Category: Philosophy

What is speech of tribute? Definition: A Tribute speech is written to provide interesting and useful information an expression of esteem, to show thanks or respect to a person or a group of people and increase the knowledge of your audience on the subject. The subject may be historical or modern, famous or unknown, dead […]

What is an example of de? De is defined as meaning “of” in Spanish, French and Portuguese. An example of de is of the water. What does De mean in front of a last name? Further, the use of the particle de or de’ is often an abbreviation for dei, suggesting the family is of […]

Is Cal Poly SLO better than Pomona? Since Cal Poly SLO is the older one out of the two polytechnic education systems, in general, it should be the better one. If you are speaking of engineering majors (especially in my major ECE) Cal Poly Pomona graduates have a pretty prominent presence in So. Cal than […]

Is withholding the truth the same as lying? Withholding information is the suppression of truth rather than the expression of untruth that characterises a lie. Both are designed to deceive, but withholding information makes a secret of the truth – it doesn’t distort it. Lying depends on spoiling the truth, and so undermines the very […]

What is hysteresis in simple terms? Hysteresis is the dependence of the state of a system on its history. For example, a magnet may have more than one possible magnetic moment in a given magnetic field, depending on how the field changed in the past. Hysteresis can be found in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, and […]

What is a smoking gun test? Smoking-Gun Tests In other words, this provides a sufficient but not necessary criterion for accepting the causal inference. It can strongly support a given hypothesis, but failure to pass does not reject it. If a given hypothesis passes, it substantially weakens rival hypotheses. Is a smoking gun? The term […]

What is continuity system? THE CONTINUITY SYSTEM: A highly standardized system of editing, now virtually universal in commercial film and television but originally associated with Hollywood cinema, that matches spatial and temporal relations from shot to shot in order to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. What is a cinematic ellipsis? Ellipsis is a common […]

What is the cut off for miscarriage? Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss, is the natural death of an embryo or fetus before it is able to survive independently. Some use the cutoff of 20 weeks of gestation, after which fetal death is known as a stillbirth. Is […]

What does body habitus mean? Body habitus: The physique or body build. For example: “The metabolic complications most commonly reported (with HIV infection) are hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and altered body habitus.” The term “body habitus” is somewhat redundant, since habitus by itself means “physique or body build.” What is the most common body habitus? Cards Term […]

What does it mean if something is byzantine? a : of, relating to, or characterized by a devious and usually surreptitious manner of operation a Byzantine power struggle. b : intricately involved : labyrinthine rules of Byzantine complexity. Byzantine. Definition of Byzantine (Entry 2 of 2) : a native or inhabitant of Byzantium. Why did […]