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Elaborate Bytes, the Swiss software development company behind CloneDVD; The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a 2009 play by Kristoffer Diaz; Operation Elaborate, the codename of the 2022 iSpoof fraud investigation; Elaborative interrogation, the use of explanations to help remember information; Elaborative encoding, a different mnemonic system
An extended metaphor, also known as a conceit or sustained metaphor, is the use of a single metaphor or analogy at length in a work of literature. It differs from a mere metaphor in its length, and in having more than one single point of contact between the object described (the so-called tenor) and the comparison used to describe it (the vehicle).
The term "Rube Goldberg" was being used in print to describe elaborate contraptions by 1928, [2] and appeared in the Random House Dictionary of the English Language in 1966 meaning "having a fantastically complicated improvised appearance", or "deviously complex and impractical". [3]
Braun ABW30 wall clock designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs [] (early 1980s) Victorinox Swiss Army knife Cutlery designed by architect and designer Zaha Hadid (2007). The slightly oblique end part of the fork and the spoons, as well as the knife handle, are examples of designing for both aesthetic form and practical function Early concept design sketches by the architect Erling Viksjø ...
Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for logographic languages), which may include information on definitions ...
The third book in the Yarros’ “Empyrean” series comes out in January from Entangled Publishing. The follow-up to “Fourth Wing” and “Iron Flame” swaps Basgiath War College lessons for ...
Also eon. age Age of Discovery Also called the Age of Exploration. The time period between approximately the late 15th century and the 17th century during which seafarers from various European polities traveled to, explored, and charted regions across the globe which had previously been unknown or unfamiliar to Europeans and, more broadly, during which previously isolated human populations ...
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