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1. Converse
   The USS Converse was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Converse was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bof...
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2. converse
   [adj] - of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other 2. [adj] - turned about in order or relation 3. [n] - a proposition obtained by conversion 4. [v] - carry on a conversation
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3. Converse
   Con·verse' (kŏn*vẽrs') intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Conversed ; present participle & verbal noun Conversing .] [ French converser , Latin conve...
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4. Converse
   Con'verse noun 1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill. « 'T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Byron. » 2. Familiar discou...
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5. Converse
   Con'verse adjective [ Latin conversus , past participle of convertere . See Convert .] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.
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6. Converse
   Con'verse noun 1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue. » It should not (a...
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7. converse
   reversed adjective turned about in order or relation; `transposed letters`
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8. converse
   adjective of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; ``parental` and `filial` are converse terms`
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9. converse
   noun a proposition obtained by conversion
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10. converse
    verb carry on a conversation
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11. Converse
    • (n.) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. • (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition. • (n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inve...
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12. converse
    in logic, the proposition resulting from an interchange of subject and predicate with each other. Thus, the converse of `No man is a pencil` is `No ...
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13. Converse
    See logic, formal, §§ 4, 8.
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14. converse
    (logic) The truth of a proposition of the form A =) B and its converse B =) A are shown in the following truth table: A B A =) B B =) A ------+---------------- f f t t
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15. Converse
    (mathematics) In mathematics, the `converse` is a relation of implication. With two statements, A and B, there are two implications that can be formed using these propositions: :<math>A Rightarrow B</math> (if A then B) :<math>B Rightarrow A</math> (if B then A) the second is the ...
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