query: what term is used to describe something that is useful and provide satisfaction

pos: Usability context of use." The word "usability" also refers to methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process. Usability consultant Jakob Nielsen and computer science professor Ben Shneiderman have written (separately) about a framework of system acceptability, where usability is a part of "usefulness" and is composed of: Usability is often associated with the functionalities of the product (cf. ISO definition, below), in addition to being solely a characteristic of the user interface (cf. framework of system acceptability, also below, which separates "usefulness" into "usability" and "utility"). For example, in the context of mainstream consumer products, an automobile lacking a reverse

neg: Magic Circle (law firms) don't know where the term came from or who founded it. It's mainly something that comes up when we talk to journalists or they talk to us. We don't describe ourselves as a magic circle firm in any of our marketing material." Linklaters' then head of corporate, David Cheyne, said: "City law firms years ago used to provide information to each other so they could keep in touch with what was going on, but that ended yonks ago... It seems to be a term to describe the leading City firms and there is some truth in it." Then corporate partner

neg: Optical telescope observable world observed though an ocular eyepiece inserted into a telescope. Knowing the true FOV of eyepieces is very useful since it can be used to compare what is seen through the eyepiece to printed or computerized star charts that help identify what is observed. True FOV formula_45 is the division of apparent FOV formula_46 over magnification formula_33. An example of true FOV using an eyepiece with 52° apparent FOV used at 81.25x magnification is given by: formula_48 Max FOV is a term used to describe the maximum useful true FOV limited by the optics of the telescope, it is

neg: Polymorphous perversity term. He used it to designate behavior outside the socially acceptable norms of his era. Polymorphous perversity Polymorphous perversity is a psychoanalytic concept proposing the ability to gain sexual gratification outside socially normative sexual behaviors. Sigmund Freud used this term to describe the sexual disposition from infancy to about age five. Freud theorized that some are born with unfocused pleasure / libidinal drives, deriving pleasure from any part of the body. The objects and modes of pleasurable satisfaction are multifarious, directed at every object that might provide pleasure. Polymorphous perverse sexuality continues from infancy through about age five, progressing through

neg: Inward light Light to "glow", in his book "God is silence". In a Friends meeting it is usually called "ministry" when a person shares aloud what the Inner Light is saying to him or her. The term "inward light" was first used by early Friends to refer to Christ's light shining on them; the term "inner light" has also been used to since twentieth century to describe this Quaker doctrine. Rufus Jones, in 1904, wrote that: ""The Inner Light is the doctrine that there is something Divine, 'Something of God' in the human soul"". Jones argued that his interpretation of the Quaker

neg: Constructive eviction was actually told to leave. Constructive eviction Constructive eviction is a term used in the law of real property to describe a circumstance in which a landlord either does something or fails to do something that he or she has a legal duty to provide (e.g. the landlord refuses to provide heat or water to the apartment), rendering the property uninhabitable. A tenant who is constructively evicted may terminate the lease and seek damages. To maintain an action for damages, the tenant must show that: A tenant who suffers from a constructive eviction can claim all of the legal remedies

neg: Constructive eviction Constructive eviction Constructive eviction is a term used in the law of real property to describe a circumstance in which a landlord either does something or fails to do something that he or she has a legal duty to provide (e.g. the landlord refuses to provide heat or water to the apartment), rendering the property uninhabitable. A tenant who is constructively evicted may terminate the lease and seek damages. To maintain an action for damages, the tenant must show that: A tenant who suffers from a constructive eviction can claim all of the legal remedies available to a tenant who

neg: Mottainai Mottainai Mottainai is a term of Japanese origin that has been used by environmentalists. The term in Japanese conveys a sense of regret over waste; the exclamation ""Mottainai!" can translate as "What a waste!" Japanese environmentalists have used the term to encourage people to "reduce, reuse and recycle", and Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai used the term at the United Nations as a slogan to promote environmental protection. "Mottainai" is a Japanese term conveying a sense of regret concerning waste. The expression "Mottainai!" can be uttered alone as an exclamation when something useful, such as food or time, is wasted, meaning

neg: Polymorphous perversity Polymorphous perversity Polymorphous perversity is a psychoanalytic concept proposing the ability to gain sexual gratification outside socially normative sexual behaviors. Sigmund Freud used this term to describe the sexual disposition from infancy to about age five. Freud theorized that some are born with unfocused pleasure / libidinal drives, deriving pleasure from any part of the body. The objects and modes of pleasurable satisfaction are multifarious, directed at every object that might provide pleasure. Polymorphous perverse sexuality continues from infancy through about age five, progressing through three distinct developmental stages: the oral stage, anal stage, and genital / phallic stage. Only

neg: Useful idiot Useful idiot In political jargon, a useful idiot is a derogatory term for a person perceived as a propagandist for a cause of whose goals they are not fully aware and who is used cynically by the leaders of the cause. The term was originally used during the Cold War to describe non-communists regarded as susceptible to communist propaganda and manipulation. The term has often been attributed to Vladimir Lenin, but this attribution is unsubstantiated. The phrase "useful idiot" has often been attributed to Vladimir Lenin, although he is not documented as having ever used the phrase. In a 1987

neg: Public good be considered to be club goods or private goods; exclusion mechanisms include copyright, patents, congestion pricing, and pay television. There is a good deal of debate and literature on how to measure the significance of public goods problems in an economy, and to identify the best remedies. In a non-economic sense, the term is often used to describe something that is useful for the public generally, such as education and infrastructure, although these are not "public goods" in the economic sense. Paul A. Samuelson is usually credited as the first economist to develop the theory of public goods. In his

neg: Hobby is usually associated with making something of value or achieving something of value. "Such leisure is socially valorised precisely because it produces feelings of satisfaction with something that looks very much like work but that is done of its own sake." "Hobbies are a contradiction: they take work and turn it into leisure, and take leisure and turn it into work." The terms amateur and hobbyist are often used interchangeably. Stebbins has a framework which distinguishes the terms has a useful categorisation of leisure in which he separates "casual leisure" from "serious Leisure". He describes serious leisure as undertaken by

neg: Travel technology within the tourism experience. Travel technology is increasingly being used to describe systems for managing and monitoring travel, including travel tracking and flight tracking systems. In other contexts, the term "travel technology" can refer to technology intended for use by travelers, such as light-weight laptop computers with universal power supplies or satellite Internet connections. That is not the sense in which it is used here. Travel technology includes many processes such as dynamic packaging which provide useful new options for consumers. Today the tour guide can be a GPS tour guide, and the guidebook could be an audioguide, podguide or

neg: Social software independent analyst firm CMS Watch argued that a scenario-based (use-case) approach to examining social software would provide a useful method to evaluate tools and align business and technology needs. Methods and tools for the development of social software are sometimes summarized under the term Social Software Engineering. However, this term is also used to describe lightweight and community-oriented development practices. Constructivist learning theorists such as Vygotsky, Leidner and Jarvenpaa have theorized that the process of expressing knowledge aids its creation and that conversations benefit the refinement of knowledge. Conversational knowledge management software fulfills this purpose because conversations, e.g. questions and

neg: Northern Ireland Britain that were extended to Ireland under Poynings' Law between 1494 and 1782. There is no generally accepted term to describe what Northern Ireland is: province, region, country or something else. The choice of term can be controversial and can reveal the writer's political preferences. This has been noted as a problem by several writers on Northern Ireland, with no generally recommended solution. Owing in part to the way in which the United Kingdom, and Northern Ireland, came into being, there is no legally defined term to describe what Northern Ireland 'is'. There is also no uniform or guiding way

neg: Useful idiot fool, some naif, manipulated by Moscow, secretly held in contempt, but whose blind support is happily accepted and exploited". Useful idiot In political jargon, a useful idiot is a derogatory term for a person perceived as a propagandist for a cause of whose goals they are not fully aware and who is used cynically by the leaders of the cause. The term was originally used during the Cold War to describe non-communists regarded as susceptible to communist propaganda and manipulation. The term has often been attributed to Vladimir Lenin, but this attribution is unsubstantiated. The phrase "useful idiot" has often

neg: Climax community Notwithstanding, it remains a useful concept. The idea of a single climax, which is defined in relation to regional climate, originated with Frederic Clements in the early 1900s. The first analysis of succession as leading to something like a climax was written by Henry Cowles in 1899, but it was Clements who used the term "climax" to describe the idealized endpoint of succession. Clements described the successional development of an ecological communities comparable to the ontogenetic development of individual organisms. Clements suggested only comparisons to very simple organisms. Later ecologists developed this idea that the ecological community is a "superorganism"

neg: Andrea Grover to describe something that already existed before the term was in common use." In the interview for Wired, Grover explained that crowdsourcing eliminates a financial barrier that prohibits most people from participating in art, as "Internet real estate is essentially free." Grover finds that the primary appeal of crowdsourcing is the satisfaction that is obtained through working with a community. In Fall 2007, Grover offered a class at the University of Houston, called Participation Art. The course presented a history of participation art since the 1960s, while also allowing students to create crowdsourced art. Andrea Grover Andrea Grover (born July

neg: Waft of the substance towards the nose. This method allows for a lower concentration of vapors to be inhaled and is particularly useful in safely smelling ammonia, hydrochloric acid, and other dangerous or unpleasant chemicals. Waft Waft is a term meaning to "carry along gently as through the air." The term is commonly used to describe scents that have diffused into other parts of a room, or to describe smoke as being seen moving through the air. Wafting may be used for everyday substances, to make sure they are fresh, or consumable. In chemistry and other sciences, it is a term

neg: Total quality management on the participation of all its members and aiming at long term success through customer satisfaction and benefits to all members of the organisation and society." "A term first used to describe a management approach to quality improvement. Since then, TQM has taken on many meanings. Simply put, it is a management approach to long-term success through customer satisfaction. TQM is based on all members of an organization participating in improving processes, products, services and the culture in which they work. The methods for implementing this approach are found in the teachings of such quality leaders as Philip B. Crosby,

neg: Indigenization allies the best deals. Mr. Kasukuwere stated that he will implement the law regardless of objections. Indigenization Indigenization is the act of making something more native; transformation of some service, idea, etc. to suit a local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in administration, employment, etc. The term is primarily used by anthropologists to describe what happens when locals take something from the outside and make it their own (e.g. Africanization, Americanization). In world politics, indigenization is the process in which non-Western cultures redefine their native land for better use in agriculture and mass marketing. Due to

neg: Models of collaborative tagging will provide useful cues for people to discover topics that are relevant. One significant challenge that arises in social tagging systems is the rapid increase in the number and diversity of the tags. As opposed to structured annotation systems, tags provide users an unstructured, open-ended mechanism to annotate and organize web-content. As users are free to create any tag to describe any resource, it leads to what is referred to as the vocabulary problem. Because users may use different words to describe the same document or extract different topics from the same document based on their own background knowledge, the

neg: Kano model this attribute deter customers from purchasing it." Prioritization matrices can be useful in determining which attributes would provide the greatest returns on customer satisfaction. Not only does the Kano model feature performance attributes, but additionally incorporates an "excitement" attribute as well. Excitement attributes are for the most part unforeseen by the client but may yield paramount satisfaction. Having excitement attributes can only help you, but in some scenarios it is okay to not have them included. The beauty behind an excitement attribute is to spur a potential consumer's imagination, these attributes are used to help the customer discover needs that

neg: Electric power quality Electric power quality Electric power quality, or simply power quality, involves voltage, frequency, and waveform. Good power quality can be defined as a steady supply voltage that stays within the prescribed range, steady a.c. frequency close to the rated value, and smooth voltage curve waveform (resembles a sine wave). In general, it is useful to consider power quality as the compatibility between what comes out of an electric outlet and the load that is plugged into it. The term is used to describe electric power that drives an electrical load and the load's ability to function properly. Without the proper

neg: Christian right like Diamond and others describe as 'dominionists' would disavow the label, many definitions of dominionism conflate several very different Christian political theologies, and there's a lively debate about whether the term is even useful at all." According to Joe Carter of "First Things", "the term was coined in the 1980s by Diamond and is never used outside liberal blogs and websites. No reputable scholars use the term for it is a meaningless neologism that Diamond concocted for her dissertation," while Jeremy Pierce of "First Things" coined the word "dominionismist" to describe those who promote the idea that there is a

neg: Garbage Garbage Garbage, trash, rubbish, or refuse is waste material that is discarded by humans, usually due to a perceived lack of utility. The term generally does not encompass bodily waste products, purely liquid or gaseous wastes, nor toxic waste products. Garbage is commonly sorted and classified into kinds of material suitable for specific kinds of disposal. What constitutes garbage is highly subjective, with some individuals or societies tending to discard things that others find useful or restorable. The words garbage, refuse, rubbish, trash, and waste are generally treated as interchangeable when used to describe "substances or objects which the holder

neg: Pukka sahib Pukka sahib Pukka sahib ( ) is a slang term taken from Punjabi words for "Absolute" ("first class", "absolutely genuine" for English users) and "master", but meaning "true gentleman" or "excellent fellow". The expression was used in the British Empire to describe Europeans or to describe an attitude which British administrators were said to affect, that of an "aloof, impartial, incorruptible arbiter of the political fate of a large part of the earth's surface". The word "pukka" is still used formally in 21st-century English to describe something as "first class" or "absolutely genuine". As a slang term, it is often

neg: Political status of Puerto Rico the will of the Puerto Rican people. The English term "commonwealth" "does not describe or provide for any specific political status or relationship ... [and] when used in connection with areas under U.S. sovereignty that are not states ... broadly describes an area that is self-governing under a constitution of its adoption and whose right of self-government will not be unilaterally withdrawn by Congress". It is the same terminology used elsewhere but with other different meanings than what is meant for Puerto Rico: But in the United States, "commonwealth" is also a term, without a clear and stable legal definition,

neg: Heebie-jeebies (idiom) Heebie-jeebies (idiom) Heebie-jeebies or Heebie Jeebies is an American English idiom used to describe a particular type of anxiety usually related to a certain person or place. For example, "He gives me the heebie jeebies," or in other words "He makes me uncomfortably nervous." It can also refer to a particular form of intense apprehension, verging on horror. The phrase is often used to indicate that the speaker cannot determine "what" exactly is making him or her apprehensive, only that "something" is. The term appears to share a similarity to earlier rhyming phrases, such as "hocus-pocus" and "mumbo-jumbo" and the

neg: Mandatory disclaimer on free speech, such as "Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council" (1976) and "Florida Bar v. Went For It" (1995). Voluntary disclaimers, however, have been used since the beginning of advertising. They lead to more persuasive advertising, and they provide useful information to consumers. Experimental studies suggest that mandatory disclaimers do not help buyers and may lead them to make inferior decisions. Mandatory disclaimer Mandatory disclaimers are government-mandated messages that describe what a product is not or does not do that sellers must include in their advertising. In the United States, mandatory messages first appeared after

neg: Lability Lability Lability refers to something that is constantly undergoing change or something that is likely to undergo change. The term is used to describe a transient chemical species. As a general example, if a molecule exists in a particular conformation for a short lifetime, before adopting a lower energy conformation (structural arrangement), the former molecular structure is said to have 'high lability' (such as C, a 25-carbon fullerene spheroid). The term is sometimes also used in reference to reactivity – for example, a complex that quickly reaches equilibrium in solution is said to be labile (with respect to that solution).

neg: Monetization Monetization Monetization (also written monetisation) is a term used to describe various processes. In banking the term refers to the process of converting or establishing something into legal tender. While it usually refers to the coining of currency or the printing of banknotes by central banks, it may also take the form of a promissory currency. The term "monetization" may also be used informally to refer to exchanging possessions for cash or cash equivalents, including selling a security interest, charging fees for something that used to be free, or attempting to make money on goods or services that were previously

neg: Fibrous joint the skull. These joints are synarthroses. It is normal for many of the bones of the skull to remain unfused at birth. The fusion of the skull's bones at birth is known as craniosynostosis. The term "fontanelle" is used to describe the resulting "soft spots". The relative positions of the bones continue to change during the life of the adult (though less rapidly), which can provide useful information in forensics and archaeology. In old age, cranial sutures may ossify (turn to bone) completely. The joints between the teeth (gomphoses) and the joint between the mandible and the cranium, the temporomandibular

neg: Indigenization Indigenization Indigenization is the act of making something more native; transformation of some service, idea, etc. to suit a local culture, especially through the use of more indigenous people in administration, employment, etc. The term is primarily used by anthropologists to describe what happens when locals take something from the outside and make it their own (e.g. Africanization, Americanization). In world politics, indigenization is the process in which non-Western cultures redefine their native land for better use in agriculture and mass marketing. Due to imperialism and the impetus to modernize, many countries and cultures invoked Western values and ideals of

neg: Epochalism Epochalism Epochalism is an attitude of respect for the progressive spirit of the age and for social and technological advancement, which was contrasted by Clifford Geertz with what he termed the (essentialist) valorisation of traditional values. He viewed this distinction as a central social polarity pervading developing nations. More broadly, the term used has been used to describe the post-Fordist, postmodern belief that the current era or epoch represents a fundamental clean break with the past; is something unique in human history; and due to this radical change, previous rules will no longer apply. Epochalism in the developing world can

neg: Hotbed animals, such as the brush turkey, make or use hotbeds to incubate their eggs. By extension, the term "hotbed" is used metaphorically to describe an environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable. Hotbed A hotbed is a biological term for an area of decaying organic matter that is warmer than its surroundings. The heat gradient is generated by the decomposition of organic substituents within the pile by microorganism metabolization. A hotbed covered with a small glass cover (also called a hotbox) is used as a small version of a hothouse (heated greenhouse).

neg: Gweilo and not all "gwáilóu" are foreigners. While "gwáilóu" is commonly used by some Cantonese speakers in informal speech, the more polite alternative "sāi yàn" () is now used as well. While "gwai" can be misinterpreted as derogatory, it can also be use to describe something that is foreign. Many times, this word is misinterpreted as something with a more negative connotation by Western culture. "Gwailou" is the most generic term to refer to a Caucasian foreigner, other Cantonese terms for foreigners include: "Guizi" (; ) is a Mandarin Chinese slang term for foreigners, and has a long history of being

neg: Hard landscape materials Hard-landscape materials like gravel may avoid the need for mowing, watering, fertilizing, and pesticides. Gravel lawns may also be useful in regions where grass doesn't grow well due to insufficient sunlight. Hard landscape materials The term hard landscape is used by practitioners of landscape architecture and garden design to describe the construction materials which are used to improve a landscape by design. The corresponding term "soft landscape materials" is used to describe vegetative materials such as plants, grasses, shrubs, trees etc. to improve landscape or outdoor space. A wide range of hard landscape materials can be used, such as brick,

neg: Whataboutism the fatal vehicle-ramming attack that was inflicted against counter-demonstrators, to which Donald Trump responded by demanding the reporter to "define alt-right to me" and subsequently interrupting the reporter to ask, "what about the alt-left that came charging at [the alt-right]?" Various experts have criticized Trump's usage of the term "alt-left" by arguing that no members of the progressive left have used that term to describe themselves and furthermore that Trump fabricated the term to falsely equate the alt-right to the counter-demonstrators. The philosopher Merold Westphal said that only people who know themselves to be guilty of something "can find comfort

neg: Transformational Government Transformational Government Transformational Government is the use of computer-based information and communications technologies (ICT) to change the way governments work. The term is commonly used to describe a government reform strategy which attempts to radically change the way people understand government, especially those working within government. For example, it is often associated with a 'whole-of-government' viewpoint, which tries to foster cross-department collaboration and provide 'one-stop-shop' convenience in the delivery of services to citizens. The term "Transformational Government" is usually used aspirationally, as denoting the 'highest' level of what e-government can achieve: During the last two decades, governments around the world

neg: Nancy Folbre therapy to teaching and emotional counseling. Yet, these jobs rarely offer wages commensurate with their requirements for education and skill. Folbre and England discuss the struggle for recognition of what has traditionally been viewed as "women's work", and how providing these services constitutes a public good whose beneficiaries pay almost nothing. For many who provide care, the greatest compensation comes only from the satisfaction of altruism. In the end, society is uncomfortable assigning a price to something this sacred and that this reluctance limits the pay of those who provide it. A number of indices have been established to quantify

neg: Mode (music) an additional meaning, in reference to the difference between major and minor keys, specified as "major mode" and "minor mode". At the same time, composers were beginning to conceive of "modality" as something outside of the major/minor system that could be used to evoke religious feelings or to suggest folk-music idioms . Early Greek treatises describe three interrelated concepts that are related to the later, medieval idea of "mode": (1) scales (or "systems"), (2) "tonos"—pl. "tonoi"—(the more usual term used in medieval theory for what later came to be called "mode"), and (3) "harmonia" (harmony)—pl. "harmoniai"—this third term subsuming the

neg: Set piece set pieces is the "Ride of the Valkyries" helicopter attack scene in "Apocalypse Now" whose planning was shown in "". Set piece In film production, a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires serious logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money. The term set piece is often used more broadly to describe any important dramatic or comedic highpoint in a film or story, particularly those that provide some kind of dramatic payoff, resolution, or transition. Thus the term is often used to describe any scenes that are so essential to a film that they cannot

neg: Fascism and ideology an alternative to the mainstream form of socialism which it regarded as its bitter enemy. Hitler at times attempted to redefine the word socialism, such as saying: "Socialism! That is an unfortunate word altogether... What does socialism really mean? If people have something to eat and their pleasures, then they have their socialism". In 1930, Hitler said: "Our adopted term 'Socialist' has nothing to do with Marxist Socialism. Marxism is anti-property; true Socialism is not". The name that Hitler later wished he had used to describe his political party was "social revolutionary". Mainstream socialists have typically rejected and opposed fascism

neg: Projective test there are inherent biases implied in the terminology itself. For example, when individuals use the term "objective" to describe a test, it is assumed that the test possess accuracy and precision. Conversely, when the term "projective" is used to describe a test, it is assumed that these measures are less accurate. Neither of these assumptions are fully accurate, and have led researchers to develop alternative terminology to describe various projective measures. For example, it has been proposed that the Rorschach be labeled as a "behavioral task" due to its ability to provide an in vivo or real life sample of

neg: Syntactic sugar procedure of three arguments, something like codice_3, but many languages provide syntax like codice_4. A construct in a language is called "syntactic sugar" if it can be removed from the language without any effect on what the language can do: functionality and expressive power will remain the same. Language processors, including compilers, static analyzers, and the like, often expand sugared constructs into more fundamental constructs before processing, a process sometimes called "desugaring". The term "syntactic sugar" was coined by Peter J. Landin in 1964 to describe the surface syntax of a simple ALGOL-like programming language which was defined semantically in

neg: Software engine Software engine A software engine refers to a central part of a computer program. The concept has however taken on slightly different meanings depending on context. The term Engine when used to describe a piece of software is frequently used by developers when speaking to a wider, layman audience, to describe what they would otherwise refer to as a library, SDK or object, to denote an encapsulated block of functionality. The term often appears in marketing material that need to describe software internals, as well as in product names. This way of using the term is metaphorical, and marketing oriented.

neg: Self-actualization where one’s life and self-growth goes. There are many examples of when people have been in basically the same circumstances, but have turned out very differently, which might indicate that attitude can have an enormous bearing upon one's fate; however, there is always the question: what "is" it that makes attitude different from person to person? Carl Rogers used the term self-actualization to describe something distinct from the concept developed by Maslow: the actualization of the individual's sense of 'self'. In person-centred theory self-actualization is the ongoing process of maintaining and enhancing the individual's self-concept through reflection, reinterpretation of experience,

neg: Set piece Set piece In film production, a set piece is a scene or sequence of scenes whose execution requires serious logistical planning and considerable expenditure of money. The term set piece is often used more broadly to describe any important dramatic or comedic highpoint in a film or story, particularly those that provide some kind of dramatic payoff, resolution, or transition. Thus the term is often used to describe any scenes that are so essential to a film that they cannot be edited out or skipped in the shooting schedule without seriously damaging the integrity of the finished product. Often, screenplays

neg: Matthew 7:7–8 of prayers that seem unanswered. One notion is that God only gives good gifts. Even if you ask for something that will harm you, he will not provide it. Thus a prayer for wealth may not be answered, as such wealth may damage one's spiritual soul. In Jesus also states that prayer is not necessary as God knows what a person needs even before they ask him. Fowler feels that while prayer is not useful to God, it is useful to humans. If we do not have to toil through continuous prayer before receiving God's grace we will grow soft.

neg: Polychrome that Earley built atop a hill in Southeast Washington, D.C. overlooking the city. His uniquely designed polychrome houses were outstanding among prefabricated houses in the country, appreciated for their Art Deco ornament and superb craftsmanship. The term polychromatic means having several colors. It is used to describe light that exhibits more than one color, which also means that it contains radiation of more than one wavelength. The study of polychromatics is particularly useful in the production of diffraction gratings. Polychrome Polychrome is the "'practice of decorating architectural elements, sculpture, etc., in a variety of colors." The term is used to

neg: Subjective well-being is the Day Reconstruction Method. In this measure, participants fill out a diary of the previous days’ activities. The participant is then asked to describe each activity and provide a report of how they were feeling, what mood they were experiencing, and any emotions that surfaced. Thus to ensure valid results, a researcher may tend to use self-reports along with another form of measurement mentioned above. Someone with a high level of life satisfaction and a positive affective balance is said to have a high level of SWB. Theories of the causes of SWB tend to emphasise either top-down or

neg: Squib (sketched concept or visual solution) verb ("let me squib something to show you what I mean"). First heard use: Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Circa 1987 Squib (sketched concept or visual solution) The term squib is sometimes used to describe a quick drawing of a visual composition or a proposed graphic solution. A rough sketch to demonstrate an idea. The origin of the term, "squib" as it relates to a sketched concept or idea is currently unknown, but has been adopted as industry slang by creative directors, art directors and designers in the creative advertising and marketing communications industries in Western

neg: Particle chauvinism bulk particles of the universe (dark matter). Particle chauvinism Particle chauvinism is the term used by Martin Rees to describe the (erroneous) assumption that what we think of as normal matter – atoms, quarks, electrons, etc. – is the basis of matter in the universe, rather than a rare phenomenon. With the growing recognition in the late 20th century of the presence of dark matter in the universe, ordinary baryonic matter has come to be seen as something of a cosmic afterthought. As John D. Barrow put it, “This would be the final Copernican twist in our status in the

neg: Particle chauvinism Particle chauvinism Particle chauvinism is the term used by Martin Rees to describe the (erroneous) assumption that what we think of as normal matter – atoms, quarks, electrons, etc. – is the basis of matter in the universe, rather than a rare phenomenon. With the growing recognition in the late 20th century of the presence of dark matter in the universe, ordinary baryonic matter has come to be seen as something of a cosmic afterthought. As John D. Barrow put it, “This would be the final Copernican twist in our status in the material universe. Not only are we not

neg: J. L. Austin "I bequeath this watch to my brother," as occurring in a will. In all three cases the sentence is not being used to describe or state what one is 'doing', but being used to actually 'do' it. After numerous attempts to find more characteristics of performatives, and after having met with many difficulties, Austin makes what he calls a "fresh start", in which he considers "more generally the senses in which to say something may be to do something, or in saying something we do something". For example: John Smith turns to Sue Snub and says ‘Is Jeff’s shirt red?’,

neg: Dynamic programming is not useful for actual multiplication. This algorithm is just a user-friendly way to see what the result looks like. To actually multiply the matrices using the proper splits, we need the following algorithm: The term "dynamic programming" was originally used in the 1940s by Richard Bellman to describe the process of solving problems where one needs to find the best decisions one after another. By 1953, he refined this to the modern meaning, referring specifically to nesting smaller decision problems inside larger decisions, and the field was thereafter recognized by the IEEE as a systems analysis and engineering topic.

neg: Matchy-Matchy bad taste," says Jane Shepherdson. Matchy-Matchy Matchy-Matchy is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is very or excessively colour coordinated. It is a term that is commonly used in fashion blogs to describe an outfit that is too coordinated and consists of too many of the same types of colors, patterns, fabrics, accessories, etc. "Matchy-matchy" was added to the "Oxford Dictionary of English" in 2010 along with 200 new words that were previously considered as slang. According to some designers, matching too much is not a good thing. "Sometimes fashion has to reintroduce an idea that may

neg: Matchy-Matchy Matchy-Matchy Matchy-Matchy is an adjective used to describe something or someone that is very or excessively colour coordinated. It is a term that is commonly used in fashion blogs to describe an outfit that is too coordinated and consists of too many of the same types of colors, patterns, fabrics, accessories, etc. "Matchy-matchy" was added to the "Oxford Dictionary of English" in 2010 along with 200 new words that were previously considered as slang. According to some designers, matching too much is not a good thing. "Sometimes fashion has to reintroduce an idea that may have once been considered a

neg: Operational loads monitoring for later analysis . In this way it is very similar to structural health monitoring, a term that is sometimes also used to describe operational loads monitoring. Unlike Health and Usage Monitoring Systems, OLM programs are generally a short term project used to assess the remaining useful safe life of an airframe. This is especially important when an aircraft's role changes as the stresses and strains may now be significantly different from those initially anticipated. OLM program's benefits include a possible increased safe operating life figure and helping to prevent accidents such as the C-130 crash that occurred after the

neg: Geyi Buddhism" (2010) entry for "geyi" cites Mair's "What is "Geyi", After All?" article. Modern reference works have commonly defined this term as something like 'matching meanings,' to describe a translation strategy assumed to have been used during the earliest period of the rendering of Indian Buddhist texts into Chinese, where Indian terms such as "śūnyatā" were rendered into Chinese with comparable concepts such as "wu" 無, with mixed results in terms of accuracy. Victor Mair, in investigating the grounds of this theory, has found it to be utterly without support, explaining that "we may conclude that "geyi"...was not a translation

neg: Report card to record individual comments about the student's work and behavior. Some automated card systems provide for teachers' including such comments, but others limit the report card to grades only. The term "Report card" is used to describe any systematic listing and evaluation of something for information. For example, many states in the United States have their education departments issue report cards on schools' performance. Political advocacy groups will often issue "report cards" on legislators, "grading" them based on their stances on issues. In Former Yugoslavia the role of report cards is widely fulfilled by "Svedočanstva" ("Testimonies"), in which all final

neg: Susan Dumais Telcordia Technologies), where she and her colleagues conducted research into what is now called the vocabulary problem in information retrieval. Their study demonstrated, through a variety of experiments, that different people use different vocabulary to describe the same thing, and that even choosing the "best" term to describe something is not enough for others to find it. One implication of this work is that because the author of a document may use different vocabulary than someone searching for the document, traditional information retrieval methods will have limited success. Dumais and the other Bellcore researchers then began investigating ways to build

neg: Managed Mobility Services 2011, G00225198 Analyst(s): Eric Goodness, Phillip Redman. Since then Gartner, Forrester Research, GigaOM and other analyst organizations have published research on these services, each with slight variations on what services are included. Managed Mobility Services Managed Mobility Services (MMS) is a term used by analysts and businesses to describe the outsourcing and managing services that many businesses provide. Mobility Managed Services includes the IT and process management service needed for a company to acquire, provision and support smartphones, tablets and other field force devices. These services are designed to support devices for corporations are liable and provide a level of

neg: Multifactor dimensionality reduction describe random data typically don't generalize. Another approach is to generate many random permutations of the data to see what the data mining algorithm finds when given the chance to overfit. Permutation testing makes it possible to generate an empirical p-value for the result. Replication in independent data may also provide evidence for an MDR model but can be sensitive to difference in the data sets. These approaches have all been shown to be useful for choosing and evaluating MDR models. An important step in an machine learning exercise is interpretation. Several approaches have been used with MDR including entropy

neg: Grammatical particle and nouns used to describe a collaborative group of people participating in something together. It also can be used when a verb does not directly precede a pronoun to describe said pronouns. Its use for pronouns is optional but mostly in this way. "Ia" cannot be used if the noun it is describing follows any of the prepositions "e, o, a", or "ko". A couple of the other ways unrelated to what is listed above that "ia" is used is when preceding a locative or place name. However, if "ia" is being used in this fashion, the locative or place

neg: 86 (term) 86 (term) When used as a verb, eighty-six, eighty-sixed, 86, 86ed, or 86'd is American English slang for getting rid of something by burying it, ejecting someone, or refusing service. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, "86" is a slang term that is used in the American popular culture as a transitive verb in the food service industry as a term to describe an item no longer being available on the menu. The Merriam Webster dictionary suggests the term may be associated with the word "nix" ("no" or a more general prohibition). "Nix" is related to the word "Nichts", which means "nothing"

neg: Dataism Dataism Dataism is a term that has been used to describe the mindset or philosophy created by the emerging significance of Big Data. It was first used by David Brooks in the New York Times in 2013. More recently, the term has been expanded to describe what social scientist Yuval Noah Harari has called an emerging ideology or even a new form of religion, in which 'information flow' is the 'supreme value'. "If you asked me to describe the rising philosophy of the day, I'd say it is Data-ism", wrote David Brooks in the New York Times in February 2013.

neg: Airbrush The term "airbrushed out" has come to mean rewriting history to pretend that something was never there. In contemporary academic discourse, the process of removing components from an image is formally known as "object removal." The term "airbrushed" or "airbrushed photo" has also been used to describe glamour photos in which a model's imperfections have been removed, or in which their attributes have been enhanced. The term has often been applied in a pejorative manner to describe images of unrealistic female perfection and has been particularly common in reference to pictures in Playboy, and later Maxim. Using today's digital imaging

neg: Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight) and Time Warner had the lowest customer satisfaction ratings of any corporation in America, according to the quarterly American Customer Satisfaction Index that was released two weeks prior to the segment. He says that ISPs were not being truthful when they said they are committed to an open internet, and that representatives for the ISPs describe their plans in such a boring way that it goes unnoticed by many Americans. Oliver quips, "The cable companies have figured out the great truth of America: if you want to do something evil, put it inside something boring", comparing it to Apple Inc.

neg: Microsystem as smart systems. 'Microsystem' is also a term for systems of acupuncture points that are typically not located on the 'meridians' such points tend to cluster on. 'Clinical Microsystems' is also a term used to describe a small group of people who work together on a regular basis to provide care to a group of people. A clinical microsystem can range from simple to vastly complex. (2004) Geschke, Klank & Telleman, eds.: "Microsystem Engineering of Lab-on-a-chip Devices", 1st ed, John Wiley & Sons. . Microsystem Microsystem is the name commonly used in Europe to describe the same technology which goes

neg: Prolog inputs and which are outputs. However, this information is significant and it is recommended that it be included in the comments. Modes provide valuable information when reasoning about Prolog programs and can also be used to accelerate execution. Constraint logic programming extends Prolog to include concepts from constraint satisfaction. A constraint logic program allows constraints in the body of clauses, such as: codice_76 It is suited to large-scale combinatorial optimisation problems and is thus useful for applications in industrial settings, such as automated time-tabling and production scheduling. Most Prolog systems ship with at least one constraint solver for finite domains,

neg: Metapragmatics Metapragmatics Metapragmatics is a term commonly associated with the semiotically-informed linguistic anthropology of Michael Silverstein that describes how the effects and conditions of language use themselves become objects of discourse. Metapragmatic signalling allows participants to construe what is going on in an interaction. Examples include: Discussions of linguistic pragmatics—that is, discussions of what speech "does" in a particular context—are meta-pragmatic, because they describe the meaning of speech as action. Although it is useful to distinguish semantic (i.e. denotative or referential) meaning (dictionary meaning) from pragmatic meaning, and thus metasemantic discourse (for example, "Mesa means 'table' in Spanish") from metapragmatic utterances

neg: Topological insulator states in quantum Hall effect are topological (i.e. robust against any local perturbations that can break all the symmetries). The Z topological invariants cannot be measured using traditional transport methods, such as spin Hall conductance, and the transport is not quantized by the Z invariants. An experimental method to measure Z topological invariants was demonstrated which provide a measure of the Z topological order. (Note that the term Z topological order has also been used to describe the topological order with emergent Z gauge theory discovered in 1991.) More generally (in what is known as the "Ten-fold way") for each

neg: Dzogchen mind, delusion and wisdom. The basis is also associated with the term Dharmata. The basis has three qualities: The text, "An Aspirational prayer for the Ground, Path and Result" defines the three aspects of the basis thus: Moreover, the basis is associated with the primordial or original Buddhahood, also called Samantabhadra, which is said to be beyond time itself and hence Buddhahood is not something to be gained, but an act of recognizing what is already immanent in all sentient beings. Likewise, this view of the basis stems from the Indian Buddha-nature theory. Other terms used to describe the basis

neg: Undercroft In modern buildings, the term undercroft is often used to describe a ground-level parking area that occupies the footprint of the building (and sometimes extends to other service or garden areas around the structure). This type of parking is, however, discouraged by some urban design guidelines, as it prevents the ground floor from having activities (shops, restaurants or similar) that provide for a lively streetscape. Another modern use of the term is to describe the rooms alongside swimming pool tanks, below ground level, that carry filtration services and the like. Undercroft An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room,

neg: Person-centered ethnography Person-centered ethnography Person-centered ethnography is an approach within psychological anthropology that draws on techniques and theories from psychiatry and psychoanalysis to understand how individuals relate to and interact with their sociocultural context. The term was first used by Robert I. Levy, a psychoanalytically trained psychiatrist, to describe his psychodynamically informed approach to interviewing during his anthropological fieldwork in Tahiti and Nepal. A key distinction in person-centered interviewing is that between interviewees as "informants" and as "respondents". As Levy and Hollan describe it, There is a significant difference between asking a Tahitian interviewee something like "Please describe for me exactly how

neg: Rafida Nicholson. The fourteenth-century Sunni traveler Ibn Battuta used it in his description of the Alawis, considered by many as a ghulat sect, during his visit to Syria in 1326. The term continues to be used in this way today. "Rafida" was also sometimes used to indicate extremists and "ash-Shi'i" for moderates. At certain points, the Shi'i decided to turn this negative term that was being used against them daily and turn it into something positive. The Shi'is sometimes designated themselves as Rawafid, which is someone who refuses; it's also a derogatory term applied by the Sunnis to describe the Shi'is

neg: Something (concept) Something (concept) Something and anything are concepts of existence in ontology, contrasting with the concept of nothing. Both are used to describe the understanding that what exists is not nothing without needing to address the existence of everything. The philosopher, David Lewis, has pointed out that these are necessarily vague terms, asserting that "ontological assertions of common sense are correct if the quantifiers—such words as "something" and "anything"—are restricted roughly to ordinary or familiar things." The idea that "something" is the opposite of "nothing" has existed at least since it was proposed by the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry in the 3rd

neg: Chronic subjective dizziness of people who suffered dizziness, anxiety and spatial disorientation when shopping in town squares. This phenomenon was called "agoraphobia", meaning a fear of the marketplace. The term is now used to describe a psychological fear, but Westphal's original description included many symptoms of dizziness and imbalance not included in the modern psychiatric definition. Unlike people who feel anxious in crowds because they feel something bad will happen, people with CSD may dislike crowds because all the movement leads to a sensation of dizziness. Chronic subjective dizziness The term chronic subjective dizziness (CSD) is used to describe a commonly encountered type

neg: Barnacle (slang) in the field in order to correct a design or manufacturing defect. The term appears to have originated from the crustacean barnacle which is an animal that attaches itself to rocks, docks, ships, whales, and other objects where it grows. A barnacle in electronics is something added to the manufactured product. Typically a barnacle on a circuit board is very noticeable, much like the mollusc variety on a rock in the sea. While the term was originally used with electronic hardware, it has also migrated into the software industry where is it is used to describe software that is added

neg: Deem (law) common language. "Thinks" or "considers" are preferable in the first two examples and "construed" or "interpreted" in the third. Deem (law) Deem in law is used to treat something as if it were really something else or it has qualities it does not have. Deem has been traditionally considered to be a useful word when it is necessary to establish a legal fiction either positively by "deeming" something to be what it is not or negatively by "deeming" something not to be what it is. All other uses of the word should be avoided. Phrases like “if he deems fit”,

neg: Prosponsive The term was coined by Russell Caudell and Jeff Lantz, the co-founders of C. L. Services, Inc, who aspired to provide high end customer satisfaction and proactively solve their problems. They registered the term and branded it. The term has caught on to by others and is used to explain initiatives in a business. The term refers to the simple fact that, as a business person or a sales person, one should always be the one to initiate calls before the customer expects them to instead of waiting for the customer to call as having to wait and call the

neg: Microexpression of the need to release the chemical buildup of cortisol, which is produced at a higher rate in a situation where there is something at stake. The purpose for these involuntary nonverbal cues are to ease oneself in a stressful situation. In the midst of deceiving an individual, leakage can occur which is when nonverbal cues are exhibited and are contradictory to what the individual is conveying. Despite this useful tactic of detecting deception, microexpressions do not show what intentions or thoughts the deceiver is trying to conceal. They only provide the fact that there was emotional arousal in the

neg: Deem (law) Deem (law) Deem in law is used to treat something as if it were really something else or it has qualities it does not have. Deem has been traditionally considered to be a useful word when it is necessary to establish a legal fiction either positively by "deeming" something to be what it is not or negatively by "deeming" something not to be what it is. All other uses of the word should be avoided. Phrases like “if he deems fit”, “as he deems necessary”, or “nothing in this Act shall be deemed to...” are objectionable as unnecessary deviations from

neg: Liquid smoke Liquid smoke Liquid smoke is a water-soluble yellow to red liquid used for flavoring. It is used as a substitute for cooking with wood smoke while retaining a similar flavor. It can be used to flavor any meat or vegetable. It is generally made by concentrating the smoke from wood, but can contain any number of food additives. Pyrolysis or thermal decomposition of wood in a low oxygen manner originated prehistorically to produce charcoal. Condensates of the vapors eventually were made and found useful as preservatives. The term wood vinegar for centuries was the popular term used to describe the

neg: Rogue Traders (TV programme) the act. How this is done varies, depending on the work that the rogue trader is involved in, but in all cases, hidden cameras are used to record everything, while either a trade or legal expert is brought in to view the recorded footage and provide their opinions, thoughts and criticism over what they see being done, including if they suspect a trader is lying to a customer about something that is untrue, questioning what a trader is doing on a job, revealing what something should really cost that a trader is overpricing, and if a trader is doing something

neg: Thesis study period may thus vary significantly in duration. The word "dissertation" can at times be used to describe a treatise without relation to obtaining an academic degree. The term "thesis" is also used to refer to the general claim of an essay or similar work. The term "thesis" comes from the Greek , meaning "something put forth", and refers to an intellectual proposition. "Dissertation" comes from the Latin "dissertātiō", meaning "discussion". Aristotle was the first philosopher to define the term thesis. "A 'thesis' is a supposition of some eminent philosopher that conflicts with the general opinion...for to take notice when

neg: Big ball of mud project are strongly encouraged to study it and to understand what it accomplishes, and to use this as a loose basis for a formal set of requirements for a well-designed system that could replace it. Technology shifts, such as client-server to web-based or file-based to database-based, may provide good reasons to start over from scratch. In discussion of the Lisp programming language the term "big ball of mud" is used differently, in this case to describe the malleability of a Lisp system. In Lisp, it is generally possible to: As a result of the confluence of these features, Lisp is

neg: Technological apartheid Technological apartheid Technological apartheid is the denial of useful modern technologies to Third World or developing nations. The term is based upon the South African term "apartheid", partly refers to the practice of keeping certain populations in a separate, lower-class status. It has been used to describe situations that are unintended, such as the absence of computers and information technology in the favelas of Brazil or other impoverished areas. The term also applies to the deliberate denial of technology for geopolitical or neocolonialist reasons. The government of Iran has characterized the efforts by Western governments to deny nuclear technology to

neg: Credibility gap Credibility gap Credibility gap is a term that came into wide use with journalism, political and public discourse in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson administration's statements and policies on the Vietnam War. It was used in journalism as a euphemism for recognized lies told to the public by politicians. Today, it is used more generally to describe almost any "gap" between an actual situation and what politicians and government agencies say about it. The term "credibility gap" came against a

neg: Tamil sexual minorities female "pedus" were said to have prominent secondary sexual characters of females along with marked hirsutism, with the features of completely feminine stride, pestering, murmuring music, being fed-up, blessing, or cursing." The term "aravaani" is also used widely as a catch-all term for sexual minorities, but it can also include those which would be labelled as leaning towards disabled in western lexicon. The term is officially used to describe the community of transgender and third gendered people. The High Court of Madras has proclaimed that sexual minorities are not being protected as required by the constitution - something that signals

neg: Eurosclerosis Eurosclerosis Eurosclerosis (German: "Eurosklerose") is a term coined by German economist Herbert Giersch in the 1970s, to describe a pattern of economic stagnation in Europe that may have resulted from government over-regulation and overly generous social benefits policies. The term alludes to the medical term sclerosis, and is a rhyme of the archaic term "neurosclerosis". The term was used to describe European countries of the 1970s and 1980s which had high unemployment and slow job creation in spite of overall economic growth, in contrast to what the United States experienced in the same period when economic expansion was accompanied by

neg: Software engine (e.g. the pairing of C#, or python with underlying engines written in C++). Software engine A software engine refers to a central part of a computer program. The concept has however taken on slightly different meanings depending on context. The term Engine when used to describe a piece of software is frequently used by developers when speaking to a wider, layman audience, to describe what they would otherwise refer to as a library, SDK or object, to denote an encapsulated block of functionality. The term often appears in marketing material that need to describe software internals, as well as in

neg: Supermax prison Supermax prison Super-maximum security (supermax) or administrative maximum (ADX) is a term used to describe "control-unit" prisons, or units within prisons, which represent the most secure levels of custody in the prison systems of certain countries. The term is used in the United States and a number of other countries to describe the most secure form of security within a certain prison system. The objective is to provide long-term, segregated housing for inmates classified as the highest security risks in the prison system—the "worst of the worst" criminals—and those who pose an extremely serious threat to both national and global

neg: Irrealism (the arts) "irreal" gives it the same meaning as "unreal", "irreal" is very rarely used in comparison with "unreal". Thus, it has generally been used to describe something which, while unreal, is so in a very specific or unusual fashion, usually one emphasizing not just the "not real," but some form of estrangement from our generally accepted sense of reality. In literature, the term irrealism was first used extensively in the United States in the 1970s to describe the post-realist "new fiction" of writers such as Donald Barthelme or John Barth. More generally, it described the notion that all forms of writing

neg: Facility condition assessment a summary budget for correction of all deficiencies. In the 1970s the term Facility Audit was commonly used. The term Facility Audit was later phased-out as it suggested a review of the way a facility manager spent money on the facility; something that might be done by an ‘Auditor’. Modern-day FCA work took on its current form around the time of the founding of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) in 1980, although the two were not related. What did enable FCA to become useful was the dramatic reduction in the size of computers, coupled with a rapid increase in

neg: Simplicity disregard or avoid what is least important. Simplicity is tenet of Anabaptistism, and some Anabaptist groups like the Bruderhof, make an effort to live simply. In the context of human lifestyle, simplicity can denote freedom from hardship, effort or confusion. Simplicity Simplicity is the state or quality of being simple. Something easy to understand or explain seems simple, in contrast to something complicated. Alternatively, as Herbert A. Simon suggests, something is simple or complex depending on the way we choose to describe it. In some uses, the label "simplicity" can imply beauty, purity, or clarity. In other cases, the term

neg: Ripoff Spielberg's "E.T. the Extraterrestrial" and the animated "The Secret Life of Pets", widely seen as a ripoff to Pixar's "Toy Story". In both senses there is an associated verb "to rip off", but the location of the preposition differs between the two meanings: In South Africa 'ripping off' can be making a joke of something that a person does on a regular basis; see running gag. Another related term is "ripping on" or to "rip on" something; used to describe humorous verbal abuse directed towards a person, thing or concept. Ripping on something is typically light-hearted, but can also be

neg: Culottes which appear to be made out of two separate garments. They look like slim fit jeans from behind, like a skirt or culottes worn on top of slim fit jeans - from the front. The term "culottes" in French is now used to describe women's panties, an article of clothing that has little or no relation to the historic men's culotte breeches, except that in French, calling something "culottes" is like calling them "bottoms". The historical French term ""sans-culottes"" which was once the rejection of aristocrats' breeches, is now used colloquially to mean the same as an English colloquialism ""going

neg: Attractiveness or other features that the male will only have if he is in good health. . Eye candy is a slang term for superficial attractiveness. In a 2017 "Boston Globe" article about the potential for cheerleading at the Olympics, eye candy was used to describe cheerleaders as "entertainment popularized by professional sports in the United States." The term has also been used in professional sports in the United States referring to female athletes. Attractiveness Attractiveness or attraction is a quality that causes an interest, desire in, or gravitation to something or someone. "Attraction" may also refer to the object of