setlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

set +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

setlike (comparative more setlike, superlative most setlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a theatrical set.
    • 2008 February 29, Carol Vogel, “A Biennial Bustin’ Out of the Whitney”, in New York Times[1]:
      Matthew Brannon will record the sounds of the Armory at night and use them in a haunted house film; at the museum he is installing a setlike room in which heavy drapes surround a painted window looking out at a panorama of the New York City skyline, with everything somewhat off kilter.
  2. (mathematics) Resembling or characteristic of a mathematical set.

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