Dictionary Definition
appropriateness
Noun
1 appropriate conduct; doing the right thing
[syn: rightness] [ant:
inappropriateness]
2 the quality of being specially suitable [ant:
inappropriateness]
User Contributed Dictionary
Translations
the quality or condition of being appropriate
- Finnish: soveliaisuus, soveltuvuus
Extensive Definition
Proper may refer to:
- Proper (liturgy), the part of a Christian liturgy that is specific to the date within the Liturgical Year
- Proper frame, such system of reference in which object is stationary (non moving), sometimes also called a co-moving frame
- Proper, in heraldry, means depicted in natural colors
- Proper or appropriate conduct
In mathematics:
- Proper map, in topology , a property of continuous function between topological spaces, if inverse images of compact subsets are compact
- Proper morphism, in algebraic geometry, an analogue of a proper map for algebraic varieties
- Proper transfer function, a transfer function in control theory in which the degree of the numerator does not exceed the degree of the denominator
- It is also used to indicate a subspace or a subset is strictly smaller than its parent—see "strict"
See also
appropriateness in French: Propre
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
account, advantage, aid, allotment, allowance, applicability, appositeness, appropriation, aptness, assistance, expediency, fitness, grant, grant-in-aid, help, meetness, order, propriety, relevance, rightness, service, serviceability, stipend, subsidy, subvention, suitability, suitableness, use, usefulness, utility