ORconj

• 1

  human-scienceslogicmathematicsInclusive or; either one proposition or the other is true or both.

• 2

  computercomputingengineeringA lexical symbol to implement inclusive or in a computer language.

• 3

  businesselectricalelectrical-engineeringA logic gate to implement inclusive or.

ORnoun

• 1

  human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.

  • The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.

Orname

• 1

  A surname.

orconj詞源 1/ə(ɹ)/

• 1

  Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc., each of which could make a passage true.

  • You may stay or go.
  • He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
• 2

  human-scienceslogicmathematicsAn operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.

• 3

  Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.

• 4

  Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).

  • It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
  • No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
• 5

  Connects two equivalent names.

  • The country Myanmar, or Burma

ornoun詞源 3/oɹ/

• 1

  governmentheraldryhobbiesThe gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

  • The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
  • In engraving, "Or" is expressed by dots.

oradj詞源 3/oɹ/

• 1

  governmentheraldryhobbiesOf gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.

oradv詞源 4

• 1

  obsoleteEarly (on).

• 2

  obsoleteEarlier, previously.

orprep詞源 4

• 1

  archaicdialectalBefore; ere. Generally followed by “ever” or “e'er”.

  • Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne. Then shall the dust returne to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall returne vnto God who gaue it.
  • I looked to heaven, and tried to pray; But or ever a prayer had gusht, A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• operating room
• official receipt
• operations research
• Olympic Record
• odorant receptor
• olfactory receptor
• original research
• other ranks
• Oregon
• Orissa
• former name of Odisha