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Definition of Ambiguity
1. Noun. An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.
Generic synonyms: Expression, Locution, Saying
Derivative terms: Ambiguous, Ambiguous
2. Noun. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.
Generic synonyms: Unclearness
Specialized synonyms: Equivocation, Evasiveness, Prevarication, Lexical Ambiguity, Polysemy, No Man's Land, Twilight Zone
Derivative terms: Ambiguous, Ambiguous, Equivocal
Antonyms: Unambiguity, Unequivocalness
Definition of Ambiguity
1. n. The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression.
Definition of Ambiguity
1. Noun. Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being ambiguous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ambiguity
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Medical Definition of Ambiguity
1. Origin: L. Ambiguitas, fr. Ambiguus: cf. F. Ambiguite. The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. "No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued." (I. Taylor) "The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity." (South) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ambiguity
Literary usage of Ambiguity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Nor is any ambiguity introduced into the description by the words " with the
improvements thereon erected and the appurtenances thereto belonging," or by ..."
2. The Essentials of Logic by Roy Wood Sellars (1917)
"The logical law of language is non-ambiguity, an ideal to which we should ...
Causes of ambiguity. There are many causes of ambiguity, but the basic cause ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Samuel March Phillipps (1815)
"The first occurs, where the deed or instrument is sufficiently certain and free
from ambiguity, but the ambiguity is produced by evidence of something ..."
4. An Illustrated Treatise on the Law of Evidence by Thomas Welburn Hughes (1905)
"To explain an ambiguity. To interpret an equivocation.—Concerning few subjects
is there more confusion in the decisions than exists in regard to the ..."
5. A Treatise on the Admissibility of Parol Evidence in Respect to Written by Irving Browne (1893)
"Here and there too is found the remark that an ambiguity may not be created by
... It will not do to say that a patent ambiguity cannot be explained by ..."
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