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ODD(1) (Optical Digital Disc) See optical disc. odd 1. a. not divisible by two b. represented or indicated by a number that is not divisible by two 2. Maths (of a function) changing sign but not absolute value when the sign of the independent variable is changed, as in y=x3 3. Golf a. one stroke more than the score of one's opponent b. an advantage or handicap of one stroke added to or taken away from a player's score 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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These fellows, knowing the extravagant gullibility of the age, set their wits to work in the imagination of improbable possibilities - of odd accidents, as they term them; but to a reflecting intellect(like mine," I added, in parenthesis, putting my forefinger unconsciously to the side of my nose,) "to a contemplative understanding such as I myself possess, it seems evident at once that the marvelous increase of late in these 'odd accidents' is by far the oddest accident of all. Then they had passed a church and a vicarage and a little shop-window or so in a cottage with toys and sweets and odd things set our for sale. cried the mouse, 'that is a very odd and uncommon name, is it a usual one in your family? |
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