paradox \par"a*dox\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks), n.; pl. paradoxes
(p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks*[e^]z). [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr.
Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n
to think, suppose, imagine. See Para-, and Dogma.]
A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an
assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to
common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd,
but yet may be true in fact.
[1913 Webster]
A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
--Hooker.
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This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
proof. --Shak.
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Hydrostatic paradox. See under Hydrostatic.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paradox
n : (logic) a self-contradiction; "`I always lie' is a paradox
because if it is true it must be false"
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradox":
Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy,
asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion,
disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, heresy,
heterodoxy, heterogeneity, hopelessness, impossibility, impossible,
impossibleness, incoherence, incommensurability, incompatibility,
inconceivability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, irony,
irreconcilability, knot, knotty point, mystery, no chance, node,
nodus, nonconformability, nonconformity, nonplus, oxymoron,
perplexity, pons asinorum, poser, problem, puzzle, quandary,
self-contradiction, teaser, the impossible, unconformability,
unconformity, unimaginability, unorthodoxy, unthinkability,
vexed question, what cannot be, what cannot happen
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Paradox
A relational database for Microsoft Windows,
originally from Borland.
Paradox 5 ran on Microsoft Windows [version?] and provided a
graphical environment, a debugger, a data modelling tool,
and many "ObjectPAL" commands.
Paradox 7 ran under Windows 95 and Windows NT.
Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a Corel
product).
Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm).
[Update?]
(1996-05-27)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
paradox
An apparently sound argument leading to a
contradiction.
Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the liar
paradox. Most paradoxes stem from some kind of
self-reference.
Smarandache Linguistic Paradox
(http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm).
(1999-11-05)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
Paradox, NY
Zip code(s): 12858
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
banach-tarski paradox, epr paradox, fermi paradox, leontief paradox, paradox entertainment, paradox interactive, paradox of thrift, st. petersburg paradox, voting paradox
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