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01-12-2017, 12:59 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Southeast Mchigan
Posts: 169
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Per Merriam-Webster:
Definition of rank [( 1 )] 1: luxuriantly or excessively vigorous in growth 2: offensively gross or coarse : foul 3 obsolete : grown too large 4a : shockingly conspicuous <must lecture him on his rank disloyalty — David Walden> b : outright —used as an intensive <rank beginners> 5 archaic : lustful, ruttish 6: offensive in odor or flavor; especially : rancid 7: putrid, festering 8: high in amount or degree : fraught Definition of rank [( 2 )] 1 a : row, series b : a row of people c (1) : a line of soldiers ranged side by side in close order c (2) : plural : armed forces c (3) : plural : the body of enlisted personnel d : any of the rows of squares that extend across a chessboard perpendicular to the files e British : stand 6 2 a : relative standing or position b : a degree or position of dignity, eminence, or excellence : distinction <soon took rank as a leading attorney — J. D. Hicks> c : high social position <the privileges of rank> d : a grade of official standing in a hierarchy 3 : an orderly arrangement : formation 4 : an aggregate of individuals classed together —usually used in plural 5 : the order according to some statistical characteristic (as the score on a test) 6 : any of a series of classes of coal based on increasing alteration of the parent vegetable matter, increasing carbon content, and increasing fuel value 7 : the number of linearly independent rows or columns in a matrix Rank? take your pick... that's quite a list to the meaning of rank... as to which one is intended, I would presume definition of rank [( 2 )], 2 d... that is; a grade of official standing in a hierarchy... I certainly hope it is not by smell.
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