English Dictionary: narrowness | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Narrow \Nar"row\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Narrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Narrowing}.] [AS. nearwian.] 1. To lessen the breadth of; to contract; to draw into a smaller compass; to reduce the width or extent of. --Sir W. Temple. 2. To contract the reach or sphere of; to make less liberal or more selfish; to limit; to confine; to restrict; as, to narrow one's views or knowledge; to narrow a question in discussion. Our knowledge is much more narrowed if we confine ourselves to our own solitary reasonings. --I. Watts. 3. (Knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Narrowing \Nar"row*ing\, n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. 2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. | |
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Narrowness \Nar"row*ness\, n. [AS. nearunes.] The condition or quality of being narrow. | |
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Near \Near\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Neared}; p. pr. & vb. n {Nearing}.] [See {Near}, adv.] To approach; to come nearer; as, the ship neared the land. | |
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Nearness \Near"ness\, n. The state or quality of being near; -- used in the various senses of the adjective. | |
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Guernsey lily \Guern"sey lil"y\ (Bot.) A South African plant ({Nerine Sarniensis}) with handsome lilylike flowers, naturalized on the island of Guernsey. | |
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Neuromuscular \Neu`ro*mus"cu*lar\, a. [Neuro- + muscular.] (Physiol.) Nervomuscular. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Naranja, FL (CDP, FIPS 47700) Location: 25.51565 N, 80.42220 W Population (1990): 5790 (2883 housing units) Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Naranjito zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 56129) Location: 18.30513 N, 66.24503 W Population (1990): 2368 (829 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
New Ringgold, PA (borough, FIPS 54016) Location: 40.68848 N, 75.99384 W Population (1990): 315 (126 housing units) Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 17960 | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
narrowing {Unification} followed by {unfolding}. The left-hand side of a {rule} is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for {bound variable}s. |