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narrowing

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narrowing - Unification followed by unfolding. The left-hand side of a rule is unified with some term, resulting in a set of variable bindings. The term is then replaced by the right-hand side of the rule with values substituted for bound variables.
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Under all this grim melancholy and narrowing concentration of desire, Mr.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
My thoughts of her and of others were the forbearing thoughts of a man whose mind was withdrawn already from the world, whose views were narrowing fast to the one idea of his own death.
The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context
So, year after year, Silas Marner had lived in this solitude, his guineas rising in the iron pot, and his life narrowing and hardening itself more and more into a mere pulsation of desire and satisfaction that had no relation to any other being.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
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