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Arbitrariness is the
quality of
being "determined by chance, whim, or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle". It is also used to
refer to...
- In mathematics, the
phrases arbitrarily large,
arbitrarily small and
arbitrarily long are used in
statements to make
clear the fact that an
object is large...
- Law in War.
Cambridge University Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-5218-7088-7.
Arbitrary arrest and
detention Encounter killings by
police Extrajudicial punishment...
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Saussure saw this
relation as
being essentially arbitrary (the
principle of
semiotic arbitrariness),
motivated only by
social convention. Saussure's...
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Arbitrary arrest and
detention is the
arrest and
detention of an
individual in a case in
which there is no
likelihood or
evidence that they committed...
- In
science and technology, an
arbitrary unit (abbreviated arb. unit, see below) or
procedure defined unit (p.d.u.) is a
relative unit of
measurement to...
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Autocracy is a
system of
government in
which absolute power is held by the head of
state and government,
known as an autocrat. It
includes some
forms of...
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equality is
antithetic to
arbitrariness. In fact,
equality and
arbitrariness are
sworn enemies…
Where an act is
arbitrary, it is
implicit that it is...
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Arbitrary inference is a
classic tenet of
cognitive therapy created by
Aaron T. Beck in 1979. He
defines the act of
making an
arbitrary inference as the...
- In
computer science,
arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also
called bignum arithmetic, multiple-precision arithmetic, or
sometimes infinite-precision arithmetic...
