Search results for "Term" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the ability to see backwards in time. The term was coined by Frederic MyersParapsy ... phenomenon, are often included under the term "precognition." ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 22:20, 30 November 2022
- Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning "a country dweller or rustic") is a term that has been used from antiquity to derogatorily denote ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- The term scientism has been used with different meanings in literature. The term is often used as a pejorative Scientism: "an exaggerated ...22 KB (3,110 words) - 02:36, 21 April 2023
- ] Retrieved April 16, 2007. The term "clairvoyance" is ... primarily through means of feeling. A term related to clairsentience ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 07:21, 14 January 2023
- == Origin of the Term “Scholastic” == In early Christian schools, especially after the beginning of the sixth century, it was customary to ...14 KB (1,990 words) - 17:20, 25 January 2023
- Eucharistia, "thanksgiving") is the term with the earliest ... "sharing in common") is a term used, with different meanings ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 04:40, 22 March 2024
- of the mint family (Lamiaceae). In particular, the term commonly is used for the species Lavandula angustifolia (true lavender or common lavender), ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- can help in flood mitigation, while longer term, peat is a early transition ... it can help in flood mitigation. Longer term, peat is a early transition ...14 KB (2,165 words) - 15:20, 27 April 2023
- The term "cardiac" (as in cardiology and cardiovascular ... In addition to the term heart being used in a physical sense, the ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- opulence while the poor went hungry. The term "cartoon" stuck ... Palace" as well as the use of the term cartoon to refer to satirical ...8 KB (1,281 words) - 23:46, 2 December 2022
- The term was first coined in 1917 by Victor Shklovsky (or Shklovskij ... characteristic of all art. He invented the term defamiliarization to “distinguish ...11 KB (1,618 words) - 14:07, 8 June 2020
- or thought. Bolzano's use of the term "an sich" differs ... Instead of the more traditional copulative term "is," Bolzano prefers ...15 KB (2,299 words) - 11:18, 28 September 2023
- The term digital divide refers to the gap between those people with ... education in addressing poverty in the long term; usually with an emphasis ...12 KB (1,752 words) - 07:06, 13 June 2023
- (This is a distinctly different use of the term autochthonous than its usual ... Transcendence (paired with the term The Encompassing in later works ...13 KB (1,830 words) - 07:16, 5 October 2022
- The term nucleus is from Latin nucleus ("kernel"), derived ... The adoption of the term "nucleus" to atomic theory, however ...13 KB (1,903 words) - 06:57, 21 August 2023
- it is in the twentieth century that the term atonality began to be applied ... Atonality emerged as a pejorative term to condemn music in which chords ...18 KB (2,710 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- of air pressure, one can forecast short-term changes in the weather. Numerous ... observations, reasonably accurate short term forecasts can be made. ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- The term jade is applied to two different types of rock, nephrite and jadeitite, that are made up of different silicate minerals. Nephrite can ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 08:35, 18 March 2024
- As a medical term, stress refers to a wide range of strong external stimuli or conditions, both physiological and psychological, impinging on ...14 KB (2,140 words) - 16:01, 23 September 2022
- Adolf Hitler brought it to prominence. The term Lebensraum, in this sense ... in general, nor was the original use of the term Lebensraum. However, under ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 18:49, 25 October 2022
