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  2. List of loanwords in the Tagalog language - Wikipedia

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    Vowel changes can be observed to some of the Spanish words upon adoption into the Filipino language, such as an /i/ to /a/ vowel shift observed in the Filipino word pamintá, which came from the Spanish word pimienta, [5] and a pre-nasal /e/ to /u/ vowel shift observed in several words such as unanò (from Sp. enano) and umpisá (from Sp. empezar).

  3. Glossary of engineering - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of aerospace engineering This article includes an engineering-related list of lists . If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

  4. Engineer - Wikipedia

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    In 1961, the Conference of Engineering Societies of Western Europe and the United States of America defined "professional engineer" as follows: [6]A professional engineer is competent by virtue of his/her fundamental education and training to apply the scientific method and outlook to the analysis and solution of engineering problems.

  5. List of Spanish words of various origins - Wikipedia

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    The Real Academia Española (Spanish Royal Academy) claims that Paliacate comes from Nahuatl pal ' colour ' and yacatl ' nose '. paria — pariah , outcast from Tamil paraiyan ' pariah ' , literally ' one who plays the drum ' [ b ] , from parai ' drum ' , possibly from parāi ' to speak ' .

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. 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 ...

  7. Glossary of engineering: M–Z - Wikipedia

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    Nanoengineering is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale.It derives its name from the nanometre, a unit of measurement equalling one billionth of a meter.. Nanoengineering is largely a synonym for nanotechnology, but emphasizes the engineering rather than the pure science aspects

  8. Wikipedia:Contents/Glossaries - Wikipedia

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    Main list: Lists of English words Quebec French • Language teaching terms and ideas • Rhetorical terms • Alternative words for British • Greek words for love • Case-sensitive English words • Chicano Caló words and expressions • Dacian words • English words containing Q not followed by U • English words with disputed usage • French words of Arabic origin • Frequently ...

  9. Glossary of engineering: A–L - Wikipedia

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    The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more specialized fields of engineering, each with a more specific emphasis on particular areas of applied mathematics, applied science, and types of application. The term engineering is derived from the Latin ingenium, meaning "cleverness" and ingeniare, meaning "to contrive, devise". [196]