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...
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 ...
Used in medical literature to stand for probability ratio; statistical results might be stated ``RR=1.31, 95% confidence interval 0.92--1.86.'' R&R Rest and Relaxation. RR Reverse Recovery (diode). RR Rolls Royce. Erwin Panofsky, in one of Three Essays on Style (1995), argued ...
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 ...
quote Loud (evidently from the US patent): ``My invention consists of an improved reservoir or fountain pen, especially useful among other purposes, for marking on rough surfaces--such as wood, coarse wrapping-paper, and other articles--where an ordinary pen could not be used'' (p. 8)....
Didymium is used as a light filter in safety glasses used by glass blowers and glass workers. The color centers formed by didymium in glass only add a slight tint to broad-spectrum light, but they absorb very efficiently the spectrum of light emitted by hot sodium glass. Another case of ...
For years I used to see it spelled out in English with the attributive noun: ``Israel Air Force'' but I see now that even the IAF's official website uses the adjective on its English pages. (The English name is not an exact translation of the Hebrew. I suppose that when there are...
Traditionally, German compounds have not used hyphens, but when simple concatenation led to three of any letter, the cluster was reduced to two of the letter. No more: clusters of three of the same are not to be reduced to two. As if German wasn't already a weird-looking language. On...
A slangySpanishword for a woman who is not too young and not too thin. The word is formed as the feminine form ofjamón. The term is usually not complimentary. In Puerto Rico it has the specific sense of `old maid.' But connotations drift, and words may be used ironically. On the ...