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[ adjective ] not divisible by two
Used in print (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)In the following paper it is shown that in a certain definite sense , exactly an odd number of squares can be inscribed in every such curve which does not contain an infinite number of inscribed squares . As s approaches T the square will be outside C and therefore both **f and **f must cross C an odd number of times as s varies from zero to T . First , for any value of t for which all values of f ( t ) are ordinary points the number of values of f ( t ) must be odd . Therefore , for any value of t the number of values of f ( t ) is equal to the ( finite ) number of tangent points corresponding to the argument t plus an odd number . But this is a contradiction , for we know that the multiplicity of f ( t ) is odd for every t . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not easily explained
Examples "it is odd that his name is never mentioned" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)It is truly odd and ironic that the most handsome and impressive film yet made from Miguel_de_Cervantes ' `` Don_Quixote '' is the brilliant Russian spectacle , done in wide_screen and color , which opened yesterday at the Fifty-fifth_Street and Sixty-eighth_Street_Playhouses . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)By odd coincidence , on the evening of her return Shelley chose to read Parisina , which was the latest of the titled poet 's successes . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)What I'm getting at is that we were fully prepared for Felix 's being an odd one . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (in combination) an indefinite quantity more than that specified
Examples "invited 30-odd guests" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)And so well is such ignorance preserved by the amateur and the money-maker that even at the college_level most_of the hundred odd folklore courses given in the United_States survive on sentiment and nationalism alone . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Examples "a curious hybrid accent" "her speech has a funny twang" "had an odd name" "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" "something definitely queer about this town" "what a rum fellow" "singular behavior" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war , idyllic interludes , superb canvases of world-shaking events , and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of the remaining member of a pair, of socks e.g.
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[ adjective ] not used up
Synonyms Examples "leftover meatloaf" "she had a little money left over so she went to a movie" "some odd dollars left" "saved the remaining sandwiches for supper" "unexpended provisions" Related terms |
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