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(adj.)Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine;…
(adj.)Of illegitimate birth.
(adj.)Similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function. Used of…
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In statistics, a spurious relationship (or, sometimes, spurious correlation or spurious regression ) is a mathematical relationship in which two occurrences have no causal connection, yet it may...
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The Island of Flores ... These last few years, ... Species trapped on islands see changes in scale. They can become large - grotesquely large, says W., with giant tortoises and the like and Komodo dragons. Or they can become small - minaturising over the generations, W. says, like that species of human who lived until recently...
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Definition of spurious from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... 2 : outwardly similar or corresponding to something without having its genuine qualities : false <the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity>; 3 a : of falsified or erroneously...
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spurious adj. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false. Of illegitimate birth ... Word Overheard: spurious ... ; IN BRIEF: Not genuine. Many people want to believe the spurious claim that you can get rich quickly without hard work.
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This can lead to "spurious correlations," a common and serious interpretation fallacy. For example, suppose that the critical variable is correlated with race, age, or gender. Thus any other variable that correlates with the critical variable will probably also be correlated with race, age, or gender.
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Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. ... Spurious primary, or Spurious quill (Zoöl.), the first, or outer, primary quill when rudimentary or much reduced in size, as in certain singing birds. Spurious wing (Zoöl.), the bastard wing, or alula.
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Definition of spurious in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of spurious. Pronunciation of spurious. Translations of spurious. spurious synonyms, spurious antonyms. Information about spurious in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... spurious - born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to...
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