dictionary help| Nonpareil | computing dictionary |
One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)]. The others were Brilliant, Diamond, Pearl and Ruby.
(03 Feb 2009)
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| nonpareil | medical dictionary |
1. Something of unequaled excellence; a peerless thing or person; a nonesuch; often used as a name.
2. [F. Nonpareille.
A size of type next smaller than minion and next larger than agate (or ruby).
This line is printed in the type called nonpareil.
3. <zoology> A beautifully coloured finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch. Any other similar bird of the same genus.
See: Nonpareil.
(01 Mar 1998)
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