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Definition: Path Of Least Resistance |
Path Of Least ResistanceNoun1. The easiest way; "In marrying him she simply took the path of least resistance". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Path Of Least ResistanceSynonym: line of least resistance (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | And I wouldn't be doing my job if I let Dawson and Downey spent any more time in prison than absolutely necessary because their lawyer had predetermined the path of least resistance. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | Never settle for the path of least resistance ("I Hope You Dance"; performing artist: Lee Ann Womack) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Open water to left, bare tundra to the right Weasel takes path of least resistance over strip of snow.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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Samuel Butler | Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance. |
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Health | Following surgery, the semen takes the path of least resistance and enters the wider opening to the bladder rather than being expelled through the penis. (references) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
the path of least resistance | 6 |
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Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-e-e-e-f-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-s-s-t-t-t" | |
-5 letters: theatricalnesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 74 68      4F 66      4C 65 61 73 74      52 65 73 69 73 74 61 6E 63 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01001100 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110100 00100000 01010010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a t h   O f   L e a s t   R e s i s t a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0074 0068      004F 0066      004C 0065 0061 0073 0074      0052 0065 0073 0069 0073 0074 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506786742497224671678586252718575858667806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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