speculative
21speculative — adjective 1) any discussion is largely speculative Syn: conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, putative, academic, notional, abstract; tentative, unproven, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated 2) a speculative investment …
22speculative — adjective 1) any discussion is largely speculative Syn: conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, tentative, unproven, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated 2) a speculative investment Syn: risky …
23speculative — adj. Speculative is used with these nouns: ↑developer, ↑fiction, ↑gleam, ↑hypothesis, ↑investment, ↑venture …
24speculative — adj. 1 of, based on, engaged in, or inclined to speculation. 2 (of a business investment) involving the risk of loss (a speculative builder). Derivatives: speculatively adv. speculativeness n. Etymology: ME f. OF speculatif ive or LL speculativus …
25Speculative fiction by writers of color — Speculative fiction is defined as science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Within those categories exists many other subcategories, for example cyberpunk, magical realism, and psychological horror. The terms multicultural, person of color, women of… …
26Speculative multithreading — (SpMT), also known as thread level speculation (TLS), is a dynamic parallelization technique that depends on out of order execution to achieve speedup on multiprocessor CPUs. It is a kind of speculative execution that occurs at the thread level… …
27Speculative fiction — is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways. In these contexts, it generally includes science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror… …
28Speculative realism — is a philosophical current taking its name from a conference held at Goldsmiths College, University of London in April, 2007. The conference was moderated by Alberto Toscano of Goldsmiths College, and featured presentations by Ray Brassier of… …
29speculative builder — ➔ builder * * * speculative building UK US noun [U] PROPERTY ► the activity of building houses without having any buyers waiting for them: »All speculative building is on hold because of the weak economy. speculative builder noun [C] (also spec… …
30speculative damages — Possible financial loss or expenses claimed by a plaintiff that are contingent upon a future occurrence, purely conjectural, or highly improbable. These damages should not be awarded. For example, a plaintiff may claim that in ten years, as he… …
