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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.
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...
Contribution (law), an agreement between defendants in a suit to apportion liability; Contributions, a vital goal of fundraising; Contribution margin, the selling price per unit minus the variable cost per unit; Contribution, a principle of insurance
However, state authorities prevented him from presenting his work at scientific conferences, [256] and it was many years before Mukhopadhyay's contribution was acknowledged in works dealing with the subject. [257] [better source needed] Cervical cerclage – was first described by V. N. Shirodkar in Bombay in 1955. [258]
The Contributor Roles Taxonomy, commonly known as CRediT, is a controlled vocabulary of types of contributions to a research project. [1] CRediT is commonly used by scientific journals to provide an indication of what each contributor to a project did. The CRediT standard includes machine-readable metadata. [2]
Contributions; Talk; Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 General usage. 2 Zoology. ... a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that now goes by a ...
Clypeomorus moniliferus (Kiener, 1841): synonym of Clypeomorus batillariaeformis Habe & Kosuge, 1966; Clypeomorus morus (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855) Clypeomorus penthusarus Iredale, 1929: synonym of Clypeomorus bifasciatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". [1] Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material gain; and with government endeavors that are public initiatives for public good, such as those that focus on the provision of public services. [1]