[でんりょくせいげん, denryokuseigen] power limitation, power restriction [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Imitation \Im"i*ta"tion\, n. [L. imitatio: cf. F. imitation.]
1. The act of imitating.
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Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say,
a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth.
--Sir P.
Sidney.
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2. That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is
made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or
for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
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Both these arts are not only true imitations of
nature, but of the best nature. --Dryden.
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3. (Mus.) One of the principal means of securing unity and
consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of
essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on
different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other
parts of voises. Cf. {Canon}.
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4. (Biol.) The act of condition of imitating another species
of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See {Imitate},
v. t., 3.
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Note: Imitation is often used adjectively to characterize
things which have a deceptive appearance, simulating
the qualities of a superior article; -- opposed to
{real} or {genuine}; as, imitation lace; imitation
bronze; imitation modesty, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imitation
adj 1: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine
article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic
fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with
imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator
hide" [syn: {fake}, {false}, {faux}, {imitation},
{simulated}]
n 1: the doctrine that representations of nature or human
behavior should be accurate imitations [ant: {formalism}]
2: something copied or derived from an original
3: copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
4: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic
effect [syn: {caricature}, {imitation}, {impersonation}]
From Danish-English Freedict dictionary [fd-dan-eng]:
imitation
imitation