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  2. Elaboration - Wikipedia

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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

  3. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus or synonym dictionary lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms. [15] The word poecilonym is a rare synonym of the word synonym. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an autological word because of its meta quality as a synonym of synonym.

  6. Nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of the noun used for a common name may have been lost or forgotten (whelk, elm, lion, shark, pig) but when the common name is extended to two or more words much more is conveyed about the organism's use, appearance or other special properties (sting ray, poison apple, giant stinking hogweed, hammerhead shark).

  7. Reredos - Wikipedia

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    Reredos depicting the Immaculate Conception.Portuguese, 17th century. Santarém, Portugal. A reredos (/ ˈ r ɪər ˌ d ɒ s, ˈ r ɪər ɪ-, ˈ r ɛ r ɪ-/ REER-dos, REER-ih-, RERR-ih-) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a church.

  8. Concept - Wikipedia

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    Adequate definitions of the kind required by this theory usually take the form of a list of features. These features must have two important qualities to provide a comprehensive definition. [ 11 ] Features entailed by the definition of a concept must be both necessary and sufficient for membership in the class of things covered by a particular ...

  9. Parameter - Wikipedia

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    A parameter (from Ancient Greek παρά (pará) 'beside, subsidiary' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure'), generally, is any characteristic that can help in defining or classifying a particular system (meaning an event, project, object, situation, etc.). That is, a parameter is an element of a system that is useful, or critical, when ...