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pure
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[ adjective ] free of extraneous elements of any kind
Examples "pure air and water" "pure gold" "pure primary colors" "the violin's pure and lovely song" "pure tones" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)The lyric beauties of Schubert 's Trout_Quintet - its elemental rhythms and infectious melodies - make it a source of pure pleasure for almost all music listeners . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)When the writer uses material does he tamper with it to improve its commercial effect or does he leave it pure ? (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Most_of them sincerely believe that the Anglo-Saxon is the best race in the world and that it should remain pure . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Despite extensive attempts to obtain highly pure reagents , serious difficulty was experienced in obtaining reproducible rates of reaction . It should be possible to prepare very pure chlorine by oxidation of inorganic chlorides on a vacuum system followed by multiple distillation of the liquid . |
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[ adjective ] without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Examples "an arrant fool" "a complete coward" "a consummate fool" "gross negligence" "a perfect idiot" "pure folly" "what a sodding mess" "stark staring mad" "utter nonsense" Used in print (Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)In the over-all process , it is difficult to assign a `` pure '' role to each constituent of a built detergent formulation ; and , indeed , there is no_more reason to separate the interrelated roles of the active , builder , antiredeposition agent , etc. than there is to assign individual actions to each of the numerous isomers making_up a given commercial organic active . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied
Examples "pure science" Used in print (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)First , we realize that a pure specialist does not exist . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] free from discordant qualities
Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Certainly not in Orchestra_hall where he has played countless recitals , and where Thursday night he celebrated his 20th season with the Chicago_Symphony_orchestra , playing the Brahms_Concerto with his own slashing , demon-ridden cadenza melting into the high , pale , pure and lovely song with which a violinist unlocks the heart of the music , or forever finds it closed . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or gray or black
Synonyms Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)From this point , I paint in as direct a manner as possible , by flowing on the washes with as pure a color mixture as I can manage . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] used of persons or behaviors; having no faults; sinless
Examples "I felt pure and sweet as a new baby"- Sylvia Plath "pure as the driven snow" Related terms |
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