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Definition of Peculiarities
1. peculiarity [n] - See also: peculiarity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peculiarities
Literary usage of Peculiarities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The chief peculiarities in the heart of the foetus are the direct ... There are
also several minor peculiarities. Thus, the position of the heart is ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"The presiding Judge confined the witnesses who testified as to the horse tracks
to a description of the peculiarities of the track and the corresponding ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Finally ethnological peculiarities (especially the language and degree of
civilization) were invoked for aid in characterization. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Tnc peculiarities of the Neandertal race are not to be found ; the generally long
dolichocephalic crania have a good vault, and are relatively high without ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Tue peculiarities of the Neandertal race are not to be found ... Linnaeus sought
to establish the characteristic physical and intellectual peculiarities of ..."
6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"The peculiarities of the symptomatology of rheumatism arc therefore important,
not .alone from their own intrinsic interest and their bearing upon the ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Attention may be called to certain peculiarities in these rocks as compared with
world averages. The calcium is uniformly high compared with magnesia. ..."
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