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- the construction of the socialist system. The term Construction Art was first used as a derisive term by Kazimir Malevich to describe the work of ...8 KB (1,080 words) - 14:39, 18 July 2023
- usages of the terms. Historically the term "romance" did not ... has existed since before 1812. Here, the term "romantic" means ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 04:58, 16 December 2022
- produced by living cells or another organism. The term sometimes is used in a broader sense to refer to any substance that is poisonous to an organism ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 04:49, 1 May 2023
- The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ... The term felony is a term used in common law systems for very serious ...15 KB (2,199 words) - 16:11, 5 April 2017
- chemical elements. Berzelius suggested the term "protein" as the ... Berzelius is also credited with originating the term "polymer ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 21:46, 4 October 2022
- The sacred fig is a type of fig known as a banyan. While the term ... The term "Bodhi tree" is also widely applied to currently ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- A pagoda is the general term for a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common in China, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia. ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- disease, infection, or injury. In the short term, it can be helpful, but long ... and catabolic processes. In the short term, this is often a valid trade ...11 KB (1,475 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- the crust, resulting in volcanic activity. The term hotspot is also used when referring to the location on the Earth's surface where such volcanism ...11 KB (1,444 words) - 16:21, 25 January 2023
- In the traditional definition of the term, acculturation is the process ... The term, however, needs to be differentiated from the term enculturation ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2021
- Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (January 25, 1743 – March 10, 1819) was a German philosopher who made his mark on philosophy by coining the term ...10 KB (1,513 words) - 11:04, 11 April 2024
- Party in the mid-nineteenth century. The term barnburner was derived from ... internal improvements, and state banks. The term hunker was derived from someone ...6 KB (913 words) - 10:35, 11 April 2024
- Zaibatsu ( 財閥, ざいばつ, property) is a Japanese term referring to the "financial cliques," “wealth cliques,” or business ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- Hibernation is one of several types of dormancy, a general term used ... Torpor is normally presented as short-term lowering of the metabolic ...14 KB (2,055 words) - 15:45, 25 January 2023
- with larger bulbs. Shallot also is the term for the edible bulb of these ... However, the term shallot also is used for other plants. The French ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- event that has already happened before. The term was coined by a French psychic ... More recently, the term déjà vécu has been used to describe very ...17 KB (2,710 words) - 17:28, 12 February 2024
- ==History of the term== The origins of the golem are often traced back ... has been interpreted in multiple ways. The term is used in the Bible (Psalms ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- As noted above, the term gravel is applied to rocks that range in size between 2 and 63 mm. Sometimes, however, the term is restricted to rock ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- In a more general sense, the term catalyst may be applied to any agent ... The term catalysis was coined in 1835 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius, who ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:49, 30 November 2023
- The term il-Khan means "subordinate khan" and refers to ... Law. He introduced the idea that the term jahilia (ignorance) could ...11 KB (1,536 words) - 16:11, 12 February 2024
- man-made. Such objects are often called moons. The term is normally used to identify non-artificial satellites of planets, dwarf planets, or minor planets ...19 KB (2,647 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- system of the Han Chinese people. The term can literally be translated ... analysis showing the development of the term over time would be useful ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- rabbinic writings throughout history. However, the term is often used as an exact translation of the Hebrew phrase Sifrut Hazal (ספרות חז"ל; ...11 KB (1,477 words) - 16:16, 7 December 2022
- The term esoteric first appeared in English in the 1701 History of ... The term "Mystery" derives from Latin mysterium, from Greek ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- The term marine engineer can also refer to a designer who specializes ... The original term Engineers (on a ship) meant the technical people ...7 KB (1,011 words) - 15:57, 6 November 2022
- The term immunization often is used interchangeably with vaccination and inoculation, all of which use a viable infecting agent. Like active ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 16:11, 27 July 2021
- film, architecture and music. The term may apply to any emotional ... resemblance to those of Expressionism, the term applies mainly to twentieth ...15 KB (2,114 words) - 23:58, 24 March 2024
- system. It originates from the Greek term κόσμος meaning "order ... Pythagoras is said to have been the first philosopher to apply the ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- abstraction," although the preferred term for it is "perceptual ... The term first appeared in print in Time magazine in October 1964, ...8 KB (1,285 words) - 00:44, 18 November 2022
- Parochial school is a term used (particularly in the United States ... House, Inc. Retrieved August 24, 2008. The term "parochial school" ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 08:53, 18 November 2022
- Drug, broadly defined, is a term used for any chemical substance that when introduced to the body of a living organism has a non-food impact ...18 KB (2,517 words) - 21:12, 30 January 2024
- dispersed institutions. Conversely, the term "virtual university" ... quot;correspondence courses," an older term that originated in nineteenth ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- These early utilitarians believed that the moral term "good" ... According to Moore, a term is defined just in case we provide necessary ...14 KB (2,113 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- by the scientific community, although the term Antarctic Ocean was used in ... the Third Edition, published in 1953, the term Antarctic Ocean was missing ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- Many musicians prefer the term "traditional jazz" to Dixieland ... early part of the twentieth century, the term Dixieland became widely used ...17 KB (2,609 words) - 16:20, 29 January 2024
- Nerve cord is a term that can refer to either (1) the single, hollow, fluid-filled, dorsal tract of nervous tissue that is one of the defining ...7 KB (1,053 words) - 16:22, 11 November 2022
- matters. "In English, it is a term that designates a religiously ... There are several different definitions and descriptions of the term ...9 KB (1,258 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- #Nevi'im (נביאים) meaning "Prophets." This term ... Christians count as several. However, the term Old Testament, while common ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- annuum. Cultivar is a horticultural term for a group of cultivated ... The term "bell pepper" is one of the many names for some ...13 KB (1,956 words) - 18:58, 11 January 2023
- As a general, non-taxonomic term, insectivore is a dietary category that applies to any organism feeding chiefly on insects and similar small ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 22:53, 5 February 2023
- The term sophists originally meant “wise men” in Ancient Greece. By the fifth century B.C.E., the term designated a profession in or a group ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 01:17, 4 February 2023
- ==Election and first term (1946-1952)== [[Image:Peron y Eva - casamiento ... ==The second term (1952-1955)== Perón won re-election in 1951. By ...17 KB (2,640 words) - 06:03, 10 May 2024
- own party. Hayes refused to run for a third term as governor. He preferred ... quot;|NAME||align="left"|TERM |- !bgcolor="#000000" ...15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
- The origin of the term goes back to the ancient Greeks. The English term “substance” comes from the Latin terms sub (“under”) and stare ...12 KB (1,836 words) - 21:25, 26 February 2023
- that person against their will. While the term “kidnapping” originally ... in 1673. It was originally used as a term for the practice of stealing ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 04:00, 6 October 2022
- The term "political sabotage" is sometimes used to define ... or supporters of the war, policy to use the term loosely against opponents ...12 KB (1,823 words) - 18:32, 22 December 2022
- which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object ... to produce a sound." The usage of the term is not unique to music but ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- office. Harrison died thirty days into his term; the briefest presidency in ... other tall pioneers on the Ohio frontier, a term of endearment in respect of ...12 KB (1,810 words) - 10:57, 9 May 2023
- The term "Bretayne the grete" was used by chroniclers as ... as well as Northern Ireland, the simple term "Britain" is often ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- Congress of a territorial governor with a three-year term, a territorial secretary with a four-year term, and three judges, with no set limit to their ...10 KB (1,533 words) - 06:38, 16 November 2022
- cuisine, when discussing fruit as food, the term usually refers to just those ... The term false fruit (pseudocarp, accessory fruit) is sometimes applied ...12 KB (1,838 words) - 09:21, 21 June 2021
- Chalcedony is one of the cryptocrystalline—a term which refers to a structure that consists of tiny crystals that can be seen only at high ...7 KB (962 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- example is the circle. In everyday use of the term "curve," a straight line is not curved, but in mathematical parlance curves include straight ...14 KB (2,245 words) - 21:42, 23 June 2022
- In Christianity, the disciples were originally the students of Jesus during his ministry, although the term can also be used to refer to anyone ...15 KB (2,501 words) - 03:45, 31 July 2022
- Averroism is the term applied to two philosophical trends originating among European scholastics in the late thirteenth century, after the introduction ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 07:15, 23 August 2023
- Often, the widespread adoption of a slang term by mainstream culture will ... people that are familiar with it and use the term. * "It is a ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- The term "rare earth metals" (or "rare earth elements ... ignites in air at 150 °C. Even with long-term storage under mineral oil ...11 KB (1,437 words) - 02:07, 23 December 2022
- The term "rare earth metals" (or "rare earth elements") is a trivial name applied to 16 chemical elements: scandium, yttrium ...9 KB (1,135 words) - 23:14, 30 April 2023
- copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works ... of works that are no longer in copyright term or were never protected by ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- Lyceum is a term used to refer to an educational institution (often ... lyceums ("litsey" is the Russian term, derived from French "lycee ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- The term "Eastern Europe" is often used to refer to all ... in nature and sometimes more political. The term is often used to designate ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- ==Involvement in politics and first term as Minister-President== ... ==Second term== The Liberals, however, were unable to continue in government ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 18:17, 12 February 2024
- Intifada (also Intefadah or Intifadah; from Arabic for "shaking off") is an Arabic term for "uprising." The word was first ...16 KB (2,421 words) - 10:58, 6 March 2024
- The term "kairos" is used in theology to describe the qualitative ... Paul Tillich made prominent use of the term. For him, the kairoi are those ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- The term "logical positivism" itself originated in the Vienna ... 1817 to 1824, and Comte popularized use of the term. The most important ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- hard-shelled clam. Among Europeans, the term wampum was used to refer to ... confused for wampum by Europeans, and the term wampum came into general use ...7 KB (1,160 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- ! !! Name !! Term began !! Term ended |- |1. ||Marshal of the Soviet ... ! !! Name !! Term began !! Term ended |- | 1.||General of the Army ...11 KB (1,642 words) - 22:57, 3 May 2023
- to obscuration," to use his own term. The passionarity of the Arabic ... V. Semenov-Tian-Shanskii used the term “Russian Eurasia” (Russkaia ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 22:04, 25 October 2022
- often aimed at mature audiences. The term also encompasses comic short ... The evolving term graphic novel is not strictly defined, and is sometimes ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- The term "extortion" is also used metaphorically to refer ... explanations for the origin of the term "badger game." One ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 12:32, 21 January 2023
- The term "Dublin" came from Dublin, Ohio, U.S., and "core ... Full information on element definitions and term relationships can ...13 KB (1,902 words) - 17:17, 12 February 2024
- .36..281B On the Definition of the Term Meteoroid] Quarterly Journal ... Astronomers may use the term bolide when referring to an exceptionally ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 16:25, 9 November 2022
- The Aramaic term abba has passed via Greek and Latin into European languages as an ecclesiastical term, Abbot (Father), the head of a monastery. ...7 KB (1,044 words) - 07:15, 13 June 2023
- The term "rare earth metals" (or "rare earth elements") is a trivial name applied to 16 chemical elements: scandium, yttrium ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- Raspberry or red raspberry is the common term for the plant Rubus idaeus in the rose family (Rosaceae). The term is also applied to the edible ...12 KB (1,835 words) - 05:25, 17 July 2022
- had "deliberately chosen a scientific term for the name of the book to ... für sexuelle Zwischenstufen, changing the term "anomaly" to "differentiation ...13 KB (1,783 words) - 09:26, 10 August 2022
- or possibly dangerous. In Europe, the term "sect" is often ... Controversy exists among sociologists of religion as to whether the ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:44, 11 January 2024
- Mass media is a term denoting that section of the media specifically ... The term "mass media" is mainly used by academics and media ...20 KB (3,105 words) - 12:56, 8 September 2023
- Although the term "amillennialism" was coined in the 1930s ... The term "amillennialism" is not well compounded, as it ...19 KB (2,732 words) - 07:00, 25 July 2023
- and animated film. Originally, the term referred to full-scale drawings ... ==History of the Term "Cartoon"== [[Image:Leonardo - St. ...17 KB (2,492 words) - 00:46, 29 November 2023
- The term day care or child care refers to the care of a child during ... 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2024. A long-term NIH-funded study found that ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 21:27, 29 March 2024
- The term natural philosophy, or the philosophy of nature (Latin, philosophia naturalis), has several applications, according to its historical ...13 KB (1,838 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- The term frigate has been used for warships of many sizes and roles. In the eighteenth century, the term referred to ships that were as long ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- The term dakhma or dokhma (from Middle Persian dakhmag) originally ... by a dog or bird. Further, the Magi (a term that eventually came to signify ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- (dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs). The term also is used in a more restrictive ... The term "lemur" is derived from the Latin word lemures ...10 KB (1,459 words) - 19:36, 25 October 2022
- before the Buddha's Parinirvana the term Dharmakaya was current. Dharmakaya ... Berzin] Retrieved July 7, 2008. the lesser-known term Savakabuddha ...13 KB (2,027 words) - 10:18, 29 January 2024
- French art critic Louis Vauxcelles first used the term "cubism," or "bizarre cubiques," in 1908 after seeing a picture by ...7 KB (1,061 words) - 15:09, 3 July 2023
- The term continental philosophy originated among English-speaking ... the preceding philosophical movements. The term "continental philosophy ...19 KB (2,642 words) - 02:47, 8 January 2024
- "Conspicuous consumption" is the term Veblen used to describe ... Veblen used this term to depict the behavioral characteristic of the ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 23:02, 30 April 2023
- with galactosemia experience long-term complications. after ingesting dairy products, but no long-term effects. In contrast, galactosemic ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- In botany, the term evergreen refers to a tree, shrub, or other plant having foliage that persists throughout the year. This terminology includes ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 04:53, 6 April 2021
- While the bare term non-cognitivism usually refers to ethics, it can ... to prove that there is no concept for the term "God:" He argues ...15 KB (2,197 words) - 02:38, 16 November 2022
- The term pharaoh ("الفرعون") derives from a compound ... The term therefore evolved from a word specifically referring to a ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- The first term is just the angular momentum of the center of mass. It is the same angular momentum one would obtain if there were just one particle ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 06:03, 28 July 2023
- He is also said to have originated the term “Platonic love.” ... ==Modern Use of the Term Academy== The Renaissance drew potent intellectual ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- The term apsis is derived from the Latin word apsis, meaning "arch ... some of them are used occasionally, the term -saturnium has rarely been ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- most likely, or best, explanations. The term "abduction" also ... Historically, Aristotle's use of the term "epagoge" ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- The term assassin, which appeared in European languages in a variety ... of Hassan's Ismaili sect with this term is not necessarily a clue ...15 KB (2,338 words) - 22:24, 8 November 2021
- cantare, to sing), a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved ... The Baroque era applied the term sonata to a variety of works, including ...27 KB (4,193 words) - 16:32, 14 October 2022
- Dasa (Sanskrit for "servant") is a Hindu term with two primary usages: Originally, "Dasa" denoted enemies of the ancient ...15 KB (2,317 words) - 20:43, 19 May 2020
