concept
semantic unit understood in different ways, e.g. as mental representation, ability or abstract object (philosophy)
debits and credits
amounts added or subtracted to account ledgers
balance of power
idea that national security is enhanced when military capabilities are distributed so no state is strong enough to dominate
determination
logical term
cryptographic protocol
protocol that performs a security-related function
representation
entity or process that portrays something else, usually in a simplified or approximated manner
laureate
winner of an award or winner in a competition
linguistic competence
system of linguistic knowledge possessed by native speakers of a language
sequence
series of scenes in a film which form a distinct narrative unit
latchkey kid
child who returns to an empty home after school or a child who is often left at home with no supervision
focal point
concept in game theory
damaging event
concept from insurance law and refers to an event that leads to damage
relevance
measure of a document's applicability to a given subject or search query
historical culture
any form of articulation of historical events as reflected in material or immaterial culture
I Ching hexagram
figure composed of six stacked horizontal broken or unbroken lines, used in Chinese divination
competence
in psychology, cognitive skills and abilities to solve certain problems
coarticulation
concept in phonetics
weighted graph
undirected graph in which every edge is labeled, generally through a real number
curl
in association football (soccer), spin on the ball which will make it change direction
communication
the term in information theory
logical constant
term in logic
Crypto-Christianity
secret practice of Christianity
Mobile-Business
concept
cytopathology
branch of pathology that studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular level
sexual capital
social value from sexual attractiveness
community policing
strategy of policing centered on building close ties with communities
identification
psychological process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides
parasitic gap
construction in which one gap appears to be dependent on another gap
smallholding
type of rural locality
breakthrough
military term
classic
outstanding example of a particular style
Imamate
Term from the theology of Islam
biological process
process specifically pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units
environmental governance
concept in political ecology and environmental policy
hydrogen oxidizing bacteria
term in biology
dead zone
area not covered by telecommunications networks
Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
unrealized utopian city concept by Walt Disney that was used as a basis for the Epcot theme park
center of curvature
point at a distance from the curve equal to the radius of curvature lying on the normal vector
environmental, social and corporate governance
sustainability investment criteria
Clearing
concept in Heideggerian philosophy
form of energy
concept in physical sciences
Heroic capitalism
concept proposed by Benito Mussolini
script analysis
method of uncovering the 'early decisions, made unconsciously, as to how life shall be lived