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finer

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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.
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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 Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
The Partridges declared that they would dig around his vines and make them produce finer grapes.
Fables by Aesop View in context
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.
The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context
 
 
 
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