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Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally ' for this '. In English , it typically signifies a solution designed for a specific purpose, problem, or task rather than a generalized solution adaptable to collateral instances (compare with a priori ).
a pedibus usque ad caput: from feet to head: i.e., "completely", "from tip to toe", "from head to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala. a posse ad esse: from being able to being "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual". a posteriori: from the latter: Based on observation, i. e ...
in hoc sensu, or in sensu hoc (s.h.) in this sense: Recent academic abbreviation for "in this sense". in hoc signo vinces: by this sign you will conquer: Words Constantine the Great claimed to have seen in a vision before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. in hunc effectum: for this purpose: Describes a meeting called for a particular stated ...
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "to this". Ad hoc or Ad Hoc may also refer to: Ad Hoc at Home, a 2009 cookbook by Thomas Keller and Dave Cruz; Ad hoc hypothesis, a sometimes dubious method of dealing with anomalies in philosophy and science; Ad hoc network, a type of technology which allows network communications on an ad hoc basis; Ad Hoc ...
ad coelum: to the sky Abbreviated from Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad infernos which translates to "[for] whoever owns [the] soil, [it] is his all the way [up] to Heaven and [down] to Hell." The principle that the owner of a parcel of land also owns the air above and the ground below the parcel.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin: 'after this, therefore because of this') is an informal fallacy that states "Since event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X." It is a fallacy in which an event is presumed to have been caused by a closely preceding event merely on the grounds of temporal succession.
per ardua ad astra: through adversity to the stars: Motto of the Royal, Royal Australian and Royal New Zealand Air Forces, the U. S. State of Kansas and of several schools. The phrase is used by Latin Poet Virgil in the Aeneid; also used in H. Rider Haggard's novel The People of the Mist. per aspera ad astra: through hardships to the stars
Exempli gratiā is usually abbreviated "e. g." or "e.g." (less commonly, ex. gr.).The abbreviation "e.g." is often interpreted (Anglicised) as 'example given'. The plural exemplōrum gratiā to refer to multiple examples (separated by commas) is now not in frequent use; when used, it may be seen abbreviated as "ee.g." or even "ee.gg.", corresponding to the practice of doubling plurals in Latin ...