Great Deluge algorithm — The Great Deluge algorithm (GD) is a generic algorithm applied to optimization problems. It is similar in many ways to the hill climbing and simulated annealing algorithms.The name comes from the analogy that in a great deluge a person climbing a … Wikipedia
Deluge (mythology) — The story of a Great Flood (also known as the Deluge) sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme among many cultural myths. Though it is best known in modern times through the Biblical … Wikipedia
Deluge (prehistoric) — In the relatively recent geological past, several great floods are widely suspected to have occurred, with varying amounts of supporting evidence, usually as a result of the last Ice Age ending.Great floodAt the most recent glacial maximum, so… … Wikipedia
the Flood — noun (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings • Syn: ↑Noah s flood, ↑Noachian deluge, ↑Noah and the Flood… … Useful english dictionary
Deluge — • A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1 ix, 19 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deluge Deluge † … Catholic encyclopedia
Deluge — can refer to: A large downpour of rain A flood Mythical and prehistoric floods Deluge myth, mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and others Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths… … Wikipedia
Deluge — Del uge (d[e^]l [ u]j), n. [F. d[ e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di = dis + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.] 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deluge — [del′yo͞oj΄] n. [ME < OFr < L diluvium < dis, off, from + luere, var. of lavare, to LAVE1] 1. a great flood 2. a heavy rainfall 3. an overwhelming, floodlike rush of anything [a deluge of visitors] vt. deluged … English World dictionary
Deluge — The name given to Noah s flood, the history of which is recorded in Gen. 7 and 8. It began in the year 2516 B.C., and continued twelve lunar months and ten days, or exactly one solar year. The cause of this judgment was the corruption… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
The House (The Keys to the Kingdom) — The House is a domain that serves as the center of the universe in the Keys to the Kingdom series by Australian author Garth Nix. Anything in creation not in the House, such as earth (the solar system and indeed this universe), is part of the… … Wikipedia