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according_as

according as

English

Adverb

according as (not comparable)

  1. Precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which.
    • 1593, William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 2, Act III, ii
      Is all things well, According as I gave directions?
    • (Can we date this quote?) Exodus 12:25
      The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised.
    • 1965, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Fuzzy Sets
      When A is a set in the ordinary sense of the term, its membership function can take on only two values 0 and 1, with fA(x) = 1 or 0 according as x does or does not belong to A.
  2. To the proportion or degree that.
  3. Depending on whether.

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