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語源

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌklɛəˈvɔɪ.ənt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌklɛɹˈvɔɪ.ənt/
• 韻: -ɔɪ.ənt

形容詞

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
   • 1899, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Clairvoyance‎:

     Then there is the very large class of casual clairvoyant visions which have no traceable cause — which are apparently quite meaningless, and have no recognizable relation to any events known to the seer.

2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.
4. Having great insight; sagacious.
   • 1895, John Ames Mitchell (ed.), Aristopi‎:

     …his vision of the future so far-reaching and clairvoyant as that of many who have lived before him and since…

5. (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

使用する際の注意点

• The feminine form clairvoyante is also used, though rarely.

派生語

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

関連する語

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee
• visionary

名詞

clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
2. A person able to foresee the future

同意語

• (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
• (person able to foresee the future): fortune teller

派生語

• clairvoyante

外部リンク

• Improving Clairvoyant: Reduction algorithm resilient to imbalanced process arrival times
• What is a clairvoyant algorithm

アナグラム

• covariantly