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1(the) conventional wisdom — the conventional/received wisdom knowledge or information that people generally believe is true, although in fact it is often false. The conventional wisdom is that marriage makes a relationship more secure, but as the divorce rates show, this is …
2Conventional landing gear — The Piper Super Cub is a popular taildragger aircraft …
3Conventional — Con*ven tion*al, a. [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.] 1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated. [1913 Webster] Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights service. Sir M. Hale. [1913… …
4The Heresy of Paraphrase — is the title of a chapter in , a seminal work of the New Criticism by Cleanth Brooks. Brooks argued that meaning in poetry is irreducible, because a true poem is a simulacrum of reality...an experience rather than any mere statement about… …
5Conventional International Origin — is a conventionally defined reference axis of the pole s average location over the year 1900. Polar motion is the movement of Earth s rotation axis across its surface. The axis of the Earth s rotation tends, as the axis of a gyroscope, to… …
6conventional wisdom — ► opinions or theories that have existed for a long time and that most people agree with: »The book challenges the conventional wisdom that companies are engaged in a war for talent. Main Entry: ↑conventional …
7The Assembly of Gods — is a fifteenth century dream vision poem by an unknown author (it was originally attributed to John Lydgate, but scholars now agree that is unlikely that he wrote it). The poem, which includes many of the standard allegorical forms of its day,… …
8The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy — The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Cross and Crucifix in Liturgy (1) Material Objects in Liturgical Use; (2) Liturgical Forms connected with Them; (3) Festivals Commemorative of the Holy Cross;… …
9The Resistance (album) — The Resistance Studio album by Muse Released 14 September 2009 …
10(the) received wisdom — the conventional/received wisdom knowledge or information that people generally believe is true, although in fact it is often false. The conventional wisdom is that marriage makes a relationship more secure, but as the divorce rates show, this is …
