Friday, November 23, 2007

Design

Design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "As a noun, 'a design' is used for both the final (solution) plan (e.g. proposal, drawing, model, description) or the result of implementing that plan (e.g. object produced, result of the process). "
...As a noun, "a design" is used for both the final (solution) plan (e.g. proposal, drawing, model, description) or the result of implementing that plan (e.g. object produced, result of the process). ...

Thursday, November 22, 2007

生命

生命 - Wikipedia: "生命泛指由有機物,水構成的細胞組成,一類具有穩定的物質和能量代謝,能夠穩定地從外界獲取物質和能量,能回應刺激,複製自我繁殖的半開放物質系統,經過自然選擇,漸漸進化過程中,一代代適應其環境。生命通常都要經歷出生、成長和死亡。 具有以上特徵的個體均被視為生物。"

Life

Life - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Life is a condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects, i.e. non-life, and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally. ...

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Conjecture

speculation: a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome ...
guess: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

In mathematics, a conjecture is a mathematical statement which appears likely to be true, but has not been formally proven to be true under the rules of mathematical logic. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjecture

An educated guess.
csmp.ucop.edu/cmp/resources/glossary.html

A preliminary statement or hypothesis that something is true; a statement may later be confirmed or disproved through observation or testing.
mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/mathematics/glossary.shtml

A proposition that is consistent with known data, but has been neither verified nor shown to be false. [EW00] hüpotees Lause, mis ei ole vastuolus teadaolevate andmetega, kuid mida pole tõestatud ega ümber lükatud.
www.cc.ioc.ee/jus/gtglossary/gtglos_h.htm

A conjecture is a statement which, although much evidence can be found to support it, has not been proved to be either true or false.
ddi.cs.uni-potsdam.de/Lehre/TuringLectures/MathNotions.htm

A statement that is to be shown true or false. A conjecture is usually developed by examining several specific situations.
www.dolorescounty.k12.co.us/math_glossary.htm

A generalization made as a result of inductive reasoning (Lesson 1.1).
www.ocean.k12.wa.us/ilwacohi/mathDpt/geometry/glossaryc.htm