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• plausible — plausible, credible, believable, colorable, specious are comparable when they mean capable of impressing the observer, auditor, or reader as truly or genuinely possessing the quality or character that is set forth or claimed. A thing or sometimes …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Plausible — Plau si*ble, a. [L. plausibilis praiseworthy, from plaudere, plausum, to applaud, clap the hands, strike, beat.] 1. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster] 2. Obtaining approbation;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plausible — [[t]plɔ͟ːzɪb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government... That explanation seems… …   English dictionary

• plausible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ make sth ▪ find sth, think sth ▪ He did not think it plausible that all the differences could be explained in this way …   Collocations dictionary

• plausible — UK [ˈplɔːzəb(ə)l] / US [ˈplɔzəb(ə)l] adjective 1) likely to be true A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the crash. The story was plausible but that didn t necessarily mean it was true. 2) someone who is plausible seems to be honest and… …   English dictionary

• plausible — adjective 1 a statement that is plausible is reasonable and seems likely to be true: His explanation sounds fairly plausible to me. 2 someone who is plausible is good at talking in a way that sounds reasonable and truthful, although they may in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …   History of philosophy

• Greek arithmetic, geometry and harmonics: Thales to Plato — Ian Mueller INTRODUCTION: PROCLUS’ HISTORY OF GEOMETRY In a famous passage in Book VII of the Republic starting at Socrates proposes to inquire about the studies (mathēmata) needed to train the young people who will become leaders of the ideal… …   History of philosophy

• mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …   Universalium

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