Property
noun
Something that is owned by a person or entity.
The house is my property.
Often appears as...
- private property
- personal property
noun
A characteristic or quality that something has.
The property of brightness is distinct in shiny objects.
Often appears as...
- property of matter
- chemical property
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Academic
noun
Land or buildings that someone owns.
I'm in the property business, we buy and sell houses and lands.
Often appears as...
- residential property
- commercial property
noun
Something that is made to be sold, such as a film, book, or software.
The new video game is considered intellectual property of the company.
Often appears as...
- intellectual property
- property rights
noun
All the things that someone owns, including money, after they die.
When he died, all his property was given to his children.
Often appears as...
- inherited property
- estate property
noun
Something that is owned by a person or entity.
The house is my property.
Often appears as...
- private property
- personal property
noun
A characteristic or quality that something has.
The property of brightness is distinct in shiny objects.
Often appears as...
- property of matter
- chemical property
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Land or buildings that someone owns.
I'm in the property business, we buy and sell houses and lands.
Often appears as...
- residential property
- commercial property
noun
Something that is made to be sold, such as a film, book, or software.
The new video game is considered intellectual property of the company.
Often appears as...
- intellectual property
- property rights
noun
All the things that someone owns, including money, after they die.
When he died, all his property was given to his children.
Often appears as...
- inherited property
- estate property
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Ownership Indicated
Indicates the owner's legal rights over an object or objects.
She placed a sign saying 'private property'.
Pro Tip 2/2Not For Sharing
Used for items not meant to be used by others without permission.
His car is his personal property, not for communal use.
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
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What is a gift economy?...
In art and technology, gift economies are emerging as an alternative to intellectual property where artists, musicians, and open-source developers distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions
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Why is glass transparent?...
and are absorbed, which is why you can't get a suntan through glass. This amazing property of being both solid and transparent has given glass many uses throughout the centuries. From windows that let in light while keeping out the elements, to lenses that allow us to see both the vast worlds beyond our planet,
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Additionally, mounting evidence suggests we'll need to figure out how to eradicate cancer stem cells. These are rare but seem to have special properties that make them resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In theory, even if the rest of the tumor shrinks beyond detection during treatment,
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The Astronaut of the...
and that means that often they have really useful properties perhaps an animal that has an enzyme in it could hold something about the cure for cancer so as we're exploring more and more we're finding that there are a lot of things that the deep ocean can not only
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The dark side of...
is empathy empathy and compassion I mean think about it you we watch these things unfold on television and and we hurt for the people who lose their town or they lose their to their city or their own property and we want to do something about it
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Questions No One Knows...
infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle.
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How many universes are...
But even that number is minuscule compared to another infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties.
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The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world. But one institution stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy.
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Lithium 101 PIPE National...
All together these properties allow the metal to serve as the receiving point of negatively charged particles helping create a powerful electrical current in lithium batteries.
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How to control someone...
about the properties about how the brain works because we don't teach neuroscience in schools. And one of the reasons why is that the equipment is so complex and so expensive that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student
Video examples
What is a gift economy?...
In art and technology, gift economies are emerging as an alternative to intellectual property where artists, musicians, and open-source developers distribute their creative works, not for financial profit, but to raise their social profile or establish their community role. And even potluck dinners and holiday gift traditions
Video examples
Why is glass transparent?...
and are absorbed, which is why you can't get a suntan through glass. This amazing property of being both solid and transparent has given glass many uses throughout the centuries. From windows that let in light while keeping out the elements, to lenses that allow us to see both the vast worlds beyond our planet,
Video examples
Why is it so hard to...
Additionally, mounting evidence suggests we'll need to figure out how to eradicate cancer stem cells. These are rare but seem to have special properties that make them resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. In theory, even if the rest of the tumor shrinks beyond detection during treatment,
Video examples
The Astronaut of the...
and that means that often they have really useful properties perhaps an animal that has an enzyme in it could hold something about the cure for cancer so as we're exploring more and more we're finding that there are a lot of things that the deep ocean can not only
Video examples
The dark side of...
is empathy empathy and compassion I mean think about it you we watch these things unfold on television and and we hurt for the people who lose their town or they lose their to their city or their own property and we want to do something about it
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties. How's your brain doing? Quantum theory adds a whole new wrinkle.
Video examples
How many universes are...
But even that number is minuscule compared to another infinity. Some physicists think the space-time continuum is literally infinite, and that it contains an infinite number of so-called pocket universes with varying properties.
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world. But one institution stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy.
Video examples
Lithium 101 PIPE National...
All together these properties allow the metal to serve as the receiving point of negatively charged particles helping create a powerful electrical current in lithium batteries.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.
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James Madison
American President
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
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Angela Merkel
German Statesman
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.
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Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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Norman O. Brown
American Philosopher
I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
American Leader
Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.
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Woodrow Wilson
American President
Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.
Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
As you deal with more and more complex systems, it becomes harder and harder to find deep and interesting properties.
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James Madison
American President
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
Quote examples
Angela Merkel
German Statesman
We have a duty as the state to protect our economy... We are for the protection of intellectual property.
Quote examples
Henri Nouwen
Dutch Clergyman
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
Quote examples
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Quote examples
Norman O. Brown
American Philosopher
I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
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