) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. Office (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by ...
When a language does have two different words that mean the exact same thing, oftentimes one will stop being used, as it's unnecessary, or it will take on a different meaning over time. And two synonyms used in different contexts, by definition, can't be exactly the same. At best, the...
In English, we love to make new words by adding all sorts of bits to the front and back of existing terms. These are calledaffixes, and they are added to the base or stem of a word. What is anaffix? Anaffixis officially defined as “a bound inflectional or derivational element, as ...
One way that I continually remind myself to practice is to think of “death by a thousand cuts” (good STEM example linked there) – what does it feel like to, throughout one’s life, experience what a member of the non-status quo does? In the case of a woman, what does it feel...
SOBSociété Ornithologique du Boulonnais(French: Ornithological Society of Boulogne; France) SOBSell on Bottoms SOBSave Our Businesses(Florida tax proposal) SOBSample Of Behavior SOBSpecial Operations Base SOBStandard Operational Bullstuff(polite form) ...
This does leave open the question, however, as how broadly we encompass the term “bird.” Do we restrict the concept only to thecrown group,which is the group comprised of all living and extinct descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all living birds? Do we want to exclude so...
earthquake wreckage for survivors or explore faraway planets. By asking “how does a lizard use its big tail during leaping?” they have discovered principles that they then use to construct robots that can jump over or between obstacles. Much of this research relates to how anatomical traits ...