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The word bionic, coined by Jack E. Steele in August 1958, is a portmanteau from biology and electronics [2] which was popularized by the 1970s U.S. television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, both based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin.
Googleplex, from Google and complex (meaning a complex of buildings) [b] Groupon, from group and coupon; Ideanomics, from idea and economics; Imagineering, from Imagine (or Imagination) and Engineering; LATAM, from Lan Airlines and TAM Airlines; Lenovo, from Legend and "novo" (Latin ablative for "new")
The word ‘bionic architecture’ is derived from the Greek word ‘bios’ (life) [4] as well as the English word ‘technics’ (to study). [8] The term was originally used to describe the scientific trend of ‘transferring technologies into life-forms’. [ 1 ]
It includes the F.F.1 list with 1,500 high-frequency words, completed by a later F.F.2 list with 1,700 mid-frequency words, and the most used syntax rules. [12] It is claimed that 70 grammatical words constitute 50% of the communicatives sentence, [13] [14] while 3,680 words make about 95~98% of coverage. [15] A list of 3,000 frequent words is ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
The genus name derives from a Shoshone word meaning “one who fishes” and the Greek suchus meaning “crocodile”, while the specific name means “desert song”, honouring the discoverers of the fossil, who are noted for their love of opera. Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus Rainey et al., 1995 [113] - family Thermoanaerobacterales ...
List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z
This is a list of dictionaries considered authoritative or complete by approximate number of total words, or headwords, included. number of words in a language. [1] [2] In compiling a dictionary, a lexicographer decides whether the evidence of use is sufficient to justify an entry in the dictionary. This decision is not the same as determining ...