plurality

plurality

1. (AmE) enemmistö, äänienemmistö. Enemmistö, mutta vähemmän kuin 50 %

Esimerkkejä:

The majority (62%) of respondents identified as either moderate or liberal, with the 'plurality' choosing moderate (47%).

: Yli puolet (62 %) vastaajista piti itseään joko maltillisena tai liberaalina, 'suurin osa' (47 %) pitäen itseään maltillisena.

Synonyymisanakirja

plurality

tila, suhteellinen määrä, enemmistö, suhteellinen enemmistö, keskimääräistä suurempi, lauma, ryhmä, suuri määrä, lukuisuus, joukko, monikollisuus.

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Englannin sanakirja

plurality englanniksi

1. puhekieltä The state of being plural.

2. puhekieltä The holding of multiple benefices.

3. 1644, (w), Aeropagitica:

It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove pluralities, and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd.

4. puhekieltä A state of being numerous.

5. puhekieltä A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority.

6. puhekieltä A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast.

7. 1977 September 8, "Crime against clarity", editorial, w:Bangor Daily News|Bangor Daily News, page 14 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=818zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1343,2352985:

To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required.

8. puhekieltä A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes.

9. 1948 December 10, "President Race Ignored by 683,382 Voters", w:The Deseret News|The Deseret News, page A-2 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=acQcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ulcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598,2141245:

Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;(..). Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.

10. puhekieltä A group of many entities: a large number.

A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand.

11. puhekieltä A group composed of more than one entity.

12. 1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract:

The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks.

13. puhekieltä polygamy Polygamy.

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