false note

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• One False Note —   …   Wikipedia

• strike a false note —    If you strike a false note, you do something wrong or inappropriate.     He struck a false note when he arrived at the cocktail party wearing old jeans …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• strike a false note — appear insincere or inappropriate she greeted him gushingly, and that struck a false note …   Useful english dictionary

• false — adj 1 False, wrong mean not in conformity with what is true or right. False in all of its senses is colored by its original implication of deceit; the implication of deceiving or of being deceived is strong when the term implies a contrariety… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• strike a false note — make a note that is out of key, miss the target …   English contemporary dictionary

• note — I n. memorandum record 1) to make a note of (she made a note of the exact time) 2) to take note of short letter official letter 3) to compose, write a note 4) to address; deliver a note 5) to drop, send smb. a note 6) a diplomatic; protest note… …   Combinatory dictionary

• false — I. adjective (falser; falsest) Etymology: Middle English fals, faus, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere to deceive Date: 12th century 1. not genuine < false documents > < false teeth > 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• note — /noʊt / (say noht) noun 1. a brief record of something set down to assist the memory, or for reference or development. 2. (plural) a record of a speech, statement, testimony, etc., or of one s impressions of something. 3. an explanatory or… …  

• False advertising — or deceptive advertising is the use of false or misleading statements in advertising. As advertising has the potential to persuade people into commercial transactions that they might otherwise avoid, many governments around the world use… …   Wikipedia

• False discovery rate — (FDR) control is a statistical method used in multiple hypothesis testing to correct for multiple comparisons. In a list of rejected hypotheses, FDR controls the expected proportion of incorrectly rejected null hypotheses (type I errors).… …   Wikipedia

• False — False, a. [Compar. {Falser}; superl. {Falsest}.] [L. falsus, p. p. of fallere to deceive; cf. OF. faus, fals, F. faux, and AS. fals fraud. See {Fail}, {Fall}.] 1. Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English