A Quick reference
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A Quick reference
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The 1st
‘A-over-A condition’ Quick reference
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AA(V)E Quick reference
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Abbreviation for African American (Vernacular) English.
Aaron Burr
Aave Reference library
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Abbreviation for African American Vernacular English.
abacus Reference library
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A mechanical device for making arithmetic calculations, the abacus is a precursor to, and a very primitive form of a
abacus
abbreviated clause Quick reference
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See reduced clause.
Abbreviation Reference library
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As a morphological process (also called “shortening” or “clipping”), distinct from coding (ORD, the airline symbol for Chicago's
Abbreviation Quick reference
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A
abbreviatory convention Quick reference
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Any convention that allows the expression of two or more *rules (2) to be combined into one. E.g. a ...
abduction (1) Quick reference
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Movement away from a central line. The *vocal cords are thus abducted when they are drawn apart. The opposite of adduction....
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abduction
abductive reasoning Reference library
Encyclopedia of Semiotics
is the process of adopting an explanatory hypothesis, which according to Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) is the first
Abélard, Pierre (1079–1142) Reference library
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(1079–1142),
French theologian and philosopher. Born and schooled in Brittany, Abélard studied in Paris under the philosophers
abessive Quick reference
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*Case indicating that someone or something is absent: e.g. schematically, I came money-
abjad Quick reference
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From the first four letters of the Arabic writing system, as ‘alphabet’ is from ‘alpha’ plus ‘beta’. Thence applied to ...
