- "two", as in "two meanings"). The
concept of
ambiguity is
generally contrasted with vagueness. In
ambiguity,
specific and
distinct interpretations are permitted...
-
Syntactic ambiguity, also
known as
structural ambiguity, amphiboly, or amphibology, is
characterized by the
potential for a
sentence to
yield multiple...
- inexactness.
Ambiguity also may
refer to:
Ambiguity (album)
Ambiguity (horse), 20th-cen.
racer Ambiguity (law),
contract law
situation Ambiguous name, botanical...
-
Ambiguity occurs when a
single word or
phrase may be
interpreted in two or more ways. As law
frequently involves lengthy,
complex texts,
ambiguity is common...
-
Delphic ambiguity is
forecasting which is
heavily qualified or
subject to misinterpretation—a
practice attributed to an
oracle of Delphi, who answered...
- convention, so
there is no
ambiguity in the
semantics of the language,
though the use of a p****r
generator may lead to
ambiguous grammars. In
these cases...
- and economics,
ambiguity aversion (also
known as
uncertainty aversion) is a
preference for
known risks over
unknown risks. An
ambiguity-averse individual...
- The
ambiguity effect is a
cognitive tendency where decision making is
affected by a lack of information, or "
ambiguity". The
effect implies that people...
- Pierre; or, The
Ambiguities is the
seventh book by
American writer Herman Melville,
first published in New York in 1852. The novel,
which uses many conventions...
- of
Ambiguity ushered in New
Criticism in the
United States. The book is a
guide to a
style of
literary criticism practiced by Empson. An
ambiguity is...