Definitions for Elegance
ˈɛl ɪ gənsel·e·gance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. elegancenoun

   a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste

   "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"

2. elegancenoun

   a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics)

   "the simplicity and elegance of his invention"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. elegancenoun

   Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners

   The bride was elegance personified.

2. elegancenoun

   Restraint and grace of style

   The simple dress had a quiet elegance.

3. elegancenoun

   The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision

   The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance.

4. elegancenoun

   A refinement or luxury

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elegance, Elegancynoun

   Beauty of art; rather soothing than striking; beauty without grandeur.

   Etymology: elegantia, Latin.

   St. Augustine, out of a kind of elegancy in writing, makes some difference. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   These questions have more propriety, and elegancy, understood of the old world. Burnet.

   My compositions in gardening are altogether Pindarick, and run into the beautiful wildness of nature, without the nicer elegancies of art. Spectator, №. 477.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Elegance

   Elegance is beauty that shows unusual effectiveness and simplicity. Elegance is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness, particularly in visual design, decorative arts, literature, science, and the aesthetics of mathematics. Elegant things often exhibit refined grace and suggest maturity, and in the case of mathematics, a deep mastery of the subject matter.

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1. elegance

   Elegance refers to a quality of gracefulness, sophistication, style, and tastefulness in appearance, manner, or design. It is often associated with minimalism, refinement, and simplicity, contingent upon an effective, efficient, or pleasing arrangement of elements. The term may pertain to a variety of contexts, including an individual's fashion or behavior, a piece of written work, a mathematical proof, or an architectural structure.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Elegancenoun

   alt. of Elegancy

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1. Elegance

   Elegance is a synonym for beautiful that has come to acquire the additional connotations of unusual effectiveness and simplicity. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual design, decoration, the sciences, and the esthetics of mathematics. Elegant things exhibit refined grace and dignified propriety.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elegance in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Elegance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Elegance in a Sentence

1. James Joyce:

   I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander Pope was inevitably Alexander Pope. Colley Cibber was a silly little man without much elegance and Shelley was very Percy and very Bysshe.

2. Olivier Minne:

   His legacy in the industry was that he brought some kind of French elegance. That was his nature, in his way of speaking and behaving, his gestures.

3. Joyce Stranger:

   I love cats. I love their grace and their elegance. I love their independence and their arrogance, and the way they lie and look at you, summing you up, surely to your detriment, with that unnerving, unwinking, appraising stare.

4. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   Mathematics is the language in which the universe whispers its deepest secrets, and its eloquence is revealed through the elegance of equations.

5. Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.:

   Yale's greatness carries an urgent need to guard against the fall of excellence into exclusivity, of refinement into preciousness, of elegance into class and convention.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Elegance
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Elegance
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Elegance
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elegance
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Elegance
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Elegance