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In titration, the titer is the ratio of actual to nominal concentration of a titrant, e.g. a titer of 0.5 would require 1/0.5 = 2 times more titrant than nominal. This is to compensate for possible degradation of the titrant solution. Second, in textile engineering, titre is also a synonym for linear density.
In France, a Titre, officially a Titre à Finalité Professionnelle (in English: "Vocational Certificate", "Professional Diploma", or "Certified Title"), or by abuse of language, a Titre RNCP (in English: "RNCP qualification"), is a state-recognized professional certification in the French education system, issued by a ministry or certifying institution, generally a private colleges (Écoles ...
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK: / ˈ b w ʌ l oʊ /, [1] US: / b w ɑː ˈ l oʊ, ˈ b w ɑː l oʊ / [2] [3]), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to ...
To my students: Some of you read "Fahrenheit 451." Some of you read "On the Beach." Some of you read "Dune." Some of you read "The Martian Chronicles."
In literature, writing style is the manner of expressing thought in language characteristic of an individual, period, school, or nation. [1] As Bryan Ray notes, however, style is a broader concern, one that can describe "readers' relationships with, texts, the grammatical choices writers make, the importance of adhering to norms in certain contexts and deviating from them in others, the ...
The title page often shows the title of the work, the person or body responsible for its intellectual content, and the imprint, which contains the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication. [2] Particularly in paperback editions it may contain a shorter title than the cover or lack a descriptive subtitle.
The first edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature, printed in 1962, comprised two volumes.Also printed in 1962 was a single-volume derivative edition, called The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors Edition, which contained reprintings with some additions and changes including 28 of the major authors appearing in the original edition.
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and of his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, was the first full-length novel by the English author Henry Fielding to be published and among the early novels in the English language. Appearing in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a "comic epic poem in prose", it tells of a good-natured footman's adventures ...