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Look up: plaid

  1. plaid
    the use of a quasi-latin square in the form of a split plot design in such a way that different treatments are applied to whole rows and columns of the square(Yates,1937).Thus the main effects of these treatments are confounded with rows and columns and are estimated with low precision Category: ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  2. Plaid
    Plaid noun [ Gael. plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. from peallaid a sheepskin, from peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion .] 1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tarta...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/99

  3. Plaid
    Plaid adjective Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/99

  4. plaid
    1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland. ... 2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern. ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. Plaid
    • (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland. • (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered clot...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. plaid
    plaid, a long shawl or blanketlike outer wrap of woolen cloth, usually patterned in checks or tartan figures. Now a distinctive feature of the Highland costume, it was formerly worn in all parts of Scotland and in N England by both men and women. The early Celtic people excelled in dyeing and in Rom...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  7. Plaid
    (band) `Plaid` is a London-based British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaid

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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