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The term derives from the same Latin root as the word " city ", civis, meaning citizen.
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David Roberts, in his book " In Search of the Old Ones: Exploring the Anasazi World of the Southwest ", explained his reason for using the term " Anasazi " over a term using " Puebloan ", noting that the latter term " derives from the language of an oppressor who treated the indigenes of the Southwest far more brutally than the Navajo ever did.
The term " antibacterial " derives from Greek ἀντί ( anti ), " against " + βακτήριον ( baktērion ), diminutive of βακτηρία ( baktēria ), " staff, cane ", because the first ones to be discovered were rod-shaped, and the term " antibiotic " derives from anti + βιωτικός ( biōtikos ), " fil for life, lively ", which comes from βίωσις ( biōsis ), " way of life ", and that from βίος ( bios ), " life ".
It is also possible that the term derives from the Welsh Brit Gweldig, the term for a ruler of Britain.
The term " Bronze Age " ultimately derives from the Ages of Man, the stages of human existence on the Earth according to Greek mythology.
The name " Bohemia " derives from the Latin term for the Celtic tribe inhabiting that area, the Boii, who were called Boiohaemum in the early Middle Ages.
The term " common law " originally derives from the 1150s and 1160s, when Henry II of England established the secular English tribunals.
This learned term derives from the Latin cognatus ( blood relative ).
The term cabal derives from Kabbalah ( a word that has numerous spelling variations ), the mystical interpretation ( of Babylonian origin ) of the Hebrew scripture, and originally meant either an occult doctrine or a secret.
Here, again, a new term appears in the record, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the first time using the word scottas, from which Scots derives, to describe the inhabitants of Constantine's kingdom in its report of these events.
The term " clipper " most likely derives from the verb " clip ", which in former times meant, among other things, to run or fly swiftly.
This version of " critical " theory derives from Kant's ( 18th-century ) and Marx's ( 19th Century ) use of the term " critique ", as in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason and Marx's concept that his work Das Kapital ( Capital ) forms a " critique of political economy.
The term derives its etymology from the Daedalus Labyrinth or " complicated maze ".
The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός ( diakritikós, " distinguishing ").
The term Houge derives from the Old Norse word haugr, meaning a mound or barrow.
The term derives from the verb διασπείρω ( diaspeirō ), " I scatter ", " I spread about " and that form διά ( dia ), " between, through, across " + the verb σπείρω ( speirō ), " I sow, I scatter ".
The term ethology derives from the Greek word èthos ( ήθος ), meaning character.
The term derives from the Greek ( esôterikos ), a compound of ( esô ): " within ", thus " pertaining to the more inward ", mystic.
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium ( power, authority ).
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This is done at varying speeds, ranging from the slow and fast Shifte Telli ( a musical term meaning double strings ) to the fastest, ecstatic Karshilama ( meaning greetings or welcome ).
Interim financing of construction costs is provided by a short term loan from The Chase Manhattan Bank.
If you would feel happier with full collision insurance, there is a small additional charge, again varying from country to country and depending on the term of such insurance.
The variable costs alone are assigned to the different units of freight traffic as representing `` long-run out-of-pocket costs '' -- a term with a meaning here not distinctly different from that of the economist's `` long-run marginal costs ''.
The K factor, a term used to denote the rate of heat transmission through a material ( B.t.u./sq. ft. of material/hr./*0F./in. of thickness ) ranges from 0.24 to 0.28 for flexible urethane foams and from 0.12 to 0.16 for rigid urethane foams, depending upon the formulation, density, cell size, and nature of blowing agents used.
The term " anthropology " is from the Greek anthrōpos (), " man ", understood to mean humankind or humanity, and-logia (- λογία ), " discourse " or " study.
The term " arithmetic mean " is preferred in mathematics and statistics because it helps distinguish it from other means such as the geometric and harmonic mean.
Amphibian is derived from the Ancient Greek term ἀμφίβιος ( amphíbios ), which means " both kinds of life ", amphi meaning " of both kinds " and bio meaning " life ".
While not entirely synonymous with Anatolia, the term Asia Minor, derived from the Latin Asia Minores, refers to Asia inside the Roman Empire, versus Asia Magna, all of Asia beyond the borders.
The term Ethiopic Ocean, derived from Ethiopia, was applied to the southern Atlantic as late as the mid-19th century.
" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).
While current mouthwash treatments must be used with a degree of frequency to prevent this bacteria from regrowing, future treatments could provide a viable long term solution.
The term allocution differs from distribution as distribution implies that the original party loses some kind of control over the information.
Anatolia ( from Greek — " east " or "( sun ) rise "; also Asia Minor, from " small Asia "; in modern ) is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey.
The al-prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an " allegation " ( the French allegeance comes from the English ).
The term Angst distinguishes itself from the word Furcht ( German for " fear ") in that Furcht is a negative anticipation regarding a concrete threat, while Angst is a ( possibly nondirectional ) emotion, though the terms are colloquially sometimes used synonymously.
The Latin name ' Asteraceae ' is derived from the type genus Aster, which is a Greek term, meaning " star ".
The term may be common to Italo-Celtic, because the Celtic languages have terms for high mountains derived from alp.
The Senate also has 18 members, elected for a four year term by and from the chiefs of the islands.
In the 20 years following Bligh's campaign the term " The Ashes " largely disappeared from public use.
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the term `` commerce '' means commerce between any State and any place outside thereof, or between points within the same State but through any place outside thereof.
The term isotope was coined by Margaret Todd as a suitable name for different atoms that belong to the same element.
The Nicene Creed's central term, used to describe the relationship between the Father and the Son, is Homoousios (), or Consubstantiality, meaning " of the same substance " or " of one being ".
Its coastal acquisition may have been one reason yellow amber came to be designated by the same term as ambergris.
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.
Else Christensen's Odinism, which is sometimes identified with the term Ásatrú, originated around the same period.
Anointing of the Sick, known also by other names, is distinguished from other forms of religious anointing or " unction " ( an older term with the same meaning ) in that it is intended, as its name indicates, for the benefit of a sick person.
Today, Internet forums occupy much of the same social and technological space as BBSes did, and the term BBS is often used to refer to any online forum or message board.
In some smaller Protestant denominations and independent churches the term bishop is used in the same way as pastor, to refer to the leader of the local congregation, and may be male or female.
At the same time, however, he can use this term to mean the glorious future destiny of a truly comprehensive " Israel ".
The coefficient a in the term of x < sup > b </ sup > y < sup > c </ sup > is known as the binomial coefficient or ( the two have the same value ).
Bankruptcy is not the only legal status that an insolvent person or organisation may have, and the term bankruptcy is therefore not the same as insolvency.
The usage is roughly equivalent to the term " Commie ", " Red " or " pinko " in the United States during the same period.
Nonetheless, it turns out that infinite sets do have a well-defined notion of size ( or more properly, of cardinality, which is the technical term for the number of elements in a set ), and not all infinite sets have the same cardinality.
In the same paper however, George E. Davis, an English consultant, was credited for having coined the term.
The reforms of Lucius Cornelius Sulla required a ten year period between holding another term in the same office.
It is similar in thrust to the North American term limousine liberal, though without quite the same taint of great wealth attached to it.
There is a tendency to use the term in a less strict way, to mean approximately the same thing as " culture " and therefore, the term can more broadly refer to any important and clearly defined human society.
* Full communion, a term used when two ( or more ) distinct Christian Churches say they are sharing the same communion
The modern usage of the term carbine covers much the same scope as it always had, namely lighter weapons ( generally rifles ) with barrels less than 457. 2 mm ( 18 inches ).
Early computer buses were parallel electrical wires with multiple connections, but the term is now used for any physical arrangement that provides the same logical functionality as a parallel electrical bus.
The term " multitasking " has become an international term, as the same word in many other languages such as German, Italian, Dutch, Danish and Norwegian.
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