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What (who) is faint$27244$ - definition
Faint action; False action
Faint young Sun paradox
APPARENT MYSTERY THAT THE EARLY EARTH SEEMS TO HAVE HAD LIQUID WATER, EVEN THOUGH THE YOUNG SUN WAS LESS BRIGHT, THUS PRESUMABLY COMPLETELY FREEZING THE EARTH
Faint Early Sun Paradox; Faint young sun paradox; Faint young Sun problem; Young sun paradox; Faint sun paradox
The faint young Sun paradox or faint young Sun problem describes the apparent contradiction between observations of liquid water early in Earth's history and the astrophysical expectation that the Sun's output would be only 70 percent as intense during that epoch as it is during the modern epoch. The paradox is this: with the young sun's output at only 70 percent of its current output, early Earth would be expected to be completely frozenbut early Earth seems to have had liquid water and supported life.
faint
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Faint (disambiguation)
¦ adjective
1. (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.
(of a hope, chance, or idea) slight.
2. close to losing consciousness.
¦ verb briefly lose consciousness because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.
¦ noun a sudden loss of consciousness.
Derivatives
faintly adverb
faintness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. faint, feint, past participle of faindre, feindre (see feign).
faint
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Faint (disambiguation)
(fainter, faintest, faints, fainting, fainted)
1.
A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity.
He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping...
He could see faint lines in her face...
There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
• faintly
He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew...
She felt faintly ridiculous.
= slightly
ADV: usu ADV after v, also ADV adj
2.
A faint attempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm.
Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh...
A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly...
ADJ: ADJ n
• faintly
John smiled faintly and shook his head.
ADV: ADV after v
3.
If you faint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock.
She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted...
I thought he'd faint when I kissed him.
= pass out
VERB: V, V
•
Faint is also a noun.
She slumped to the ground in a faint.
N-COUNT: oft in a N
4.
Someone who is faint feels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness.
Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
ADJ: v-link ADJ
Wikipedia
Feigned action
Feigned action is an action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.
Co. Litt. 361, sect. 689. Vide Fictitious action.
