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Humpty Dumpty has been used to demonstrate the second law of thermodynamics. The law describes a process known as entropy , a measure of the number of specific ways in which a system may be arranged, often taken to be a measure of "disorder".
The number 10,000 is used to express an even larger approximate number, as in Hebrew רבבה r e vâvâh, [36] rendered into Greek as μυριάδες, and to English myriad. [37] Similar usage is found in the East Asian 萬 or 万 ( lit. 10,000; pinyin : wàn ), and the South Asian lakh ( lit. 100,000).
Rhyme Time Town is an American children's animated musical television series developed by DreamWorks Animation Television that reimagines classic nursery rhymes from the viewpoints of two preschoolers, Daisy the puppy and Cole the kitten.
However, when a number is used, or a word signifying a number (monta- many), the singular version of the partitive case is used. kolme taloa – three houses; and where no specific number is mentioned, the plural version of the partitive case is used taloja; and in the possessive (genitive) talon ovi (the house's door) talojen ovet (the houses ...
On Saturday in Turner, Oregon, a statue of nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty took a tumble off a wall at the Enchanted Forest amusement park. Talk about life imitating art ... or perhaps life ...
"When I use a word," replied Humpty-Dumpty in a somewhat disdainful tone of voice, "it means exactly what I like it to mean... no more and no less." "The question," said Alice, "is whether you have the power to make words mean something other than what they mean." "The question," retorted Humpty-Dumpty, "is who will be the master... period." [83]
Humpty Dumpty wearing the cravat he received as an unbirthday present from the White King and Queen. From Through the Looking-Glass, illustration by John Tenniel. An unbirthday (originally written un-birthday) is an event celebrated on all days of the year which are not a person's birthday.
The system uses numbers and letters to classify hair from 1 (straight) to 4 (coiled). WAVY hair is classified as Type 2, with 2A being loose waves, 2B being defined waves, and 2C being wide waves.