Friday, April 30, 2021

O tempora! O mores!

 Latin for "Oh the times! Oh the habits!"

In the Roman Senate Cicero said this to decry the times he lived in.



Thursday, April 29, 2021

Super-resolution

 Super-resolution imaging (SR) is a class of techniques that enhance (increase) the resolution of an imaging system. In optical SR the diffraction limit of systems is transcended, while in geometrical SR the resolution of digital imaging sensors is enhanced. 

 


 

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

vapulate

 

vapulate (third-person singular simple present vapulates, present participle vapulating, simple past and past participle vapulated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike.
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be flogged, beaten etc.

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Friday, April 23, 2021

zenithward

 

Adjective

zenithward (not comparable)

  1. Facing or moving toward the zenith.

Adverb

zenithward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the zenith


 

Thursday, April 22, 2021

mawger

 Thin or lean, from meager (Carribbean)

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/thin


 


Wednesday, April 21, 2021

cornpone

 

cornpone (plural cornpones)

  1. (US, Appalachia) A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs.
    Synonym: johnnycake
  2. (derogatory) Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes. 


 

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

fucktangular

fucktangular: a situation that was complicated and messy in multiple unpleasant and difficult ways.

Monday, April 19, 2021

phlebotomist

 Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein usually in the arm, with a cannula, for the purpose of drawing blood. The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture, which is also used for intravenous therapy. A person who performs a phlebotomy is called a phlebotomist, although most doctors, nurses, and other technicians can also carry out a phlebotomy. In contrast, phlebectomy is the removal of a vein. 

 


 

Saturday, April 17, 2021

acarpous

 

acarpous

Not producing fruit; unfruitful, sterile; (Botany). Frequently figurative: failing to achieve the desired results, unproductive; barren.

Thursday, April 15, 2021

parvenu

 

A parvenu is a person who is a relative newcomer to a socioeconomic class. The word is borrowed from the French language; it is the past participle of the verb parvenir (to reach, to arrive, to manage to do something). 


 

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Sui generis

 Sui generis (/ˌsi ˈɛnərɪs/ SOO-ee JEN-ər-iss, Latin: [ˈsʊ.iː ˈɡɛnɛrɪs]) is a Latin phrase that means "of its/his/her/their own kind, in a class by itself", therefore "unique".


 The grand canyon, an example of sui generis

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

dogsbody

 

A dogsbody, dog's body, or less commonly dog robber is someone who does menial or drudge work. Originally, in the British Royal Navy, a dogsbody was a semi-sarcastic colloquialism for a junior officer or midshipman.

A rough American equivalent would be a package-handler, gofer, grunt, or lackey.

Monday, April 12, 2021

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Friday, April 9, 2021

primorial

 

In mathematics, and more particularly in number theory, primorial, denoted by “#”, is a function from natural numbers to natural numbers similar to the factorial function, but rather than successively multiplying positive integers, the function only multiplies prime numbers.

The name "primorial", coined by Harvey Dubner, draws an analogy to primes similar to the way the name "factorial" relates to factors

 

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Perseveration

 Perseveration according to psychology, psychiatry, and speech-language pathology, is the repetition of a particular response (such as a word, phrase, or gesture) regardless of the absence or cessation of a stimulus. It is usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder. Symptoms include "lacking ability to transition or switch ideas appropriately with the social context, as evidenced by the repetition of words or gestures after they have ceased to be socially relevant or appropriate", or the "act or task of doing so", and are not better described as stereotypy (a highly repetitive idiosyncratic behaviour).

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

demitasse

 A demitasse (/ˈdɛmɪtæs/; French: "half cup") or demi-tasse is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso. It may also refer to the contents served in such a cup (though that usage had disappeared in France by the early 20th century).


 

Monday, April 5, 2021

Sunday, April 4, 2021

Heliopause

 Heliopause: the boundary between solar wind and interstellar wind where they are in equilibrium.

Saturday, April 3, 2021

perfusionist

 A cardiovascular perfusionist, clinical perfusionist' or perfusiologist or clinical perfusion scientist, is a healthcare professional who operates the cardiopulmonary bypass machine (heart–lung machine) during cardiac surgery and other surgeries that require cardiopulmonary bypass to manage the patient's physiological status.

Friday, April 2, 2021

runcinate

 

  1. (botany, of leaves) Having tooth-like projections pointing away from the apex.
  2. (botany, of leaves) Having a lacerated aspect with the projection pointing away from the apex, like dandelion leaves.

talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping