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The Oxford dictionary defines an omnist as "a person who believes in all faiths or creeds; a person who believes in a single transcendent purpose or cause uniting all things or people, or the members of a particular group of people". [4] Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, considered the first Deist, argued that all religions were ...
towards better things: Motto of St Patrick's College, Cavan, Ireland ad mortem: to/at death: Medical phrase serving as a synonym for death ad multos annos: to many years: Wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns". ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum.
Holding all other things constant is directly analogous to using a partial derivative in calculus rather than a total derivative, and to running a regression containing multiple variables rather than just one in order to isolate the individual effect of one of the variables. Ceteris paribus is an extension of scientific modeling.
All Things Considered may also refer to: All Things Considered (BBC radio show), a religious affairs program on BBC Radio Wales "All Things Considered" (song), a song by Yankee Grey "All Things Considered", a song by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones from Pay Attention, 2000; All Things Considered, a book of essays by G. K. Chesterton (published 1908)
Weekend All Things Considered (WATC) is a one-hour version of the show that premiered in 1974 [9] and is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at 5 p.m. ET, currently hosted by Scott Detrow. ATC was excluded from the NPR deal with Sirius Satellite Radio so as not to compete with local stations airing the show. [10]
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. 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 ...
As an adjective, Arab refers to people and things of ethnic Arab origin. Arabic refers to the Arabic language or writing system. Its use as a synonym for Arab is considered controversial by some [who?]. are and our. Are is the second-person singular present and the first-, second-, and third-person plural present of the verb be. Our means ...
into the middle of things: From Horace. Refers to the literary technique of beginning a narrative in the middle of, or at a late point in, the story, after much action has already taken place. Examples include the Iliad, the Odyssey, Os Lusíadas, Othello, and Paradise Lost. Compare ab initio. in memoriam: into the memory