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Action Painting
Action Painting. A type of dynamic, impulsive painting, practised by certain Abstract Expressionists, in which the artist applies paint with energetic gestural movements—sometimes by dribbling or splashing—and with no preconceived idea of what the picture will look like. Sometimes the... Read more |
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capillary action
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Action Francaise
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Catholic action
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Action
ACTION Conduct; behavior; something done; a series of acts. A case or lawsuit; a legal and formal demand for enforcement of one's rights against another party asserted in a court of justice. The term action includes all the proceedings attendant upon a legal demand, its adjudication, and its... Read more |
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karma
karma or karman , [Skt.,=action, work, or ritual], basic concept common to Hinduism , Buddhism , and Jainism . The doctrine of karma states that one's state in this life is a result of actions (both physical and mental) in past incarnations, and action in this life can determine one's destiny... Read more |
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Egg
Egg The egg, or ovum, is the gamete (reproductive sex cell) produced by most female animals. It is fertilized by the sperm, which is the male gamete. The term "egg" is commonly used to include the acellular structures that surround the ovum. In "higher" animals, including... Read more |
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electrocardiography
electrocardiography , science of recording and interpreting the electrical activity that precedes and is a measure of the action of heart muscles. Since 1887, when Augustus Waller demonstrated the possibility of measuring such action, physicians and physiologists have recorded it in order to study... Read more |
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free will
free will in philosophy, the doctrine that an individual, regardless of forces external to him, can and does choose at least some of his actions. The existence of free will is challenged by determinism . A denial of free will was implicit in Plato 's argument that, because no one would... Read more |
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Computer action games
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