Definition of pertinant
1. pertinent [ a ] having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
Examples:
"a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"
"remarks that were to the point"
(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)
In_addition , a detailed interspecies survey of the incidence of generalized pulmonary_emphysema in mammals would be interesting and pertinent .
Synonyms pertinent to_the_point Related Terms relevant2. pertinent [ a ] being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
Examples:
"the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"
"an apt reply"
(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)
And I select this sentence as its pertinent summation : `` In_essence the drama of his ( Eisenhower 's ) Presidency can be described as the ordeal of a nation turned conservative and struggling - thus_far with but limited and precarious success - to give effective voice and force to_that conservatism '' .
(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)
It rested its decision solely on 7 , which reads in pertinent part : `` [ N_]_o corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire , directly or indirectly , the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce , where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition between the corporation whose stock is so acquired and the corporation making the acquisition , or to restrain such commerce in any section or community , or tend to create a monopoly of any line of commerce .
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