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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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paradox statement or tenet contrary to received opinion; proposition on the face of it (in pop. use, actually) self-contradictory XVI; phenomenon conflicting with preconceived notions XVII. — late L.
paradoxum,
-doxon, sb. use of n. of
paradoxus — Gr.
parádoxos, f.
PARA-1 +
dóxa opinion.
Hence
paradoxical XVI.
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Paradox 5.0 for Windows Voted Best Buy; Borland's Paradox Earns International Acclaim; Announces Kanji Version.
Business Wire; 2/6/1995; 700+ words
; ...1995--Borland International Inc.'s Paradox 5.0 for Windows was awarded Computer...Computer Shopper's 1.8 million readers. Paradox is Borland's award-winning PC-based...Shopper reports, "The newly released Paradox 5.0 for Windows advances the product...
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Corel Paradox 8 Brings Data Management to the Desktop.
Business Wire; 9/9/1997; 700+ words
; ...the data-handling power of Corel(R) Paradox(R) 8 to complete tasks, build applications...standalone product across North America. Corel Paradox 8 runs on Windows(R) 95 and Windows...and dealers may sell for less. Corel Paradox 8 is also integrated with Corel WordPerfect...
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COREL: Paradox 9 is now on store shelves.
M2 Presswire; 6/8/1999; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-8 June 1999-COREL: Paradox 9 is now on store shelves (C)1994...COSFF, TSE: COS) today announced that Paradox 9, an easy-to-use relational database...is on store shelves in North America. Paradox 9 allows users to store and retrieve data...
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Quantum quasi-paradoxes and quantum Sorites paradoxes.
Magazine article from: Progress in Physics; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...completely proven as a paradox. We present herein...quantum quasi-paradoxes and their corresponding...premises". Some paradoxes require the revision...conception (Russell's paradox, Cantor's paradox...statement, while a paradox is a formal contradictory...quantum ...
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Borland Paradox Engine and Database Framework 3.0. (Software Review) (Development Tools)(includes related article on incorporating the Engine and Framework) (Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 6/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; Borland Paradox Engine and Database Framework 3.0 Borland...space. As its name implies, the Borland Paradox Engine and Database Framework actually consists of two parts. The first, the Paradox Engine, is the foundation that the second...
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Paradox dresses for corporate success. (Borland International Inc.'s Paradox for Windows Workgroup Edition 4.5 database application development system) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 4/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; Paradox for Windows 4.5, Workgroup Edition Borland...15Mb hard disk space; Windows 3.1 or higher. Paradox for Windows 4.5, Workgroup Edition, marks a giant step forward in Paradox's evolution into a powerful Windows relational...
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BORLAND ANNOUNCES PARADOX 7 FOR WINDOWS 3.1 & WINDOWS FOR WORKGROUPS; Desktop Database "Product of the Year" Brings Unmatched Ease-of-Use to 16-Bit Windows.
Business Wire; 4/16/1996; 700+ words
; ...today announced a new 16-bit version of Paradox 7 for Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups...compatibility with Borland's award-winning Paradox 7 for Windows 95 & Windows NT...of BAPALS and other Northern California Paradox user groups in conjunction with the DB...
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The paradox of ROI and decreased spending in the ad industry.(return on investment)(Viewpoint essay)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Business; 9/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...conflicting concepts in this paradox, this theory actually makes...actually decreases. Thus the Paradox of Thrift: Increased savings...overall population. Other paradoxes exist in the world we live...Windows environment, it is a paradox that when we want to shut down...
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Paradox found. (contradictions in managing a small business)(Management: Leading Edge)
Magazine article from: Entrepreneur; 2/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...is about managing paradoxes." Paradoxical Origins The word "paradox" comes from the...as paradoxical. Paradoxes go back a long way...Elea posed this paradox 2,500 years ago...right answer." Paradox Pluses Dauphinais...handful of basic paradoxes they say underlie...
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Escaping Paradox; How to Think Your Way Out of Logical Traps
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/13/1999; ; 700+ words
; "Paradox" is one of those words, like "fabulous...read, for example, of the "productivity paradox" -- that the massive and steadily increasing...observation may be surprising, but it is no paradox. The explanation lies in the fact that...
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Paradox
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...implicit conclusion of a paradox is that A = not-A...began investigating the paradoxes of communication in...distinguish two kinds of paradox: logical paradox and...paradoxes are practical paradoxes. We distinguish paradoxical...introduction of the concept of paradox into ...
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Paradox of Voting
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Paradox of Voting The most common form of the paradox of voting refers to a situation where the outcome of majority...ordering of preferences over the alternative options. The paradox is that although individual preferences are transitive...
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French Paradox
Book article from: Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
French Paradox The term French paradox refers to the observation that although the French eat similar...smoking minimize the risk of heart attacks, which makes this paradox difficult to understand. Studies suggest that one of the reasons...
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EPR Paradox
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
EPR PARADOX EPR paradox is a seeming paradox conceived as a thought experiment by Albert Einstein (1879–1955), Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen in 1935 as a challenge to the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics. The title...
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Pasinetti Paradox
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Pasinetti Paradox The Pasinetti Paradox arises in a model of an idealized economy inhabited by two distinct...underlying technology of the economy, which constitutes the Pasinetti Paradox. It has been at the center of a lively controversy between two...
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