See Also: validity(encyclopedia)
validity(dictionary)
Validity(health)
validity(medicine)
face validity(medicine)
predictive validity(medicine)
content validity(medicine)
Nonempirical Validity(money)
Content validity(health)
construct validity(medicine)

unlink (iou) and validity (iou)


unlink (iou)



unlink verb. L16.
[from UN-2 + LINK verb1.]
a. verb trans. & intrans. Detach or release (something) by undoing a link or chain. L16.
b. verb trans. Undo the links of (a chain etc.). E17.
verb intrans. Part; become detached or no longer linked. M17.
W. Gilpin We travelled amicably, arm in arm..we had not one occasion to unlink.

validity (iou)



validity noun. M16.
[French validite or late Latin validitas, from Latin validus: see VALID, -ITY.]
The quality of being (esp. legally) valid. M16.
M. Spark Having the validity of his Marriage examined by the ecclesiastical lawyers. A. Stevens He will deny the validity of your suggestion.
Robustness, physical strength; physical capacity. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
Value, worth; efficacy. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. L16.
J. Smeaton The most certain index of the validity of a limestone for Aquatic Buildings.
In pl. Valid powers or capacities. L16-E17.
Comb.: validity check Computing a check that data items conform to coding requirements.