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Definition: Pertinency |
PertinencyNoun1. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pertinency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | The usefulness of a relevant document at a particular time to a particular inquirer. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PertinencySynonyms: applicability (n), pertinence (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inapplicability (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "pertinency"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | të qenët me vend (pertinence, suitability), lidhje me çështjen (pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brugerspecifik relevans (pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pertinentie (pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | soveltuvuus (suitability), osuvuus (pertinence), merkityksellisyys (pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pertinence (pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Angemessenheit (adequacy, appropriateness, aptness, commensurability, commensurateness, congenialness, expedience, expediency, fairness, fitness, reasonableness, suitability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταλληλότητα (adequacy, appropriateness, aptness, fitness, properness, suitability), σχέση (affinity, association, bearing, communion, concern, connection, dealings, pertinence, ratio, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pertinenza (pertinence, relevancy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ertinencypay pertinência (pertinence, relevance, relevancy), justeza (adequacy, pertinent, precision, props), concernência (pertinence). (various references) релевантность (relevance). (various references) pertinencia (applicability, dispassion, pertinence, relevance, relevancy). (various references) användarspecifik relevans (pertinence). (various references) зв'язок (association, bonding, bracer, catena, chain, coherence, communication, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, join, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, pertinence, rapport, relationship, thread, tie), доречність (appropriateness, aptitude, aptness, fitness, happiness, pertinence, propriety, relevance, relevancy, rightness). (various references) sự thích hợp (adequacy, adequateness, appropriateness, congruity, congurence, fitness, pertinence, propriety, relevance, relevancy, suitability, suitableness), sự thích đáng (adequacy, adequateness, appropriateness, aptness, pertinence, propriety, relevance, relevancy), sự đúng chỗ (aptness, pertinence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "pertinency": impertinency. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-p-r-t-y" | |
-1 letter: renitency. | |
-2 letters: incenter, prentice, terpenic. | |
-3 letters: centner, encrypt, enteric, enticer, interne, percent, precent, pyretic, receipt, yperite. | |
-4 letters: center, centre, cerite, creepy, crepey, cretin, ectype, entice, entire, incept, intern, nicety, ninety, nitery, pecten, pectin, penner, piecer, pierce, pincer, pinene, pinery, pinner, pricey, prince, pterin, pyrene, pyrite, recent, recept, recipe, recite, rennet, repent, repine, retine, retype. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-n-n-p-r-t-y" | |
+2 letters: impertinency. | |
+5 letters: contemporaneity, interdependency, phenylketonuric, superintendency. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 72 74 69 6E 65 6E 63 79 |
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