#definitions

#Surveillance for #human #infections with avian #influenza A(#H5) viruses: objectives, case #definitions, #testing and reporting (#WHO), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/surveillance-for-human-infections-with.html

How do you define lying? Here are some examples to consider, which you may or may not believe count as lies:

1. Saying something untrue sarcastically
2. Saying something true sarcastically, convincing others it's untrue
3. Dancing around a question to imply an untrue answer, while only saying true things
4. "I've got a school project and I need to ask you some questions" (both true, but implying a connection that doesn't exist)

#definitions #semantics #AskFedi

I am not cross at all these words (some I am even glad to learn!) but a few earned an angry face drawn next to the clue.

smew - a small duck I am unlikely to ever see myself
amah - nursemaid in India
erose - eaten away (suspiciously thin entry in Wiktionary)
sloe - aka blackthorn, a wild plum (relative of roses!)
ameba - who spells amoeba this way!?
rale - crackling noise from the chest, though seldom used in singular

#CrossAtWords #crosswords #definitions #WordMeanings #EnglishLanguage

Just finished a crossword. These are the answers to the clues I am "cross" about. That is, obscure (to me) words. So new hashtag: #CrossAtWords

olio - a stew
olla - a jug
brocket - type of deer
sera - crazy plural for serum
transom - crossbar of a doorway or window (in addition to many other meanings)

My wife wanted "transom" to be a way to describe a really attractive trans-masc person. We may start using it that way.

#WordMeanings #definitions #EnglishLanguage #crosswords

Just How Open Is "Open-Source" AI? https://www.whytryai.com/p/open-source-vs-closed-source-ai #AI #OpenSource #definitions (useful!)

Just How Open Is "Open-Source" AI? https://www.whytryai.com/p/open-source-vs-closed-source-ai #AI #OpenSource #definitions (useful!)

#Trump’s #definitions of “#male” and “#female” are #nonsense #science with staggering #ramifications

“How can you so fully #misunderstand #basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

Trump’s #Definitions of “#Male” and “#Female” Are #Nonsense, not #Science With Staggering #Ramifications

“How can you so fully misunderstand basic #human #biology, and then #legislate about it?”

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trumps-definitions-of-male-and-female-are-nonsense-science-with-staggering-ramifications/

Bog Standard (2005)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_uptodate/page25.shtml
#ycombinator #new #words #vocabulary #definitions #Professor #David_Crystal #BBC #learning #English #make_my_day #full_monty #faq #alcopops #docusoaps #text #dis #mwah #phwoar #spam #pre_nup #showbiz #toy_boy #hot_desking #wired #estuary #euro #luvvy #saddo #gobsmacked #bog_standard #wanabe #hole_in_the_wall

#Futurist & #media #influencer Tim Ventura interviews #physicist & #author Klee Irwin:

❛❛ I also think that I was contacted by our #descendents from the #future … The exchange of #meaning in the form of #consciousness can occur across time. ❜❜ 1:34:30/2-hrs. 2025 Jan 05

The #KrononautMoon Project includes #quantum #signaling in #definitions of Time Travel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNHjb1am6o 2025 Jan 05
https://Mastodon.social/@timventura/113774776959961670

#Time #Timelessness #TimeTravel #spacetime #communication #Kronodon

Do a search for “expert” (or another occupation or identity), look at the definition, and then look only at the image-specific results. The images returned are what function as the shadow definition.
https://buff.ly/3Dg2pTC

#LGBTQ #Queer #Words #Definitions #Society

"Oversight" is a weird word. It means two things that are the opposite of each other.

#Language #Definitions #Meaning #English #EnglishLanguage

Think of a mathematical definition as having two sides: a user side and a verification side.

The verification side is what you usually see in a book or paper: a minimalistic description that makes it as easy as possible to verify that a certain mathematical object has property X.

The user side is usually presented in form of one or more theorems that follow the verification side. They provide the rich mental image you need to have in mind to think of property X or use it in a mathematical argument — its real nature, so to speak.

For, example a dense subset \( D \subseteq \mathbb R \) is defined by the property that if there are two different elements \( x \) and \( y \) in \( D \), then there is a third one between them. This is the verification side. The user side is: If there are two different elements \( x \) and \( y \) in \( D \), then there are infinitely many others between them!

#Mathematics #MathEducation #Definitions

Un petit rappel sur la liberté des personnes vs liberté des biens.

Pour la gauche radicale, la liberté est celle du corps. Le patrimoine (la propriété), lui, est secondaire: il peut être contrôlé jusqu'à un certain point, du moment qu'il ne rend pas impossible la liberté du corps.

Pour la droite, c'est le contraire. La liberté du corps importe peu: les corps peuvent être possédés et contrôlés. En revanche, le patrimoine doit être libre de toute aliénation.

#Liberté #definitions

"It was of the utmost importance to me that people in western Europe should see the Soviet regime for what it really was. Since 1930 I had seen little evidence that the USSR was progressing towards anything that one could truly call Socialism. On the contrary, I was struck by clear signs of its transformation into a hierarchical society, in which the rulers have no more reason to give up their power than any other ruling class."

George Orwell, Animal Farm preface, 1945

#russia #definitions

#Polish #Language #Languages #Dictionary #Dictionaries #PolishLanguage #PolishDictionary #Definition #Definitions.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

#Polish #Language #Languages #Dictionary #Dictionaries #PolishLanguage #PolishDictionary #Definition #Definitions.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

Is white space really a "character"?

#RandomThoughts #NitPicking #Definitions

#MostlyFalse: #Florida's Amendment 4 on abortion is short.

Does a lack of #definitions mean there are no rules?

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #WomensRights #Abortion #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Propaganda #Disinformation #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Misogyny #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/23/vote-no-on-4/floridas-amendment-4-on-abortion-is-short-does-a-l/