Stride vs False - What's the difference?
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To walk with long steps.
* Dryden
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
* Shakespeare
To straddle; to bestride.
* Shakespeare
A long step.
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(computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
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A jazz piano style of the 1920s and 1930s. The left hand characteristically plays a four-beat pulse with a single bass note, octave, seventh or tenth interval on the first and third beats, and a chord on the second and fourth beats.
English irregular verbs
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Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb stride
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(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.stride
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
- Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.
- a debtor that not dares to stride a limit
- I mean to stride your steed.
Usage notes
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Etymology 2
See the above verb.Noun
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- This stride value is generally equal to the pixel width of the bitmap times the number of bytes per pixel, but for performance reasons it might be rounded
Derived terms
* bestride * * take something in stride * get into one's stride * strides (qualifier)Anagrams
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Adjective
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