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  • 1Persistent carbene — A stable carbene: isolated 1,3 dimesitylimidazol 2 ylidene in a Schlenk flask (stir bar also present). A persistent carbene (also known as stable carbene or Arduengo carbene) is a type of carbene demonstrating particular stability. The best known …

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  • 2autochthonous idea — a persistent idea originating within the mind, usually from the unconscious, but seeming to have come from an outside source and often therefore felt to be of malevolent origin …

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  • 3HTTP persistent connection — HTTP persistent connections, also called HTTP keep alive, or HTTP connection reuse, is the idea of using the same TCP connection to send and receive multiple HTTP requests/responses, as opposed to opening a new connection for every single… …

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  • 4fixed idea — /fɪkst aɪˈdɪə/ (say fikst uy dear) noun 1. a persistent or obsessive idea, often delusional, from which a person cannot escape. 2. Psychology a delusional idea which dominates the mind in certain forms of insanity …

  • 5fixed idea — a persistent or obsessing idea, often delusional, that can, in extreme form, be a symptom of psychosis. [1820 30] * * * …

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  • 6obsession — A recurrent and persistent idea, thought, or impulse to carry out an act that is ego dystonic, that is experienced as senseless or repugnant, and that the individual cannot voluntarily suppress. [L. obsideo, pp. sessus, to besiege, fr. sedeo, to… …

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  • 7Heraclitus — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = Ancient philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Heraclitus by Johannes Moreelse. The image depicts him as the weeping philosopher wringing his hands over the world and the obscure dressed… …

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  • 8Nazi occultism — This article describes speculative theories about Nazism. Semi religious developments within post 1945 Nazism are discussed under the term neo völkisch movements. Nazi occultism refers to several highly speculative theories about Nazism, also… …

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  • 9obsession — obsessional, adj. /euhb sesh euhn/, n. 1. the domination of one s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc. 2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself. 3. the state of being obsessed. 4. the act of obsessing. [1505 15; …

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  • 10obsession — ob•ses•sion [[t]əbˈsɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the domination of one s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc 2) the idea, image, etc., itself 3) the state of being obsessed ob•ses′sion•al, adj …

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