Definition of ambiguity. Meaning of ambiguity. Synonyms of ambiguity

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Unambiguity
Unambiguity Un*am`bi*gu"i*ty, n. Absence of ambiguity; clearness; perspicuity.

Meaning of ambiguity from wikipedia

- "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...