"pseudoproper" meaning in English

See pseudoproper in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudoproper.wav [US]
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  1. (mathematics) Describing any system that has some proper characteristics. Tags: not-comparable
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