mundanity | (noun) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | Synonyms: mundaneness, sophistication, worldliness |
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(noun) the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | Synonyms: mundaneness, ordinariness |
municipality | (noun) people living in a town or city having local self-government | - |
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(noun) an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government | - |
muscularity | (noun) possessing muscular strength | Synonyms: brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscle, sinew |
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(noun) an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) | Synonyms: energy, vigor, vigour, vim |
(noun) the physiological state of having or consisting of muscle | - |
musicality | (noun) the property of sounding like music | Synonyms: musicalness |
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mutability | (noun) the quality of being capable of mutation | Synonyms: mutableness |
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mutuality | (noun) a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) | Synonyms: interdependence, interdependency |
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(noun) a reciprocality of sentiments | Synonyms: mutualness |
nasality | (noun) a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators | - |
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natality | (noun) the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year | Synonyms: birth rate, birthrate, fertility, fertility rate |
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nationality | (noun) people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | - |
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(noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization | - |
nativity | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: birth, nascence, nascency |
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navigability | (noun) the quality of being suitable for the passage of a ship or aircraft | - |
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necessity | (noun) anything indispensable | Synonyms: essential, necessary, requirement, requisite |
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(noun) the condition of being essential or indispensable | - |
negativity | (noun) characterized by habitual skepticism and a disagreeable tendency to deny or oppose or resist suggestions or commands | Synonyms: negativeness, negativism |
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(noun) (chemistry) the tendency of an atom or radical to attract electrons in the formation of an ionic bond | Synonyms: electronegativity |
(noun) an amount less than zero | Synonyms: negativeness |
(noun) the character of the negative electric pole | Synonyms: negativeness |
neutrality | (noun) nonparticipation in a dispute or war | - |
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(noun) pH value of 7 | - |
(noun) tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement | Synonyms: disinterest |
nihility | (noun) the state of nonexistence | Synonyms: nothingness, nullity, void |
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nobility | (noun) the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | Synonyms: grandeur, magnanimousness, nobleness |
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(noun) a privileged class holding hereditary titles | Synonyms: aristocracy |
(noun) the state of being of noble birth | Synonyms: noblesse |
nonconformity | (noun) failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior | Synonyms: nonconformance |
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(noun) unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values | - |
(noun) a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs | Synonyms: nonconformance, nonconformism |
(noun) lack of harmony or correspondence | - |
nonentity | (noun) a person of no influence | Synonyms: cipher, cypher, nobody |
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(noun) the state of not existing | Synonyms: nonexistence |
nonidentity | (noun) Difference, distinction; failure to be identical. | - |
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nonoptimality | (noun) The state of not being best, most favourable or desirable. | - |
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nonsensicality | (noun) a message that seems to convey no meaning | Synonyms: bunk, hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense |
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nontoxicity | (noun) The state or condition of not being toxic or poisonous. | - |
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nonuniformity | (noun) the quality of being diverse and interesting | - |
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normality | (noun) expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common | Synonyms: normalcy |
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(noun) conformity with the norm | - |
(noun) (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter | Synonyms: N |
(noun) being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | Synonyms: normalcy |
notability | (noun) a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | Synonyms: guiding light, leading light, luminary, notable |
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noticeability | (noun) the property of being easy to see and understand | Synonyms: noticeableness, obviousness, patency |
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nudity | (noun) the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind | Synonyms: nakedness, nudeness |
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nullity | (noun) something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity) | - |
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(noun) the state of nonexistence | Synonyms: nihility, nothingness, void |
numerosity | (noun) a large number | Synonyms: multiplicity, numerousness |
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obesity | (noun) more than average fatness | Synonyms: corpulency, fleshiness |
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objectivity | (noun) judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | Synonyms: objectiveness |
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obliquity | (noun) the quality of being deceptive | Synonyms: deceptiveness |
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(noun) the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle | Synonyms: asynclitism |
obscenity | (noun) an obscene act | - |
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(noun) the trait of behaving in an obscene manner | Synonyms: bawdiness, lewdness, salaciousness, salacity |
(noun) an offensive or indecent word or phrase | Synonyms: dirty word, filth, smut, vulgarism |
obscurity | (noun) the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to understand | Synonyms: abstruseness, obscureness, reconditeness |
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(noun) an obscure and unimportant standing; not well known | - |
(noun) the state of being indistinct or indefinite for lack of adequate illumination | Synonyms: obscureness |
obsessivity | (noun) extreme compulsiveness | Synonyms: obsessiveness |
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oddity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity |
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(noun) a strange attitude or habit | Synonyms: crotchet, queerness, quirk, quirkiness |
(noun) eccentricity that is not easily explained | Synonyms: oddness |
opacity | (noun) the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light | Synonyms: opaqueness |
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(noun) incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning | Synonyms: opaqueness |
(noun) the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation | - |
opportunity | (noun) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | Synonyms: chance |
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oppositionality | (noun) The quality of opposing or of being in conflict. | - |
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optionality | (noun) Quality or state in which choice or discretion is allowed. | Synonyms: electiveness |
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originality | (noun) the quality of being new and original (not derived from something else) | - |
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(noun) the ability to think and act independently | - |
orthogonality | (noun) the quality of lying or intersecting at right angles | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, perpendicularity |
ostensibility | (noun) The quality of being professed, supposed rather than demonstrably true or real. | - |
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overactivity | (noun) excessive activity | - |
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overcredulity | (noun) too much credulity | - |
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overfamiliarity | (noun) The state of being common or repeated to the point of being unnoticed or annoying. | - |
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palatability | (noun) the property of being acceptable to the mouth | Synonyms: palatableness |
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(noun) acceptability to the mind or feelings | Synonyms: palatableness |
pallidity | (noun) being deficient in color | Synonyms: paleness |
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palpability | (noun) the quality of being perceivable by touch | Synonyms: tangibility, tangibleness |
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parity | (noun) functional equality | - |
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(noun) (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system | Synonyms: conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry |
(noun) (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error | Synonyms: check bit, parity bit |
(noun) (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity | - |
(noun) (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered | Synonyms: para |
partiality | (noun) an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives | Synonyms: partisanship |
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(noun) a predisposition to like something | Synonyms: fancy, fondness |
particularity | (noun) the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance | Synonyms: specialness |
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passivity | (noun) the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative | Synonyms: passiveness |
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(noun) submission to others or to outside influences | Synonyms: passiveness |
paternity | (noun) the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing | Synonyms: authorship |
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(noun) the kinship relation between an offspring and the father | Synonyms: fatherhood |
(noun) the state of being a father | - |
paucity | (noun) an insufficient quantity or number | Synonyms: dearth |
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peculiarity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity |
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(noun) a distinguishing trait | Synonyms: distinctiveness, speciality, specialness, specialty |
(noun) an odd or unusual characteristic | Synonyms: distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic |
pellucidity | (noun) passing light without diffusion or distortion | Synonyms: limpidity, pellucidness |
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(noun) free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | Synonyms: clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness |
penetrability | (noun) the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.) | Synonyms: perviousness |
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perceptibility | (noun) the property of being perceptible by the mind or the senses | - |
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perceptivity | (noun) a feeling of understanding | Synonyms: insight, perceptiveness |
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perceptuality | (noun) The quality of being related to the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information. | - |
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perdurability | (noun) the property of being extremely durable | - |
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perfectibility | (noun) the capability of becoming perfect | - |
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periodicity | (noun) the quality of recurring at regular intervals | Synonyms: cyclicity |
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perishability | (noun) unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being subject to decay or spoilage or destruction | Synonyms: perishableness |
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permeability | (noun) the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) | Synonyms: permeableness |
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permissibility | (noun) admissibility as a consequence of being permitted | - |
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permutability | (noun) ability to change sequence | Synonyms: permutableness, transposability |
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perpendicularity | (noun) the quality of being at right angles to a given line or plane (especially the plane of the horizon) | - |
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(noun) the relation of opposition between things at right angles | Synonyms: orthogonal opposition, orthogonality |
perpetuity | (noun) the property of being perpetual (seemingly ceaseless) | Synonyms: sempiternity |
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perplexity | (noun) trouble or confusion resulting from complexity | - |
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personality | (noun) the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual | - |
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(noun) a person of considerable prominence | - |
perspicacity | (noun) the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions | Synonyms: judgement, judgment, sound judgement, sound judgment |
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(noun) intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | Synonyms: astuteness, perspicaciousness, shrewdness |
perspicuity | (noun) clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous | Synonyms: perspicuousness, plainness |
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pertinacity | (noun) persistent determination | Synonyms: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenaciousness, tenacity |
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perversity | (noun) deliberately deviating from what is good | Synonyms: perverseness |
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(noun) deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline | Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness |
phenomenality | (noun) The state or property of being very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. | - |
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photoconductivity | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconduction |
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photoelectricity | (noun) electricity generated by light or affected by light | - |
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photosensitivity | (noun) sensitivity to the action of radiant energy | Synonyms: radiosensitivity |
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physicality | (noun) preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites | Synonyms: animalism |
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piezoelectricity | (noun) electricity produced by mechanical pressure on certain crystals (notably quartz or Rochelle salt); alternatively, electrostatic stress produces a change in the linear dimensions of the crystal | Synonyms: piezo effect, piezoelectric effect |
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pilosity | (noun) the quality of having hair | Synonyms: hairiness |
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pity | (noun) the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it | Synonyms: compassion |
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(noun) an unfortunate development | Synonyms: shame |
(noun) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others | Synonyms: commiseration, pathos, ruth |
(verb) share the suffering of | Synonyms: compassionate, condole with, feel for, sympathize with |
placidity | (noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: quiet, repose, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity |
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(noun) a feeling of calmness; a quiet and undisturbed feeling | Synonyms: placidness |
plasticity | (noun) the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking | Synonyms: malleability |
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plausibility | (noun) apparent validity | Synonyms: plausibleness |
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pliability | (noun) adaptability of mind or character | Synonyms: pliancy, pliantness, suppleness |
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(noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: bendability |
plurality | (noun) (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less than half of the votes) | Synonyms: relative majority |
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(noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, pack |
(noun) the state of being plural | - |
polarity | (noun) having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) | Synonyms: sign |
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(noun) a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | Synonyms: mutual opposition |
polity | (noun) shrewd or crafty management of public affairs | - |
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(noun) a politically organized unit | - |
(noun) the form of government of a social organization | Synonyms: civil order |
polytonality | (noun) music that uses two or more different keys at the same time | Synonyms: polytonalism |
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pomposity | (noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | Synonyms: inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness |
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ponderosity | (noun) the property of being large in mass | Synonyms: heft, heftiness, massiveness, ponderousness |
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popularity | (noun) the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after | - |
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porosity | (noun) the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids | Synonyms: porousness |
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portability | (noun) the quality of being light enough to be carried | - |
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positivity | (noun) a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness | Synonyms: positiveness, positivism |
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(noun) the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome | Synonyms: advantageousness, favorableness, favourableness, positiveness, profitableness |
(noun) the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about | Synonyms: incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, positiveness |
(noun) an amount greater than zero | Synonyms: positiveness |
(noun) the character of the positive electric pole | Synonyms: positiveness |
possibility | (noun) a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Synonyms: hypothesis, theory |
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(noun) a possible alternative | Synonyms: opening, possible action |
(noun) a future prospect or potential | - |
(noun) capability of existing or happening or being true | Synonyms: possibleness |
posteriority | (noun) the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end | - |
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(noun) following in time | Synonyms: subsequence, subsequentness |