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A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The following is a list of place names often used tautologically, plus the languages from which the non-English name elements have come. Tautological place names are systematically generated in languages such as English and Russian, where the type of the feature is systematically added to a name regardless of whether it contains it already.
Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not differ significantly at high tide and low tide, and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). The tidal amplitude increases, though not uniformly, with distance ...
This has led to the realisation that the majority of living things are bacteria, and that all have a common origin. [ 117 ] [ 129 ] Phylogenetic tree based on rRNA genes data (Woese et al. , 1990) [ 117 ] showing the 3 life domains , with the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) at its root
Incunabula is commonly used in English to refer to the earliest stage or origin of something, and especially to copies of books that predate the spread of the printing press c. AD 1500. ab initio: from the beginning: i.e., "from the outset", referring to an inquiry or investigation. Ab initio mundi means "from the beginning of the world".
Used in commerce to refer to ad valorem taxes, i.e., taxes based on the assessed value of real estate or personal property: ad victoriam: to/for victory: Used as a battle cry by the Romans. ad vitam aeternam: to eternal life: i.e., "to life everlasting". A common Biblical phrase ad vitam aut culpam: for life or until fault
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Similarly, a line from the center to the South celestial pole will define the South point by its intersection with the limb. The points at right angles to the North and South points are the East and West points. Going around the disk clockwise from the North point, one encounters in order the West point, the South point, and then the East point.