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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 ).
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 ...
The words of Gaius Mucius Scaevola when Lars Porsena captured him et facta est lux: And light came to be or was made: From Genesis, 1:3: "and there was light". Motto of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. See also Fiat lux. et hoc genus omne: and all that sort of thing: Abbreviated as e.h.g.o. or ehgo: et in Arcadia ego
ad meliora: towards better things: Motto of St Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland ad mortem: to/at death: Medical phrase serving as a synonym for death ad multos annos: to many years: Wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns". ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad ...
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ad hoc: for this Generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. / ˌ æ d ˈ h ɒ k / ad hominem: at the person Attempting to make a point of logic by attacking an opponent's character rather than answering their argument. / ˌ æ d ˈ h ɒ ...
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
The article equates ad hoc with "provisional". Other sources say they are synonyms. If you believe in the transitivity of synonyms then ad hoc > provisional > tentative > unproven. By this dubious transitivity one could say that ad hoc as in "ad hoc equation" does mean "heuristic" instead of "for a specific purpose".