n. | 1. | The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; - contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition. |
2. | Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse. | |
3. | (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence. | |
a. | 1. | Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; |
2. | Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; | |
v. t. | 1. | To write in prose. |
2. | To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way. | |
v. i. | 1. | To write prose. |
Noun | 1. | prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse |
2. | prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression |
1. | PROSE - PROblem Solution Engineering. Numerical problems including differentiation and integration. "Computing in Calculus", J. Thames, Research/Development 26(5) (May 1975). | ||
2. | PROSE - A constraints-and-sequencing system similar to Kaleidoscope. "Reflexive Constraints for Dynamic Knowledge Bases", P. Berlandier et al in Proc First Intl CS Conf '88: AI: Theory and Appls, Dec 1988. |