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Language
Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.
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Callimachus
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Greek architect, inventor of the Corinthian order, 4th century B.C.
calliope
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The muse of epic poetry and eloquence, is represented with a tablet and stylus, and sometimes with a paper roll. See Muses.
Callisthenes
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A disciple of Aristotle, who accompanied Alexander the Great to India, and was put to death by his order for remonstrating with him on his adoption of the manners and style of the ...
Callistratus
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An Athenian orator, who kindled in Demosthenes a passion for his art; his Spartan sympathies brought him to grief, and led to his execution as a traitor.
caloric
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The name given by physicists to the presumed subtle element which causes heat.
calotype
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A process of photography invented by Fox Talbot in 1840, by means of the action of light on nitrate of silver.
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