If the structure of language vocabularies mirrors the structure of natural divisions that are universally perceived, then the meanings of words in different languages should closely align. By contrast, if shared word meanings are a product of shared culture, history and geography, they may differ be...
Geography, Place Namesof, pertaining to, or noting a map or transformation in which angles and scale are preserved. Late Latinconfōrmālisof the same shape. Seecon-,formal1 1640–50 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ...
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Geographyany direction of the compass. a state of unconcern, recklessness, or abandon:to throw all caution to the winds. between wind and water: Nautical(of a ship) at or near the water line. in a vulnerable or precarious spot:In her profession one is always between wind and water. ...
People who complain that in small-scale maps the name Birmingham sometimes is not fitted in between London and Manchester should try fitting the double words Greater Birmingham in the space. Letter: Mistaken campaign to use the Greater Birmingham title Such a double life, with double thoughts, do...
Near linear time algorithm to detect community structures in large-scale networks. Phys Rev E. 2007;76(3):036106. Article Google Scholar Olteanu A, Castillo C, Diaz F, Vieweg S. Crisislex: A lexicon for collecting and filtering microblogged communications in crises. In: Proceedings of the...
In California, W means “water” Growing up on the coast of California, it never occurred to me the geography of my younger days was limited to only three of the fourcardinal directions. If I headed north I’d leave the urban stretches of Los Angeles for the more rural towns of the th...
Geography Word Pieces PuzzleIn this puzzle, combine pairs of word segments to make geography-related spelling words. Words: compass, country, east, latitude, legend, longitude, meridian, map, north, scale, south, west. Or go to the answers. Gingerbread Man Story Word Pieces PuzzleIn this puzz...
1.See corresponding entry in Unabridgedbranch, bureau, section, unit, segment. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: department/dɪˈpɑːtmənt/n a specialized division of a large concern, such as a business, store, or university:the geography department ...
world war n (large-scale international conflict) SC 世界大战 shì jiè dà zhàn TC 世界大戰 Government officials are doing all they can to prevent a world war. the World Wide Web n (internet, the Net) SC 万维网 wàn wéi wǎng TC 全球資訊網 SC 英特网 The World Wide Web was develo...