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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who holds an office or place, especially as a deputy, proxy, or appointed government official.
- noun In a mathematical or logical expression, a symbol that may be replaced by the name of any element of a set.
- noun In the decimal form of a number, a digit that is not significant.
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- noun Something used or
included temporarily or as asubstitute for something that is notknown or must remaingeneric ; that whichholds ,denotes orreserves a place for something to come later.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person authorized to act for another
- noun a symbol in a logical or mathematical expression that can be replaced by the name of any member of specified set
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