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faculty
has definitions from the field of education
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[ noun ] one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
Synonyms Used in print (William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)The authors insist , however , that these abnormalities in the sense_of_touch were due absolutely to no organic disorders in that sense faculty but rather to the injuries which the patient had sustained to the sense of sight . It seems clear , when one takes into consideration the exceedingly defective eyesight of the patient ( we shall describe it in_detail in_connection_with our second question , the one concerning the psychical blindness of the patient ) , that he had to rely_on his sense_of_touch much more_than the usual portfolio maker and that consequently that faculty was most probably more sensitive to shape and size than that of a person with normal vision . |
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[ noun ] (education) the body of teachers and administrators at a school
Synonyms Examples "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)The basic problem involved is that a college setting_up a graduate_school must have an entirely separate faculty for the advanced degree . |
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