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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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Synod

Language; Encyclopedias

Name given to any assembly of bishops in council, and in the Presbyterian Church to an assembly of a district or a general assembly.

Subtle Doctor

Language; Encyclopedias

Name given to Duns Scotus for his hairsplitting acuteness and extreme subtlety of distinction.

Slave Coast

Language; Encyclopedias

Name given to the Bight of Benin, in West Africa, from Lagos to the Volta River.

Thebans

Language; Encyclopedias

Name given to the inhabitants of Boeotia, from Thebes, the capital; were reckoned dull and stupid by the Athenians.

spectrum analysis

Language; Encyclopedias

Name given to the method of determining the composition of a body by means of the spectrum of light which it gives forth or passes through it, founded on the principle that a ...

thermo-dynamics

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Name given to the modern science of the relation between heat and work, which has established two fundamental principles, that when heat is employed to do work, the work done is ...