Definition of example

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Example (n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples..

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Exemplarily :: Exemplarily (adv.) In a manner fitted or designed to be an example for imitation or for warning; by way of example.
Centriscoid :: Centriscoid (a.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example..
Apophasis :: Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.].
Absolution :: Absolution (n.) An absolving from ecclesiastical penalties, -- for example, excommunication..
Anacardiaceous :: Anacardiaceous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples..
Cycadaceous :: Cycadaceous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example..
Praxis :: Praxis (n.) An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice..
Ratitae :: Ratitae (n. pl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples..
Bignoniaceous :: Bignoniaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example..
Unexampled :: Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Exemplify :: Exemplify (v. t.) To show or illustrate by example.
Example :: Example (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Ensample :: Ensample (v. t.) To exemplify, to show by example..
Example :: Example (n.) One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
Copier :: Copier (n.) An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist..
Epimere :: Epimere (n.) One of the segments of the transverse axis, or the so called homonymous parts; as, for example, one of the several segments of the extremities in vertebrates, or one of the similar segments in plants, such as the segments of a segmented leaf..
Instance :: Instance (v. i.) To give an example.
Instance :: Instance (n.) That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
Labroid :: Labroid (a.) Like the genus Labrus; belonging to the family Labridae, an extensive family of marine fishes, often brilliantly colored, which are very abundant in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The tautog and cunner are American examples..
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