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ODDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eccentricity that is not easily explained
Synonyms:
oddity; oddness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("oddness" is a kind of...):
eccentricity (strange and unconventional behavior)
Derivation:
odd (not easily explained)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The parity of odd numbers (not divisible by two)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("oddness" is a kind of...):
parity ((mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity)
Derivation:
odd (not divisible by two)
