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Definition of Tendency

Tendency
Tendency Tend"en*cy, n.; pl. Tendencies. [L. tendents, -entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move.] Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. --Addison. In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection. --Macaulay. Syn: Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.

Meaning of Tendency from wikipedia

- In statistics, a central tendency (or measure of central tendency) is a central or typical value for a probability distribution. It may also be called...
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- Tendency or tendencies may refer to: Bleeding tendency, an unusual susceptibility to bleeding Central tendency, a central or typical value for a probability...
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- The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of a group of historically Trotskyist organizations which cooperate politically and organizationally with...
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- tendency principle is a test which permits restriction of freedom of speech by government if it is believed that a form of speech has a sole tendency...
- A tendency film (傾向映画, keikō-eiga) is a name given to the socially conscious, left-leaning films produced in ****an during the 1920s and 1930s. These were...
- Revolutionary Tendency was the name of at least two internal factions within Trotskyist organizations in the United States. Revolutionary Tendency (SWP) which...
- Democrats, USA a year before. The party is officially committed to multi-tendency democratic socialism. Along with its predecessor, the Socialist Party USA...
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