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• Arithmetic
  ...h#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] rīm number, and perhaps to [[Greek]] arariskein to fit ...ced results related to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_theory number theory], but this should not be confused with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleme
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• Information Theory
  ...ion, known as [[information entropy]], is usually expressed by the average number of bits needed for storage or communication. For example, if a daily weath Applications of fundamental topics of information theory include [[lossless data compression]] (e.g. [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP files]]
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• Pluralism
  :c : a large [[number]] or [[quantity]] *3 a : a number greater than another
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• Twelve
  The [[word]] "'''twelve'''" is the largest [[number]] with a single-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheme morpheme] name in [ The [[number]] twelve is often used as a sales unit in trade, and is often referred to a
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• Measure
  :c (1) : a grouping of a specified number of musical beats located between two consecutive vertical lines on a staff *5 : an exact divisor of a number
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• Groups
  *1. A [[number]] of things or [[personality|person]]s being in some relation to one anothe *2. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an [[
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• Quantum
  ...han any value, at least within a range. There is a related term of quantum number. As incorporated into the [[theory]] of [[quantum mechanics]], this is regarded by physicists as part of the f
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• Infinite
  ...rojective geometry]], [[Affinely extended real number system|extended real number]]s and the [[absolute Infinite]]. ...rojective geometry]], [[Affinely extended real number system|extended real number]]s and the [[absolute Infinite]].
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• Lattice
  ...nce the two definitions are equivalent, lattice theory draws on both order theory and universal algebra. Semilattices include lattices, which in turn include ...Wille in 1984, and builds on applied [[lattice theory|lattice]] and order theory that was developed by [[Garrett Birkhoff|Birkhoff]] and others in the 1930'
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• Eleven
  ...pe *ainlifun, apparently assimilated to *tehunten adj., n., and adv. The [[theory]] that the ending is a variant of Old Germanic *tehun, Aryan *dekmten adj., ...or /iˈlɛvɛn/) is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_number natural number] following [[10]] and preceding [[12]].
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• Science of Spirit
  In recent years, a number of [[new age]] books have begun to appear purporting the view that the zero ...in_Laszlo Ervin Laszlo]'s 2004 Science and the Akashic Field - an Integral Theory of Everything.
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• Connectivity
  ...text]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory graph theory]. Graph theory also offers a [[context]]-free [[measure]] of connectedness, called the [ht ...y. For example, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_theory category theory], a category is said to be connected if each pair of objects in it is joine
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• Actuarial
  ...d the [[synergy]] of [[stochastic]] actuarial models with modern financial theory (Frees 1990).
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• Concepts
  ...we employ in physics, mathematics, and metaphysics. The impetus to have a theory of concepts that is ontologically useful has been so strong that it has pus ...as opposed to agents of meaning. A single concept can be expressed by any number of [[language]]s. The concept of <small>DOG</small> can be expressed as ''d
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• Theory
  The term '''theory''' has two broad sets of [[meanings]], one used in the empirical [[The Scie ...ure]] or discourse is a [[reference]] to a scientific or empirically-based theory.
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• Ancestry
  ...or of the other, or if they share a common ancestor. In [[evolution]]ary [[theory]], species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common [[ ...]s old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans that have ever lived.
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• Renewal
  ...instance of the [[concept]] of event frequently used in [[probability]] [[theory]]). Examples that are well-[[modeled]] as Poisson processes include the rad ...of [[events]] that have occurred up to time t (starting from time 0). The number of events between time a and time b is given as N(b) − N(a) and has a [ht
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• Infancy
  ...[[thoughts]], and [[expectations]] in later [[relationships]]. There are a number of attachment 'styles' namely 'secure', 'anxious-ambivalent', 'anxious-avoi
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• Spirituality in Three Theories of Psychology: A Qualitative Study
  Order Number:AAM9724699 ...grates the spiritual dimension is offered. Implications of the impact of a theory of spiritual psychology in the fields of education, medicine, psychology an
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• 2012-05-04-About Evolution/Creation
  ...ll discuss small steps in evolution and creation, and also your incomplete theory of the High Autistic as you know these individuals under the Humm-Wadsworth ...nerds’ – do accept for this being said in good humour – an increase in the number of these potential specialists is born. However, I want to show you that yo
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• Political philosophy
  ...]], especially by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left New Left]. A number of continental European émigrés to Britain and the United States—includ ...h as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory rational choice theory]) to political issues. The rise of feminism, LGBT [[social movements]] and
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• Triad
  *3: The [[number]] [[three]] (in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism Pythagorean p ...ber [[three]]. Such deities are common throughout world [[mythology]]; the number three has a long [[history]] of mythical associations. [https://en.wikipedi
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• Ratio
  ...proportions that appears in Book VII of The Elements reflects the earlier theory of ratios of commensurables.[10]
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• Nucleus
  ...Ernest Rutherford in 1912.[1] The adoption of the term "nucleus" to atomic theory, however, was not immediate. In 1916, for example, Gilbert N. Lewis stated, ...nteraction. Which chemical element an atom represents is determined by the number of protons in the nucleus. Each proton carries a single positive charge, an
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• Articulation
  .... Specifically, a cut vertex is any vertex that when removed increases the number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected_component_(graph_theory) connec
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• Attachment
  ...mphlet on the issue which he entitled [[maternal]] deprivation. Attachment theory grew out of his subsequent work on the issues raised. ...duced the [[concept]] of the "[[secure]] base" and developed a theory of a number of attachment patterns in infants: secure attachment, avoidant attachment a
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• Formal Sciences
  ...ics]], and the theoretical branches of [[computer science]], [[information theory]], and [[statistics]]. ...ematics and that numbers were the ultimate [[reality]]; he once said that "number is the ruler of forms and [[ideas]] and the cause of gods and demons." In l
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• Permutations
  ...of permutations of n distinct objects is n×(n − 1)×(n − 2)×...×2×1, which number is called "n factorial" and written "n!". ...bra] and particularly in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_theory group theory], a permutation of a set S is defined as a bijection from S to itself (i.e.
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• Symmetry
  ...mogeneity and isotropy). By that time, [[Albert Einstein]]'s (1879–1955) [[Theory of Relativity]] had engendered the notion of relativistic invariance, the k ...ment of a particle by its antiparticle) and isospin (initially the quantum number distinguishing the proton from the neutron). Along with P (parity, roughly
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• Interposition
  ...of the federal government that the state deems unconstitutional. Under the theory of interposition, a state may "interpose" itself between the federal govern ''Interposition'' is closely related to the [[theory]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(U.S._Constitution) nulli
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• Neurosis
  ...trait according to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology psychological theory]. According to psychoanalytic theory, neuroses may be rooted in [[ego]] [[defense]] [[mechanisms]], but the two
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• Linguistics
  ...the [[scientific method|scientific]] study of [[language]], encompassing a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of langua ...language]] and the biological constraints on this acquisition. Generative theory is [[Language module|modularist]] in character. While this remains the domi
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• Fecundity
  ...[reproductive]] [[rate]] of an [[organism]] or population, measured by the number of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gametes gametes] (eggs), seed set or asex ...phy of science], fecundity refers to the [[ability]] of a [[scientific]] [[theory]] to open new lines of theoretical [[inquiry]].
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• Spacetime
  ...e into a single manifold, physicists have significantly simplified a large number of physical theories, as well as described in a more uniform way the workin ...t higher speeds (with such slowing called "time dilation" explained in the theory of "[[Relativity|special relativity]]" ). Many experiments have confirmed t
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• Rational
  ...y only demands logical consistency in choice making. See [[rational choice theory]]. Others think that any kind of rationality along the lines of rational choice theory is a useless concept for understanding human behavior; the term ''[[homo ec
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• Interval
  In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory music theory], an '''interval''' is a combination of [[two]] [[notes]], or the [[ratio]] ...ntervals is based on their [[quality]] (perfect, major, minor, etc.) and [[number]] (unison, second, third, etc.). For instance, two frequently used types of
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• Cosmology
  ...h the Universe itself is thought to have emerged ~13.7 ± 0.2 [[1000000000 (number)|billion]] (10⁹) years ago. From its violent beginnings and unti ...s. In particular, the [[geocentric]] [[Ptolemaic system]] was the accepted theory to explain the motion of the heavens until [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], and sub
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• Trial and error
  ...m]] solving and is [[contrasted]] with an approach using [[insight]] and [[theory]]. ...des with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Piaget Piaget]'s well-known [[theory]] of developmental stages. After all, it is part of Piagetian doctrine that
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• Geometry
  ...the emergence of [[calculus]] in the seventeenth century. Furthermore, the theory of perspective showed that there is more to geometry than just the metric p ...nd [[general relativity]]. One of the youngest physical theories, [[string theory]], is also very geometric in nature.
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• Quentin Skinner
  ...er with [[John Dunn]], forms the so-called "Cambridge School" of political theory. In 1978 he was appointed to the chair of Political Science at Cambridge U ...cupations). This theory was initially presented in terms of [[speech act]] theory. One of the consequences of this account of interpretation is an emphasis o
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• Quantity
  ...attributes of things. Some quantities are such by their inner nature (as number), while others are functioning as states (properties, dimensions, attribute ...ons of quantity, [[magnitude (mathematics)|magnitude]] and multitude (or [[number]]), imply the principal distinction between continuity ([[continuum]]) and
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• Consensus
  ...two standard deviations, or one, or a unanimity minus a certain tolerable number of dissenters. The following steps then operate both to check understanding ...odels of the military to be major obstacles. As they had not mastered game theory models they simply were not heard.
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• Cain and Abel
  ...rg/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls]. Cain and Abel also appear in a number of other [[texts]], and the story is the subject of various [[interpretatio ...id-1st millennium BC South Arabian word qyn, meaning "metal smith". This [[theory]] would make the names merely descriptions of the roles they take in the [[
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• Fantasy
  ...eval studies). [[Work]] in this area ranges widely, from the structuralist theory of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov Tzvetan Todorov], which e
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• Classification
  ...[[manuscript]]s, realia) according to their subject and allocating a call number to that [[information]] [[resource]]. Similar to classification systems use In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_theory Marxist theory], two basic class divisions owe to the [[fundamental]] [[economic]] [[struc
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• 19:6 Havona Natives
  ...ives] are the direct [[creation]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], and their [[number]] is beyond the [[concept]] of your [[circumscribed]] [[minds]]. Neither is ...a will ever be entirely depleted of its natives. We have entertained the [[theory]] that Havoners will possibly cease entering the finaliter corps sometime d
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• Entanglement
  ...The property of entanglement was understood in the early days of [[quantum theory]], although not by that name. Quantum entanglement is at the heart of the E ...en [[particle]] will be observed to be spin-up or spin-down. Measuring any number of particles will result in an unpredictable series of measurements that wi
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• Mindstream
  ...ment "[[continuum]]" ([[Sanskrit]]: saṃtāna) of [[awareness]]. There are a number of terms in the Buddhist literature that may well be rendered "mindstream". ...permanent, unchanging, transmigrating entity, as the soul was in the atman-theory, but as an "essential series of individual and momentary consciousnesses,"
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• Computer Science
  ...allenges in implementing computations. For example, [[programming language theory]] studies approaches to describing computations, while [[computer programmi ...short history as a formal academic discipline, computer science has made a number of fundamental contributions to [[science]] and [[society]]. These include:
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• Spectrum
  ...e Goethe] in his ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Colours_(book) Theory of Colors]'' and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Schopenhauer Schopen
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