| AFFIRMATION | • affirmation n. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true. • affirmation n. (Law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath. • affirmation n. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion. |
| AFFIRMATIVE | • affirmative adj. Pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming. • affirmative adj. Pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result. • affirmative adj. Positive. |
| DEFORMATION | • deformation n. The act of deforming, or state of being deformed. • deformation n. A transformation; change of shape. • DEFORMATION n. alteration of form or shape. |
| DEFORMATIVE | • DEFORMATIVE adj. tending to deform. |
| FORMATIONAL | • formational adj. Of or pertaining to formation (in any of many contexts). • FORMATIONAL adj. relating to formation. |
| FORMATIVELY | • formatively adv. In a formative manner. • FORMATIVE adv. tending to form. |
| INFORMATICS | • informatics n. (Computing) A branch of information science and of computer science that focuses on the study of information… • INFORMATICS n. information science. |
| INFORMATION | • information n. That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is". • information n. Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something. • information n. The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification. |
| INFORMATISE | • informatise v. Alternative form of informatize. • INFORMATISE v. to convert (something) into data or information, esp. for analysis, processing, or consumption by computers, also INFORMATIZE. |
| INFORMATIVE | • informative adj. Providing information; especially, providing useful or interesting information. • informative adj. (In standards and specifications) Not specifying requirements, but merely providing information. • informative adj. (Obsolete) Formative; having power to form. |
| INFORMATIZE | • informatize v. (Transitive) To make informational, or treat in terms of informatics. • INFORMATIZE v. to convert (something) into data or information, esp. for analysis, processing, or consumption by computers, also INFORMATISE. |
| NORMATIVELY | • normatively adv. In a normative manner or context. • NORMATIVE adv. of or relating to a norm; establishing a standard. |
| REFORMATION | • reformation n. An improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices… • reformation n. (Law) Change or correction, by a court in equity, to a written instrument to conform to the original… • Reformation prop.n. (Historical) The religious movement initiated in the 16th century against the Roman Catholic Church. |
| REFORMATIVE | • reformative adj. That serves to reform or correct. • REFORMATIVE adj. intended or tending to reform. |
| SPERMATICAL | • spermatical adj. Spermatic. • SPERMATICAL adj. pertaining to sperm, also SPERMATIC, SPERMIC, SPERMOUS. |