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  2. Unity of opposites - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a unity of opposites is present in the universe simultaneously containing difference and sameness. An aphorism of Heraclitus illustrates the idea as follows: The road up and the road down are the same thing. (Hippolytus, Refutations 9.10.3) This is an example of a compresent unity of opposites. For, at the same time, this slanted road has ...

  3. Template:Distinguish - Wikipedia

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    The "distinguish" template produces a hatnote to point out to readers, who may have misspelled their desired title, the existence of one or more articles whose title(s) is, or are, similar to the page in question. It is used in cases where the distinction between the titles is generally obvious and does not need further explanation.

  4. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    For example, something that is even entails that it is not odd. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because there are two members in a set of opposites. The relationship between opposites is known as opposition. A member of a pair of opposites can generally be determined by the question What is the opposite of X ?

  5. Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikipedia

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    For example, NASA's Navigation and Ancillary Information Facility defines that a body in the umbra is also within the penumbra. [2] Scale diagram of Earth's shadow, showing how the umbral cone extends beyond the orbit of the Moon (The Moon is indicated by the yellow dot.) Earth's umbra, as seen during a partial lunar eclipse

  6. High- and low-level - Wikipedia

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    The instruction "write a creative poem on love" is a high-level instruction. The instruction "tighten the tendons in the dominant wrist to grip the pen" is a low-level description of an activity within that. "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia" is a high-level description compared to "Wikipedia is a collection of textual articles on many topics".

  7. Ambiguous image - Wikipedia

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    In ambiguous images, detecting edges still seems natural to the person perceiving the image. However, the brain undergoes deeper processing to resolve the ambiguity. For example, consider an image that involves an opposite change in magnitude of luminance between the object and the background (e.g.

  8. Template:About-distinguish - Wikipedia

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    Description Type Status; USE (what this page is about) 1: This is shown for the thing saying 'This page is about ...' String: required: PAGE1: 2: First page to be shown in the 'Not to be confused with [[PAGE1]]' text. Enter the page name (and section) Example PAGE1: Page name: required: PAGE2: 3: Another thing that the subject of this page is ...

  9. List of visual mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    A more childlike mnemonic explains that the moon is a liar: the waxing moon looks like an upper-case D, which would correspond to the French verb décroître (meaning: to shrink) but since she (the moon) is une menteuse (a liar) she is in fact doing the opposite: growing.