A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
The independent variable of a function.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
A process of reasoning; argumentation.
The phase of a complex number.
A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
The act of refraining from speaking.
deadly silence
The absence of any sound.
To repress the expression of something.
To suppress criticism, etc.
To block gene expression.
To murder.
To make (someone or something) silent.
Be silent.