While almost none of this math goes beyond the basic functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division ( certain obscure and completely optional situations may call for a logarithmic function ), this can seem daunting to newcomers.

He states " upon really close examination, there are certain rather obscure features in the picture which have a profound significance.

A dissertation by one Father Caffaro, an obscure Italian monk, became his excuse for writing certain violent Maximes sur la comédie ( 1694 ), wherein he made an outrageous attack on the memory of Molière, dead more than twenty years.

It appears no longer as the object of a special cult, but limited to the homage of certain sects, expressed by superstitious rites of obscure significance.

The obscure and sometimes teasing lyrics have given rise to considerable efforts by fans to explain the " inner meaning " of certain songs.

Anderson said that in contrast to the group's previous albums, which he felt " suffered at certain times from being quite obscure ," he intended Coming Up to be " almost like a ' greatest hits '".

The logo, whose use is granted through an agreement that is subject to certain conditions, is a rather obscure Masonic symbol linked at various times to the Trinity of the Illuminati and to the Egyptian Knights of Templar.

also provided a more-literal-than-usual interpretation of Easter eggs: when certain obscure actions were performed, a small icon resembling an Easter egg flashed in a corner of the screen.

Their popularity in the historical Chinese cultural area has varied over time, with certain authors coming in and out of favor, others permanently obscure, and some, such as Wang Wei, Du Fu, and Bai Juyi ( also, known as " Po Chü-i ") maintaining consistent popularity.

Chlodio's successors are obscure figures, but what can be certain is that Childeric I, possibly his grandson, ruled a Salian kingdom from Tournai as a foederatus of the Romans.

Driven by Sir Isaac Newton's somewhat obscure assertion of " a certain most subtle spirit which pervades and lies hid in all gross bodies ", Challis was driven to attempt to derive all physical phenomena from a model of intert spherical atoms embedded in an elastic fluid ether, an enterprise described as an attempt at a " Victorian unified field theory ".

The precise origins of the motto and the choice of Minerva as the fundamental element of the College seal are obscure, but two things are certain: like most colleges of the time, Union was deeply rooted in the classical tradition, but, unlike most colleges, Union chose a modern language rather than Latin for its motto.

He's also grown duplicitous enough to use his rural background as a way of pointing that he has not had instruction in intricate proprieties of certain groups — the Mimbrate chivalry and the obscure Sorcerer's code of ethics — assuming there actually is one and Belgarath wasn't dodging questions.

Visors and shields, made of a high impact-resistant plastic, offer better overall vision than the wire cages available, which can obscure vision in certain areas.

He reportedly died in a duel against a certain Ivan Skavinsky Skavar, in circumstances as obscure and dubious as most of his career.

* Gareth Evans argued that the causal theory, or at least certain common and over-simple variants of it, have the consequence that, however remote or obscure the causal connection between someone's use of a proper name and the object it originally referred to, they still refer to that object when they use the name.

A fact has a ' genesis ' which is grounded in certain theoretic grounds and many times other obscure and fuzzy notions, and it ' develops ' as it is subject to dispute and additional research by other scientists.

New Circus head Saul Enderby and Civil Service undersecretary Oliver Lacon are certain that the General was merely an obscure ex-agent seeking attention, and want to bury the matter quickly to protect themselves and the Circus from any scandal.

What the player has to do in order to obtain certain vital items is sometimes obscure.

All the rooms are covered by flat ceilings and on the walls a certain " Giallo Fiorentino " designed complex combinations of allegorical figures, whose significance remains partially obscure.

The obscure town Libertum ( inferred from the title Episcopus Libertinensis in connection with the synod of Carthage, AD 411 ) is less likely than the reading “ λιβιων ” underlying certain Armenian versions and Syriac commentaries.

Moses ha-Darshan explained some obscure expressions in certain piyyuṭim ).

It furthermore contains certain obscure plays, such as The Two Noble Kinsmen, that the Bantam series simply couldn't market.

:*" It is incumbent upon these members ( of the Universal House of Justice ) to gather in a certain place and deliberate upon all problems which have caused difference, questions that are obscure and matters that are not expressly recorded in the Book.

Up through the 3rd edition, XP can also be lost in some circumstances, such as encounters with creatures that drain life energy, or by use of certain magical powers that require payment of an XP cost.

Elves were originally thought of as ambivalent beings with certain magical abilities capable of helping or hindering humans, but in later traditions became increasingly sinister and were believed to afflict humans and livestock in various ways.

No one knew for certain what happened to him-whether he had died, or lived on through magical means.

Only certain words and phrases or words spoken in a specific context are considered to have magical power.

Yet the possession of magical knowledge alone may be insufficient to grant magical power ; often a person must also possess certain magical objects, traits or life experiences in order to be a magician.

In conjure, rootwork, and hoodoo, a form of African American magical spirituality, in order to acquire facility at various manual and body skills, such as playing a musical instrument, throwing dice, or dancing, one may attend upon a crossroads a certain number of times, either at midnight or just before dawn, and one will meet a " black man ," whom some call the Devil, who will bestow upon one the desired skills.

The Keys are assigned certain functions within the magical system.

On the 40th anniversary of its release, the Vatican newspaper, L ' Osservatore Romano, published a lengthy article which declared that " Forty years later, this album remains a type of magical musical anthology: 30 songs you can go through and listen to at will, certain of finding some pearls that even today remain unparalleled.

Type-Moon's Fate Stay Night is in Fuyuki City, certain families have magical circuits in their blood, and can cast spells among other abilities, while Takahiro Yamato's Kaze no Stigma is set in modern Japan and center around a young man with powers to control wind.

Some non-humans races are superior to humans ( possessing innate magical abilities, sometimes considerable longevity or immortality, racial bonus to certain skills, etc ..).

An alternative to armor is the use of magical tattoos, which can be applied to The Nameless One and certain other characters to enhance their abilities.

Careful world-building plus meticulous attention to detail is often cited as the reason why certain fantasy works are deeply convincing and contain a magical sense of place.

In clinical psychology, magical thinking is a condition that causes the patient to experience irrational fear of performing certain acts or having certain thoughts because they assume a correlation with their acts and threatening calamities.

According to one author, Spare's magical rationale was as follows, " If the psyche represses certain impulses, desires, fears, and so on, and these then have the power to become so effective that they can mold or even determine entirely the entire conscious personality of a person right down to the most subtle detail, this means nothing more than the fact that through repression (" forgetting ") many impulses, desires, etc.

A pentacle is also employed as a magical tool within Wicca and other modern forms of witchcraft, generally to summon certain energies or summon spirits.

The fictional town of Skara Brae consists of 30x30 map tiles containing either buildings or streets ( plus gates and magical guardian statues blocking certain streets ).

He was genetically engineered and augmented by magical means to have certain superhuman abilities.

Arthur C. Clarke's dictum that " any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic " and Larry Niven's " any sufficiently rigorously defined magic is indistinguishable from technology " indicates why this is so: a rigorously defined version of magic would be indistinguishable from a form of technology based on certain properties of the fictional universe ( the " magical " properties ).

When he was finished, Aslan selected certain animals from these to be Talking Animals, giving to them, and all other magical creatures, Narnia as their new home, to own and rule it with wisdom and caring.

In the Charmed series, certain magical powers are attached to emotional triggers, although all powers can be affected by the user's emotions.

In the Charmed series, certain magical powers are attached to emotional triggers, although all powers can be affected by the user's emotions.