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Loyd had a friend who was willing to wager that he could always find the piece which delivered the principal mate of a chess problem. Loyd composed this problem as a joke and bet his friend dinner that he could not pick a piece that didn't give mate in the main line (his friend immediately identified the pawn on b2 as being the least likely to deliver mate), and when the problem was published ...
Excelsior A chess problem theme in which a pawn on its starting square in the initial position moves the length of the board to be promoted during the course of the solution. Named after one such problem by Sam Loyd; see Excelsior (chess problem).
Excelsior Amusement Park, located on Lake Minnetonka in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota Excelsior Brigade , a New York infantry brigade in the Union Army in the American Civil War Excelsior Diamond , a famous diamond, once the largest known
This article is a list of fictional swords in literature, ... It is the literary opposite of the One Ring. [1] Orcrist: ... Excelsior: A sword sought by ...
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants is largely derived from Latin and Greek words, as are some of the names used for higher taxa , such ...
opposite of "in situ" ex solo ad solem: from the Earth to the Sun: The motto of the University of Central Lancashire, Preston ex supra (e.s.) "from above" Recent academic notation for "from above in this writing". See also ex infra. ex tempore: from [this moment of] time "This instant", "right away" or "immediately". Also written extempore
A contronym is a word with two opposite meanings. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This feature is also called enantiosemy, [1] [2] enantionymy (enantio-means "opposite"), antilogy or autoantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.
The corresponding Latin antonym, ars, is the source of English art, which is not an antonym of inert. Inflammable Flammable Synonym. From Latin flammare meaning "to catch fire". Inflammable is from Latin inflammare meaning "to cause to catch fire". Antonym is nonflammable. [4] Innocent Nocent Rare. Means "harmful". Innocuous Nocuous Uncommon [5 ...