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• convention — noun 1 way sth is done ADJECTIVE ▪ accepted, established, long standing, old, traditional, well established ▪ It s an established convention that the part is played by a woman. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

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• Convention over Code — is a design approach for programming languages where the conventional use of a feature is taken into consideration when defining the default semantics of the feature. Similar to Convention over Configuration, if a keyword can be implied by its… …   Wikipedia

• Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution — A Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also called an Article V Convention, or Amendments Convention, is one of two alternative procedures for proposing amendments to the United States Constitution described in… …   Wikipedia

• Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter — London Convention signatories The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972, commonly called the London Convention or LC 72555 and also barbie abbreviated as Marine Dumping, is an agreement to… …   Wikipedia

• matter — [[t]mæ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦ matters, mattering, mattered 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A matter is a task, situation, or event which you have to deal with or think about, especially one that involves problems. It was clear that she wanted to discuss some… …   English dictionary

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination — ICERD International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Signed 7 March 1966[1] Location New York[1] Effective 4 January 1969[1] Co …   Wikipedia

• Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards — The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the New York Convention, was adopted by a United Nations diplomatic conference on 10 June 1958 and entered into force on 7 June 1959. The Convention… …   Wikipedia