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Meaning of "Occam" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OCCAM

Occam  [ˈɒkəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCCAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Occam is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCCAM


Beckham
ˈbɛkəm
capsicum
ˈkæpsɪkəm
dinkum
ˈdɪŋkəm
high-income
ˌhaɪˈɪnkəm
hokum
ˈhəʊkəm
locum
ˈləʊkəm
Malcolm
ˈmælkəm
Markham
ˈmɑːkəm
Morecambe
ˈmɔːkəm
Newcomb
ˈnjuːkəm
Ockham
ˈɒkəm
practicum
ˈpræktɪkəm
Shechem
ˈʃɛkəm
skookum
ˈskuːkəm
unwelcome
ʌnˈwɛlkəm
verbascum
vɜːˈbæskəm
viscum
ˈvɪskəm
welcome
ˈwɛlkəm
Welkom
ˈwɛlkəm
Wykeham
ˈwɪkəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCCAM

OCAS
Occam´s razor
occamy
occasion
occasional
occasional licence
occasional table
occasionalism
occasionalist
occasionality
occasionally
occasioner
occasions
occident
occidental
Occidentalisation
Occidentalise
Occidentalism
Occidentalist
Occidentalization

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCCAM

Betacam
caimacam
cam
digicam
minicam
nanny cam
phonecam
scam
snail cam
Steadicam
videocam
webcam

Synonyms and antonyms of Occam in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Occam» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCCAM

Find out the translation of Occam to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Occam from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Occam» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奥卡姆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Occam
570 millions of speakers

English

Occam
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Occam
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أوكام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Оккам
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Occam
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Occam
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Occam
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Occam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Occam
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オッカム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오캄
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Occam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Occam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Occam
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओकएम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Occam
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Occam
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Occam
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Оккам
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Occam
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Occam
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Occam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Occam
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Occam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Occam

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCAM»

The term «Occam» is regularly used and occupies the 80.670 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCCAM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Occam

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCCAM»

Discover the use of Occam in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Occam and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Occam's Razor
GENRE: Adventure/Fantasy/Love Story A famous oceanographer/environmentalist and his crew think they have discovered Atlantis.
Michael James Martineau, 2005
2
Occam's Razor
The discovery of an apparently homeless man's body in downtown Brattleboro leads Detective Joe Gunther and his squad to investigate possible suspects from the down-and-out types in a local bar to gubernatorial candidates in Montpelier.
Archer Mayor, 2007
3
Transputer and Occam Developments
This volume covers a wide range of transputer and occam related topics. Three papers discuss the porting and development of the occam language.
World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting, Patrick Nixon, 1995
4
Occam and the Transputers, Current Developments: WoTUG-14, ...
J. Edwards, Ed. IOS Press, 199} The Advancement of Transputers and Occam Janet EDWARDS and Philip LAWSON Department of Computer Studies, University of Technology Loughborough, Leicestershire, LEI 1 3TU, England Abstract.
World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting, Janet Edwards, 1991
5
Progress in Transputer and Occam Research: WoTUG-17 : ...
WoTUG-17 : Proceedings of the 17th World Occam and Transputer User Group Technical Meeting, 10th-13st April 1994, Bristol, UK World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting Roger Miles, Alan Chalmers ...
World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting, Roger Miles, Alan Chalmers, 1994
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Transputer/Occam Japan 5: Proceedings of the 5th ...
Proceedings of the 5th Transputer/Occam International Conference, 10th-11th June 1993, Osaka, Japan S. Noguchi, M. Yamamoto. Results The RRS system was tested in a test environment consisting of a model of the ship and an interface ...
S. Noguchi, M. Yamamoto, 1993
7
Transputer and Occam Research: New Directions : WoTUG-16 : ...
New Directions : WoTUG-16 : Proceedings of the 16th World Occam and Transputer User Group Technical Meeting, 28th-31st March 1993, Sheffield, UK World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting Jon Kerridge. J. Kerridge ...
World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting, Jon Kerridge, 1993
8
Occam 2
Presents a structured introduction to OCCAM 2, the parallel programming language specifically designed for the novel architecture microprocessor.
John Galletly, 1996
9
Allusions in Ulysses: An Annotated List
32:13-14). 40.13/41.12 DAN OCCAM . . . THE IMP HYPOSTASIS TICKLED HIS BRAIN William of Occam (d. 1 349? ) was an English scholastic philosopher and theologian who is best known for his principle of methodological simplicity known  ...
Weldon Thornton, 1968
10
Parallel Processing Developments: WoTUG-19 : Proceedings of ...
WoTUG-19 : Proceedings of the 19th World Occam and Transputer User Group Technical Meeting, 31st March-3rd April 1996, Nottingham, UK World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting Brian C. O'Neill. BC. O'Neill (Ed. I ...
World Occam and Transputer User Group. Technical Meeting, Brian C. O'Neill, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCCAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Occam is used in the context of the following news items.
1
5 Easy Solutions to the Most Annoying Travel Problems
Travel offers us a chance to test our patience, and put Occam's Razor to the test out in the wild. So, let's explore this a bit, shall we? We've put ... «The Cheat Sheet, Jul 15»
2
Update Google Nexus 4 With Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Pure AOSP …
Make sure your Nexus 4 (occam only) is rooted and has a custom recovery such as ClockworkMod, pre-installed. The process will wipe out the ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
3
John Derbyshire On The Prescriptive Poverty of the Social Sciences
Doesn't Occam's Razor suggest that the mechanism of transmission is likely biological? Don't red-haired parents transmit red hair to their kids? «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
4
Art Briles: Lack of 'brand name' kept Baylor, TCU out of playoff
If we're applying Occam's Razor to the committee's thinking, is it more likely that even after weeks of poring over team resumes and game film, ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
5
2016 Orbea Rallon – evolution, not revolution
... so it's fair to say that the model has undergone 'tweaks' this year, as opposed to the substantial overhaul enjoyed by the Occam range. «Singletrack, Jul 15»
6
ELIoT: Distributed Programming for the Internet of Things
... Pure (pattern matching), BASIC (no stinking parentheses in the syntax), and dozens of others, e.g. Ada, Hop, Haskell, C/C++, Java, Occam, ... «InfoQ.com, Jul 15»
7
Andrea Mitchell Is Trying To Figure Out Why Muhammad Youssuf …
Occam and his razor can go climb a tree. Andrea Mitchell is a hard-hitting journalist, and she's going to get to the bottom of this shooting in ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
8
Dr. Klontz's Financial Therapy Aims to Cure Your Clients' Fear of …
A managing partner in Occidental Asset Management (OCCAM), Michigan-born Klontz is an associate professor of personal financial planning ... «ThinkAdvisor, Jul 15»
9
A Propellantless Propulsion Lunar Prize
From this perspective per Occam's razor, g=tau.c^2 and Ni fields are on the right track, and point to a simplicity that is astonishing. The simplicity ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Obama Foreign Policy Vaccum Has Let Islamic Extremists Run Wild
The evidence is sparse, but Occam's razor would indicate the answer to be yes. Isa Munayev, the Chechen leader of the Dzhokhar Dudayev ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»

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