Most narrowly, one may consider numbers explicitly defined in terms of polynomials, exponentials, and logarithms – this does not include algebraic numbers, but does include some simple transcendental numbers such as e or log ( 2 ).

Most notably, Ajax is not wounded in any of the battles described in the Iliad, and he is the only principal character on either side who does not receive personal assistance from any of the gods who take part in the battles.

Most conjugative plasmids have systems ensuring that the recipient cell does not already contain a similar element.

Most software has software documentation so that the end user can understand the program, what it does, and how to use it.

Most of the Anglican Communion does not approve of homosexual activity, with the exception of the Episcopal Church, which is facing a possible exclusion from international Anglican bodies over the issue.

Most fields of environmental studies are relatively new, and therefore what research we have is limited and does not date far enough back for us to completely understand long-term environmental trends.

Most English personal pronouns have five forms ; in addition to the nominative and oblique case forms, the possessive case has both a determiner form ( such as my, our ) and a distinct independent form ( such as mine, ours ) ( with the exceptions that these are not distinct for the third person singular masculine car, it is his and that the third person singular neuter it does not have the possessive independent form ); and they have a distinct reflexive or intensive form ( such as myself, ourselves ).

Most societies consider it a serious crime to force someone to engage in sexual acts or to engage in sexual activity with someone who does not consent.

Most naturally occurring fatty acids are of the cis configuration, although the trans form does exist in some natural and partially hydrogenated fats and oils.

Most notably, Wal-Mart does not have a loyalty card plan ( though someone who purchases a gift card can generally get a 3 cent discount per gallon of gas at the fuel stations located on Wal-Mart premises ).

Most of the Poeciliidae are ovoviviparous, that is, while the eggs are retained inside the body of the female for protection, the eggs are essentially independent of the mother and she does not provide them with any nutrients.

Most states followed the federal definition of interrogation Innis rule If “ Yes ” go to 2 ; If “ No ”, Miranda does not apply.

Most songs, though, use only the diatonic chords: I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, occasionally VII, " even though the lowered seventh scale degree clashes chromatically with the raised form found as the third of the V chord ," ( though it, " arises much more frequently than it does in minor ( there, generally a Neapolitan ),") and, " infrequently, the minor v appears in an otherwise diatonic harmonic setting.

Most rhyme schemes are described using letters that correspond to sets of rhymes, so if the first, second and fourth lines of a quatrain rhyme with each other and the third line does not rhyme, the quatrain is said to have an " a-a-b-a " rhyme scheme.

Most reliabilists maintain that a belief can be justified, or can constitute knowledge, even if the believer does not know about or understand the process that makes the belief reliable.

Most early processes in Europe and Africa involved smelting iron ore in a bloomery, where the temperature is kept low enough so that the iron does not melt.

* “ Most people are fools, most authority is malignant, God does not exist, and everything is wrong "

Most peptide bonds overwhelmingly adopt the trans isomer ( typically 99. 9 % under unstrained conditions ), chiefly because the amide hydrogen ( trans isomer ) offers less steric repulsion to the preceding atom than does the following atom ( cis isomer ).

Most languages use pitch as intonation to convey prosody and pragmatics, but this does not make them tonal languages.

Most of the world does not distinguish captions from subtitles.

Most glass used in laboratory glassware does not have the same coefficient of thermal expansion as metal, so fusing the usual type of glass with metal is likely to result in cracking of the glass.

Most Russian rural localities have populations of less than 200 people, and the smaller places take the brunt of depopulation: e. g., in 1959, about one half of Russia's rural population lived in villages of fewer than 500 people, while now less than one third does.

Most rye breads use a mix of rye and wheat flours because rye does not produce sufficient gluten.

Most historical research does not fall into one category solely, but rather employs a combination of methods from both categories.

Most professional astrologers are paid to predict the future or describe a person's personality and life, but most horoscopes only make vague untestable statements that can almost apply to any individual.

The fragments describe a Babylonian king ( spelled N-b-n-y ) who is afflicted by God with an " evil disease " for a period of seven years ; he is cured and his sins forgiven after the intervention of a Jewish exile who is described as a " diviner "; he issues a written proclamation in praise of the Most High God, and speaks in the first person.

The most notable difference is the number of its heads: Most sources describe or depict three heads ; others show it with two or even just one ; a smaller number of sources show a variable number, sometimes as many as 50 or even 100.

Most fictional depictions describe a solid shell of matter enclosing a star, which is considered the least plausible variant of the idea ( see below ).

Most literary depictions merely describe the goddesses as " nude ," " naked ," or else the matter is not addressed at all.

Tertullian ( c. 160 – c. 225 ), who wrote in Latin, also understood (" I will ascend above the tops of the clouds ; I will make myself like the Most High ") as spoken by the Devil, but " Lucifer " is not among the numerous names and phrases he used to describe the Devil.

Most programming languages describe computation in an imperative style, i. e., as a sequence of commands, although some languages, such as those that support functional programming or logic programming, use alternative forms of description.

Most versions of her story describe her as a talented and learned woman who disguises herself as a man, often at the behest of a lover.

Most recently the term persistent organic pollutant ( POP ) has come to describe a group of chemicals such as PBDEs and PFCs among others.

Most members of this movement did not describe themselves as being a part of any such movement.

* Most scientists describe a " transition metal " as any element in the d-block of the periodic table, which includes groups 3 to 12 on the periodic table.

Most observers describe Venezuela in terms of four fairly well-defined regions: the Maracaibo lowlands in the northwest, the northern mountains extending in a broad east-west arc from the Colombian border along the Caribbean Sea, the wide Orinoco plains ( llanos ) in central Venezuela, and rank highly dissected Guiana highlands in the southeast.

Most languages have a number of verbal nouns that describe the action of the verb.

* West Nile Fever ( WNF ), which occurs in 20 percent of cases, is a febrile syndrome which causes flu-like symptoms. Most characterizations of WNF generally describe it as a mild, acute syndrome lasting 3 – 6 days after symptom onset.

Most people who are possessed by the spirit describe the onset as a feeling of blackness or energy flowing through their body as if they were being electrocuted.

Most origami designers no longer consider models with cuts to be origami, instead using the term Kirigami to describe them.

Most archeologists describe the Hyksos as multi-ethnic, to include all of the peoples who occupied the emporia of the delta.

Most often seen in dramatic literature, the term can variously describe either a tragic play which contains enough comic elements to lighten the overall mood or, often, a serious play with a happy ending.

Most slaves were employed in agriculture, and " planter " was a term commonly used to describe a farmer with many slaves.

Most often it was used to describe country blues music records, which included the compilation " Hometown Skiffle " ( 1929 ), and " Skiffle Blues " ( 1946 ) by Dan Burley & His Skiffle Boys.

Most of Tsuji's writings describe the philosophy behind this, as well as the personal process Tsuji went through towards this aim.

Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially ( and originally ) tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks.

Most constables in modern jurisdictions are law enforcement officers ; in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth of Nations and some European countries, a constable is the lowest rank of police officer ( it is also, when preceded by the term ' sworn ', used to describe any police officer with arrest and other powers ), while in the United States a constable is generally an elected peace officer with lesser jurisdiction than a sheriff.

These levels of reassessment are surprising for AAA rated bonds, which have the same rating class as US government bonds .< ref > Most rating agencies do not draw a distinction between AAA on structured finance and AAA on corporate or government bonds ( though their ratings releases typically describe the type of security being rated ).

Most likely by the 7th century CE, the Japanese used this kanji to describe these people, but changed the reading from " kebito " or " mojin " to " Emishi ".