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  • <center>'''Structure''' is a shared form allowing multiple components, [[facet]]s, or parts to f ...gm and paradigm shift. Among the people that are notable in the concept of structure, [[Alfred Korzybski]] is probably best-remembered for developing the theory
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  • ...set of interacting or [[Interdependence|interdependent]] entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole. ...systems science, systemics and systems engineering. They investigate the [[abstract]] properties of the [[matter]] and organization, searching [[concepts]] and
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  • A typical thesis has a title page, an abstract, a table of contents, a body, comprising the various chapters, and a biblio ...ations [[normally]] report on a [[research]] project of some kind, and the structure nearly always [[reflects]] this by a) introducing the research [[topic]], w
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  • ...etrical because a rotation about its axis preserves its shape. A crystal [[structure]] is symmetrical with respect to certain translations in [[space]]. The exi ...o properties of objects, to processes they may undergo, as well as to more abstract entities such as mathematical structures, scientific [[law]]s, and [[symbol
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  • A phrase is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax syntactic] [[structure]] having syntactic properties derived from its head. ...re also [[expresses]] some type of conceptual content, be it specific or [[abstract]].
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  • ...se]]s and [[sentences]]) and [[phonology]] (the study of sound systems and abstract sound units). [[Phonetics]] is a related branch of linguistics concerned wi
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  • ...en are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is mortal. Given the structure of this argument, as long as the premises are true, then the conclusion is ...]’s theory of forms, which states that properties such as [[beauty]] are [[abstract]] universal entities that exist independent of the objects themselves. Inst
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  • ...tive]] dimension (e.g. a new [[style]] of art coming into being, such as [[abstract]] art or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressionism impressionism] it gen ...are in way some novel); and novelty [[architecture]] (a building or other structure that is interesting because it has an amusing design). It is also this sens
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  • ...analytical]] [[purposes]], a [[culture]] could be viewed as a three-part [[structure]] composed of sub[[systems]] that he termed [[ideological]], [[technologica ...om]] make up this category. Passed on from generation to generation, these abstract belief systems, or mentifacts, tell us what we ought to believe, what we sh
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  • ...ion]], or an end, which is an object, either a [[physical]] object or an [[abstract]] object, that has [[intrinsic]] [[value]]. ...litary objectives can be set within a three-tier [[scale]] of [[combat]] [[structure]] of tactical, operational and strategic [[management]] of the [[conflict]]
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  • ...WILL of the Father into the circuits of Urantian consciousness. There is a structure of the way power and energy is wielded into the circuits of Urantian consci ...ake more mighty changes in these enhanced circuits of your planetary power structure for the Father’s WILL to prevail.
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  • ...epression or [[censorship]], whatever one is thinking at the time, turning abstract ideas into a concrete image, which may be perceived as an apt and succinct ...nown example being the story of [[August Kekulé]]’s [[discovery]] of the [[structure]] of benzene. Similarly, the teenaged Karl Gauss obtained an insight during
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  • *One view of space is that it is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a set of [[dimension]]s in which [[object (philosophy)|obj *A contrasting view is that space is part of a fundamental abstract mathematical [[concepts|concept]]ual framework (together with [[time]] and
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  • *1:the [[abstract]] [[science]] of [[number]], [[quantity]], and [[space]]. Mathematics may b ...matics''' is the [[study]] of topics such as [[quantity]] ([[numbers]]), [[structure]], [[space]], and [[change]]. There is a range of views among mathematician
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  • ...es. The subject of geometry was further enriched by the study of intrinsic structure of geometric objects that originated with [[Euler]] and [[Carl Friedrich Ga ...ly resemble at small scales. These spaces may be endowed with additional [[structure]], allowing one to speak about length. Modern geometry has multiple strong
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  • Think of this, my friends. Because of your [[free will]] you choose how to [[structure]] your days. You create the [[milieu]] of your lives by your [[choices]] da ...n, and have commonality of [[personality]] status.We do not relate to an [[abstract]] Force. We do not [[worship]] a chemical [[formula]]. We are the children
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  • ...." As stated by Goguen, "To any canonical construction from one species of structure to another corresponds an [[Adjoint functors|adjunction]] between the corre ...is ''other'' than the standard one (see [[Jordan form]]). In contrast, an abstract ''n''-dimensional real vector space ''V'' would not have a canonical basis;
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  • == Quantitative structure== ...thematics)|continuum]] represents the prototype of continuous quantitative structure as characterized by Hölder (1901) (translated in Michell & Ernst, 1996). A
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  • Study of abstract [[formal systems]],i.e. [[logic]], [[mathematics]], & theoretical [[compute [[Knowledge]] centered on concepts as [[quantity]], [[structure]], [[space]], and [[change]]
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  • ...ctive index is a function of position. The "ray" in geometric optics is an abstract object, or "instrument," which is perpendicular to the wavefronts of the ac ...sition of periodic structures, for example transparent tissues with a grid structure, produces shapes known as [[moiré pattern]]s. Superimposition of periodic
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  • ...rion] that is the site of oxidation of organic [[molecules]]. The internal structure of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connective_tissue connective tissues] is *'''I. A supporting or enclosing structure'''.
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  • ...[[structures]] have been considered independent of the [[Earth]]’s in the abstract concepts of the [[Industrial]] Age but this [[abstraction]] although in som ...nt is part of the [[acceleration]], and those who chose [[fundamentalist]] structure and [[belief]] over the available progressions in [[thought]] and [[feeling
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  • ...s to the [[process]] of originating and developing a plan for a product, [[structure]], [[system]], or component with [[intention]][1]. As a noun, "a design" is In [[philosophy]], the abstract noun "design" refers to a pattern with a [[purpose]]. Design is thus contra
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  • :16. a. A person regarded in the abstract as the possessor of specified qualities; a personage, a personality. ...quence of characters, esp. stored in or processed by a computer; character-structure, the various traits in a person's character, seen as forming a system in wh
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  • A theory, in the scientific sense of the word, is an [[analytic]] [[structure]] designed to explain a set of empirical observations. A scientific theory ...ep in testing or applying the theory in a concrete situation. Theories are abstract and [[concept]]ual, and to this end they are never considered right or wron
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  • ==Structure== ...f both swords and batons, two fully rendered objects appear imposed on the abstract designs.<ref>Sedillot, below, pl. 1-4.</ref> The straight lined wands and
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  • ...to correlate in useful ways, perhaps even closely accurate ways, with the structure and order of the various aspects of the universe, but cannot know these "th object of our sensible intuition, and so abstract from our mode
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  • ...in society through a normative thought process. Ideologies are systems of abstract thought (as opposed to mere [[idea]]tion) applied to public matters and thu
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  • Active listening is a [[structure]]d way of listening and responding to others. It [[focus]]es attention on t ...gust 7-12). "HIV counselling skills used by health care workers in Zambia (abstract no. PD0743)". Int Conf AIDS 10 (390).
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  • ...ame items together; one sheep + one sheep = two sheep. Then you moved into abstract mathematics leading to quadratic equations and quantum physics. From an opp ...cted with a capstone across the top, created the basis for a building or a structure, whether a road or a bridge or a skyscraper. The strength came from the two
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  • ...am often attempting to do likewise, for I find that the human mind grasps abstract notions more clearly with concrete image. But you know that, while it is he ...you feel stability, but you are actually falling, only there is a support structure that gives you a sense of static placement. My presence is always about you
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  • #Are they precise language constructs, or are they in a more abstract form? ...d ultimately lead back to the I AM of the first source and center. So the structure of these relationships in your terminology would be an Acyclic Directed Gra
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  • ...f relativity are, at [[heart]], theories of [[Spacetime|spatiotemporal]] [[structure]]. They are not particularly about observers or [[reference frames]] or way ...and, beginning with the ''Euclid's Elements'', the implications of that [[structure]] for geometrical figures were studied by purely geometrical [[method]]s. F
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  • ...iverses, to superuniverses, to the Grand Multiverse – the all-encompassing structure of our collective unity. ...organized around connections and anomalous phenomenon, begin to define the structure of the human instrument as one would if they were making a map of the inter
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  • ...nd highly stylized (e.g. [[cartoon]]s, [[caricature]]s), or [[Abstract art|abstract]] (e.g. [[automatic drawing]], [[Surrealist techniques#Entoptic graphomania ...and the human proportions. A trained artist is familiar with the skeleton structure, joint location, muscle placement, tendon movement, and how the different p
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  • One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the [[universe]], a [[dimension]] in which events occur in [[sequence]], ...tellectual structure (together with [[space]] and [[number]]). Within this structure, humans sequence events, [[quantity|quantify]] the duration of events and t
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  • ==Abstract== ...rative to date. It is a characterisation that sees narrative as the basic structure of our experience of time, and that posits a three-stage process of mimesis
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  • ...ll [[organized]] so that, as lessons are given, they may be added to the [[structure]] already available to you so as to further complete your [[picture]] of [[ ...red]] that imagery helps us to share [[truths]]. Spiritual truths can be [[abstract]]; we need to make them [[tangible]]. Your imagery is overlaid so we can ex
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  • ...ne. But how, how do I open up? How do I get out this box that I’m in, this structure? It works well enough to get by, but not well enough to become closer to Yo ...better way to contact Spirit. When you think about change, not in general, abstract terms, but in a very immediate way—what will you do differently tomorrow,
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  • ...on is still relevant, but in a slightly different manner. That is, while [[abstract painting]] does not represent anything concretely, when the viewer sees the ...[[Mass media|media]] and their effects on human cultures, he refers to the structure of [[cultural artifact|artifacts]] that in turn shape our behaviors and min
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  • ...erstand the [[world]], we have to conceive of [[human]] interaction in the abstract (i.e., society). Societies may also be organized according to their [[political]] structure. In order of increasing size and complexity, there are [[band society|bands
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  • theory’, makes ‘prepotent claims to abstract universality’ (74) and to general powers of prediction, make ‘prepotent claims to abstract universality’, and talk of ‘dreams of a [[final theory]]’.8
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  • ...planet as a result of the Grand Portal's discovery. In this time, the new structure of the Hierarchy will -- like a glove turned outside in -- finally fit the ...er that is responsible for spatial, multidimensional constructs and highly abstract thought processes. In the average human mind, it will permit the Grand Port
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  • ...as no [[formal]] physical location for his teachings, likewise was in an [[abstract]] sense headquartered in his [[apostolic corps]] and [[Paper 148 - Training ...at the current [[churches]] will someday be [[unified]], and that is the [[structure]] that will be used. Is that right?
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  • ...hat the most important function of the brain is to serve as the physical [[structure]] underlying the mind. From a biological point of view, though, the most i ==Macroscopic structure==
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  • ...ilable. So, dear ones you will not need us [[teachers]] to [[guide]] and [[structure]] your learning. Soon dear ones you will rely upon the [[Spirit of Truth]] ...]]. that can lead folks personally. Sometimes that Spirit of Truth is so [[abstract]] for me. Could you [[explain]] or give me a little bit more knowledge abou
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  • ...s) they are the sort of questions which are foundational and [[Abstraction|abstract]] in nature, and which are not amenable to being answered by [[experiment|e ...on is the interpretive question of what past philosophers mean and how the structure of their thought holds together) or ''[[criticism (philosophy)|critically]]
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  • ...ly, for the most part, unseen by the people operating within your cultural structure, for you operate from a place of “what is,” and you know that things wo ...nto virtues in the Christian tradition. Truth, Beauty and goodness can be abstract; (tape turned) faith, hope and love are attitudes through which you operate
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  • ...between 0.1 m/s and 0.45 m/s.[https://circres.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/circresaha;23/3/349] ...t approximately 0.0000097 m/s.[https://ajpheart.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/270/1/H358]
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  • 98:1.1 The [[Salem]] missionaries might have built up a great [[religious]] [[structure]] among the [[Greeks]] had it not been for their strict [[interpretation]] ...kipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Greece], [[human]] [[thought]] became so [[abstract]] that the [[concept]] of [[God]] resolved itself into a misty vapor of pan
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