153 Answered Questions for the topic Terminology

05/29/19

What does it mean for a book or a theorist to be "post-modernist" as opposed to "modernist"?
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Terminology Literature Poetry

05/28/19

A figure of speech combining two phrases?
I have read somewhere that it is typical of poems such as Nibelungenlied to use a figure of speech which in fact merges two phrases into one by the mean of a common word. An example could be the... more
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Terminology Music Theory Theory

05/28/19

Other than scale-degree 7, do other scale degrees have names for their altered forms?
In a major key, we have names for all seven scale degrees: - Tonic - Supertonic - Mediant - Subdominant - Dominant - Submediant - Leading Tone To this we can add the subtonic, scale-degree... more
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Terminology Optometry

05/27/19

What is the name of the ‘system’ of vision?
Someone says you have 20/40 vision, but how would you word a question when asking how good your vision is?Would you say “How good is my vision on the ? scale?” and is there even a name for this... more
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Terminology Linux Unix Folder

05/22/19

What does "opt" mean (as in the "opt" directory)? Is it an abbreviation?
What does "opt" mean (as in the "opt" directory)? I commonly see this directory in Unix systems with development tools inside. Is it an abbreviation?
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05/21/19

What is the difference between a predator and a parasite?
A human encountering a tiger or a malaria plasmodium is likely to suffer, and the tiger/plasmodium is likely to gain from the transaction. Not necessarily a good example, and I am aware that a... more
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Terminology Literature Poetry Style

05/20/19

Style of poetry that plays with typographic rivers?
> In typography, rivers, or rivers of white, are gaps in typesetting, which appear to run through a paragraph of text, due to a coincidental alignment of spaces. >... more
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Terminology Geology Petrology Igneous

05/14/19

How did the terms "acidic" and "basic" come to be associated with $SiO_2$ in igneous rocks?
Students of geology are introduced to in their petrology course, (or used to be), to the terms "acidic", "basic", and the associated term "intermediate" in relation to... more
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05/14/19

What does "physical" mean to philosophers?
A childish question (literally) - My 8 year old asked me this morning: "Dad, what does 'physical' mean?" - and I found myself at loss for an ordinary language answer. Every answer I could come up... more
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Terminology Geology Sedimentology

05/11/19

What is the difference between eluvium and alluvium?
I was reading about kimberlite on Wikipedia and it mentioned eluvium. I've heard of alluvium, alluvial fans, alluvial deposits, etc. However, when I looked up eluvium, it sounded exactly like... more
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05/06/19

Equinoxes and solstices: start of the season or mid-season?
In the United States, the upcoming autumnal equinox is marked on most calendars as the "first day of autumn." Similarly the solstices are commonly called the "first day of summer" and "first day of... more
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Terminology Linear Algebra

05/06/19

What does "isomorphic" mean in linear algebra?
My professor keeps mentioning the word "isomorphic" in class, but has yet to define it... I've asked him and his response is that something that is isomorphic to something else means that they have... more
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Terminology Zoology Ecology Entomology

05/06/19

Why is a mosquito feeding on human blood not a parasite?
I recently read in my Ecology course notes that a mosquito feeding on human blood is not considered as a parasite. However, since it sucks blood from the human body, shouldn't it be regarded as a... more
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05/03/19

Why don't the Big 5 personality traits have more neutral names?
Lots of different areas of study appropriate common-language terms as jargon words with a specific meaning in the context of that particular field, but the names of the Big 5 personality traits... more
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Terminology Finance Microeconomics

05/03/19

what is the difference between microeconomics and microfinance?
what is the difference between microeconomics and microfinance?I cannot understand the difference between the two terms
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Terminology Film Film Techniques

04/30/19

Is there a name for this storytelling technique?
In the Studio Ghibli film The Cat Returns, I saw a very noticeable example of a storytelling technique that I've seen in other Studio Ghibli productions. When in the Cat palace, the King of Cats... more
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Terminology Grammar Japanese Negation

04/30/19

In what way is the negative form of a verb an adjective?
I was reading the [wikipedia page on "predicate,"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_%28grammar%29) where it mentioned that in Japanese, the negative form of a verb is an adjective. I thought... more
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Terminology Writing Formality Register

04/27/19

What are sentences like "the longer X, the more Y" called and can they be used in formal written English?
What is the type of sentence exemplified below called? Is it appropriate to use it in a scientific paper and formal written English in general? >**1.** The more pronounced the variation,... more
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04/27/19

Grammatical term for inflectable conjunctions as used in the Arabic language(s)?
Conjunctions in the Arabic language can be inflected be adding an affix that indicates the pronoun.E.g. the conjunction 'because' is لِأَن (li'ann), and 'because you' yields لِأَنك... more
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04/24/19

Term for Indirect Dialogue?
There are two different types of dialogue I'm aware of, that for the moment I'll refer to as 'direct' dialogue and 'indirect' dialogue. However, I know these terms aren't the correct ones, and... more
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Terminology Astronomy Earth

04/20/19

Does Earth have a code name?
Everything we discover in the sky get eventually a code name, like NGC 7293, Simeis 147, etc. Does Earth/Moon have a code name too? Or it is just Earth/Moon, etc.?
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Terminology Drawing Designers

04/20/19

Can I call myself a graphic designer?
I didn't study arts or design. I just liked using Photoshop as a kid doing those forum signatures back in the day.What I do now is usually layout magazines, book, etc. Mostly the branding or how... more
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04/19/19

Term for distinguishing dim/perfect/aug intervals from dim/min/maj/aug ones?
There are two types of intervals, distinguished by their possible qualities: - Unisons, fourths, fifths, and octaves (and their compound variants) may be of perfect or (multiply)... more
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04/16/19

what is a "leitmotif" and by whom has it been introduced into music language?
after debating about Paraphrase in music and whether "paraphrasing" could mind something different I came to the question, that someone has been used the first time the German term of "leitmotif"... more
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Terminology Drawing Painting

04/11/19

What does it mean to "push your values"?
When I used to frequent art-critique forums, I would often hear senior artists advise people to "push values", generally with little to no explanation beyond that. I gathered that in many cases it... more
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