Search results

• Conspicuous
  ...cial status]]. A very similar but more colloquial term is "keeping up with the Joneses". Invidious consumption, a more specialized term, refers to consump ...odernism] and [[discussions]] around taste offer alternative views, whilst the [[ideas]] of sociologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Bourdieu#Bou
  3 KB (347 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Vignette
  ...ine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) put on or just before a title page or at the beginning or end of a chapter; also : a small decorative [[design]] or [[pi ...picture (as an engraving or photograph) that shades off [[gradually]] into the [[surrounding]] paper
  2 KB (370 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Epic
  *1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an epic <an epic poem> *2 a : extending beyond the usual or ordinary especially in size or scope <his genius was epic — Time
  3 KB (506 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• Evaporation
  :b : to deposit (as a metal) in the [[form]] of a film by sublimation ...curs on the entire [[mass]] of the [[liquid]]. Evaporation is also part of the [[water]] [[cycle]].
  3 KB (451 words) - 01:13, 13 December 2020
• Projection
  ...urface]] upon which features from a curved surface (as of the [[earth]] or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_sphere celestial sphere]) may be m :b : the [[process]] or [[technique]] of reproducing a spatial object upon a plane o
  4 KB (681 words) - 02:31, 13 December 2020
• Ten
  *1 : the 10th in a set or [[series]] <wears a ten> *4 : one deserving the highest rating; specifically : an exceptionally [[attractive]] [[person]]
  4 KB (609 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
• Multimedia
  *2: a [[technique]] (as the combining of [[sound]], video, and [[text]]) for [[expressing]] [[ideas]] ( ...a. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermedia Hypermedia] can be considered one particular multimedia application.
  3 KB (480 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
• Disguise
  *1 a : to change the customary dress or appearance of b : to furnish with a false appearance or *3 : to obscure the existence or true state or character of : conceal <unable to disguise his t
  2 KB (362 words) - 00:16, 13 December 2020
• 1999-05-04-Weaving the Tapestry
  ===Topic: '''''Weaving the Tapestry'''''=== ...wn to business here and get something done -- because we are eager to feed the Supreme!
  3 KB (489 words) - 22:03, 12 January 2014
• Joan of Arc
  ...nis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis IX, and St. Theresa of Lisieux, one of the patron saints of France. ...o Charles VII's coronation at Reims and settled the disputed succession to the throne.
  3 KB (418 words) - 01:35, 13 December 2020
• Caveman
  *1: a [[cave]] dweller especially of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_age Stone Age] ...o refer to [[Neanderthal people]], originates out of [[assumptions]] about the association between early humans and caves, most clearly [[demonstrated]] i
  4 KB (582 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Theme
  ...]] or of artistic [[representation]] <guilt and punishment is the theme of the [[story]]> : b : a specific and distinctive [[quality]], characteristic, or concern <the campaign has lacked a theme>
  3 KB (533 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Parody
  ...tic [[meaning]] of beside, "there is nothing in ''parodia'' to necessitate the inclusion of a concept of ridickule". ...ki/Satyr satyr] plays which parodied [[tragic]] plays. People that were in the plays dressed up like satyrs which were followers of most [https://en.wikip
  4 KB (635 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
• Destiny
  ...s a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed [[natural order]] to the [[universe]]. ...Protestant]] concept of [[predestination]]) or by human will (for example, the American concept of [[Manifest Destiny]]).
  7 KB (1,190 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
• Holography
  ...s in exactly the same way as if the object were still present, thus making the recorded image (hologram) appear [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimen The technique of holography can also be used to [[Optics|optically]] store, ret
  6 KB (933 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
• The Arts
  ...arts]]. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of the various arts, so the definitions of these terms overlap to some degree. <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''the Arts''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:
  3 KB (478 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
• Cult of Personality
  ...st it had no [[political]] connotations but was instead closely related to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism Romantic] "cult of [[genius]]". The political use of the phrase came first in 1877:
  5 KB (673 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
• Calligraphy
  .... The story of writing is one of [[aesthetic]] [[evolution]] framed within the technical skills, transmission speed(s) and [[material]]s limitations of a ...historically [[disciplined]] yet fluid and [[spontaneous]], improvised at the [[moment]] of writing (Pott 2006 and 2005; Zapf 2007 and 2006).
  4 KB (523 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
• Foreshadow
  ...the near future or, in other words, the plot developments to come later in the story. ...[writers]] may often make repeated [[references]] to the object throughout the story.
  8 KB (1,368 words) - 00:19, 13 December 2020
• 2019-10-10-Engineering - A Social Responsibility
  ...both, the Damascus Scribe and Samuel of Panoptia. Samuel is right now ‘on the line’, as it’s called.” ...d counting on. So it was with my effort of making an all-round meal out of one special fruit.
  4 KB (595 words) - 16:03, 18 October 2019

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)