What's the difference between odd and oddball?

Odd


Definition:

  • (superl.) Not paired with another, or remaining over after a pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd shoe; an odd glove.
  • (superl.) Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
  • (superl.) Left over after a definite round number has been taken or mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a specified number; extra.
  • (superl.) Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence, occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd trifles.
  • (superl.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Men who ever farmed were at slightly elevated risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval = 1.0-1.5) that was not linked to specific crops or particular animals.
  • (2) Odds ratios were computed by multiple logistic regression analysis and revealed no additional relationships; however, there were suggested dose-response gradients for height, weight at age 20, and body surface area in the Japanese women and for breast size in the Caucasian women.
  • (3) Tap the relevant details into Google, though, and the real names soon appear before your eyes: the boss in question, stern and yet oddly quixotic, is Phyllis Westberg of Harold Ober Associates.
  • (4) The adjusted odds ratio of having one or more hospitalization for current drinkers relative to life-long abstainers in females was 0.67 (95 per cent confidence interval 0.57-0.79) and in males was 0.74 (0.57-0.96).
  • (5) At concentrations below the respective median for each variable, odds ratios of between 1.42 and 1.67 were calculated whereas at concentrations above the respective medians the odds ratios ranged from 4.50 to 6.33 (P less than 0.001).
  • (6) And that ancient Basque cultural gem – the mysterious language with its odd Xs, Ks and Ts – will be honoured at every turn in a city where it was forbidden by Franco.
  • (7) The odds are that Zuckerberg will one day face an opponent that can't be bought."
  • (8) Paul Doyle Kick-off Sunday midday Venue St Mary’s Stadium Last season Southampton 2 Leicester City 2 Live Sky Sports 1 Referee Michael Oliver This season G 18, Y 60, R 1, 3.44 cards per game Odds H 5-6 A 4-1 D 5-2 Southampton Subs from Taylor, Martina, Stephens, Davis, Rodriguez, Sims, Ward-Prowse Doubtful Bertrand, Davis, Van Dijk (all match fitness) Injured Boufal (knee, Jan), Hesketh (ankle, Feb), Targett (hamstring, Feb), Austin (shoulder, Mar), Pied (knee, Jun), Gardos (knee, unknown) Suspended None Form DWLLLL Discipline Y37 R2 Leading scorer Austin 6 Leicester City Subs from Zieler, Hamer, Wasilewski, Gray, Fuchs, James, Okazaki, Hernández, Kapustka, King Doubtful None Injured None Suspended None Unavailable Amartey, Mahrez, Slimani (Africa Cup of Nations) Form LDLWDL Discipline Y44 R1 Leading scorers Slimani, Vardy 5
  • (9) All variables except perceived personal risk were found to be significantly related to the intention to provide medical care although knowledge showed the weakest relationship (Odds Ratio = 2.14).
  • (10) Patients with cancer of floor of the mouth and oral tongue had higher odds ratios for alcohol drinking than subjects with cancers of other sites.
  • (11) Silvio Berlusconi's government is battling to stay in the eurozone against mounting odds – not least the country's mountain of state debt, which is the largest in the single currency area.
  • (12) Matched-pair analysis yielded an odds ratio of 7.0 with a 95% confidence interval of 1.7 to 28.
  • (13) When the 2 preinvasive disease categories were combined, an elevated odds ratio of borderline significance was found for 2 of the 3 lower quintiles for the 4 low quintiles combined.
  • (14) Among all subgroups, the odds ratios adjusted for pertinent confounders and interactions fluctuated randomly by about 0.9 and showed no consistent trend with increased alcohol consumption.
  • (15) Case mothers were more likely to report occupational exposure to metals (odds ratio [OR] = 8.0, P = 0.01), petroleum products (OR = 3.7, P = 0.03), and paints or pigments (OR = 3.7, P = 0.05).
  • (16) Regardless of age, smoking pack-years, and nasal allergic reactions, the prevalence of asthma was significantly associated with the use of carbamate insecticides (prevalence odds ratio = 1.8, 95% confidence interval: 1.1 to 3.1, p = 0.02).
  • (17) Belfast in Odd Man Out Released in 1947, directed by Carol Reed Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol Reed is a brilliant director of cities in films.
  • (18) Human immunodeficiency virus infection was significantly higher for those women who acknowledge intravenous drug use (odds ratio 12.9, 95% confidence interval 7.3 to 22.7), were born in Haiti (odds ratio 2.6, 95% confidence interval 1.6 to 4.1), lacked prenatal care (odds ratio 2.2, 95% confidence interval 1.1 to 4.2), or received prenatal care at the hospital clinic versus a neighborhood health center (odds ratio 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.7 to 5.3).
  • (19) Using the Mantel-Haenszel estimate of the odds ratio, no association was found between the number of moves and MS.
  • (20) The occurrence of gastric parietal cell antibody (PCA) and smooth muscle antibody (SMA) was not associated with practolol therapy (odds ratio of 2-4 and 1-9 respectively).

Oddball


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These findings may require a rethinking of specific information processing interpretations of other endogenous ERPs, although the results also indicate that the 'oddball' effect on the P300 and CNV was distinctive in terms of scalp distributions and sensitivity to the manipulation.
  • (2) AEPs were recorded to an "oddball" paradigm from vertex and left and right temporal electrodes.
  • (3) The results suggest that temporally proximal, non-selective rehearsal procedures are sufficient to activate personal knowledge of a salient (oddball), P3-generating stimulus phrase, and that even selective rehearsal of guilty acts is not sufficient without temporal proximity.
  • (4) "But she also divides the critics like that other old-school oddball, Norman Wisdom, who was written off as a witless, irritating idiot with a penchant for falling over by some, and seen as a comic genius by others."
  • (5) Manual reaction times were measured to probe clicks delivered during the presumed time-course of an auditory oddball P3.
  • (6) The P3 component to an auditory "oddball" stimulus was compared between 30 epilepsy patients and 27 age-matched normal controls.
  • (7) The subjects performed the auditory oddball task under conditions of low and high background noise.
  • (8) The effects of age on event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited during a two-tone discrimination ("oddball") task were examined in 97 normal subjects aged from 17-80 years.
  • (9) An auditory oddball paradigm with infrequent stimuli being presented with a probability of 0.20 was used.
  • (10) In the oddball task, P3 did not differ between groups but the patients' N2b was delayed.
  • (11) Since 1993, the festival has also included a free screening of Groundhog Day, which introduced to the world this obscure occasion, previously regarded as the preserve of hicks and oddballs.
  • (12) The LPC elicited by oddball stimuli was not influenced by AVP, neither when compared before and after intake nor when compared to placebo treatment.
  • (13) The ERPs were collected using two different tasks (i.e.,count and reaction time) in an oddball paradigm.
  • (14) With the classical "oddball" paradigm, 78% of the subjects were correctly related to one of the three groups examined.
  • (15) In contrast, target stimulus P300 does not appear to show a decrement across large numbers of trials during performance of the "oddball" paradigm, in which targets and nontargets are highly discriminable.
  • (16) We recorded event-related potentials to an acoustic "oddball" paradigm from 19 scalp derivations in five patients (three women and two men; age range, 44 to 56) who had global amnesia following encephalitis.
  • (17) In an Oddball paradigm, there was no evidence of any left-right hemisphere asymmetry in the scalp distribution of the P300 that varied as a function of the side of surgery in either the left or right temporal lobectomy patients.
  • (18) The American psychiatrists' handbook DSM-5 goes further in this direction than ever, turning life's rich tapestry of oddballs into a grid of disorders.
  • (19) But I’m not a well-known mainstream actor who does studio films.” She is better playing oddballs and square pegs, also-rans and might-have-beens.
  • (20) Skinny legs encased in scarlet cords, boots laced in yellow in tribute to oddball French singer Michel Polnareff, Christopher Owens - the singer and guitarist of San Francisco duo Girls - is rehearsing for a forthcoming appearance at LA's Fuck Yeah festival .

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