- incompleteness
- noun see incomplete
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
incompleteness
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Incompleteness — In com*plete ness, n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incompleteness — index dearth, defect, deficiency, deficit, hiatus, insufficiency, need (deprivation) Burton s Legal Thesa … Law dictionary
incompleteness — (n.) 1640s; from INCOMPLETE (Cf. incomplete) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
Incompleteness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Incompleteness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 incompleteness incompleteness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 deficiency deficiency short measure Sgm: N 1 shortcoming shortcoming &c. 304 Sgm: N 1 insufficiency insufficiency &c. 6 … English dictionary for students
incompleteness — noun the state or condition of being not complete Ant: completeness See Also: Gödels incompleteness theorem … Wiktionary
incompleteness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of something Nouns 1. incompleteness, short measure, half measures, insufficiency, deficiency, imperfection, inadequacy, discontinuance; immaturity (see unpreparedness). See part. 2. noncompletion,… … English dictionary for students
incompleteness — incomplete ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not complete. DERIVATIVES incompletely adverb incompleteness noun incompletion noun … English terms dictionary
incompleteness — noun the state of being crude and incomplete and imperfect the study was criticized for incompleteness of data but it stimulated further research the rawness of his diary made it unpublishable • Syn: ↑rawness • Ant: ↑completeness • Derivationally … Useful english dictionary
Incompleteness of quantum physics — is the assertion that the state of a physical system, as formulated by quantum mechanics, does not give a complete description for the system, assuming the usual philosophical requirements ( reality , nonlocality , etc.). Einstein, Podolsky, and… … Wikipedia
incompleteness — See incompletely. * * * … Universalium
