1895, probably a back-formation from adjectivegeosynclinal(1879); seegeo-+synclinal.Geosynclinalwas used as a noun meaning "a region of depression" from 1873. also from1895 Entries linking togeosyncline synclinal(adj.) "dipping or sloping downward on both sides," 1833 (in Lyell), from-...
flute-like instrument, 1650s, from Frenchflageolet, diminutive of Old Frenchflajol, from Provençalflajol, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately from Latinflare"to blow" (according to Watkins from PIE root*bhle-"to blow"). ...
Yet, the shapes of characters — whether Latin or Chinese or Arabic or any language — and their relationship to the sound or meaning they represent is arbitrary, a prehistorical and historical function of social convention, a collective making by individuals. That arbitrariness provides the opening...
In non-Latin scripts, say a Russian address and its transliterated equivalent, it's conceivable that two addresses referring to the same place may not match even a single character. As a motivating example, consider the following two equivalent ways to write a particular Manhattan street address ...
(The original meaning of bugge is retained in English in such words as bugbear and bugaboo, and in the name of the insect-repelling plant, bugbane. And the scientific name of the bed bug, Cimex lectularius, means “bed bug,” cimex being the Latin for bug, and lectularius describing a...
In non-Latin scripts, say a Russian address and its transliterated equivalent, it's conceivable that two addresses referring to the same place may not match even a single character. As a motivating example, consider the following two equivalent ways to write a particular Manhattan street address ...
Mexico maintained its 19th ranking until 1870 when Brazil surpassed Mexico’s population of 9.2 million to become the most populous country in Latin America. It is interesting that there were relatively few changes in the ranks of the top 20 countries during the 170 year period between 1700 and...
Mexico’s antivenin industry, led by the Bioclon Institute, is world class, exporting serum to the USA and Australia as well as throughout Latin America. The biggest threat from scorpions comes from central and northern states in Mexico, including several along the Pacific Coast: Nayarit, ...
body that cannot readily expand with increased fluid pressure, therefore exerts greater pressure upon the brain cells, which ultimately affect our behavior patterns. (Jansky, Carl,Interpreting the Eclipses). Is it any wonder that the root word for lunatic isluna, which is the Latin word for ...
we have to work with very short texts and it's often the case that two equivalent addresses, one abbreviated and one fully specified, will not match very closely in terms of n-gram set overlap. In non-Latin scripts, say a Russian address and its transliterated equivalent, it's conceivable...