In more modern English usage, the term " adobe " has come to include a style of architecture popular in the desert climates of North America, especially in New Mexico.

From such uncertainties, that characterize ongoing work, stems the unavailability of a definition of algorithm that suits both concrete ( in some sense ) and abstract usage of the term.

The term when adopted into ecclesiastical usage retained much of its original significance.

The term alphasyllabary was suggested for the Indic scripts in 1997 by William Bright, following South Asian linguistic usage, to convey the idea that " they share features of both alphabet and syllabary ".

The term anti-Semitic has been used on occasion to include bigotry against other Semitic-language peoples such as Arabs, but such usage is not widely accepted.

In modern English, " Americans " generally refers to residents of the United States, and among native speakers of English this usage is almost universal, with any other use of the term requiring specification of the subject under discussion.

In modern usage, the term is sometimes used improperly as a catch-all classification of " other world religions " alongside major organized religions.

Contrary to modern usage, the term did not have the extended connotation of overweening pride, self-confidence or arrogance, often resulting in fatal retribution.

The term was popularized by G. L. Trager and Bernard Bloch in a 1941 paper on English phonology and went on to become part of standard usage within the American structuralist tradition.

Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy are cited as examples The term appears to have entered into usage through the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), which began to employ it as a substitute for alternative medical systems as a way of differentiating widely comprehensive systems of medicine, such as Ayurvedic medicine, from specialized alternative approaches.

Although the term aeon may be used in reference to a period of a billion years ( especially in geology, cosmology or astronomy ), its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period.

As Ásatrú implies a focus on polytheistic belief in the Æsir usage of the term in Scandinavia has declined somewhat.

In 1991, Steven Fanning argued that " it is unlikely that the term ever existed as a title or was in common usage in Anglo-Saxon England ".

Noteworthy in the following statement is the usage of the term " not far " ( non longe ) which was also used to describe the distance between Birka and the Uppsala temple:

William Safire considered this the coinage, but the Random House Dictionary of American Slang considers the usage " metaphorical or perhaps proverbial, rather than a concrete example of the later slang term ", and Popik likewise does not consider this the coinage.

The first known usage of the term blue whale was in Melville's Moby-Dick, which only mentions it in passing and does not specifically attribute it to the species in question.

The usage is roughly equivalent to the term " Commie ", " Red " or " pinko " in the United States during the same period.

The distinctions also reflect an important and significant technical difference between memory and mass storage devices, which has been blurred by the historical usage of the term storage.

The political scientist Michael Barkun discussing the usage of this term in contemporary American culture holds that a conspiracy theory is a belief which explains an event as the result of a secret plot by exceptionally powerful and cunning conspirators to achieve a malevolent end.

In popular usage, this term is often used to refer to unfounded or weakly based speculation, leading to the idea that " It's not a conspiracy theory if it's actually true ".

The term " community " is used in two ways in archaeology, paralleling usage in other areas.

The second meaning is similar to the usage of the term in other social sciences: a community is a group of people living near one another who interact socially.

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.

Unlike a Military band's usage of baton twirlers, Corps Style bands may include the usage of a " color guard " which spin flags, rifles, sabres, and may also incorporate dance into their routines.

In the United States usage, forts specifically refer to Army fortifications ; Marine Corps fortifications are referred to as camps.

The idea behind a waterway usage fee was that the Army Corps of Engineers built dams and other expensive waterway projects, which the barge industry got to use for free.

From the earliest years of the Corps, the ranks of lance corporal and lance sergeant were in common usage.

The RLC is the only ( Combat Service Support ) Corps of the British Army with battle honours, derived from the usage of previous transport elements ( Royal Waggon Train, etc.

Corps and regiments using the motto in this fashion are ('*' indicates usage as a motto in addition to inclusion in the badge ):

Although this aircraft uses a conventional afterburning turbofan ( F135 or F136 ) to facilitate supersonic operation, the F-35B variant, developed for joint usage by the US Marine Corps, UK Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, also incorporates a vertically mounted, low-pressure shaft-driven remote fan, which is driven through a clutch during landing from the engine.

In modern American usage, additionally applied to U. S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps officers and general officers in the U. S. Army, U. S. Air Force, and U. S. Marine Corps entitled to fly their own flags.

Union cavalry commander Alfred Pleasonton, frustrated by Stuart's excellent usage of dismounted cavalry hiding behind stone walls, on June 20 asked for and received infantry support from Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's V Corps.

In U. S. usage it is additionally applied to Coast Guard officers and general officers in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps entitled to fly their own flags.

In British usage, the Household Cavalry and the former Honourable Artillery Company are perhaps most strongly associated with the term, which is also by other units of the Royal Armoured Corps.

As a result of this, and the strenuous efforts of director Chuck Evans, the Highlander Drum Corps has to this date received an estimated $ 50, 000 worth of equipment for marching and concert season usage.

Chives have been cultivated in Europe since the Middle Ages, although their usage dates back 5000 years.

In his essay " Chicanismo " in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures ( 2002 ), Jose Cuellar dates the transition from derisive to positive to the late 1950s, with a usage by young Mexican-American high school students.

In English outside of North America, full dates are written as 7 December 1941 ( or 7th December 1941 ) and spoken as " the seventh of December, nineteen forty-one " ( exceedingly common usage of " the " and " of "), with the occasional usage of December 7, 1941 (" December the seventh, nineteen forty-one ").

In common with continental European usage, however, all-numeric dates are invariably ordered dd / mm / yyyy.

This usage dates from 1843 when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, particularly sketches by John Leech.

Their usage in engraving tools also dates to early human history.

This usage dates back to the Medieval period, where the phrase ' not worth a fart ' would be applied to an item held to be worthless.

A term that predates the usage of file manager is directory editor, which dates back at least to 1978.

This usage dates from a historical period where classes and sets were not distinguished as they are in modern set-theoretic terminology.

The term nursery rhyme is used for " traditional " poems for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the 19th century and in North America the older ‘ Mother Goose Rhymes ’ is still often used.

The usage of " private " dates from the 18th century, when the army of Napoleon Bonaparte first established the permanent rank of soldat.

The term was in common usage throughout the 20th century but the first known use in print dates from 1850.

With the meaning of " motor-powered load carrier ", it has been in usage since 1930, shortened from " motor truck ", which dates back to 1916.

The damned Yankee usage dates from 1812.

" Bull ", meaning nonsense, dates from the 17th century, while the term " bullshit " has been used as early as 1915 in American slang, and came into popular usage only during World War II.

This criticism dates back to at least 1770 ; the usage dates back to Old English.

The technique of pi – theorem ’ s usage (`` the method of dimensions ’’) became widely known due to the works of Rayleigh ( the first application of the pi – theorem in the general case to the dependence of pressure drop in a pipe upon governing parameters probably dates back to 1892, a heuristic proof with the use of series expansion, to 1894 ).

It is true that usage of the labarum was not restricted to Asturias, and, moreover, dates back to the time of Constantine the Great ( who used this symbol during the battle of Battle of the Milvian Bridge ).

The common usage of " something that has really occurred or is the case " dates from the middle of the sixteenth century.

This dates back to the early 20th century ; the Oxford English Dictionary notes its first usage in this capacity in 1913.

The earliest known recorded usage of the term dates to an 1808 short story describing a spread of " fire-cakes and dough-nuts.

Its first known usage in English dates from 1739 in The Gardeners Dictionary Vol.

In the Muslim world, the usage of miswak — a type of chewing stick consisting of the roots or twigs of the Arak tree ( Salvadora persica ), which have antiseptic properties — is common practice and dates to pre-Islamic times .. Muhammad popularized the use of miswak and some erroneously believe it to have been his invention.