ad hoc

ad hoc
I. adverb Etymology: Latin, for this Date: 1659 for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application II. adjective Date: 1879 1. a. concerned with a particular end or purpose <
an ad hoc investigating committee
>
b. formed or used for specific or immediate problems or needs <
ad hoc solutions
>
2. fashioned from whatever is immediately available ; improvised <
large ad hoc parades and demonstrations — Nat Hentoff
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Hoc (programming language) — hoc, an acronym for High Order Calculator, is an interpreted programming language that was used in the 1984 book The Unix Programming Environment to demonstrate how to build interpreters using Yacc.Hoc was developed by Brian Kernighan and Rob… …   Wikipedia

  • Hoc (Beowulf) — Hoc is mentioned as the father of Hnæf (d. 450?) and Hildeburh in the Old English poems Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment . Widsith says that Hnæf ruled over the Hocings, i.e. Hoc s people. Hoc is called Hoc Healfdene , suggesting a mixed… …   Wikipedia

  • Hoc — may refer to: * Hellenic Olympic Committee, one of the oldest National Olympic Committees. * Hoc (Beowulf), a Danish King from Beowulf. * Hoc (programming language), a calculator and programming language. * Hypertrophic (Obstructive)… …   Wikipedia

  • hoc anno — hoc ạn|no 〈Abk.: h. a.〉 in diesem Jahre [lat.] * * * hoc ạn|no [lat.] (Kaufmannsspr. veraltet): in diesem Jahr (Abk.: h. a.) * * * hoc ạnno   [lateinisch], Abkürzung h. a., veraltet für: in diesem Jahr. * * * hoc ạn|no [lat.] (Kaufmannsspr.… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Hoc Phi — was a wife of Emperor Tu Duc of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam. She is best known for her involvement in palace intrigues following her husband s death.She had an affair with Nguyen Van Tuong, a regent that Tu Duc had appointed to guide his… …   Wikipedia

  • HOC age — apud Rom. cum Cos. auspicaretur, ac immolaret, clarâ voce a Praecone acclamabatur, ut adstantes officii admonerentur, teste Plutarch. in Numa. Quam proin Cassius Chaerea, coniuratorum in Caium Caes. Princeps, suis resleram dedit, quasi victimam… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • hoc — HOC. s. m. (L H s aspire.) Sorte de jeu de cartes. Joüer au hoc. On dit fig. Cela m est hoc, pour dire, Cela m est assuré …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Hōc signo vinces — Hōc signo vinces, s. In hoc signo vinces …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hoc signo vinces — oder In hoc signo vinces (lat.), in diesem Zeichen wirst du siegen, Inschrift, die Konstantin d. Gr. beim Auszug zum Kampfe gegen Maxentius neben dem Bilde des Kreuzes am Himmel erschienen sein soll …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hoc anno — Hoc anno, lat., in diesem Jahre; hoc est, das heißt; h. habet, er hat es, es ist mit ihm aus; h. loco, an diesem Orte; h. sensu, in diesem Sinne; h. tempore, dermalen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • hoc loco —   [lateinisch], Abkürzung h. l., veraltet für: an diesem Ort, hier. * * * hoc lọ|co [lat.] (bildungsspr. veraltet): an diesem Ort, hier; Abk.: h. l …   Universal-Lexikon

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”