valid

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force“a valid inference”“a valid argument”“a valid contract”
  2. still legally acceptable“the license is still valid”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Valid \Val"id\, a. [F. valide, L. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See Valiant.] [1913 Webster]

1.Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] "Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection. [1913 Webster]

An answer that is open to no valid exception.— I. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

3.(Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Valid

A dataflow language.

["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151].

(1995-02-14)

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