Alternatively, a Greek derivation from " manless, without husbands " ( a-privative and a derivation of * man-also found in Slavic muzh ) has been proposed, an explanation deemed " unlikely " by Hjalmar Frisk.

Alternatively, if the boards are pre-dealt, " curtain cards " may be supplied which have each hand printed on them, so that each player can check at the beginning of the deal that he has the right cards.

* Alternatively, the device's invention has been popularly attributed to Mary the Jewess, an ancient alchemist traditionally supposed to have been Miriam, a sister of Moses.

Alternatively, a connection to the Rbhus, semi-divine craftsmen in Indian mythology, has also been suggested ( OED ).

Alternatively, jewellery has been used as a currency or trade good ; an example being the use of slave beads.

Alternatively, 5 ml from a neutron star of radius 20 km radius ( average density ) has a mass of about 400 million metric tons, or about the mass of all humans .</ ref > The resulting force of gravity is so strong that if an object were to fall from a height of one meter it would only take one microsecond to hit the surface of the neutron star, and would do so at around 2000 kilometers per second, or 7. 2 million kilometers per hour.

Alternatively, it has been also suggested that this is of non-Greek origin and probably of non-Indo-European origin too, while it is of an unknown etymology.

Alternatively, if M is a linear subspace then ; apply this inequality to the subspace defined by the ( orthogonal ) complement of the image of BC in the image of B, whose dimension is ; its image under A has dimension

Alternatively, the name has been suggested to originate from the Latin verb solari, meaning " to soothe ".

Alternatively, it has been suggested that the arrangement has a magical origin, a way to trap evil spirits.

Alternatively it has been suggested that the star could be in a low-activity state analogous to a Maunder minimum — a historical period, associated with the Little Ice Age in Europe, when sunspots became exceedingly rare on the Sun's surface.

Alternatively, the setter moves into the right front and has both a middle and an outside attacker ; the disadvantage here lies in the lack of an offside hitter, allowing one of the other team's blockers to " cheat in " on a middle block.

Alternatively, Æthelred has been seen as one of the key forces in the promotion of Edward's cult and that of their sister Eadgifu ( Edith of Wilton ).

Alternatively, the derivation pēnē and lepō ( λέπω ), " peel ", because of the shroud-unweaving mytheme, has been suggested.

Alternatively, the real line has two ends, and the resulting end compactification is the extended real line.

Alternatively, the bonded male has the option of rejecting his intended bride and choosing another.

Alternatively, it is possible to show that any bridgeless bipartite planar graph with n vertices and m edges has by combining the Euler formula ( where f is the number of faces of a planar embedding ) with the observation that the number of faces is at most half the number of edges ( because each face has at least four edges and each edge belongs to exactly two faces ).

Alternatively, people who are aware that a couple has different surnames may not realize that they are married.

Alternatively, if the seller has set a minimum sale price in advance ( the ' reserve ' price ) and the final bid does not reach that price the item remains unsold.

Alternatively it has been proposed to abolish the roles of the Governor-General and the monarchy and have their functions exercised by other constitutional officers such as the Speaker.

Alternatively, it has been suggested that " its purpose, though crudely handled, is to explain to Gilgamesh ( and the reader ) the various fates of the dead in the Afterlife " and in " an awkward attempt to bring closure ", it both connects the Gilgamesh of the epic with the Gilgamesh who is the King of the Netherworld, and is " a dramatic capstone whereby the twelve-tablet epic ends on one and the same theme, that of " seeing " (= understanding, discovery, etc.

Alternatively, it has also been argued that Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva were Hereward's real parents.

Alternatively, rehabilitation robotics can be used to provide high volumes of passive or assisted movement, depending on the individual's requirements ; this form of therapy can be useful if therapists are at a premium, and has been found effective at reducing spasticity in patients suffering from stroke.

Alternatively a white dwarf star may accumulate sufficient material from a stellar companion ( either through accretion or via a merger ) to raise its core temperature enough to ignite carbon fusion, at which point it undergoes runaway nuclear fusion, completely disrupting it.

Alternatively, a fansub distributor might sell copied tapes outright, but at a low price which was intended to be exactly enough to cover the cost of blank cassettes and shipping.

Alternatively, the compression algorithm may not be intelligent enough to discriminate between distortions of little subjective importance and those objectionable to the viewer.

Alternatively, the micromanager may attempt by this or other means to create a stressful workplace in which the undesired employees no longer desire to participate ; when such stress is severe or pervasive enough, its creation may be regarded as constructive discharge ( also known in the United Kingdom as " constructive dismissal " and in the United States as " constructive termination ").

Alternatively, if the syngas is clean enough, it may be used for power production in gas engines, gas turbines or even fuel cells, or converted efficiently to dimethyl ether ( DME ) by methanol dehydration, methane via the Sabatier reaction, or diesel-like synthetic fuel via the Fischer-Tropsch process.

Alternatively critics have argued that codes are too rigid and that they fail to provide enough flexibility for the law to be effective.

Alternatively, the lanyard can be long enough to float above the diver and stay out of the way.

Alternatively, the image may be exposed using a xenon strobe, onto the surface of the moving drum or belt, fast enough to render a perfect latent image.

Alternatively, in presidential elections, a candidate may be deemed the presumptive nominee after having accumulated enough delegate commitments through the primary elections and caucuses to be virtually assured of the eventual nomination at the convention.

Alternatively, if alcohol is present, for instance, the offender can be held until sober enough to face the magistrate.

Alternatively, when they were already distinct species, significant hybridization has occurred between them, though not enough to fully overcome their present reproductive isolation.

Alternatively, the very threat of space warfare may be enough to put considerable pressure on the political system of a nation, such as the pressure which caused the formation of the Outer Space Treaty.

Alternatively, genetic mosaicism could mean that the number of certain varieties of fig in an ecosystem may be far lower than biologists have previously thought, and given populations may not have enough trees to maintain their symbiotic relationship with their pollinating wasps.

Alternatively, it is possible that the crash did not excavate deeply enough into the regolith to liberate significant quantities of water vapor.

Alternatively they may reach their destination ( VC or VP termination ) if there is enough capacity for them, despite them being excess cells as far as the contract is concerned: see priority control.

Alternatively, the electromagnet may be arranged to tip the bulb of a small rectifier, just enough to allow mercury from the pool to reach the starting electrode.

Alternatively, Black generally tries to hold the center with 4 ... d6, when White has a choice of plans, each of which should be enough to secure a slight advantage.

Alternatively, when they were already well distinct species, significant hybridization has occurred between them, though not enough to fully overcome their reproductive isolation.

Alternatively, the last one, usually Cocky Lockey, survives long enough to warn the chick, who escapes.