still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, F. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See {Valiant}.] 1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] [bd]Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us.[b8] --Milton. 2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I. Taylor. 3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Valid A {dataflow} language. ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151]. (1995-02-14)