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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The opening of an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun engraving The act of opening an academical disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.

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  • noun UK The act of opening an academic disputation; the proposition of objections to a tenet, as an exercise for a degree.

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Examples

  • Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Researchers have long regarded color opponency to be hardwired in the brain, completely forbidding perception of reddish green or yellowish blue.

    Scientific American 2010

  • L (1992) The color hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponency.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Peter Skorupski et al. 2010

  • Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.

    Scientific American 2010

  • Under special circumstances, though, people can see the "forbidden" colors, suggesting that color opponency in the brain has a softwired stage that can be disabled.

    Scientific American 2010

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