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Types of approximate algorithm
Soft computing is an umbrella term used to describe types of algorithms that produce approximate solutions to unsolvable high-level problems in computer
Soft_computing
Computer system simulating intelligence
soft computing techniques, which are used in artificial intelligence on the one hand and computational intelligence on the other. In hard computing (HC)
Computational_intelligence
Method of solving computing problems
Lateral computing is a lateral thinking approach to solving computing problems. Lateral thinking has been made popular by Edward de Bono. This thinking
Lateral_computing
imprecise information, and are classified as "soft". In the 90s and early 2000s many other soft computing tools were developed and put into use, including
History of artificial intelligence
History_of_artificial_intelligence
Academic journal
The Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering soft computing applications in
Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering
Journal_of_Soft_Computing_in_Civil_Engineering
French businessman (born 1962)
Management in 1985. During his studies, he co-founded the CRM company Soft Computing with other fellow students and interned at Hewlett-Packard in Paris
François-Henri_Pinault
Trial and error problem solvers with a metaheuristic or stochastic optimization character
biological evolution, and a subfield of computational intelligence and soft computing studying these algorithms. In technical terms, they are a family of
Evolutionary_computation
Integrated circuit technology
Neuromorphic computing is a computing approach inspired by the human brain's structure and function. It uses artificial neurons to perform computations
Neuromorphic_computing
System for reasoning about vagueness
Patil, S. H. (2005). "Soft Computing- A Fuzzy Logic Approach". In Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering (ed.). Soft Computing. Allied Publishers. p
Fuzzy_logic
Varying application boundaries
Archives for the philosophy and history of soft computing, Issue 1, 2017 [54] Indonesian society for soft computing repository site Vietnam Fuzzy Systems Society
Fuzzy_concept
Iterative simulation method
stability-based adaptive inertia weight for particle swarm optimization". Applied Soft Computing. 38: 281–295. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2015.10.004. Shi, Y.; Eberhart, R.C
Particle_swarm_optimization
Intelligence of machines
approximation. Soft computing was introduced in the late 1980s and most successful AI programs in the 21st century are examples of soft computing with neural
Artificial_intelligence
Global publishing company
Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals
Springer Science+Business Media
Springer_Science+Business_Media
Cloud computing platform by IBM
dedicated server, managed hosting, and cloud computing provider, founded in 2005 and acquired by IBM in 2013. SoftLayer initially specialized in hosting workloads
IBM_Cloud
Method of mathematical optimization
New Optimization Techniques in Engineering. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 141. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-39930-8. ISBN 978-3-642-05767-0. Chakraborty
Differential_evolution
Microprocessor design embeddable in other computer systems
way to implement massive parallelism in computing and can likewise be applied to in-memory computing. A soft microprocessor and its surrounding peripherals
Soft_microprocessor
Spanish computer scientist
scientist and professor specializing in artificial intelligence and soft computing. He is a full professor at the Public University of Navarre. Bustince
Humberto_Bustince
Chronological table of metaheuristic algorithms
algorithm and its application for dynamic load-balancing in cluster computing". Cluster Computing. 28 (9): 596. doi:10.1007/s10586-025-05265-5. ISSN 1573-7543
Table_of_metaheuristics
on soft computing, granular computing and their roles in the conception, design and utilization of information/intelligent systems. Soft Computing, 1998
Cognitive_city
Algorithm for searching a problem space
Issue on 'Emerging Trends in Soft Computing - Memetic Algorithm' Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Soft Computing Journal, Completed & In Press
Memetic_algorithm
Self-balancing single wheel personal transporter
"Soft computing for the intelligent robust control of a robotic unicycle with a new physical measure for mechanical controllability". Soft Computing.
Electric_unicycle
Applied Bionics and Biomechanics Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing Aquaculture Nutrition Archaea Arthritis Autism Research and Treatment
List of Hindawi academic journals
List_of_Hindawi_academic_journals
Tunisian-Canadian artificial intelligence scientist and engineer
co-author of Elements of Dimensionality Reduction and Manifold Learning and Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems Design. His work on operational AI has been
Fakhreddine_Karray
Mathematical framework to model epistemic uncertainty
Belief Functions in Business Decisions. Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 88 Springer-Verlag. March 2002. ISBN 3-7908-1451-2, pp. 62–112
Dempster–Shafer_theory
Methods used to protect cloud-based assets
infrastructure of cloud computing. It is a sub-domain of computer security, network security and, more broadly, information security. Cloud computing and storage
Cloud_computing_security
Measurement in finance
mutual funds by gene expression programming with Sortino ratio, Applied Soft Computing, Volume 15, Pages 219-230, ISSN 1568-4946. Investments (Bodie et al)
Sortino_ratio
Machine learning model for vision processing
grading of meibomian gland dysfunction from infrared images". Applied Soft Computing. 164 112905. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2024.112905 (inactive 17 October 2025)
Vision_transformer
Branch of mathematics
and Soft Computing, vol. 131, Springer-Verlag Mordeson, J.N., Bhutani, K.R., Rosenfeld, A. (2005) Fuzzy Group Theory. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing
Fuzzy_mathematics
Azerbaijani scientist (1921–2017)
ISSN 0020-0255. Zbl 0404.68075. Wikidata Q109951958. — (2006). "From Computing with Numbers to Computing with Words". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Lotfi_A._Zadeh
Subset of evolutionary computation
with Evolutionary Algorithms". Introduction to Evolutionary Computing. Natural Computing Series (2nd ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Evolutionary_algorithm
seen as soft sensors include Kalman filters. More recent implementations of soft sensors use neural networks or fuzzy computing. Examples of soft sensor
Soft_sensor
Partners". Marketing Intelligent Systems Using Soft Computing. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 258. pp. 1–8. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15606-9_1
Artificial intelligence in marketing
Artificial_intelligence_in_marketing
Electronic identifier embedded in an audio signal
Approximation", Applications of Soft Computing: From Theory to Praxis, Springer, Series: Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Volume 58/2009, ISBN 978-3-540-89618-0
Audio_watermark
Type of computer applications
Perceptual computing is an application of Zadeh's theory of computing with words on the field of assisting people to make subjective judgments. The perceptual
Perceptual_computing
Emotion modeling in AI
entitled "Affective Computing" and her 1997 book of the same name published by MIT Press. One motivation for researching affective computing is the ability
Affective_computing
Type of artificial neural network
Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice, Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol. 181, Germany: Springer Verlag, pp. 53–83, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.161
Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system
Adaptive_neuro_fuzzy_inference_system
Sets whose elements have degrees of membership
Fuzzy Relations. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Soft Computing. Iizuka, Japan. pp. 353–360. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.32.8117. Demirci, Mustafa
Fuzzy_set
using Satellite and Ground Methods" (PDF). International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering. March 2013. p. 361. ISSN 2231-2307. Archived from the
List_of_rivers_of_India
Unicode character
In computing and typesetting, a soft hyphen (U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN (­)), syllable hyphen, or discretionary hyphen is a code point reserved in some coded
Soft_hyphen
Computing by new or unusual methods
Unconventional computing (also known as alternative computing or nonstandard computation) is computing by any of a wide range of new or unusual methods
Unconventional_computing
(2018). The Concept of Stratification and Future Applications. Applied Soft Computing. Asadabadi, M. R., Saberi, M., & Chang, E. (2017, July). Logistic informatics
Concept_of_Stratification
using Satellite and Ground Methods" (PDF). International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering. March 2013. p. 361. ISSN 2231-2307. Archived from the
List of rivers of India by discharge
List_of_rivers_of_India_by_discharge
Method of deriving conclusions
Press. ISBN 978-1-139-93625-5. Roy, Samir; Chakraborty, Udit (2013). Soft Computing. Pearson Education India. ISBN 978-93-325-1420-1. Salatiel, José Renato
Rule_of_inference
Approach to artificial intellegence
identify the fuzzy rules. Jang, Sun, Mizutani (1997) - Neuro-Fuzzy and Soft Computing - Prentice Hall, p. 335-368, ISBN 0-13-261066-3 Y. Jin (2000). Fuzzy
Neuro-fuzzy
American fabless semiconductor company
California, and operates as an independent subsidiary of SoftBank Group since November 2025. Ampere Computing was founded in fall 2017 by Renée James, ex-President
Ampere_Computing
optimization tools have several limitations. Therefore, in the framework of soft computing, genetic algorithms (GAs) and genetic programming (GP) methods have
Genetic_fuzzy_systems
Indian rivers
using Satellite and Ground Methods" (PDF). International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering. March 2013. p. 361. ISSN 2231-2307. Archived from the
List_of_major_rivers_of_India
Evolutionary algorithm with a defined structure
Programming: A novel approach for continuous optimization". Applied Soft Computing. 12 (6): 1693–1707. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2012.02.002. ISSN 1568-4946.
Evolutionary_programming
Type of cognitive map
"Fuzzy Cognitive Maps for Artificial Emotions Forecasting". Applied Soft Computing. 12 (2): 3704–3710. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2012.01.015. Salmeron, Jose L
Fuzzy_cognitive_map
Database on corporate entities
(extended)", Intelligent Information Processing and Web Mining, Advances in Soft Computing, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 269–278, doi:10.1007/3-540-32392-9_28
OpenCorporates
numbers. Fuzzy set Lotfi Zadeh Perceptual computing Type-2 fuzzy sets and systems L. A. Zadeh, “Fuzzy logic = computing with words,” IEEE Trans. on Fuzzy Systems
Computing with words and perceptions
Computing_with_words_and_perceptions
Software that systematically browses the World Wide Web
(2002). Balancing volume, quality and freshness in Web crawling. In Soft Computing Systems – Design, Management and Applications, pages 565–572, Santiago
Web_crawler
Mathematical theory
in (f, A). A systematic literature review on soft set theory was published in the journal Neural Computing and Applications in February 2024. One of the
Soft_set
Indian computer scientist (born 1950)
hybridization, soft computing, granular mining, and machine intelligence. His work focuses on fuzzy set theory, neuro-fuzzy systems, and rough-fuzzy computing for
Sankar_Kumar_Pal
Bird nests made out of solidified swiftlet saliva, harvested for human consumption
Analysis and Its Application to Edible Bird Nest Farming" (PDF). Applied Soft Computing. 49: 734–747. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2016.08.043. Hun, Lee Ting; Wani, Waseem
Edible_bird's_nest
Operations research that evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in decision making
approach in E-learning: A systematic review and classification". Applied Soft Computing. 45: 108–128. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2016.04.020. Diedonis, Antanas. "Transformations
Multiple-criteria decision analysis
Multiple-criteria_decision_analysis
Informal fallacy that the way one sees the world reflects the way the world really is
Theoretical Advances and Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing. Advances in Soft Computing. Vol. 42. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Mind_projection_fallacy
Study of hardware and software systems that have a "real-time constraint"
Real-time computing (RTC) is the computer science term for hardware and software systems subject to a "real-time constraint", for example from event to
Real-time_computing
Interdisciplinary research area
effects of pseudorandom and quantum-random number generators in soft computing". Soft Computing. 24 (12). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 9243–9256
Quantum_machine_learning
Optimization algorithm
search heuristics for the generalized assignment problem," Mathware & soft computing, vol.9, no.2-3, 2002. M. Yagiura, T. Ibaraki and F. Glover, "An ejection
Ant colony optimization algorithms
Ant_colony_optimization_algorithms
undesired propagations by using bi-level genetic algorithms". Applied Soft Computing. 136 (110094) 110094. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110094. Cranmer, Miles
List of genetic algorithm applications
List_of_genetic_algorithm_applications
Recurrent neural network architecture
Exchange Currency Rate Prediction using a GRU-LSTM Hybrid Network". Soft Computing Letters. 3 100009. doi:10.1016/j.socl.2020.100009. ISSN 2666-2221. Martin
Long_short-term_memory
Yooreeka is a library for data mining, machine learning, soft computing, and mathematical analysis. The project started with the code of the book "Algorithms
Yooreeka
Method in natural language processing
"A Neural Probabilistic Language Model". Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 194. Springer. pp. 137–186. doi:10.1007/3-540-33486-6_6. ISBN 978-3-540-30609-2
Word_embedding
Azerbaijani computer scientist
and Application of Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing — ICAFS-2018, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 896, Cham: Springer International
Latafat_Gardashova
Rough fuzzy hybridization is a method of hybrid intelligent system or soft computing, where Fuzzy set theory is used for linguistic representation of patterns
Rough_fuzzy_hybridization
Indian computer scientist
research interests include data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, soft computing and medical imaging. She got recognised as a fellow of IEEE for her
Sushmita_Mitra
Form of social engineering
(July 2011). "Obtaining the Threat Model for E-mail Phishing". Applied Soft Computing. 13 (12): 4841–4848. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2011.06.016. Madhusudhanan Chandrasekaran;
Phishing
Paradoxical assertion
self-referential systems" (PDF). Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing. 12 (5–6): 539–559. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-08.
Liar_paradox
optimization problems that are fast to compute, but when the number of behavioural parameters increases the time usage for computing such a performance landscape
Meta-optimization
Extension of SQL
Knowledge Management in Fuzzy Databases. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 39. pp. 171–190. doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-1865-9_11. ISBN 978-3-7908-2467-4
SQLf
Computational model used in machine learning
images. Unsupervised pre-training and increased computing power from GPUs and distributed computing allowed the use of larger networks, particularly
Neural network (machine learning)
Neural_network_(machine_learning)
List of concepts in artificial intelligence
affective computing The study and development of systems and devices that can recognize, interpret, process, and simulate human affects. Affective computing is
Glossary of artificial intelligence
Glossary_of_artificial_intelligence
Study and process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to customers
Ismael; Rabanal, Pablo; Rubio, Fernando (2017). "Business Hacks". Applied Soft Computing. 55 (June 2017): 178–196. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2017.01.036. Chaffey, Dave;
Marketing
International Conference on Computational Sciences-Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing (CSMCS 2020). Vol. 2336. p. 030001. doi:10.1063/5.0045709. S2CID 234179145
Nek5000
15th-century codex in an unknown script
of Voynich manuscript by comparison with ancient dialects". Applied Soft Computing. 138 (C) 110217. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110217. hdl:10084/152269. Retrieved
Voynich_manuscript
British mathematician
talks, including SEA2011, SCET2012, BIOMA2012, Mendel Conference on Soft Computing (Mendel 2012), ICCS2015 (Iceland), SIBGRAPH2015 (Brazil), OIPE2016 (Italy)
Xin-She_Yang
Overview of and topical guide to computer science
system for computer science is the ACM Computing Classification System devised by the Association for Computing Machinery. Computer science can be described
Outline_of_computer_science
Retrieved 24 July 2007. Zadeh, Lotfi A., "Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks, and Soft Computing," Communications of the ACM, March 1994, Vol. 37 No. 3, pages 77-84
Timeline of artificial intelligence
Timeline_of_artificial_intelligence
Military training aircraft
(FRIM) to the military advanced training aircraft selection". Applied Soft Computing. 88 106061. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106061. "TUSAŞ'tan tarihi imza:
Alenia_Aermacchi_M-346_Master
Type of regression analysis
Mohamed E. El-Hawary (2020). "Universal Functions Originator". Applied Soft Computing. 94 106417. Elsevier B.V. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2020.106417. ISSN 1568-4946
Symbolic_regression
telecommunications and computing, the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. blacklist In computing, a basic access control
Glossary_of_computer_science
IEEE standard for describing a fuzzy logic system
Systems". On the Power of Fuzzy Markup Language. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 296. pp. 3–15. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-35488-5_1. ISBN 978-3-642-35487-8
IEEE_1855
Type of network
Algorithms for Oscillometric Blood Pressure Estimation. 4th Int. Workshop Soft Computing Applications. Arad, Romania: IEEE. Werbos, Paul J. (1994). The Roots
Mathematics of neural networks in machine learning
Mathematics_of_neural_networks_in_machine_learning
Non-Classical Logic, 1982–1991. Journal of Multiple-Valued Logic and Soft Computing, 1994 ff. Journal of Philosophical Logic, Toronto- Dordrecht 1972 ff
List_of_logic_journals
Nonparametric measure of rank correlation
Applications for the Analysis of Data Populations. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing. Vol. 151. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-21120-4
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Spearman's_rank_correlation_coefficient
Motivation", in Methodologies for the conception, design and application of soft computing, World Scientific, pp. 271– 274, 1998. P. P. Angelov, "Evolving Fuzzy
Evolving_intelligent_system
Annual conference
Aguirre, Arturo; Reyes García, Carlos Alberto, eds. (2010). Advances in Soft Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 6438. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16773-7
Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Mexican_International_Conference_on_Artificial_Intelligence
Device for slowing down large vehicles
Computer Science and Information Engineering. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing. Vol. 169. pp. 153–158. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-30223-7_25. ISBN 978-3-642-30222-0
Retarder (mechanical engineering)
Retarder_(mechanical_engineering)
Scientist
Transactions on Speech & Audio Processing (2003-2006) Speech Technology Soft Computing Computing with ANN Digital Signal Processing Signals and Systems Principles
Bayya_Yegnanarayana
training data. Synthesis of Vegetation Indices Using Genetic Programming A soft computing approach for selecting and combining spectral bands DeepIndices: Remote
Vegetation_index
Technology company
Implementing Neural Cliques". Applications of Soft Computing. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing. Vol. 36. pp. 123–131. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-36266-1_12
Cortica
System of logic in computer science
Fuzzy control system Fuzzy logic Fuzzy set Granular computing Perceptual Computing Rough set Soft set Vagueness Random-fuzzy variable L. A. Zadeh, "The
Type-2_fuzzy_sets_and_systems
Competitive algorithm for searching a problem space
Evolutionary computing Metaheuristics Stochastic optimization Optimization Evolutionary algorithms is a sub-field of evolutionary computing. Evolution strategies
Genetic_algorithm
Counterexample to the converse of the intermediate value theorem
(February 2016). "Graphs of real functions with pathological behaviors". Soft Computing. 11: 5–6. arXiv:1602.07555. Bibcode:2016arXiv160207555B. "Conway Base-13
Conway's_base_13_function
List of scholarly journals in civil engineering
Regions Engineering Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering Journal of Infrastructure Systems Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering Journal of
List of civil engineering journals
List_of_civil_engineering_journals
Type of randomized algorithm
randomized algorithm for minimal feedback arc set problem". Applied Soft Computing. 41: 235–246. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2015.12.018. Metropolis, N. (1987)
Monte_Carlo_algorithm
Italian scientist and electrical engineer
Computers (since 2014), the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (since 2016), and Soft Computing (Springer, since 2011). He served as associate editor
Vincenzo_Piuri
Corporate task of optimizing the existing resources in a company
(eds.). Frontiers in Computer Education. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing. Vol. 133. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 1141–1148
Enterprise_resource_planning
Spanish computer scientist (born 1966)
professor whose research focuses on artificial intelligence, particularly soft computing techniques such as evolutionary algorithms and fuzzy logic, with applications
Francisco_Herrera_Triguero
SOFT COMPUTING
SOFT COMPUTING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places, for example in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Warwickshire, named in Old Norse with topt, Old Danish toft ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.Scandinavian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads or place names derived from Old Norse topt ‘curtilage’, ‘site’, ‘homestead’.
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Hindu, Indian
Very Soft; Soft Minded
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Tamil
Soft
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American, British, English
From the Small Farm
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Hindu
Soft
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Indian
Soft
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Good Habit; Plus Point; Speciality
Boy/Male
Tamil
Soft
Boy/Male
Indian
Good habit, Plus point
Girl/Female
Australian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Swedish
Wise; Wisdom
Female
Egyptian
, the goddess of writing.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Soft
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English lofte ‘upper chamber’, ‘attic’, possibly bestowed on a household servant who worked in an upper chamber, or used in the same sense as Loftus.Danish : habitational name from a place called Loft.
Girl/Female
Greek
Wise.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Soft
Boy/Male
Muslim
Good habit, Plus point
Female
Spanish
Spanish form of Greek Sophia, SOFÃA means "wisdom."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a respelling of Salt.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Soft
Girl/Female
Tamil
Soft
SOFT COMPUTING
SOFT COMPUTING
Boy/Male
Biblical
That closes the point, joy, cheerfulness.
Boy/Male
Latin
Yearning; sorrow. Abbreviation of Desiderus.Note: This Database is Copyright Dogwood Technical...
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Graffham in Sussex or Grafham in Cambridgeshire, so named from Old English grÄf ‘grove’ + hÄm ‘homestead’, ‘manor’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Pretty flower
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, British, English, French, German
Noble Strength; Nobility
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
The Sun
Male
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Latin Alexandrus, ALASTAR means "defender of mankind."
Female
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Meadhbh, MAEVE means "intoxicating." In mythology, this is the name of a warrior queen of Connacht, the wife of Ailill.
Boy/Male
Indian, Marathi
Unique
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light from the Guru
SOFT COMPUTING
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SOFT COMPUTING
n.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.; as, an organ loft.
v. t.
To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness.
superl.
Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring; pleasing to the eye; not exciting by intensity of color or violent contrast; as, soft hues or tints.
superl.
Expressing gentleness, tenderness, or the like; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind; as, soft eyes.
v. t.
To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
a.
Having a soft or fragile shell.
v. t.
To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land.
superl.
Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin.
superl.
Not tinged with mineral salts; adapted to decompose soap; as, soft water is the best for washing.
superl.
Hence, agreeable to feel, taste, or inhale; not irritating to the tissues; as, a soft liniment; soft wines.
n.
A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
superl.
Having, or consisting of, a gentle curve or curves; not angular or abrupt; as, soft outlines.
superl.
Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as, a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth; soft wood or metal.
superl.
Not harsh or rough in sound; gentle and pleasing to the ear; flowing; as, soft whispers of music.
superl.
Quiet; undisturbed; paceful; as, soft slumbers.
a.
Alt. of Soft-shelled
n.
A kind or species; any number or collection of individual persons or things characterized by the same or like qualities; a class or order; as, a sort of men; a sort of horses; a sort of trees; a sort of poems.
n.
Soot.
v. t.
To make soft or more soft.
interj.
Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.