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Singular nonsense

Plural nonsenses

nonsense (plural nonsenses)

  1. Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
  2. An untrue statement.
    He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense.
  3. Something foolish.
    • 2008, "Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse", Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 9, 2008
      and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
  4. (literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by Edward Lear.
  5. (biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sun Jul 12 11:57:13 2009

Nonsense (pronounced \ˈnän-ˌsen(t)s, ˈnän(t)-sən(t)s\) is a verbal communication or written text which resembles a human language or other symbolic system, but in fact does not carry any identifiable meaning.

In philosophy, nonsense refers to a group of statements which cannot carry sense in the context of sense and reference. Logical truths such as "it's either raining or not raining" and mathematical propositions such as "1+1=2" are regarded as "nonsense".

"Nonsense, as opposed to senselessness, is encountered when a proposition is even more radically devoid of meaning, when it transcends the bounds of sense. Under the label of unsinnig can be found various propositions: "Socrates is identical", but also "1 is a number". While some nonsensical propositions are blatantly so, others seem to be meaningful — and only analysis carried out in accordance with the picture theory can expose their nonsensicality. Since only what is "in" the world can be described, anything that is "higher" is excluded, including the notion of limit and the limit points themselves. Traditional metaphysics, and the propositions of ethics and aesthetics, which try to capture the world as a whole, are also excluded, as is the truth in solipsism, the very notion of a subject, for it is also not "in" the world but at its limit."

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Mon Jul 13 00:18:43 2009

Why is it important that the nonsense strand is the one being used as a template?
Q. During transcription, the nonsense, or antisense strand is the one being used as a template. Why is it important that it's the nonsense strand being used as a template as opposed to the sense strand?
Asked by hulll0 - Mon Feb 16 12:30:08 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. This link should answer your question.
Answered by Galactic Officer of the Day - Mon Feb 16 12:38:32 2009

What's with these people talking some nonsense about the XBOX360 Elite?
Q. They say the Xbox360 Elite lasts longer than the Pro. What kind of nonsense is that?
Asked by Epistaxis Zero - Mon Jan 12 22:30:22 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It does not last longer. I have an elite myself and it has broken down once. It just depends on which chipset you have ( Zephyr,Falcon or Jasper)
Answered by hardeep k - Mon Jan 12 23:05:08 2009

What is the difference between missense and nonsense in gene mutation?
Q. What is the difference between missense and nonsense in gene mutation?
Asked by alice d - Sun Apr 27 23:45:36 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. missense mutation is where substitution of 1 or few base pair result in different codon produced while nonsense mutation is when one or a few base pair is substituted that will results in changing of a codon to a stop codon...
Answered by unknown - Sun Apr 27 23:49:39 2008

From Yahoo Answer Search: "nonsense"
Tue May 19 22:49:28 2009

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Nonsense is senseless or meaningless talk, language, or ideas; an untrue statement; or behaviour that is foolish or not straightforward. Nonsense, in one form or another, has often been practiced in literature to illustrate a point or highlight something that is ridiculous or contradictory; or, alternatively, can surface in other, more everyday contexts as something said indiscreetly or thoughtlessly that is liable to be misunderstood.

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  • Nothing is capable to being well set to music that is not nonsense.
  • Undergraduates owe their happiness chiefly to the consciousness that they are no longer at school. The nonsense which was knocked out of them at school is all put gently back at Oxford or Cambridge.
  • Nonsense, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.
  • To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
    • Gelett Burgess (1866–1951), U.S. humorist and illustrator. The Romance of the Commonplace, ‘The Sense of Humour’, (1916).
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