See Also: Data Retrieval(law)
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval)(money)
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval)(finance)
EDGAR Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System(money)
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Retrieval Unit(law)

deform (medicine) and Data Retrieval (law)


deform (medicine)


deform


Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. "Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold?" (Milton)

Origin: L. Deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. Deforme, F. Difforme. Cf. Difform.

1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure. "Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world." (Shak)

2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor. "Above those passions that this world deform." (Thomson)

Origin: L. Deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. Forma: cf. F. Deformer. See Form.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Data Retrieval (law)




the retrieval of items (tuples, objects, Web pages, documents) whose contents satisfy the conditions specified in a (regular expression like) user query.