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Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression.
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Open to more than one interpretation; doubtful or uncertain.
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open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
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Having more than one possible interpretation or reading.
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open to two or more interpretations. In literature, ambiguity may enrich the meaning, enhance the irony, or add complications that lead beyond simplistic interpretations. (Compare with ambivalent.)
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Open to more than one interpretation. In the context of this site it means that an image as a whole can display different scenes, depending on the interpretation of the viewer. These are also known as equivocal images or metamorphic images.
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A word, phrase, sentence, or other communication is called “ambiguous” if it can be interpreted in more than one way.
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