Definition of Or

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Or
n. male or female name (Hebrew)

or
conj. connecting two alternatives; indicating the result in the case of failure to do the preceding action; restating or clarifying the first item mentioned

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Or Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries

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OR
<logic> The Boolean function which is true if any of its arguments are true. Its truth table is:
A | B | A OR B --+---+--------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | T
(1996-11-04)

9300+ Computer Acronyms
OR
OverRun

JDK Doc(JAVA)
or(BigInteger)
- Method in class java.math.BigInteger 
public BigInteger or (BigInteger  val)
Returns a BigInteger whose value is (this | val). (This method returns a negative BigInteger if and only if either this or val is negative.)Parameters: val - value to be OR'ed with this BigInteger.Returns: this | val

or(BitSet)
- Method in class java.util.BitSet 
public void or (BitSet  set)
Performs a logical OR of this bit set with the bit set argument. This bit set is modified so that a bit in it has the value true if and only if it either already had the value true or the corresponding bit in the bit set argument has the value true.Parameters: set - a bit set.

INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0
OR
A Boolean search modifier that is used to tell the search engine to look for documents containing any of the search terms you typed.For example,typing water or ice in a search engine would return the word water related documents,documents containing the ice word,and documents containing both water and ice.Or is used for broaden the range of your search.


Or Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries

DOD Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations
OR
operational readiness; other rank(s) (NATO)
  

NATO Acronyms
OR
Other Ranks

US area codes
Oregon
"541, 971"


Or Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Or
(prep. & adv.)
Ere; before; sooner than.
  
(n.)
Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
  
(conj.)
A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to either. You may ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade.
  

or

A noun suffix denoting an agent or doer; as in auditor, one who hears; donor, one who gives; obligor, elevator. It is correlative to -ee. In general -or is appended to words of Latin, and -er to those of English, origin. See -er.
  

A noun suffix denoting an act; a state or quality; as in error, fervor, pallor, candor, etc.
  

WordNet 2.0
OR

Noun
1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
(synonym) Oregon, Beaver State
(hypernym) American state
(part-holonym) United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
(part-meronym) Crater Lake National Park
2. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic"
(synonym) operating room, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery
(hypernym) hospital room

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
OR
Operating Room - in a hospital Before entering the OR the doctors carefully washed their hands.

The Phrase Finder
Strike a deal (or bargain)
Meaning
To agree terms on a transaction.
Origin
Irish horse traders agree on deals by slapping hands.

Shakespeare Words
OR
before

hEnglish - advanced version
or

or
\or\ (?), conj. [oe. or, outher, other, auther, either, or, as. āw&?;er, contr. from āhw?&?;er; ā aye + hw?&?;er whether. see aye, and whether, and cf. either.] a particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your pleasure, but not both. it corresponds to either. you may ride either to london or to windsor. it often connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade. if man's convenience, health, or safety interfere, his rights and claims are paramount.
note: or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe.
note: or sometimes begins a sentence. in this case it expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing from the foregoing. "or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone?" vii. 9 (rev. ver. ). or for either is archaic or poetic. maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence or steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence.
or
\or\, n. [f., fr. l. aurum gold. cf. aureate.] (her.) yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving by small dots.
or
\or\, prep. & adv. [as. &?;r ere, before. ?204. see ere, prep. & adv.] ere; before; sooner than. [obs.] but natheless, while i have time and space, or that i forther in this tale pace.
or
ever,
or
ere. see under ever, and ere.
or
n
1. a state in northwestern united states on the pacific [syn: oregon, beaver state, or]


2. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn: operating room, or, operating theater , operating theatre, surgery]




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 have or get 
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 note or letter 
 to get or to gather 
 treatment or remedies 
 voltaic or galvanic 
 raise or lift 
 rational or celestial horizon 
 dredge or dredger 
 egyptian or east indian 
 raise or kick up dust 
 box or frame 
 catholic or universal 
 him or me 
 vigils or watchings 
 photograph or portrait 
 to change a horse or to change hand 
 vanilla or seneca grass 
 new or regular conjugation 
 cycle or year 
 babe or child 
 to get or to hold in chancery 
 german or dutch brass 
 or wheel 
 to put or throw one`s self upon the country 
 whether or no 
 let or leave 
 to go over to or to join 
 telescope or microscope 
 certified or office 
 ray or rye 
 belt or zone 
 ileac or iliac passion 
 hair or wool 
 to chant or chaunt 
 rock or stone 
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Irish Gaelic words and phrases
ór
gold

Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
or

English Phonetics

JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Or
Or = n. a limit; margin, brim, conj. if

Ai
Ai = ad. is it, conj. comp. or, either

Iawn
Iawn = n. right; satisfaction; a right, equitible; just; ad. rightly, or

Ne
Ne = n. a state of going; a hue, conj. or, otherwise, either

Neu
Neu = v. to pant; to wish or to pant for earnestly, conj. or


Or Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries

Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms
OR
Operation Room

Aids Glossary
odds ratio
a statistical measure of the likelihood of developing a disease or condition if exposed to a certain factor or pathogen.

A Basic Guide to ASL
Or
The 'A' hands, palms facing and thumbs pointing straight up, move alternately up and down before the chest.


Or Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries

ETSI and 3GPP
OR
ORdinary Meeting (ETSI)

Airline Codes
Air Comores
Air Comores (Comores)
IATA: OR
ICAO: AOR
Web:
Aliances:
FF:

Yigal's 3G abbreviations
OR
Outage Reporting and Analysis


Or Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries

The Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Arms and Armour Glossary
Or
The heraldic metal color for gold or yellow.


Or Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries

English-Latin Online Dictionary
or
vel


Or Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan
Or
il

English - Klingon
or
conj. :
pagh - either/or. used when combining sentences
ghap - either/or. used when combining nouns
joq - and/or. used when combining nouns
qoj - and/or. used when combining sentences

Boolean OR
conj. joq

Klingon - English
'or
v. pilot, operate (an aircraft)


Or Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Garmites
men of Garmi, ie., bones, or, my cause
  


Or Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia

Logical disjunction
In logic and mathematics, or, also known as logical disjunction or inclusive disjunction is a logical operator that results in true whenever one or more of its operands are true. In grammar, or is a coordinating conjunction.

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