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sign language
sign language gestural communication used as an alternative or replacement for speech. Sign languages resemble oral languages in every way other than their modality. As with oral languages, sign languages are acquired spontaneously and have highly intricate, rule-governed grammar and phonology ....
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radical
radical in mathematics, symbol placed over a number or expression, called the radicand, to indicate a root of the radicand. When used without a sign or index number, it designates the positive square root of the radicand, i.e., 2. If both square roots are meant, the radical sign is preceded by &p...
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journalism
journalism the collection and periodic publication or transmission of news through media such as newspaper , periodical , television , and radio .
Schools
The importance of journalism in modern society has been testified to by the establishment of schools of journalism at most of the ...
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Immanuel
Immanuel or Emmanuel [Heb.,=God with us], in the Book of Isaiah, name given to the child who would be a sign to Judah of her deliverance. In the Gospel of St. Matthew it is given as a name of Jesus.
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omen
omen sign or augury believed to foreshadow the future. Almost any occurrence can be interpreted as an omen. The typical omen was a natural phenomenon, such as a meteor, an eclipse, or the flight of birds. Among the Greeks and Romans the interpretation of omens was a major part of religious life and...
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semiotics
semiotics or semiology, discipline deriving from the American logician C. S. Peirce and the French linguist Ferdinand de Saussure . It has come to mean generally the study of any cultural product (e.g., a text) as a formal system of signs. Saussure's key notion of the arbitrary nature of the...
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communication
communication transfer of information, such as thoughts and messages, as contrasted with transportation, the transfer of goods and persons (see information theory ). The basic forms of communication are by signs (sight) and by sounds (hearing; see language ). The reduction of communication to wri...
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nuclear disarmament
nuclear disarmament the reduction and limitation of the various nuclear weapons in the military forces of the world's nations. The atomic bombs dropped (1945) on Japan by the United States in World War II demonstrated the overwhelming destructive potential of nuclear weapons and the threat to h...
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Signs of the Zodiac
Signs of the Zodiac
Signs of the Zodiac
Constellation
English Name
Symbol
Dates
Aries
The Ram
[symbol]
Mar. 21-Apr. 19
Taurus
The Bull
[symbol]
Apr. 20-May 20...
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Willi Baumeister
Willi Baumeister , 1889-1955, German artist. Influenced by primitive art and Miro's surrealism , Baumeister created abstractions that contain mechanical and organic forms. In later works (e.g., Reddish Relief with Sand, 1950; Baumeister Coll., Stuttgart) he included ideographic signs in his compo...
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