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  • of enormous density and temperature. The term is also used in a narrower sense to describe the fundamental "fireball" that erupted ...
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  • The word "dybbuk" is derived from a Hebrew term meaning "attachment." According to kabbalistic tradition, a soul that has not been ...
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  • given through the Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The term "Divine Principle" is also used by Unificationists to refer to a metaphysical concept ...
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  • brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from the Greek name for the semicircular area in front of the ancient Greek stage ...
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  • ==Etymology== From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”). ==Noun== larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ) # An early stage of growth for some ...
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  • Sea. The Aegean Sea is a sea with many islands; the term Arcipelago, originally a proper noun referring to the Aegean Sea, was first generalized to a ...
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  • can be understood as a broader or narrower term depending on the context. ===Derived terms=== * preadolescence ===Related terms=== ...
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  • text=The afterlife, or life after death, is a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically spiritual, experiential ...
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  • of clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraints, a field that includes domains such as phonology, morphology ...
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  • responsibility for themselves. The term "death of God" originated from the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche in the nineteenth century ...
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  • support domestic British corn (in Britain, the term "corn" means "grain" (the kernel), and implies the primary grain crop of a country ...
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  • He was generally credited with coining the term "Rainbow Nation" as a metaphor to describe post-apartheid South Africa after 1994 ...
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  • pathway to liberation. Mandala has become a generic term for any plan, chart, or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically ...
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  • drawings, and animated film. Originally, the term referred to full-scale drawings for various forms of fine art, such as frescoes and tapestries. From ...
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  • text=The term drama comes from a Greek word meaning "action." The enactment of drama in theater, performed by actors on a stage before ...
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  • text=The term fraternity, often colloquially shortened to "frat," generally refers to all-male or mixed-sex student organizations at ...
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  • and not whole propositions themselves. A term picks out a set or class of ... The term of a categorical proposition picks out a group of things ...
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  • text=The term concerto (plural concerti or concertos) refers to a musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. The ...
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  • text=As a medical term, stress refers to a wide range of strong external stimuli or conditions, both physiological and psychological, impinging ...
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  • also affected other regions of the USSR, the term Holodomor is specifically applied to the events that took place in territories populated by ethnic ...
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