A Wisdom Archive on Technical Terms

A window is an opening in an otherwise solid, opaque surface through which light and sometimes air can pass. For example, a window can be in the wall of a house, or in a scientific measurement device that permits reading of certain wavelengths. Window is also used metaphorically to refer to a time period during which something can occur and outside of which the thing cannot occur, as in a window of opportunity to launch a rocket ... Including:

• Window - Opening in wall
• Window - Window styles
• Window - Technical terms
• Window - Window materials

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The word civilization (or civilisation) has a variety of meanings related to human society. The term comes from the Latin civis, meaning "citizen" or "townsman". Civilization - Senses of the word. Civilization - 1: Literal and technical definitions. By the most minimal, literal definition, a civilization is a complex society. Technically, anthropologists distinguish civilizations in which many of the people live in cities and get their food from agriculture, ... Including:

• Civilization - Senses of the word
• Civilization - 1: Literal and technical definitions
• Civilization - 2: Broader sense
• Civilization - 3: Human society as a whole
• Civilization - 4: A standard of behavior
• Civilization - 5: Superior vs. less complex societies
• Civilization - What characterizes civilization
• Civilization - Civilization as a cultural identity
• Civilization - Civilizations as complex systems
• Civilization - The future of civilizations
• Civilization - Negative views of civilization
• Civilization - Problems with the term civilization
• Civilization - Early civilizations
• Civilization - Mesopotamia
• Civilization - Egypt
• Civilization - India
• Civilization - China

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Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or fetuses by female mammals, including humans, inside their bodies. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations (for example, in the case of twins, or triplets). Human pregnancy is the most studied of all mammalian pregnancies. Human pregnancy lasts approximately 40 weeks between the time of the last menstrual cycle and birth (38 weeks from fertilisation). The medical term for a pregnant woman is genetalian, just as the medical term for the unborn is embryo (e ... Including:

• Pregnancy - Detection and dating
• Pregnancy - Timeline of a typical pregnancy
• Pregnancy - First trimester
• Pregnancy - Second trimester
• Pregnancy - Third trimester
• Pregnancy - Medical aspects of pregnancy
• Pregnancy - Birth
• Pregnancy - Postnatal Period
• Pregnancy - Terms and definitions
• Pregnancy - Technical
• Pregnancy - Colloquial
• Pregnancy - Reference

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Chela may mean: Chela, a term used in the Guru-shishya tradition of Hinduism Chela, a genus of fishes in the Cyprinid family Chela (plural chelae), the technical term for a crustacean's claw Other related archivesChela, Cyprinid, Guru-shishya tradition, fishes

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Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. It was conceived by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. Users, sometimes called Usenetters, read and post email-like messages (called "articles") to a number of distributed newsgroups, categories that resemble bulletin board systems in most respects. The medium is sustained among a large number of servers, which store and forward messages to one another. Usenet is of significant cultur ... Including:

• Usenet - Introduction
• Usenet - ISPs news servers and newsfeeds
• Usenet - Newsreader clients
• Usenet - Moderated and unmoderated newsgroups
• Usenet - Technical details
• Usenet - Organization
• Usenet - Binary content
• Usenet - Internet jargon and history
• Usenet - History
• Usenet - Sociological implications
• Usenet - Google Groups
• Usenet - Related topics
• Usenet - Usenet terms
• Usenet - Usenet history
• Usenet - Usenet administrators
• Usenet - Usenet personalities
• Usenet - Credit

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Rheumatism or Rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology. The term "rheumatism" is still used in colloquial speech and historical contexts, but is no longer frequently used in medical or technical literature; it would be fair to say that there is no longer any recognized disorder called, simply, "rheumatism". The traditional term covers such a range of differ ...

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Canyoning (also known as canyoneering) is the sport of travelling down canyons using a variety of techniques including walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling, swimming and "li-loing" (using an inflatable air mattress). It requires navigational skills, ropework, and other skills required for wilderness travel. Hiking down a canyon that is non-technical is called canyon hiking or just plain hiking. The terms Canyoning and Canyoneering refer to technical descents - those that require either ropework (rappels or abseils), technical do ...

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