Paradox

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  paradox \par"a*dox\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks), n.; pl. {paradoxes}
     (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[o^]ks*[e^]z). [F. paradoxe, L. paradoxum, fr.
     Gr. para`doxon; para` beside, beyond, contrary to + dokei^n
     to think, suppose, imagine. See {Para-}, and {Dogma}.]
     A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an
     assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to


     common sense; that which in appearance or terms is absurd,
     but yet may be true in fact.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A gloss there is to color that paradox, and make it
           appear in show not to be altogether unreasonable.
                                                    --Hooker.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it
           proof.                                   --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hydrostatic paradox}. See under {Hydrostatic}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paradox
       n : (logic) a self-contradiction; "`I always lie' is a paradox
           because if it is true it must be false"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "paradox":
     Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy,
     asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion,
     disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, heresy,
     heterodoxy, heterogeneity, hopelessness, impossibility, impossible,
     impossibleness, incoherence, incommensurability, incompatibility,
     inconceivability, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, irony,
     irreconcilability, knot, knotty point, mystery, no chance, node,
     nodus, nonconformability, nonconformity, nonplus, oxymoron,
     perplexity, pons asinorum, poser, problem, puzzle, quandary,
     self-contradiction, teaser, the impossible, unconformability,
     unconformity, unimaginability, unorthodoxy, unthinkability,
     vexed question, what cannot be, what cannot happen
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Paradox
       
           A {relational database} for {Microsoft Windows},
          originally from {Borland}.
       
          Paradox 5 ran on {Microsoft Windows} [version?] and provided a
          graphical environment, a debugger, a {data modelling} tool,
          and many "ObjectPAL" commands.
       
          Paradox 7 ran under {Windows 95} and {Windows NT}.
       
          Latest version: Paradox 9, as of 2000-02-10 (a {Corel}
          product).
       
          {Home (http://www.corel.com/paradox9/index.htm)}.
       
          [Update?]
       
          (1996-05-27)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  paradox
       
           An apparently sound argument leading to a
          {contradiction}.
       
          Some famous examples are {Russell's paradox} and the {liar
          paradox}.  Most paradoxes stem from some kind of
          {self-reference}.
       
          {Smarandache Linguistic Paradox
          (http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/Paradox.htm)}.
       
          (1999-11-05)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Paradox, NY
    Zip code(s): 12858