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Expression
Expression Ex*pres"sion ([e^]ks*pr[e^]sh"[u^]n), n. [L.
expressio: cf. F. expression.]
1. The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure;
as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting
or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
2. The act of declaring or signifying; declaration;
utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
With this tone of philosophy were mingled
expressions of sympathy. --Prescott.
3. Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or
feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication,
whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner
or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas
and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her
performance on the piano has expression.
The imitators of Shakespeare, fixing their attention
on his wonderful power of expression, have directed
their imitation to this. --M. Arnold.
4. That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a
work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or
feeling. ``The expression of an eye.'
Meaning of Expression from wikipedia
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Expression may
refer to:
Expression (linguistics), a word, phrase, or
sentence Fixed expression, a form of
words with a
specific meaning Idiom, a type...
- A
regular expression (shortened as
regex or regexp;
sometimes referred to as
rational expression) is a
sequence of
characters that
specifies a
search pattern...
- Gene
expression is the
process by
which information from a gene is used in the
synthesis of a
functional gene
product that
enables it to
produce end products...
- A
facial expression is one or more
motions or
positions of the
muscles beneath the skin of the face.
According to one set of
controversial theories, these...
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Heterologous expression refers to the
expression of a gene or part of a gene in a host
organism which does not
naturally have this gene or gene fragment...
- of retaliation, censorship, or
legal sanction. The
right to
freedom of
expression has been
recognised as a
human right in the
Universal Declaration of Human...
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Boolean Expression Language, an
obsolete hardware description language for
hardware descriptions Data
Analysis Expressions (DAX), an
expression language...
- The
Expressions may
refer to: The
Expressions,
American rhythm &
blues band that
backed Lee
Fields The
Expression,
Australian synth-pop band This disambiguation...
- An
expression vector,
otherwise known as an
expression construct, is
usually a
plasmid or
virus designed for gene
expression in cells. The
vector is used...
- In
computer science, a
Boolean expression is an
expression used in
programming languages that
produces a
Boolean value when evaluated. A
Boolean value...
