enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Relaxation technique - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation_technique

    A relaxation technique (also known as relaxation training) is any method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax; attain a state of increased calmness; or otherwise reduce levels of pain, anxiety, stress or anger.

  3. Relaxation (psychology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation_(psychology)

    [citation needed] Relaxation can be achieved through meditation, autogenics, breathing exercises, progressive muscle relaxation and other means. Relaxation helps improve coping with stress. Stress is the leading cause of mental and physical problems, [citation needed] therefore feeling relaxed is often beneficial for a person's health.

  4. Relaxation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation

    Relaxation technique, an activity that helps a person to relax; Relaxation can induced using breathing techniques. Long exhalation creates a relaxed pose. Making the temple of head and the upper lips relaxed helps keep a relaxed state. In ecclesiastical law:

  5. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_words_with...

    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages).. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j.

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  7. Relaxation (physics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation_(physics)

    where ρ is the mean density, m is the test-star mass, σ is the 1d velocity dispersion of the field stars, and ln Λ is the Coulomb logarithm. Various events occur on timescales relating to the relaxation time, including core collapse, energy equipartition, and formation of a Bahcall-Wolf cusp around a supermassive black hole.

  8. Synonym - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym

    Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.

  9. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_literary_terms

    Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...