perfect

  1. Adjective.  Fitting its definition precisely.
  2. Adjective.  Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
  3. Adjective.  Thoroughly skilled or talented.
  4. Adjective.  Excellent and delightful in all respects.
  5. Adjective.  (grammar, of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
  6. Adjective.  (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
  7. Adjective.  (botany) Of flowers, having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
  8. Adjective.  (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set ''A'' is perfect if ''A''=A'.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To make perfect; to improve or hone.
  10. Verb.  (legal) To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.