THESIS
\θˈiːsɪs], \θˈiːsɪs], \θ_ˈiː_s_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of THESIS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
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Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
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The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
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The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
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The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; - the opposite of arsis.
By Oddity Software
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A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument.
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Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
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The depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word.
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The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
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The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; - the opposite of arsis.
By Noah Webster.
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Dissertations embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view, e.g., substantial papers written by candidates for an academic degree under the individual direction of a professor or papers written by undergraduates desirous of achieving honors or distinction.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An essay or composition on some particular subject; a long essay, based on original research work, and offered by a candidate for an advanced degree; in logic, a statement which is to be maintained and proved by argument.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. An essay on a medical topic prepared by the graduating student. 2. A proposition, submitted by the candidate for a doctorate degree in some universities, which must be substained by argument against any objections offered.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A position or that which is set down or advanced for argument: a subject for a scholastic exercise: an essay on a theme:-pl. THESES,.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A position or proposition which is advanced or is maintained by argument; a theme; a dissertation on a subject; a proposition as containing the thing affirmed or denied, as distinct from the hypothesis.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Latin, Greek] A position or proposition which a person advances and offers to maintain, or which is actually maintained by argument; a theme ;-especially, a subject or proposition for a school or university exercise, or the exercise itself;-hence, an essay upon a specific theme;-the unaccented part of the measure;-in prosody, the depression of the voice in pronouncing the syllables of a word ;-the part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
