open interval
         n 1: an interval that does not include its endpoints [syn: {open
               interval}, {unbounded interval}] [ant: {bounded interval},
               {closed interval}]

English Dictionary: opening	by the DICT Development Group
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Open University n a British university that is open to people without formal academic qualifications and where teaching is by correspondence or broadcasting or summer school
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open-and-shut adj so obvious as to be easily solved or decided; "an open- and-shut case"
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open-angle glaucoma n glaucoma caused by blockage of the canal of Schlemm; produces gradual loss of peripheral vision; "open-angle glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma" Synonym(s): chronic glaucoma, open-angle glaucoma
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open-end credit n a consumer credit line that can be used up to a certain limit or paid down at any time Synonym(s): open-end credit, revolving credit, charge account credit
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open-end fund n a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares Synonym(s): mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company
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open-end investment company n a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares Synonym(s): mutual fund, mutual fund company, open-end fund, open-end investment company
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open-end wrench n a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) Synonym(s): open-end wrench, tappet wrench
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open-ended adj without fixed limits or restrictions; "an open-ended discussion" allowing for a spontaneous response; "an open-ended question" allowing for future changes or revisions; "open-ended agreements"
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open-minded adj ready to entertain new ideas; "an open-minded curiosity"; "open-minded impartiality"
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openhanded adj given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather" Synonym(s): big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, handsome, giving, liberal, openhanded
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openhandedness n liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit Synonym(s): munificence, largess, largesse, magnanimity, openhandedness
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opening adj first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" Antonym(s): closing n an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" Synonym(s): opening, gap a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for" the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" Synonym(s): opening, opening night, curtain raising the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door" Antonym(s): closing, shutting opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department" the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme" a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" Synonym(s): possibility, possible action, opening an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" Synonym(s): orifice, opening, porta a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship Synonym(s): hatchway, opening, scuttle a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" Synonym(s): opening, chess opening the first of a series of actions Synonym(s): first step, initiative, opening move, opening
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opening line n the first line of a piece of writing (as a newspaper story)
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opening move n the first of a series of actions [syn: first step, initiative, opening move, opening]
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opening night n the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews" Synonym(s): opening, opening night, curtain raising
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opinion n a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" Synonym(s): opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" Synonym(s): opinion, view a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" Synonym(s): public opinion, popular opinion, opinion, vox populi the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" Synonym(s): opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) Synonym(s): opinion, ruling a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" Synonym(s): impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
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opinion poll n an inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people Synonym(s): poll, opinion poll, public opinion poll, canvass
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opinionated adj obstinate in your opinions [syn: opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated]
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opinionative adj obstinate in your opinions [syn: opinionated, opinionative, self-opinionated]
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Oppenheimer n United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967) Synonym(s): Oppenheimer, Robert Oppenheimer
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opponent adj characterized by active hostility; "opponent (or opposing) armies" Synonym(s): opponent, opposing n a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition, opponent, opposite] someone who offers opposition Synonym(s): adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister Antonym(s): agonist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effect \Ef*fect"\, n. [L. effectus, fr. efficere, effectum, to       effect; ex + facere to make: cf. F. effet, formerly also       spelled effect. See {Fact}.]       1. Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the             law goes into effect in May.                         That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my                      fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and                      it.                                                   --Shak.          2. Manifestation; expression; sign.                         All the large effects That troop with majesty.                                                                               --Shak.          3. In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause;             the event which follows immediately from an antecedent,             called the cause; result; consequence; outcome; fruit; as,             the effect of luxury.                         The effect is the unfailing index of the amount of                      the cause.                                          --Whewell.          4. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.                         Patchwork . . . introduced for oratorical effect.                                                                               --J. C.                                                                               Shairp.                         The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely                      nature of the place.                           --W. Irving.          5. Power to produce results; efficiency; force; importance;             account; as, to speak with effect.          6. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; --             with to.                         They spake to her to that effect.      --2 Chron.                                                                               xxxiv. 22.          7. The purport; the sum and substance. [bd]The effect of his             intent.[b8] --Chaucer.          8. Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere             appearance.                         No other in effect than what it seems. --Denham.          9. pl. Goods; movables; personal estate; -- sometimes used to             embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people             escaped from the town with their effects.          {For effect}, for an exaggerated impression or excitement.          {In effect}, in fact; in substance. See 8, above.          {Of no effect}, {Of none effect}, {To no effect}, [or]       {Without effect}, destitute of results, validity, force, and             the like; vain; fruitless. [bd]Making the word of God of             none effect through your tradition.[b8] --Mark vii. 13.             [bd]All my study be to no effect.[b8] --Shak.          {To give effect to}, to make valid; to carry out in practice;             to push to its results.          {To take effect}, to become operative, to accomplish aims.             --Shak.          Syn: {Effect}, {Consequence}, {Result}.          Usage: These words indicate things which arise out of some                   antecedent, or follow as a consequent. Effect, which                   may be regarded as the generic term, denotes that                   which springs directly from something which can                   properly be termed a cause. A consequence is more                   remote, not being strictly caused, nor yet a mere                   sequence, but following out of and following                   indirectly, or in the train of events, something on                   which it truly depends. A result is still more remote                   and variable, like the rebound of an elastic body                   which falls in very different directions. We may                   foresee the effects of a measure, may conjecture its                   consequences, but can rarely discover its final                   results.                               Resolving all events, with their effects And                            manifold results, into the will And arbitration                            wise of the Supreme.                     --Cowper.                               Shun the bitter consequence, for know, The day                            thou eatest thereof, . . . thou shalt die.                                                                               --Milton.
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Open-handed \O"pen-hand`ed\, a.       Generous; liberal; munificent. -- {O"pen-hand`ed*ness}, n.       --J. S. Mill.
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Open-handed \O"pen-hand`ed\, a.       Generous; liberal; munificent. -- {O"pen-hand`ed*ness}, n.       --J. S. Mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Open \O"pen\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Opened}; p. pr. & vb. n.       {Opening}.] [AS. openian. See {Open},a.]       1. To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose;             to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering             from; as, to open a door; to open a box; to open a room;             to open a letter.                         And all the windows of my heart I open to the day.                                                                               --Whittier.          2. To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.          3. To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.                         The king opened himself to some of his council, that                      he was sorry for the earl's death.      --Bacon.                         Unto thee have I opened my cause.      --Jer. xx. 12.                         While he opened to us the Scriptures. --Luke xxiv.                                                                               32.          4. To make known; to discover; also, to render available or             accessible for settlements, trade, etc.                         The English did adventure far for to open the North                      parts of America.                              --Abp. Abbot.          5. To enter upon; to begin; as, to open a discussion; to open             fire upon an enemy; to open trade, or correspondence; to             open a case in court, or a meeting.          6. To loosen or make less compact; as, to open matted cotton             by separating the fibers.          {To open one's mouth}, {to speak}.          {To open up}, to lay open; to discover; to disclose.                         Poetry that had opened up so many delightful views                      into the character and condition of our [bd]bold                      peasantry, their country's pride.[b8] --Prof.                                                                               Wilson.
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Opening \O"pen*ing\, n.       1. The act or process of opening; a beginning; commencement;             first appearance; as, the opening of a speech.                         The opening of your glory was like that of light.                                                                               --Dryden.          2. A place which is open; a breach; an aperture; a gap;             cleft, or hole.                         We saw him at the opening of his tent. --Shak.          3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for             business. [Colloq.] --Dickens.          4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst             of a forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] --Cooper.
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Ophiomancy \O"phi*o*man`cy\, n. [Gr. 'o`fis a serpent + -mancy:       cf. F. ophiomantie.]       Divination by serpents, as by their manner of eating, or by       their coils.
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Opianine \O"pi*a*nine\, n. (Chem.)       An alkaloid found in small quantity in opium. It is identical       with narcotine.
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Opining \O*pin"ing\, n.       Opinion. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor.
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Opine \O*pine"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Opined}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Opining}.] [L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus       (in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner.]       To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. --South.
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Opinion \O*pin"ion\, n. [F., from L. opinio. See {Opine}.]       1. That which is opined; a notion or conviction founded on             probable evidence; belief stronger than impression, less             strong than positive knowledge; settled judgment in regard             to any point of knowledge or action.                         Opinion is when the assent of the understanding is                      so far gained by evidence of probability, that it                      rather inclines to one persussion than to another,                      yet not without a mixture of incertainty or                      doubting.                                          --Sir M. Hale.                         I can not put off my opinion so easily. --Shak.          2. The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons             or things; estimation.                         I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of                      people.                                             --Shak.                         Friendship . . . gives a man a peculiar right and                      claim to the good opinion of his friend. --South.                         However, I have no opinion of those things. --Bacon.          3. Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation;             fame; public sentiment or esteem. [Obs.]                         Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.   --Shak.                         This gained Agricola much opinion, who . . . had                      made such early progress into laborious . . .                      enterprises.                                       --Milton.          4. Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression;             opiniativeness; conceitedness. [Obs.] --Shak.          5. (Law.) The formal decision, or expression of views, of a             judge, an umpire, a counselor, or other party officially             called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point             submitted.          {To be of opinion}, to think; to judge.          {To hold opinion with}, to agree with. [Obs.] --Shak.          Syn: Sentiment; notion; persuasion; idea; view; estimation.                See {Sentiment}.
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Opinion \O*pin"ion\, v. t.       To opine. [Obs.]
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Opinionable \O*pin"ion*a*ble\, a.       Being, or capable of being, a matter of opinion; that can be       thought; not positively settled; as, an opinionable doctrine.       --C. J. Ellicott.
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Opinionate \O*pin"ion*ate\, a.       Opinionated.
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Opinionated \O*pin"ion*a`ted\, a.       Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own       opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.       --Sir W. Scott.
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Opinionately \O*pin"ion*ate*ly\, adv.       Conceitedly. --Feltham.
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Opinionatist \O*pin"ion*a*tist\, n.       An opinionist. [Obs.]
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Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a.       1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.             --Milton.          2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.]             [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan.             -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness},             n.
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Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a.       1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.             --Milton.          2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.]             [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan.             -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness},             n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opinionative \O*pin"ion*a*tive\, a.       1. Unduly attached to one's own opinions; opinionated.             --Milton.          2. Of the nature of an opinion; conjectured. [Obs.]             [bd]Things both opinionative and practical.[b8] --Bunyan.             -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ly}, adv. -- {O*pin"ion*a*tive*ness},             n.
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Opinionator \O*pin"ion*a`tor\, n.       An opinionated person; one given to conjecture. [Obs.]       --South.
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Opinioned \O*pin"ioned\, a.       Opinionated; conceited.                   His opinioned zeal which he thought judicious.                                                                               --Milton.
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Opinionist \O*pin"ion*ist\, n. [Cf. F. opinioniste.]       One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own       opinions. --Glanvill.
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Opponency \Op*po"nen*cy\, n.       The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition       of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree. [Eng.]       --Todd.
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Opponent \Op*po"nent\, a. [L. opponens, -entis, p. pr. of       opponere to set or place against, to oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) +       ponere to place. See {Position}.]       Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse;       antagonistic. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Opponent \Op*po"nent\, n.       1. One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.             --Macaulay.          2. One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other             verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some             theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent,             or defendant, who maintains it.                         How becomingly does Philopolis exercise his office,                      and seasonably commit the opponent with the                      respondent, like a long-practiced moderator! --Dr.                                                                               H. More.          Syn: Antagonist; opposer; foe. See {Adversary}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Open University          (OU) The UK distance-learning organisation,       established in 1969.   It teaches degree-level courses in many       subjects via BBC radio and television broadcasts and summer       schools.          {(http://hcrl.open.ac.uk/ou/ouhome.html)}.          (1999-07-13)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenInsight          The {workflow}-enabled {Windows       95}/{Windows NT} version of {Advanced Revelation}, featuring       native support for {Lotus Notes}, {Microsoft SQL Server},       {Oracle} and {ODBC}.   OpenInsight is available from       {Revelation Software}.          (1997-04-25)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
OpenWindows          A {graphical user interface} {server} for       {Sun} {workstation}s which handles {SunView}, {NeWS} and {X       Window System} protocols.          (1995-06-11)