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  2. Categories for the Description of Works of Art - Wikipedia

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    CDWA Lite is an XML schema created by ARTstor, the J. Paul Getty Trust, and RLG Programs/OCLC to describe core records for works of art and material culture based on CDWA and the Cataloging Cultural Objects (CCO) content standard. The schema was created because of the absence of a data content standard specifically designed for unique cultural ...

  3. Proper right and proper left - Wikipedia

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    The terms are mainly used in discussing images of humans, whether in art history, medical contexts such as x-ray images, or elsewhere, but they can be used in describing any object that has an unambiguous front and back (for example furniture [2]) or, [3] when describing things that move or change position, with reference to the original position.

  4. List of onomatopoeias - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...

  5. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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    A "barber's pole" with a helical stripe is a familiar sight, and is used as a secondary metaphor to describe objects in many other contexts. For example, if the shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark , the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's pole" colors.

  6. List of visual mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    In the Polish language and Czech language, the D and C can be interpreted as verbs describing the Moon's action: Księżyc się ... (The moon is ...) Dopełnia (waxing) and Cofa (waning); in Czech Měsíc ... (The moon is ...) Dorůstá (waxing) and Couvá (waning). Also, in Polish one might remember that Księżyc będzie ... (The moon will be

  7. Cataloging (library science) - Wikipedia

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    In library and information science, cataloging or cataloguing is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as author's names, titles, and subject terms that describe resources, typically through the creation of bibliographic records. [1]

  8. Basic English - Wikipedia

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    Adverbs can be formed by adding -ly (for example tightly) to words that Basic English calls "qualities" (adjectives that describe objects). The words more and most are used for comparison (for example more complex), but -er and -est may appear in common use (cheaper). Negatives can be formed with un-(unwise).

  9. Definite description - Wikipedia

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    In formal semantics and philosophy of language, a definite description is a denoting phrase in the form of "the X" where X is a noun-phrase or a singular common noun.The definite description is proper if X applies to a unique individual or object.