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contention
Found in thesaurus: asseveration, assertion, averment, dispute, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, group action
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contention
n.
struggle, strife; claim, assertion, argument; belligerency, aggressiveness; act of contending; discord; rivalry, competition
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Contention
Contention may refer to:
- The main contention, in rhetoric and logic, the main point being argued
- Resource contention, a general concept in communications and computing, is competition by users of a system for the facility at the same time:
- Contention (telecommunications), a channel access method
- The contention ratio, in computer networking, competition that applies specifically to the number of people connected to an ISP who share a set amount of bandwidth
- Lock contention, in computer science, where a mutual exclusion lock reduces the throughput by hindering the concurrency of a program
- Bus contention, in computer design, where multiple devices on a computer bus attempt to use it at the same time
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contention
Noun
1. a point asserted as part of an argument
(hypernym) assertion, averment, asseveration
(hyponym) submission
(derivation) contend, postulate
2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
(synonym) controversy, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
(hypernym) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
(hyponym) argy-bargy, argle-bargle
(derivation) argue, contend, debate, fence
3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
(synonym) competition, rivalry
(hypernym) group action
(hyponym) contest
(derivation) compete, vie, contend
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contention
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contention
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contention
n.
spor, přesvědčení; tvrzení
