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  • Procrustean — Pro*crus te*an, a. Of or pertaining to Procrustes, or the mode of torture practiced by him; producing conformity by violent means; as, the Procrustean treatment; a Procrustean limit. See {Procrustes}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • The Price of the Phoenix — by Myrna Culbreath and Sondra Marshak is an original novel based upon the 1960s television series . It was first published by Bantam Books in 1977. A sequel, The Fate of the Phoenix , followed in 1979.Plot summaryA shocking deathCaptain Kirk s… …   Wikipedia

  • procrustean bed — noun An arbitrary standard to which compliance is enforced. The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality …   Wiktionary

  • Procrustean — 1846 in figurative sense of aiming to produce conformity by arbitrary means, from Procrustes, mythical robber of Attica who seized travelers, tied them to his bed, and either stretched their limbs or lopped of their legs to make them fit it. The… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Procrustean assignment — noun A form of assignment to fixed length string variables in which a shorter value is padded to the necessary length while a longer one is truncated …   Wiktionary

  • Procrustean — Pro·crus·te·an || prəʊ krÊŒstɪən adj. of Procrustes, pertaining to Procrustes (Classical Mythology); of or pertaining to the demand for adherence to a prototype, heartless in disregard for differing circumstances or opinions …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Procrustean bed — something to which people are forced to conform (from the Greek legend of a robber who altered his victims to fit his bed by stretching them or cutting off their legs) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Procrustean — [prə(ʊ) krʌstɪən] adjective enforcing conformity without regard to natural variation or individuality. Origin C19: from the name Procrustes, a robber in Greek mythology who fitted victims to a bed by stretching or cutting off parts of them, + an …   English new terms dictionary

  • procrustean — /proʊˈkrʌstiən/ (say proh krusteeuhn) adjective (also upper case) tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means. {from Procrustes, in Greek legend, a robber who stretched or mutilated his victims to make them conform to the length… …  

  • Procrustean — adj. seeking to enforce uniformity by forceful or ruthless methods. Etymology: Gk Prokroustes, lit. stretcher, f. prokrouo beat out: the name of a legendary robber who fitted victims to a bed by stretching them or cutting off parts of them …   Useful english dictionary

  • Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls? (book) — Infobox Book name = Who Wrote The Dead Sea Scrolls?: The Search For The Secret Of Qumran title orig = translator = image caption = Book cover hardcover (1st US edition) author = Norman Golb illustrator = cover artist = Erich Hobbing country = USA …   Wikipedia

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