noun
Essential Meaning: a strong feeling of not liking something
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
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noun
1 a: a word or expression used in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF SPEECH
1 b: a common or overused theme or device : CLICHÉ
// the usual horror movie tropes
2: a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the Middle Ages
-trope
noun combining form
Definition of -trope (Entry 2 of 2): body characterized by (such) a stateallotrope
synonyms : banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, truism
antonyms : safeness, safety, secureness, security
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Inflection point
In differential calculus and differential geometry, an inflection point, point of inflection, flex, or inflection (British English: inflexion) is a point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of the graph of a function, it is a point where the function changes from being concave (concave downward) to convex (concave upward), or vice versa.
hog·wash | \ ˈhȯg-ˌwȯsh , -ˌwäsh, ˈhäg- \
noun
1: Nonsense,
Example: the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
synonyms : applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
Latin phrase
abbreviation – etc.
: and others especially of the same kind
: and so forth —abbreviation etc.
noun
1: exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury : DANGER
Example: placing their lives in jeopardy
Example: workers in jeopardy of losing their jobs
2 law : the danger that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense
synonyms : danger, distress, endangerment, harm’s way, imperilment, peril, risk, trouble
antonyms : safeness, safety, secureness, security
abbreviated Latin words
: and others
It is usually styled with a period, but you will occasionally see et al as well.
The article by Jones, Perez, et al. is well-known, but the one by Jones, Lee, et al. has been more widely cited.
History and Etymology for et al.
Latin et alii (masculine), et aliae (feminine), or et alia (neuter)
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heu·ris·tic | \ hyu̇-ˈri-stik \
adjective
: involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods
also : of or relating to exploratory problem-solving techniques that utilize self-educating techniques (such as the evaluation of feedback) to improve performance
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Admonition
ad·mo·ni·tion | \ ˌad-mə-ˈni-shən \
noun
1: gentle or friendly reproof
remembered the admonition to keep it simple
2: counsel or warning against fault or oversight
the principal’s admonition against bullying
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