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finer [′fīn·ər] (mathematics) A partitionPof a set is finer than another partitionQof the same set if each member ofPis a subset of a member ofQ. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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IN the evening I started, and drove out to sea before a gentle wind from the southwest, slowly, steadily; and the island grew smaller and smaller, and the lank spire of smoke dwindled to a finer and finer line against the hot sunset. The Partridges declared that they would dig around his vines and make them produce finer grapes. The sealing-wax had gone, and she had become quite black; but black makes one look very slim, and so she thought she was even finer than before. |
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