- Look up
proper or
propriety in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Proper may
refer to:
Proper map, in topology, a
property of
continuous function between...
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Proper motion is the
astrometric measure of the
observed changes in the
apparent places of
stars or
other celestial objects in the sky, as seen from the...
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spaces is
called proper if
inverse images of
compact subsets are compact. In
algebraic geometry, the
analogous concept is
called a
proper morphism. There...
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Proper length or rest
length is the
length of an
object in the object's rest frame. The
measurement of
lengths is more
complicated in the
theory of relativity...
- A city
proper is the
geographical area
contained within city limits. The term
proper is not
exclusive to cities; it can
describe the
geographical area...
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proper names are
proper nouns:
Peter and
Africa are both
proper names and
proper nouns; but
Peter the
Great and
South Africa,
while they are
proper names...
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algebraic geometry, a
proper morphism between schemes is an
analog of a
proper map
between complex analytic spaces. Some
authors call a
proper variety over a...
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contiguous land
empire in history. His
grandson Kublai Khan
conquered China proper and
established the Yuan dynasty.
After the
collapse of the Yuan, the Mongols...
- Ocean.
Metropolitan Denmark, also
called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark
proper",
consists of the
northern Jutland peninsula and an
archipelago of 406 islands...
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Sweden proper (Swedish:
Egentliga Sverige,
literally Actual Sweden) is a term used to
distinguish those territories that were
fully integrated into the...
