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  2. Word and Object - Wikipedia

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    The English sentence with (near-) identical stimulus meaning to 'Gavagai' functions as a translation of 'Gavagai'. After Quine has set out the concept of stimulus meaning, he continues by comparing it with our intuitive notion of meaning. [9]: 100 For this, he distinguished two kinds of sentences: occasion sentences and standing sentences.

  3. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Innuendo: having a hidden meaning in a sentence that makes sense whether it is detected or not. Irony: use of word in a way that conveys a meaning opposite to its usual meaning. [18] Kenning: using a compound word neologism to form a metonym. Litotes: emphasizing the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite.

  4. Glossary of climbing terms - Wikipedia

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    The first successful ascent of a new route by any means, including aid climbing (i.e. not via free climbing). first free ascent. Also FFA. The first ascent of a new route without aid, following the free climbing criteria of a redpoint. first female free ascent. Also FFFA. The first female to complete a free ascent of a route that has already ...

  5. Ellipsis - Wikipedia

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    In legal writing in the United States, Rule 5.3 in the Bluebook citation guide governs the use of ellipses and requires a space before the first dot and between the two subsequent dots. If an ellipsis ends the sentence, then there are three dots, each separated by a space, followed by the final punctuation (e.g. Hah . . . ?).

  6. Ascent of sap - Wikipedia

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    The ascent of sap in the xylem tissue of plants is the upward movement of water and minerals from the root to the aerial parts of the plant. The conducting cells in xylem are typically non-living and include, in various groups of plants, vessel members and tracheids .

  7. Accent (music) - Wikipedia

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    In music, an accent is an emphasis, stress, or stronger attack placed on a particular note or set of notes, or chord, either because of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark.

  8. Redpoint (climbing) - Wikipedia

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    [4] [2] [6] However, due to additional significant challenge of placing climbing protection while ascending traditional climbing routes, traditional climbers continue to differentiate on whether their first free ascent was a pinkpoint (e.g. as Swiss traditional climber Didier Berthod did on making the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny in ...

  9. Ascender (typography) - Wikipedia

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    In typography and handwriting, an ascender is the portion of a minuscule letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends above the mean line of a font. That is, the part of a lower-case letter that is taller than the font's x-height. Ascenders, together with descenders, increase the recognizability of words.