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Definition of Explanations
1. explanation [n] - See also: explanation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Explanations
Literary usage of Explanations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"5, pt i, plates and explanations, pi. 65, fig. 22, 29. Hall. Paleontology of New
York. 1885. v. 5, pt i, pi. 65, fig. 22, 29. Hamilton beds Canandaigua lake ..."
2. 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)
"All such artificial explanations of the terms of the Mosaic legislation are legal,
or Halachic, Midrashim. Distinct from this general kind of Midrashim are ..."
3. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"... Dreams and Premonitions - 256 explanations IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE. By James H.
Hyslop. Man is never satisfied to let what he sees, feels, or hears alone. ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"If it is satisfactory to your minds, if he made satisfactory explanations, then
possession would not be proof of his guilt, but if it is not satisfactory, ..."
5. A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century by John Theodore Merz (1903)
"he discusses the possibility of ultimate mechanical explanations. Of these,
according to his view, an " infinity " is always possible. ..."
6. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1840)
"Iiis explanations—Politics of the Princes of Candahar and ... of that measure —Siege
of Hera! raised—explanations demanded by Lord ..."
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