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conventional (comparative more conventional, superlative most conventional)

Positive conventional

Comparative more conventional

Superlative most conventional

  1. Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
  2. ordinary, commonplace
    • 1980, Carl Sagan, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,
      The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Thu Nov 19 14:08:37 2009

A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom.

Certain types of rules or customs may become law and regulatory legislation may be introduced to formalise or enforce the convention (e.g., laws that define on which side of the road vehicles must be driven). In a social context, a convention may retain the character of an "unwritten" law of custom (e.g., the manner in which people greet each other, such as by shaking each other's hands).

In physical sciences, numerical values (such as constants, quantities, or scales of measurement) are called conventional if they do not represent a measured property of nature, but originate in a convention, for example an average of many measurements, agreed between the scientists working with these values.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Tue Nov 17 16:22:30 2009

What is the average cost of closing costs on a conventional with Wells fargo in California?
Q. What is the average cost of closing costs on a conventional with Wells fargo in California? Can this be negotiated?
Asked by shadow342 - Wed Sep 10 20:22:14 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Is this for a purchase or a refinance? On a Purchase: Cost associated with your loan. You will need to pay for the appraisal up front (when it being done). You will need to pay for The Home Owners Insurance Coverage for 1 YEAR . The seller can help you with up to 6 percent of closing cost on FHA, and up to 3 % on a Conventional loan. So the title fee, lender fees, underwriting fees, broker fee, processing fee, flood cert, etc can be paid for by the seller On a Refinance: Cost associated with your loan. You will need to pay for the appraisal up front, You will need to pay 6months of The Home Owners Insurance Coverage . You wlll have title fee, lender fees, underwriting fees, broker fee, processing fee, flood cert, etc , Yes, it… [cont.]
Answered by W. E - Wed Sep 10 20:49:43 2008

Is it conventional to declare all methods from an interfase in an abstract class in java?
Q. I am supposed to write an abstract class that implements an interfase, and then a class that extends the abstract class. Is it conventional to include a method in an abstract class that will not be built up on untill a further class, or can I leave these out as they will still be inherit from the interfase?
Asked by sam - Tue Aug 4 21:20:10 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, it is conventional to include a method in an abstract class: for example, interface Animal could have methods breathe() and move() - and I could have abstract classes Mammal and Fish, which implement Animal. Since mammals move in different ways - concrete classes Dolphin, Bat, and Human each have their own move() implementations [like swim, fly, and walkOnTwoLegs] - we do not provide a universal implementation of move() for Mammals in the abstract class. However, assuming all fish swim - I can write the actual code for move() in the Fish abstract class! This means the Goldfish, Guppy, and Puffer concrete classes inherit the move() method which tells them to swim, and I don't have to write the method individually for each. I can still… [cont.]
Answered by unknown - Wed Aug 5 13:32:51 2009

Is there any contraption made where you can hook a cellphone to a conventional landline phone?
Q. Cell phones are so uncomfortable, I would like to be able to hook it to at least the handset part of a conventional phone, or one made like that but for this purpose. It could direct wired or by Bluetooth. Thanks Katie. You hit the nail on the head. No more answers needd. Thanks so much. I'm ordering right now.
Asked by Dr. Kalyfran - Mon Sep 29 17:13:47 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I think this is what you're looking for: (Bluetooth) or (wired). Hope you have big pockets, or carry a bag for it to go in, though!
Answered by Katie W - Mon Sep 29 17:19:06 2008

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