The word calculus has continued to be used for various methods of calculation, as in ``differential calculus,'' or simply to emphasize the mathematical quality of a reasoning process, as in ``moral calculus.'' I really didn't want to write this much, but as long as I'm on this I'll...
Term used primarily in the UK, not quite equivalent to secretary. In some contexts, the term is distinguished from a ``team secretary'' who does secretarial work for more than one boss; in others it refers to a higher level of competence and responsibility, even though the PA may answer ...
I used to have the expansion with Interational -- interesting thought. CII Confederation of Indian Industry. ``Building Business Leadership.'' Founded in the last years of the nineteenth century, it is non-governmental, nonprofit, industry-led and industry-managed. French news sources describe ...
Maybe what used to be called common-law marriage. Hence the blend. Usually, this kind of blend is made possible by the fact that past participles of -ar verbs like amar (`to love') take an -ado ending, while other (-er, -ir) verbs take an -ido ending. In this case, however,...
International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research. As the initialism suggests, it used to be the International Association for Hydraulic Research. The organization used, and still uses the symbol IAHR/AIRH also. The impression I get from searching the web with ``Association International...
Today it is used to cover gaming and pool tables. The word comes from the French baies, the plural feminine form of the bai, `bay-colored,' from Latin badius. Bay, in case you forgot, or in case you couldn't forget, is a reddish or golden brown. Presumably that was the original...
However, though the definitions of terms like volcanism and volcanic have been extended to cover the convulsive phenomena on Io, they are not widely used for solar activity.) If they are small and isolated enough, hot spots don't have to be temporary either. The two most interesting ...