The term dao 道 is analyzable in terms of Chinese characters, alternate dào " way " or dǎo " guide " pronunciations and meanings, a possible Proto-Indo-European etymology, and loanwords such as English Dao or dao.

An alternate etymology states that the original sense of the word was that of " predator, one who preys on others " from the German Schorck, a variant of Schurke " villain, scoundrel " ( cf.

The etymology is uncertain, but the word seems to have originated from the conjunction of the two Latin words conserere ( meaning to tie, to join, to weave ) and certamen ( competition, fight ): the idea is that the two parts in a concerto, the soloist and the orchestra, alternate episodes of opposition, cooperation, and independence in the creation of the music flow.

An alternate etymology is given by John de Garlande, ( ca 1225 ): " Artavus, called ' kenivet ' in French, namely a small knife which stretches in length, is named after ' ars ' ( art or craft ), because it is used by artisans.

An alternate etymology suggested by Prof. Pischel derives Rudra (" the Red, the Brilliant ") from a lost root rud -, " to be red " or " to be ruddy ", or according to Grassman, " to shine ".

R. K. Sharma follows this alternate etymology and translates the name as " Terrible " in his glossary for the Shiva Sahasranama.

" An alternate etymology may have arisen from the Algonquin language words ronon (" nation "), or Irri-ronon (" Erie Nation ").

Charles Moore Watson ( 1844 – 1916 ) proposes an alternate etymology: The Assize of Weights and Measures ( also known as Tractatus de Ponderibus et Mensuris ), one of the statutes of uncertain date from the reign of either Henry III or Edward I, thus before 1307, specifies " troni ponderacionem "— which the Public Record Commissioners translates as " troy weight ".

The modern German version is spelled Delikatessen, which may have helped support the alternate popular etymology that the-essen part of the word derives from the German verb essen (), or the noun das Essen ().

An alternate, later etymology credits a different man named Mulligan — John A.

An alternate etymology derives it from the praenomen Artor, which may be of Etruscan origin ( perhaps a Latinization of the Etruscan name Arnthur ).

An alternate etymology derives the name of the river from a Pecheneg word, transliterated into Romanian as argiş ( meaning " higher ground ").

* Autodynamics, an alternate to special relativity proposed by Ricardo Carezani in physics

The most widely accepted explanation for these phenomena is that dark matter exists and that it is most likely composed of heavy particles that interact only through gravity and possibly the weak force ; however, alternate explanations have been proposed, and there is not yet sufficient experimental evidence to determine which is correct.

However, the view that there is no causal instantaneous effect has also been proposed within the Copenhagen interpretation: in this alternate view, measurement affects our ability to define ( and measure ) quantities in the physical system, not the system itself.

It has been proposed that newborn brains are able to use alternate fuels when glucose levels are low more readily than adults.

The present word has alternate spellings ( kludge and kluge ) and pronunciations ( and, rhyming with fudge and stooge respectively ), and several proposed etymologies.

She used the opportunity to propagate her own Witch-Cult theory, failing to mention the alternate theories proposed by other academics.

Assemblyman Harry Mortenson has proposed a bill to recognize the alternate ( quasi-Spanish ) pronunciation of Nevada.

John Horton Conway proposed an alternate labeling scheme.

This would presume annual layering ; however, alternate explanations ( diurnal ) have also been proposed.

Later that year, drummer Billy Doherty proposed an alternate name for the group: The Undertones, which Doherty had discovered in a history book.

Schleyer proposed alternate forms for the Umlaut ( diacritic ) | umlaut vowels, but they were rarely used.

Severe sexual, physical, or psychological trauma in childhood has been proposed as an explanation for its development ; awareness, memories and emotions of harmful actions or events caused by the trauma are removed from consciousness, and alternate personalities or subpersonalities form with differing memories, emotions and behavior.

Traffic increased considerably over the next several decades, and the Route 11 expressway was proposed as an alternate through route.

The alternate and proposed town of Pearl was located several miles north of Wellington.

The local rector took an interest in William and proposed that he should resume his classical and other studies on alternate days at the rectory.

This contention has never been proven though and alternate theories have been proposed, such as the name meaning Streona's settlement.

Another alternate location has been proposed by Rodger Dusatko, a missionary in Germany.

Furthermore, as a proposed alternate site, the Georgia Dome seats 13, 000 fewer spectators than EverBank Field.

Then, on November 22, 1965, the Staten Island Citizens Planning Committee ( SICPC ), which had begun in 1954 as an ad-hoc committee of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Staten Island, issued the first of many position papers beginning by invoking Olmsted ’ s plea for a linear park ; it concluded by presenting an alternate parkway plan that would spare what has come to be known as the Staten Island Greenbelt, a term proposed by landscape architect, Bradford Greene, one of the group ’ s founding members.

An alternate genus that has been proposed for this species ( as well as the Pacific White-sided Dolphin and Dusky Dolphin is Sagmatias.

While much of this gridlock has to do with the lack of alternate routes between many of the areas it connects — some of which, such as the Pacific Coast and Laurel Canyon freeways, were proposed but abandoned for political reasons.

* John T. White ( 1856 – 1924 ), Maryland school administrator and author of proposed alternate lyrics to the Maryland state song

* Crystal City, an alternate name for the Crystal Heights development proposed for Washington DC by Frank Lloyd Wright

Because of the rampant misuse of this facility, former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam proposed an alternate method wherein a passenger in an emergency communicates with the guard and driver of the train.

As you can see, in this Push-Pull Super Set the entire chest-back-shoulder area is vigorously exercised in alternate sectors by alternate exercises so the complete torso remains pumped-up all the time!!

Squat-style lifters and leg-split lifters would both benefit enormously by practicing those variations providing that they remember to make alternate sets with the left and right leg to the front.

In many areas drivers have established alternate tracks to avoid the worst parts of the surface, although careful attention must be paid to the presence or absence of landmine warning markers by the side of the road.

The term Building design professional ( or Design professional ), by contrast, is a much broader term including professionals who practice independently under an alternate profession, such as engineering professionals, or those who assist in the practice architecture under the supervision of a licensed architect, such as architectural technologists and intern architects.

Since the 1950s, this type of fiction has to a large extent merged with science fictional tropes involving cross-time travel between alternate histories or psychic awareness of the existence of " our " universe by the people in another ; or ordinary voyaging uptime ( into the past ) or downtime ( into the future ) that results in history splitting into two or more time-lines.

* Althistory Wikia-an alternate history wiki, maintained by Wikia.

* Changing The Times, is an Alternate History Electronic Magazine written and maintained by alternate historians.

* Moriarty by Modem, a short story by Jack Nimersheim, describes an alternate history where Babbage's Analytical Engine was indeed completed and had been deemed highly classified by the British government.

One particularly notable example was an alternate adaptor designed by BMUG and commercialized by Farallon as PhoneNet.

If the individual is seeking death an alternate method is often suicide by cop.

Since then, many alternate proofs have been found out by various authors as collected in ().

Additionally, in the alternate history novel Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove, Boudicca is the subject of a play written by William Shakespeare to incite the people of Britain to revolt against Spanish conquerors.

These events are usually separated by periods of " normal " mood ; but, in some individuals, depression and mania may rapidly alternate, which is known as rapid cycling.

Individuals who alternate between top / dominant and bottom / submissive roles – whether from relationship to relationship or within a given relationship – are known as switches, though the term is occasionally seen as derogatory or unnuanced and is rejected by many who might simplistically fit the definition.

The term originally signified a chant by alternate choirs, but has quite lost this meaning in the Breviary.

* In the manga / anime Gintama, the main character, Gintoki Sakata, wields a bokken as opposed to a katana, as the story takes place in an Edo period of an alternate timeline where a weapons ban has been imposed by imperialistic aliens.

It appears that the particular term, with its more definite sense, was coined by Heisenberg in the 1950s, while criticizing alternate " interpretations " ( e. g., David Bohm's ) that had been developed.

An alternate form of ( 2 ) – the machine successively prints all n of the digits on its tape, halting after printing the n < sup > th </ sup > – emphasizes Minsky's observation: ( 3 ) That by use of a Turing machine, a finite definition – in the form of the machine's table – is being used to define what is a potentially-infinite string of decimal digits.

Chinese checkers ( alternate spelling Chinese chequers ) is a board game that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners.