Look up: serendipity

1. serendipity
   [n] - pure luck in discovering things you were not looking for
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2. Serendipity
   Serendipity: An accidental and fortunate discovery. Not all good medical research by any means is done by design. Some is by serendipity, pure good luck. A celebrated instance of serendipity in biomedical research took place in 1928 at St Mary's Hospital in London. While studying staphylococci (stap...
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3. serendipity
   Accidental discovery; in science, finding one thing while looking for something else, as in Fleming's discovery of penicillin. ... Origin: coined by Horace Walpole and relates to The Three Princes of Serendip, fr. Alternate spelling of Serendib, ancient name for Sri Lanka ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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4. serendipity
   noun good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
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5. serendipity
   serendipity 1. An aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. 2. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries unexpectedly. 3. The accidental discovery of something pleasant, valuable, or useful. 4. A natural gift for making pleasant, valuable, or useful discoveries without anticipating...
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6. serendipity
   Type: Term Pronunciation: ser′en-dip′i-tē Definitions: 1. A knack for discovery involving a combination of accident and wisdom while pursuing something else; in science, finding one thing while looking for something else, as in Fleming's discovery of penicillin.
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7. Serendipity
   `Serendipity` is when someone finds something that they weren`t expecting to find. The word has been voted as one of the ten English words that were hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company.--> However, due to its date=May 2011--> the word has been exported into many other ...
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8. Serendipity
   (film) `Serendipity` is a 2001 romantic comedy, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. It was written by Marc Klein and directed by Peter Chelsom. The music score is composed by Alan Silvestri. Plot: At the height of the Christmas shopping season in New York City, Jonathan Trager (J...
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9. Serendipity
   (book series) `Serendipity` is a series of children`s books about animals and other creatures. The books were written by Stephen Cosgrove (b. July 26, 1945) and illustrated by Robin James. The books are short stories with colorful illustrations that have a moral perspective. Cosgrove w...
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10. Serendipity
    (software) `Serendipity` is a PHP based blog and web-based content management system. It is available under a BSD license. It supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite database backends, the Smarty template engine, and a plugin architecture for user contributed modifications. Features : Serendip...
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11. Serendipity
    (album) `Serendipity` is the third solo album by jazz pianist Mike Garson, and was released in 1986. Track listing: #Serendipity #Lady #Autumn Leaves #I Should Care #Spirit of Play #Trio Blues #My Romance #The Promise #Tam`s Jam #Searching #My One and Only Love External links:
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