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21Mnemonic — For other uses, see Mnemonic (disambiguation). Not to be confused with pneumonic. Knuckle mnemonic for the number of days in each month of the Gregorian Calendar. Each projecting knuckle represents a 31 day month. A mnemonic ( …
22Transcendental argument for the existence of God — The Transcendental Argument for the existence of God (TAG) is an argument for the existence of God that attempts to show that logic, science, ethics (and generally every fact of human experience and knowledge) are not meaningful apart from a… …
23Iconicity — In functional cognitive linguistics, as well as in semiotics, iconicity is the conceived similarity or analogy between a form of a sign (linguistic or otherwise) and its meaning, as opposed to arbitrariness.Iconic principles: *Quantity principle …
24Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment …
25Parametrization — Parameterization (or parametrization; parameterisation in British English) is the process of defining or deciding the parameters usually of some model that are salient to the question being asked of that model. Context dependent meaning If, for… …
26Animal language — is the modeling of human language in non human animal systems. While the term is widely used, most researchers agree that animal languages are not as complex or expressive as human language.Some researchers argue that there are significant… …
27Raskol — ( ru. раскол, IPA ru|rɐˈskol, meaning split or schism ) was the event of splitting of the Russian Orthodox Church into an official church and the Old Believers movement in mid 17th century, triggered by the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in 1653,… …
28Fudge factor — Fudge factors are invented variables whose purpose is to force a calculated result to give a better match to what happens in the real world. Fudge factors are usually calculated retrospectively , and when a calculation has only managed to produce …
29Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General) — Supreme Court of Canada Hearing: June 8, 2004 Judgment: June 9, 2005 …
30Newtonian motivations for general relativity — Some of the basic concepts of General Relativity can be outlined outside the relativistic domain. In particular, the idea that mass/energy generates curvature in space and that curvature affects the motion of masses can be illustrated in a… …
