Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which mollifies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, mollifies.
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- noun mathematics An "
approximation to theidentity ", asmooth function with special properties, used in distribution theory to createsequences of smooth functions approximatingnonsmooth (generalized) functions, viaconvolution .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such a clearer! such a sweetener! such a softener; such a delicious mollifier!
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Now, as a phrase, it was a support and a mollifier.
The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Such a clearer! such a sweetener! such a softener! such a delicious mollifier!
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James, the eager mollifier, was too ready to seek refuge in convoluted references to "distinguished outside learned counsel" mixed with patronising explanations for the plebs on how large corporations delegate small details like paying off villains.
The Guardian World News Harold Evans 2011
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James, the eager mollifier, was too ready to seek refuge in convoluted references to "distinguished outside learned counsel" mixed with patronizing explanations for the plebs on how large corporations delegate small details like paying off villains.
Reuters: Press Release Sir Harold Evans 2011
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But the White House offered a mollifier: The puppy exclusive is yours.
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But the White House offered a mollifier: The puppy exclusive is yours.
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Initially, hedging was used as a risk mollifier in the securities markets in the same way as insurance is used for protection against disasters impacting life, health, and personal property.
GuruFocus Updates 2009
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But the White House offered The Post, the newspaper that cracked Watergate, a mollifier: A puppy exclusive.
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But the White House offered a mollifier: The puppy exclusive is yours.
Gazette.com : 2009
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