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41Entropy — This article is about entropy in thermodynamics. For entropy in information theory, see Entropy (information theory). For a comparison of entropy in information theory with entropy in thermodynamics, see Entropy in thermodynamics and information… …
42Romania — This article is about the modern country. For other uses, see Romania (disambiguation). Romania România …
43Thomas Urquhart — Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty (or Urchard, 1611 c. 1660) was a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his translation of Rabelais.LifeUrquhart was born to an old landholding family in Cromarty in northern Scotland. At the age of eleven …
44Nitpicking (pastime) — This article is about the figurative use of the term. For other uses, see Nitpicking (disambiguation). Nitpicking is the pastime of pointing out minor flaws or mistakes. The term is often used in a negative light. The term comes from the intense… …
45Encyclopedia — • An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a uniform point of view or in a systematized summary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Encyclopedia Encyclopedia …
46Parables — • A comparison, or a parallel, by which one thing is used to illustrate another. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Parables Parables …
47privy — / pri vē/ n pl priv·ies [Anglo French privé, from Old French, intimate, confidant, from privé intimate, familiar, from Latin privatus private]: one having privity; esp: one who acquires an interest in the subject matter (as property) of prior or… …
48PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, SOCIETY FOR — a society founded in 1882 to inquire into the phenomena of spiritualism and kindred subjects of a recondite kind, the subject of Telepathy having engaged recently a good deal of attention …
49poetry — It is a commonly acknowledged truism that reading and writing poetry are both valued and difficult exercises. Poetry has an important cultural position because it is often manifestly difficult, made so by the apparent obscurity of its… …
50art — n 1 Art, skill, cunning, artifice, craft can mean the faculty of performing or executing expertly what is planned or devised. Art is not actually a comprehensive term but is so variable in its implications that it is interchangeable with any one… …
