concept
semantic unit understood in different ways, e.g. as mental representation, ability or abstract object (philosophy)
dynamic routing
router process
quiddity
essence or inherent nature of a person or thing (scholastic philosophy)
adjustable peg
a term from the monetary policy
actual genesis
term derived from Gestalt psychology
acceptability
the appropriateness / acceptability of an utterance in a particular situation
population ageing
increasing median age in a population
consumer sovereignty
economic consumer theory
outlay costs
cost category, which does have an equivalent in the effort, but is valued differently due to different accounting objectives
first principle
concept
essentially contested concept
concepts having widespread agreement on a concept but not on the best realization thereof
company town
place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer
topographic prominence
measure for the independence of a summit defined as its relative height based on the difference between its absolute elevation and the lowest contour line encircling it but containing no higher summit within it
negative energy
concept in physics
too big to fail
a concept that certain corporations or financial institutions are so large and interconnected that their failure would be disastrous to the greater economic system, and that they therefore must be supported by government when facing potential failure
atomic gas
gas from unbound atoms
injustice
quality relating to unfairness or undeserved outcomes
Training framework plan
legally binding part of the training regulations in Germany
Socialists of the chair
concept
Emanationism
a speculative theory that considers all existing things as stemming from a divine principle, by some necessary process of emanation; consecutive degrees of evil are ascribed to an ever greater distance from the pure ether of the parent source
fixation
concept in psychology
social exploitation
social relationship in which one agent takes unfair advantage of another agent
diminishing returns
additional factor of production resulting in smaller increase in output
mass driver
proposed spacelaunch method
indeterminism
concept that events (certain events, or events of certain types) are not caused, or not caused deterministically (cf. causality) by prior events
signature
starting material for making newspapers
Essential dignity
Astrological concept
Twin City
concept plan for Vienna and Bratislava
juvenile delinquency
participation in illegal behavior by minors
quine
self-replicating program
glass ceiling
metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given group from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy
Grotesque body
culturological concept
Cottrell atmosphere
concept in materials science, which explains how dislocations are pinned in some metals by boron, carbon, or nitrogen interstitials
righteousness
quality of being morally correct and justifiable
aura
parapsychological and spiritual concept
one-drop rule
rule applied to discriminate racially
rhizome
theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation
statistics collection
act of collecting statistical data
implicate and explicate order
concepts due to David Bohm
average age
term in demography
Polytomy
epistemological concept; division of something into more than two categories
memory space
place, object or concept vested with historical significance in the popular collective memory, such as monuments, museums, events, symbols and even colours vested with historical memory
Al Wala' Wal Bara'
a concept in Islam
eros
one of the four ancient Greek terms for types of "love"
key escrow
Cryptographic arrangement
new product development
complete process of bringing a new product to market
water column
conceptual column of water from the surface to the bottom of a body of water
grave good
objects placed intentionally in a grave
importance
subjective magnitude of value, meaning, or purpose
major and minor
property of keys, scales, chords and music pieces