Encyclopedia - Definitions: Encyclopedia - Definitions
Definitions - Terms for Wiktionary. Resymmetricalize-to make symmetrical again Eschew-escape Propriety-true nature Abhorrence-horror A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition: Encyclopedia - Definition
A definition may be a statement of the essential properties of a certain thing, or a statement of equivalence between one expression and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition - A Definition Of 'definition'
Suppose we have decided to define a certain word or a concept associated with that word. Suppose also that we have identified which sense...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Value Semiotics: Encyclopedia Ii - Value Semiotics - Definitions
Drawing from the original definition proposed by Saussure (1857-1913), a sign has two parts: as a signifier, i.e. it will have a form th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Recursive Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Recursive Language - Definitions
There are two equivalent major definitions for the concept of a recursive language: A recursive formal language is a recursive subset in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nursing Informatics: Encyclopedia Ii - Nursing Informatics - Definitions
Various definitions of Nursing Informatics have been proposed, perhaps the most widely currently accepted definition comes from the Inter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Snob: Encyclopedia Ii - Snob - Definitions
Characteristically, snobs look down on people who are part of groups that they regard as inferior to the social class they are imitating....   » Read the article

Article - Definition Of Metaphysics: Definition Of Metaphysics
The term metaphysics originally referred to the writings of Aristotle that came to light after his writings on physics, in the arrange...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Definition Of Hinduism
Hinduism: Definition of Hinduism Hinduism is not a religion but a set of beliefs and traditions which have evolved over a period of tim...   » Read the article

Article - Ignorance: Definitions Can Be Misleading
Definitions Can Be Misleading The Bible says: "The fool has said in his heart, there is no God". Having first convinced himsel...   » Read the article

Article - Definition Of Metaphysics: Opportunities For Transformation
Did you ever see something go wrong around you and suddenly burst out, How on Earth did I create that? Really, how can bad things happ...   » Read the article

Article - Definition Of Metaphysics: Knowledge By Acquaintance
We are normally acquainted with anything of which we are directly aware, without any inference or knowledge of truth.   Am I acqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circular Definition: Encyclopedia - Circular Definition
A circular definition is one that assumes a prior understanding of the term being defined. For instance, we can define "oak" as a tree wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy
Effeminacy (Greek: ἀνανδρία – anandria; μαλακία – malakia; Latin: mollites) is a term applied to men who have the q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dogmatic Definition: Encyclopedia - Dogmatic Definition
In Roman Catholicism, a dogmatic definition is an infallible statement published by a pope or an ecumenical council concerning a matter o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Tripartite Definition
"Music, often an art/entertainment, is a total social fact whose definitions vary according to era and culture," according to Jean Molino...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fallacies Of Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Fallacies Of Definition - Circularity
There is a general name for the first two sorts of error: circular definition. A circular definition is somewhat similar to a question-be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Overview
Defining music is as difficult as defining art or any other subjective phenomenon. It is a problem that has been tackled at various times...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Etymology
The word itself comes from the Greek mousikê (tekhnê) by way of the Latin musica. It is ultimately derived from mousa, the Greek word f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition - A Contribution To Defining The Term 'definition'
Minimum Intent: The following definition of the term 'definition' is presented as a reference, (a comparator, a norm) that must not be vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definitely Maybe: Encyclopedia Ii - Definitely Maybe - Charting Singles
Album - Billboard (USA) Singles - Billboard (USA) ... See also:Definitely Maybe, Definitely Maybe - Track listing, Definitely Maybe - P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Positive-definite Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Positive-definite Matrix - Negative-definite Semidefinite And Indefinite Matrices
The Hermitian matrix M is said to be negative-definite if for all non-zero (or, equivalently, all non-zero ). It is called positive-s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Music As Organized Sound
An oft cited definition of music, made by Wynton Marsalis among others, is that it is "sound organized in time." Apart from objections th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Circular Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Circular Definition - Shortest Possible Circular Definition
This is shorter than the example most commonly cited: Recursion See "Recursion". not just because it uses shorter words, but also be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Music As Subjective Experience
Another commonly held definition of music holds that music must be 'pleasant' (determined by the esthesic level) or 'melodic' (determined...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Music As Language
Many definitions of music implicitly hold that music is a communicative activity which conveys to the listener moods, emotions, thoughts,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Music As Social Construct
Post-modern and other theories argue that, like all art, music is defined primarily by social context. According to this view, music is w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definitions Of Palestine And Palestinian: Encyclopedia Ii - Definitions Of Palestine And Palestinian - Palestine
Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian - Palestine Defined. The term Palestine is derived from the name of the Philistines, a people ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definitions Of Palestine And Palestinian: Encyclopedia Ii - Definitions Of Palestine And Palestinian - Palestinian
This section describes several viewpoints of what makes a person a "Palestinian". Definitions of Palestine and Palestinian - By place of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operational Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Operational Definition - Relevance To Business
On October 15, 1970, the West Gate Bridge in Melbourne, Australia collapsed, killing 35 construction workers. The subsequent enquiry foun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Operational Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Operational Definition - Relevance To Philosophy
The idea originally arises in the operationalist philosophy of P. W. Bridgman and others. By 1914, Bridgman was dismayed by the abstracti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Planet - Issues And Controversies
While there is much disagreement between current definitions of "planet", most focus on three general criteria: that it must orbit a star...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Notation
In the context of HDTV, the formats of the broadcasts are referred to using a notation describing: The number of lines in the display re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Planet - History And Etymology
There has never been a single, precise definition for the word "planet." When originally coined by the ancient Greeks, a planet was any o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy - Bible
The Septuagint expresses the concept of effeminacy through the Greek word androgynos: "Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Notation
In the context of HDTV, the formats of the broadcasts are referred to using a notation describing: The number of lines in the display re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition - Determining Meaning: Extension Intension Ambiguity And Vagueness
Just as arguments can be good or bad, definitions can be good or bad. A definition gives us the meaning of a word. To understand this mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definite Description: Encyclopedia Ii - Definite Description - Criticism Of Russell’s Analysis
Though Russell's analysis has been widely accepted by philosophers, there has been some dissent. Definite description - P. F. Strawson. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definite Description: Encyclopedia Ii - Definite Description - Bertrand Russell’s Analysis
France is a republic, and has no king. Consider the statement "The present King of France is bald." Is this statement true? Is it false? ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Set-theoretic Definition Of Natural Numbers: Encyclopedia Ii - Set-theoretic Definition Of Natural Numbers - The Oldest Definition
The original set theoretical definition of the natural numbers is generally ascribed to Frege and Russell. An informal way to put this de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Contemporary Systems
High-definition television - Australia. Main article: High definition television in Australia Australia started HD broadcasting in Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Contemporary Systems
High-definition television - Australia. Main article: High definition television in Australia Australia started HD broadcasting in Janu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Positive-definite Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Positive-definite Matrix - Equivalent Formulations
Let M be an n × n Hermitian matrix. In the following we denote the transpose of a matrix or vector a by aT, and the conjugate transpose ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy - Lexicon Entry
From An English-Greek Lexicon, edited by C. D. Younge. 1870. Classical definition of effeminacy - Lexicon entry for synonyms. ... S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Comparison To Sdtv
HDTV has at least twice the resolution of SDTV, thus allowing much more detail to be shown compared to analog television or regular DVD. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Format Considerations
The optimum format for a broadcast depends on the type of media used for the recording and the characteristics of the content. The field ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Early Systems
High-definition television - SECAM 755i. When Europe resumed TV transmissions after WWII, i.e. in the late 1940s and early 1950s, diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Contemporary Systems
High-definition television - Australia. Australia started HD broadcasting in January 2001 but only in August 2003 was HD content mandat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Recording Compression And Prerecorded Media
HDTV can be recorded to D-VHS (Data-VHS), W-VHS, to an HDTV-capable digital video recorder such as DirecTV's high-definition TiVo or Dish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Comparison To Sdtv
HDTV has at least twice the resolution of SDTV, thus allowing much more detail to be shown compared to analog television or regular DVD. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Format Considerations
The optimum format for a broadcast depends on the type of media used for the recording and the characteristics of the content. The field ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Technical Details
MPEG-2 is most commonly used as the compression codec for digital HDTV broadcasts. Although MPEG-2 supports up to 4:2:2 YUV chroma subsam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Positive-definite Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Positive-definite Matrix - Non-hermitian Matrices
A real matrix M may have the property that xTMx > 0 for all nonzero real vectors x without being symmetric. The matrix provides an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy - St Thomas Aquinas
In Question 138, St. Thomas Aquinas delves more deeply into the connotations of the word effeminate. "The Philosopher" that he refers her...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Early Systems
High-definition television - SECAM 755i. When Europe resumed TV transmissions after WWII, i.e. in the late 1940s and early 1950s, diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Early Systems
High-definition television - SECAM 755i. When Europe resumed TV transmissions after WWII, i.e. in the late 1940s and early 1950s, diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Recording Compression And Prerecorded Media
HDTV can be recorded to D-VHS (Data-VHS), W-VHS, to an HDTV-capable digital video recorder such as DirecTV's high-definition TiVo or Dish...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Open Service Interface Definitions: Encyclopedia Ii - Open Service Interface Definitions - Description
Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs) are programmatic interface specifications describing services. These interfaces are specified ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Technical Details
MPEG-2 is most commonly used as the compression codec for digital HDTV broadcasts. Although MPEG-2 supports up to 4:2:2 YUV chroma subsam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Document Type Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Document Type Definition - Associating Dtds With Documents
A DTD is associated with a particular document via a Document Type Declaration, which is a bit of markup that appears near the start of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Document Type Definition: Encyclopedia Ii - Document Type Definition - Dtd Criticisms And Alternatives
While DTD support in XML tools is widespread due to its inclusion in the XML 1.0 standard, it is seen as limited for the following reason...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Video: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Video - Movies That Have Been Shot In Hd
Arguing that film is not high quality enough to make movies (in part because of poor film development processing, poor monitoring system,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Multimedia Interface: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Multimedia Interface - Technical Specifications
High-Definition Multimedia Interface - TMDS channel. Carries audio, video and auxiliary data. Signalling method: According to DVI 1.0 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baire Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Baire Space - Definition
The precise definition of a Baire space has undergone slight changes throughout history, mostly due to prevailing needs and viewpoints. F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silver Ratio: Encyclopedia Ii - Silver Ratio - Definition
Silver ratio - Definition as . The silver ratio (δS) is defined as the irrational number formed from the sum of 1 and the square root ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hectogram: Encyclopedia Ii - Hectogram - Definition
1 Hectogram is equal to 100 grams: {1Hg = 100g} A Hectogram is the tenth (1/10) of a kilogram: {1Hg = 0.1 Kg} ... See also:Hectogram, H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mixin: Encyclopedia Ii - Mixin - Definition And Implementation
In Simula the classes are defined in a block in which attributes, methods and class initialization are all defined together, and so all t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Classical Definition Of Effeminacy - Ancient And Hellenistic Greece
Classical definition of effeminacy - Literary sense. In common literary prose, the term malakos is an adjective applied to things: "Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Matroid: Encyclopedia Ii - Matroid - Definition By Independent Sets
For convenience and simplicity we begin with the definition by independent sets. In this definition a matroid M on a ground set E is a pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orbifold: Encyclopedia Ii - Orbifold - Formal Definition
The formal definition goes along the same lines as a definition of manifold, but instead of taking domains in Rn as the target spaces of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - K3 Surface: Encyclopedia Ii - K3 Surface - Definition
There are many equivalent properties that can be used to characterize a K3 surface. The definition given depends on the context: In diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Degree Matrix: Encyclopedia Ii - Degree Matrix - Definition
Given a graph G = (V,E) with the degree matrix D for G is a square matrix defined as ... See also:Degree matrix, Degree matrix - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uniform Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Uniform Space - Definition
Uniform space - Entourage definition. A uniform space (X,Φ) is a set X equipped with a nonempty family of subsets of the Cartesian pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Integral: Encyclopedia Ii - Integral - Definitions By Means Of An Integral
Several mathematical functions and constants can be defined by using an integral. The natural logarithm is usually defined as The math...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Glossary Of Anatomical Terminology Definitions And Abbreviations: Encyclopedia Ii - Glossary Of Anatomical Terminology Definitions And Abbreviations - Anatomical Localisation
The terms used for anatomical localisation are best understood if we think of an animal with a straight CNS, like a lizard. Here the term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comodule: Encyclopedia Ii - Comodule - Formal Definition
Let K be a field, and C be a coalgebra over K. A (right) comodule over C is a K-vector space M together with a linear map such that ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radiance: Encyclopedia Ii - Radiance - Definition
Radiance is defined by where the approximation holds for small A and Ω, L is the radiance (W·m-2·sr-1), Φ is the radiant flux or ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nitride: Encyclopedia Ii - Nitride - Definition
The nitride ion is N3- (a nitrogen atom plus three electrons). A nitride (compound) is a compound that has nitrogen with more electroposi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nitrite: Encyclopedia Ii - Nitrite - Definition
The nitrite ion is NO2-. A nitrite compound is one that contains this group, either an ionic compound, or an analogous covalent one. Thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luminance: Encyclopedia Ii - Luminance - Definition
Luminance is defined by where L is the luminance (cd/m2), F is the luminous flux or luminous power (lm), θ is the angle between the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abel's Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Abel's Identity - Definition
Given a homogeneous linear second-order ordinary differential equation Abel's identity can be written as where W(x) is the Wronskia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Graph Homomorphism: Encyclopedia Ii - Graph Homomorphism - Definition
A graph homomorphism f from a graph G: = (V,E) to a graph G': = (V',E'), written is a mapping from the vertex set of G to the vertex se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Differintegral: Encyclopedia Ii - Differintegral - Definitions Via Transforms
Using the continuous Fourier transform, here denoted F: in Fourier space, differentiation transforms into a multiplication: which gene...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chlorate: Encyclopedia Ii - Chlorate - Definition
The chlorate ion ClO3-. A chlorate (compound) is a compound that contains this group, with chlorine in oxidation state +5. ... See also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Perchlorate: Encyclopedia Ii - Perchlorate - Scientific Definition
The perchlorate ion is ClO4-. A perchlorate (compound) is a compound containing this group, with chlorine in oxidation state +7. ... Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exclusive Nor: Encyclopedia Ii - Exclusive Nor - Definition
"A XNOR B" is equivalent to: "(A AND B) OR (!A AND !B)". For two inputs A and B, the truth table of the operator is as follows. .....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyadic Product: Encyclopedia Ii - Dyadic Product - Definition
Using Einstein's summation convention, the dyadic product may be defined by . Writing out the sums, this becomes . ... See also:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diamondsuit: Encyclopedia Ii - Diamondsuit - Definition
For a given cardinal number κ and a stationary set S ⊆ κ, ◊S is the statement that there is a sequence such that every Aδ is a s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semicubical Parabola: Encyclopedia Ii - Semicubical Parabola - Definition
A semicubical parabola is a curve defined parametrically as The parameter can be removed to yield the equation ... See also:Semicubi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Profit: Encyclopedia Ii - Profit - Accounting Definitions Of Profit
Caution - these definitions are different from those used by economists In the accounting sense of the term, net profit (before tax) is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Profit: Encyclopedia Ii - Profit - Accounting Definitions Of Profit
Caution - these definitions are different from those used by economists In the accounting sense of the term, net profit (before tax) is t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - High-definition Television: Encyclopedia Ii - High-definition Television - Advantages Of Hd Tv Technology Expressed In Non-engineering Terms
1. All commercial HD is digital, so the signal will either deliver a good picture, a series of frozen pictures, or no picture. You would ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Push Forward: Encyclopedia Ii - Push Forward - Definition
Let be a smooth map of smooth manifolds. Given some , the push forward is a linear map from the tangent space of M at p to the tangen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triumphalism: Encyclopedia Ii - Triumphalism - Definition
The term is sometimes used to refer to relatively inconsequential behavior, such as excessively demonstrative glee at the defeat or failu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concrete Category: Encyclopedia Ii - Concrete Category - Definition
A concrete category is formally defined as follows: a category C a faithful functor F : C → Set The faithful functor F is typica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Approach Space: Encyclopedia Ii - Approach Space - Definition
Given a metric space (X,d), or more generally, an extended pseudoquasimetric (which will be abbreviated xpq-metric here), one can define ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pfaffian: Encyclopedia Ii - Pfaffian - Formal Definition
Let Π be the set of all partitions of {1, 2, …, 2n} into pairs without regard to order. There are (2n − 1)!! such partitions. An ele...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planet: Encyclopedia Ii - Planet - Definition And Classification Of Planets
Much like "continent", "planet" is a word without a precise definition, with history and culture playing as much of a role as geology and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Definition: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Definition
Definition: The meaning of a word; the classification pattern that it fits into during the time period and for the given population in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Definitive Host: Oceanography Dictionary - Definitive Host
  Definition and meaning of definitive host:   definitive host - in a parasite's life cycle, it is the host organism in w...   » Read the article