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  • 21context — noun (C) 1 the situation, events, or information that are related to something, and that help you to understand it better: These changes must be seen in their historical and social context. | in context (=considered together with the related… …

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  • 22context — con|text [ kan,tekst ] noun count or uncount *** 1. ) the general situation in which something happens, which helps explain it: These events are meaningless outside their historical context. in context: The decline in the stock market, though… …

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  • 23context*/*/ — [ˈkɒntekst] noun [C/U] 1) the general situation in which something happens, that helps to explain it the historical context of the events[/ex] This fall in prices has to be seen in context.[/ex] 2) the words surrounding a particular word, that… …

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  • 24context — noun 1) the wider historical context Syn: circumstances, conditions, factors, state of affairs, situation, background, scene, setting 2) a quote taken out of context Syn: frame of reference, contextual relationship; …

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  • 25context — n. 1 the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning. 2 the circumstances relevant to something under consideration (must be seen in context). Phrases and idioms: out of… …

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  • 26context — contextless, adj. /kon tekst/, n. 1. the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect: You have misinterpreted my remark because you took it out of context. 2 …

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  • 27Context-sensitive half-life — or context sensitive half time is defined as the time taken for blood plasma concentration of a drug to decline by one half after an infusion designed to maintain a steady state (i.e. a constant plasma concentration) has been stopped. The context …

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  • 28Context-aware pervasive systems — Context aware computing refers to a general class of mobile systems that can sense their physical environment, and adapt their behavior accordingly. Such systems are a component of a ubiquitous computing or pervasive computing environment. Three… …

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  • 29Context Sensitive Solutions — (CSS) is a theoretical and practical approach to transportation decision making and design that takes into consideration the communities and lands which streets, roads, and highways pass through ( the context ). The term is closely related to but …

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  • 30Context-sensitive solutions (transport) — Context sensitive solutions (CSS) is a theoretical and practical approach to transportation decision making and design that takes into consideration the communities and lands which streets, roads, and highways pass through ( the context ). The… …

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