Thursday, January 11, 2024

lordosis

 Lordosis is historically defined as an abnormal inward curvature of the lumbar spine.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

anaphora

 In rhetoric, an anaphora (Greek: ἀναφορά, "carrying back") is a rhetorical device that consists of repeating a sequence of words at the beginnings of neighboring clauses, thereby lending them emphasis. In contrast, an epistrophe (or epiphora) is repeating words at the clauses' ends. The combination of anaphora and epistrophe results in symploce

For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the message was lost.
For want of a message the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

polylogy

 

    polylogy (usually uncountable, plural polylogies)

  1. (rare) A set of two or more works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  2. (rare) Talkativeness.

Friday, December 8, 2023

oni

 An oni (おに) (/ni/ OH-nee) is a kind of yōkai, demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. They are believed to live in caves or deep in the mountains.


This oni (ogre) tramples a hapless villain in Beppu, Oita, Oita Prefecture, a famous onsen hot springs resort on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Adsorption

 Adsorption is the adhesion of atoms, ions or molecules from a gas, liquid or dissolved solid to a surface.


 Two adsorbate nitrogen molecules adsorbing onto a tungsten adsorbent from the precursor state around an island of previously adsorbed adsorbate (left) and via random adsorption (right)

lordosis

  Lordosis is historically defined as an abnormal inward curvature of the lumbar spine.