Ab vs False - What's the difference?
ab | false |
(informal) abdominal muscle.
* 2006 , H. Peter Steeves, The Things Themselves (page 75)
* 2010 , Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a verb ab
is (first person singular present form of the negation verb).As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.ab
English
(wikipedia ab)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of (abdominal) (muscles).Noun
(en noun)- The bikinied models in most of the ESPN2 shows have abs . Many of the malnourished bikinied models in the commercials have visible rib cages. How did the two get conflated into a shared vision of beauty?
- When possible, do your ab workout on a day when you're not training a major muscle group.
Usage notes
Most often used attributively. Substantive use is more common in the plural form (abs).Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (abscess).Etymology 3
Abbreviations, see definitions.false
English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}