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stalemate | undefined |

As a noun stalemate

is (chess) the state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.

As a verb stalemate

is (chess|transitive) to bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

stalemate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
  • Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but does not involve any personal loss.

    • Related terms

    * checkmate * mate * stale

    Verb

    (stalemat)
  • (chess) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
  • (figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
  • * 29 February 2012 , Aidan Foster-Carter, BBC News North Korea: The denuclearisation dance resumes [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17213948]
    • The North Korean nuclear issue, stalemated for the past three years, is now back in play again - not before time.

    See also

    * check

    Anagrams

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    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined