Form+of+expression

  • 111art form — 1. the more or less established structure, pattern, or scheme followed in shaping an artistic work: The sonata, the sonnet, and the novel are all art forms. 2. a medium for artistic expression: ballet, sculpture, opera, and other art forms. 3. a… …

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  • 112art form — art′ form n. 1) cvb fia the structure of an artistic work 2) cvb fia a medium for artistic expression 3) cvb any medium regarded as having systematized rules, procedures, or formulations • Etymology: 1865–70 …

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  • 113hesitation form — noun : a sound (as ə , ə̄ , or ä usually prolonged) or word (as er, uh, mmm, what you may call it, well) involuntarily or deliberately used while a speaker is uncertain about the fitting expression of his thought or the correct name of a person… …

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  • 114prenex normal form — ˈprēˌneks noun Etymology: Late Latin praenexus tied up or bound in front, from Latin prae pre + nexus, past participle of nectere to tie, bind more at annex : a normal form of an expression in the functional calculus in which all the quantifiers… …

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  • 115against the form of the statute — A technical expression, the use of which is to be approved, if not declared a necessity, in an indictment founded on a statute which creates the offense charged. 27 Am J1st Indict § 39 …

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  • 116arts, East Asian — Introduction       music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature.       Some studies of East Asia… …

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  • 117aesthetics — /es thet iks/ or, esp. Brit., /ees /, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy dealing with such notions as the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the comic, etc., as applicable to the fine arts, with a view to establishing the… …

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  • 118literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 119Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 120KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

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