Gambit - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Gambit : (noun)
1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker [syn: ploy]
2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, stratagem]
3: a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position

Based on WordNet 2.0

Gambit : \Gam"bit\, n. [F. gambit, cf. It. gambitto gambit, a tripping up. See Gambol, n.] (Chess Playing) A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Gambit :

A variant of Scheme R3.99 supporting the future construct of Multilisp by Marc Feeley . Implementation includes optimising compilers for Macintosh (with Toolbox and built-in editor) and Motorola 680x0 Unix systems and HP300, BBN GP100 and NeXT. Version 2.0 conforms to the IEEE Scheme standard.

Gambit used PVM as its intermediate language.

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Mailing list: gambit@trex.umontreal.ca.

(1998-02-10)

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)