Until the 17th century, art referred to any skill or mastery and was not differentiated from crafts or sciences, but in modern usage the fine arts, where aesthetic considerations are paramount, are distinguished from acquired skills in general, and the decorative or applied arts.

* general assessment: services only fair ; in 2006 the government sold a 51 percent stake in the national telephone company and ultimately plans to retain only a 23 percent stake in the company ; fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons ; mobile-cellular usage, fostered by multiple providers, is increasing rapidly from a low base

Higher levels of integer range require more structures to deal with the additional digits, and therefore more complexity, size, power usage, and general expense.

Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general usage.

fixed-line connections stand at less than 1 per 100 persons ; equipment is old and outdated, and connections with many parts of the country are unreliable ; mobile-cellular usage, in part a reflection of the poor condition and general inadequacy of the fixed-line network, increased more than 6-fold between 2002 and 2007 reaching a subscribership base of 25 per 100 persons

Long a disparaging term in Mexico, the term " Chicano " gradually transformed from a class-based term of derision to one of ethnic pride and general usage within Mexican-American communities, beginning with the rise of the Chicano movement in the 1960s.

In general usage today a " clock " refers to any device for measuring and displaying the time.

In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement.

A descriptive definition can be shown to be " right " or " wrong " by comparison to general usage, but a stipulative definition can only be disproved by showing a logical contradiction.

In general usage, where letters appear with the caron ( č, š and ž ) they are considered as separate letters from c, s or z and collated separately ; letters with the ogonek ( ą, ę, į and ų ), the macron ( ū ) and the superdot ( ė ) are considered as separate letters as well, but not given a unique collation order.

However it is worth noting that the term has fallen out of general usage with respect to women who are dominant in their private relationships, and has taken on more and more, the connotation of " professional.

: For general information on this drug, including medical usage, see dextromethorphan.

In the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on January 19, 1996, health minister Gerald Malone noted that the title doctor had never been restricted to either medical practitioners or those with doctoral degrees in the UK, commenting that the word was defined by common usage but that the titles " physician, doctor of medicine, licentiate in medicine and surgery, bachelor of medicine, surgeon, general practitioner and apothecary " did have special protection in law.

In general usage, design of experiments ( DOE ) or experimental design is the design of any information-gathering exercises where variation is present, whether under the full control of the experimenter or not.

In general usage, the Byzantine imperial title evolved from simply " emperor " ( basileus ), to " emperor of the Romans " ( basileus tōn Rōmaiōn ) in the 9th century, to " emperor and autocrat of the Romans " ( basileus kai autokratōr tōn Rōmaiōn ) in the 10th.

He used it frequently in his editorials for many years in the 1940s to 1960s but it never came into general usage the way Murphy's Law has.

This usage is still partly present in modern English ; hence the English use of " Teutons " in reference to the Germanic peoples in general besides the specific tribe of the Teutons defeated at the Battle of Aquae Sextiae in 102 BCE.

This usage has become so predominant that the general public is unaware that different meanings exist.

Others prefer to follow common popular usage, arguing that the positive form is confusing and unlikely to become widespread in the general public.

For general usage of takkanaot in Jewish history see the article Takkanah.

The term came into general usage in the 1830s.

As a general rule, these icons strictly followed models and formulas hallowed by usage, some of which had originated in Constantinople.

< sup > δ </ sup > Though this term is non-standard usage – by " left ", agorists mean " left " in the general sense used by left-libertarians, as defined by Roderick T. Long, as "... an integration, or I'd argue, a reintegration of libertarianism with concerns that are traditionally thought of as being concerns of the left.

If the term has nonetheless retained a certain consistency in its use across these fields and would-be movements, it perhaps reflects the word ’ s position in general English usage: though the standard dictionary definition of irreal gives it the same meaning as unreal, irreal is very rarely used in comparison with unreal.

He also increased the size of the regular army from 11, 000 to 15, 000 and introduced general usage of the improved guns that he had used successfully during the Mexican – American War.

For the near term, however, it must be realized that the industrial and commercial market is somewhat more sensitive to general business conditions than is the military market, and for this reason I would expect that any gain in 1961 may be somewhat smaller than those of recent years ; ;

Friday afternoon the Rev. T. F. Zimmerman was reelected for his second consecutive two-year term as general superintendent of Assemblies of God.

" Appellate review " is the general term for the process by which courts with appellate jurisdiction take jurisdiction of matters decided by lower courts.

It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy ( zootomy ), and plant anatomy ( phytotomy ).

For biologists, this includes human beings, although for the general public the term " animal " means only non-human animals.

The subsequent Bronze Age civilizations of Greece and the Aegean Sea have given rise to the general term Aegean civilization.

Although the origins of the term are not referred to in the text, the title served ( along with the general hype created in Australia ) to revive public interest in the legend.

* Philosophical analysis – a general term for the techniques used by philosophers

The class did not survive the Revolution ; but the courtesy title of abbé, having long lost all connection in people's minds with any special ecclesiastical function, remained as a convenient general term applicable to any clergyman.

The term was taken and redefined by the anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor in his 1871 book Primitive Culture, in which he defined it as " the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general.

From the Early Modern period, their name has become a term for female warriors in general.

The more general term, used for any crystalline material, is polymorphism.

Alternative medicine is frequently grouped with complementary medicine or integrative medicine, which, in general, refers to the same interventions when used in conjunction with mainstream techniques, under the umbrella term complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM.

* Evolutionary radiation — a more general term to describe any radiation

The Sanskrit term for archery, dhanurveda, came to refer to martial arts in general.

: Science of the mind, or cultural or spiritual science ), a term generally used in German to refer to the humanities and social sciences ; in fact, the term " science " is used more broadly in Europe as a general term that refers to any exact knowledge.

Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, alcohol dependence in general was called dipsomania, but that term now has a much more specific meaning.

More recent IUPAC recommendations now suggest the newer term " hydronium " be used in favor of the older accepted term " oxonium " to illustrate reaction mechanisms such as those defined in the Brønsted – Lowry and solvent system definitions more clearly, with the Arrhenius definition serving as a simple general outline of acid – base character.

Private to public equities arbitrage is a term which can arguably be applied to investment banking in general.

Disraeli's term as Prime Minister would therefore be fairly short, unless the Conservatives won the general election.