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Perfection Giotto’s O perfect circle drawn effortlessly by Giotto. [Ital. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 463]
or section a proportion between the length and width of a rectangle or two portions of a line, said to be ideal. [Fine Arts: Misc.] poet who has no earthly rival in his claim to being quite perfect. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan Patience] score of one stroke for a hole in golf. [Sports: Webster’s Sports, 215] son of God; personification of human flawlessness. [Christian Hist.: NCE, 1412] where the dominant passes into the harmony of the tonic chord. [Music: Thompson, 333] sorrow for sin, coming from a love of God for His own perfections. [Christianity: Misc.] baseball game in which all opposing batters are put out in succession. [Sports: Webster’s Sports, 311] equal in value to the sum of those natural numbers that are less than the given number but that also divide (with zero remainder) the given number. [Math.: EB, VII: 872] best possible hand in poker; one-suited hand from ten to ace. [Cards: Brewer Dictionary, 940] Nietzsche’s ideal being, a type that would arise when man succeeds in surpassing himself. [Ger. Phil.: Thus Spake Zarathustra in Magill III, 1069] bowling game of twelve consecutive strikes, scoring maximum 300 points. [Sports: Webster’s Sports, 311] 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 addition to NCLB reporting, we'd rate our country on making adequate yearly progress toward flawlessness by 2013 in the following categories. The old smoothies got together again for the new ``Run That By Me,'' and while not as perfectly countrypolitan polished as ``Rose,'' this scruffier after-hours (but still sober) affair has an old-boys-ain't-lost-it flawlessness that's a joy. The eerie flawlessness of chipboard support is at odds with its quotidian design, a veneer of smooth white melamine reproducing the functional/functionless, five-minutes-into-the-future look to perfection. |
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