concept
semantic unit understood in different ways, e.g. as mental representation, ability or abstract object (philosophy)
incorruptibility
supposed miraculous preservation of the corpses of some Christian saints
expenditure
voluntary payment of monetary assets
elevation
movement in an superior direction
feature
archaeological term to describe a collection of one or more contexts representing some human non-portable activity
biota
plants, animals, fungi and microorganisms of a region
non-uniform memory access
computer memory design used in multiprocessing
data loss
error condition in information systems in which information is destroyed by failures or neglect in storage, transmission, or processing
Recovery point objective
in business-continuity planning for computing
standard candle
one of several types of star with common characteristics that may be used to calculate the distance to celestial bodies
heterotopia
certain cultural, institutional and discursive spaces that are somehow ‘other’: disturbing, intense, incompatible, contradictory or transforming
range
pitch range of musical instruments
impostor syndrome
psychological pattern in which people doubt their accomplishments and have a persistent, often internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"
sex and the law
legal regulation of human sexual interaction
online identity
social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites
discourse analysis
generic term for the analysis of social, language policy or historiographical discourse phenomena
revanchism
political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses
currying
transforming a function in such a way that it only takes a single argument
preconscious
in psychoanalysis, the loci preceding consciousness
power of a test
term in statistical hypothesis testing
elevation
sound engineering concept
sexual orientation and gender identity at the United Nations
legal concept, declarations and resolutions of the United Nations in favor of the universal decriminalization of homosexuality and the respect for the sexual orientation and gender identity of individuals
itinerary
route of a journey
good governance
performing public services competently for the benefit of all citizens
soundscape
combination of all the acoustic resources within a given area
catalyst poisoning
chemistry concept
frag
method of scoring in many video games
dreamwork
term
remission
medical term
Scram
emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
historical territory
rule structure of the Holy Roman Empire
state of affairs
combination of circumstances applying within a society or group at a particular time
commitment device
way to lock oneself into following a plan of action that one might not want to do, but which one knows is good for oneself
internal waters
waters on the landward side of the baseline of a nation's territorial waters, except in archipelagic states
insider
someone inside a group with restricted access
post in ground
type of construction in which vertical, roof-bearing timbers, called posts, are in direct contact with the ground. They may be placed into excavated post holes, driven into the ground, or on sills which are set on the ground without a foundation
Use (right)
Benefits and income that result from a right or an object
quintessence
dynamic scalar field hypothesized as a form of dark energy
primitive accumulation of capital
economical concept
self-concept
one's internal beliefs about oneself
democratization of knowledge
acquisition and spread of knowledge amongst the common people
non-food item
(humanitarian) products other than edibles
payment for ecosystem services
incentives offered to farmers or landowners
relative direction
information contained in the relative position of one point of space with respect to another, disregarding distance
First flush
the initial surface runoff of a rainstorm