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A word to express “removing some parts of history from history books by authorities”
In some countries some parts of history books of students have been removed by authorities of the time. For example, it has happened for Achaemenid Empire (a part of ancient Iran history) 2 years ago ...
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A term for non-player targetted information
I'm looking for a term that would describe the information that is not supposed to be known by players, not essential for their gaming experience.
Like a game object (or feature) that isn't actually ...
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Does English possess a term for the study of all aspects of language in primary/secondary schools
Does academic English employ a concise/idiomatic term corresponding to the Russian term словесные дисциплины (literally, "verbal subjects")?
The Russian term is from 19th century academic circles ...
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What do you call a statement like “How to perform a change of ownership” [closed]
What do you call a statement similar to the following?
"How to perform a change of ownership"
I wish to request user input by asking a question such as:
"Please enter your title in the ...
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Better term for “time-evolving charts”
I am working on charts to show every day climate parameters such as temperature and precipitation over a period of time. I used the term "time-evolving charts". Is there a better term to show the ...
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Different types of whistling
Are there terms or succinct phrases that describe the different ways of whistling listed below?
The standard put-your-lips-together-and-blow
Tongue against bottom teeth
Sticking two fingers (thumb ...
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Words that define a type of word and also obey that definition [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is a catchy word that means (non-)self-descriptive
There are plenty of names for word sets:
synonyms: words that have the same meaning
palindromes: words that ...
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How can I properly indicate a “day off” in a tournament using “sports terms”?
When showing a tournament calendar with an odd number of teams, how can I say (in sport terms) to indicate the team that is not playing on a given match day?
For example a tournament with five teams ...
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Terminology for fake photograph
I think there is a good chance that a new word or phrase has been coined to mean fake photograph.
Is there a single word to express it?
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Image in article
What would you call an image in a newspaper article that appears in the flow of the article with text wrapped around it?
For example an article with two columns — on the right column there's an image ...
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What's a more formal name for a “third” party?
Two parties are trying to resolve some dispute that involves interest of both. Sometimes it's hard for them to reach an agreement on a fair basis. This is typically when another party who has no ...
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A rude equivalent to a “TV box” term
I am looking for an American English term for a "TV box" as a source of zombification and brain killing. Maybe "boob tube" is the right one? The shorter, the better.
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What is the name of combination, in error, of similar or related words? (E.g.: segueway)
Is there a technical term for combination, in error, of similar or related words? This question is prompted by the following malapropism or solecism, from an article by Elizabeth Montalbano in ...
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Term for emergent system with its own logical rules/laws?
Eigenlogik in German means that a subsystem has its own set of rules determining its phenomenological behavior. E.g. in sociology, a social group of humans shows a group behavior based on rules/laws ...
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What do you call a slip of the tongue in writing?
Is there any phrase or word that can be used to describe a slip of the tongue that happens in writing?
Calling it a slip of tongue directly feels awkward, especially when the written text is never ...
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What do you call those divisions of a book bigger than a paragraph but smaller than a chapter?
In printed books, or at least in novels, there are often major breaks within a chapter more important than paragraphs.
Often they are separated by a greater amount of whitespace than paragraphs and ...
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Alternatives to “computationally expensive”?
The current version of a sentence I'm writing has the structure:
Computing [such and such] is the most computationally expensive part of [algorithm].
At the moment, I cannot think of a better ...
