Although counting the number of elements in a set is a rather broad mathematical problem, many of the problems that arise in applications have a relatively simple combinatorial description.

Regardless of their description, Platonic realism holds that universals do exist in a broad, abstract sense, although not at any spatial or temporal distance from people's bodies.

Paul Feyerabend argued that no description of scientific method could possibly be broad enough to encompass all the approaches and methods used by scientists.

A reviewer of Wrathall's book stated: " An ontology of unconcealment ... means a description and analysis of the broad contexts in which entities show up as meaningful to us, as well as the conditions under which such contexts, or worlds, emerge and fade.

The 1842 Leeds Directory description of Keighley reads " Its parish had no dependent townships though it is about six miles ( 10 km ) long and four broad, and comprises of land ( including a peaty moor of about ) and a population which amounted, in the year 1801, to 5, 745.

Cavalier Poets is a broad description of a school of English poets of the 17th century, who came from the classes that supported King Charles I during the English Civil War.

Synapsids were considered to be the reptilian lineage that led to mammals via gradually evolved, increasingly mammalian features, hence the name " mammal-like reptiles " which became a broad, traditional description for all nonmammalian synapsids.

In his Fasti, a long-form poem covering Roman holidays from January to June, Ovid presents a unique look at Roman antiquarian lore, popular customs, and religious practice that is by turns imaginative, entertaining, high-minded, and scurrilous ; not a priestly account, despite the speaker's pose as a vates or inspired poet-prophet, but a work of description, imagination and poetic etymology that reflects the broad humor and burlesque spirit of such venerable festivals as the Saturnalia, Consualia, and feast of Anna Perenna on the Ides of March, where Ovid treats the assassination of the newly deified Julius Caesar as utterly incidental to the festivities among the Roman people.

Accompanying these papers both online and in print is a one-to two-page summary description written for a broad readership.

Because the marquis was the first to attempt an objective scientific description of the broad causes and consequences of an earthquake, he is regarded as a forerunner of modern seismological scientists.

The occasional need to remove from their children's clothing dried-in bloodstains or ground-in swamp mud is generally seen by parents as more than compensated for by the broad education being received — a child's description of one of the classic battles from Ankh-Morpork's long history, for example, might be sufficiently vivid and detailed to make the parent think that the description could not have been improved upon if the child had actually seen the battle at first hand, ( which in fact he has, given the flexibility of time and space Susan has inherited from her grandfather.

Modernism as a term has seen both use as a description of stylistic practices pioneered by composers and theorists, as well as a broad array of philosophical developments, in a classification of thought and practice now often regarded as having been defined and imposed upon the period by latter scholars in the late 20th century.

The above description seems to fit with the primary definition found in the " Glossary of Landform and Geologic Terms ", maintained by the National Cooperative Soil Survey, which states that an " alluvial plain " is " a large assemblage of fluvial landforms ( braided streams, terraces, etc .,) that form low gradient, regional ramps along the flanks of mountains and extend great distances from their sources ( e. g., High Plains of North America )" Use of " alluvial plain " as a general, informal term for a broad flood plain or a low-gradient delta is explicitly discouraged.

The section does not restrict disclosure to prior patents, giving a broad description of what includes prior disclosure ; so long as the subject-matter was disclosed “ in such manner that the subject-matter became available to the public ”, the subject-matter is barred from being patented.

The description Winter wrote in his journal of Young Bear more closely fits the paiting he drew of her in his journal, " Though bearing some resemblance to her white family, her cheekbones seemed to have the Indian characteristics -- face broad, nose bubly, mouth indicating some degree of severity, her eyes pleasant and kind.

These views that act as mechanisms for visualizing, understanding, and assimilating the broad scope and complexities of an architecture description through tabular, structural, behavioral, ontological, pictorial, temporal or graphical means.

The DoDAF V1. 5 defines a set of products, a view model, that act as mechanisms for visualizing, understanding, and assimilating the broad scope and complexities of an architecture description through graphic, tabular, or textual means.

So that " Vidit Alcor, at non lunam plenam ", ( Latin for " he saw Alcor, but not the full moon ") came to be a proverbial description of one keenly alive to trifles, but dull of apprehension for broad facts.

One of the earliest articulations of the anthropological meaning of the term " culture " came from Sir Edward Tylor who writes on the first page of his 1897 book: “ Culture, or civilization, taken in its broad, ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society .” The term " civilization " later gave way to definitions by V. Gordon Childe, with culture forming an umbrella term and civilization becoming a particular kind of culture.

The term " conspiracy theory " is used to indicate a narrative genre that includes a broad selection of ( not necessarily related ) arguments for the existence of grand conspiracies.

All of these positions fall into the category of millennialism, a broad term which includes any and all ideas relating to the millennium of Biblical prophecy.

While the lighter and smoother Canadian whiskies are the most widely familiar, the range of products is actually broad and includes some robust whiskies as well.

Convergence theory is a broad term which includes a viewpoint popular among non-Marxist Chinese intellectuals of the mid 20th century.

A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders.

Drama is the most broad of movies genres and includes subgenres as romantic drama, sport films, period drama, courtroom drama and crime.

It is actually a broad technology category that includes DBMSs with differing properties and target markets.

Its emphasis was on science — and conformably to the broad 18th-century understanding of the term ' science ', its content extends beyond what would be called science or technology today, and includes topics from the humanities and fine arts, e. g. a substantial number from law, commerce, music, and heraldry.

Abilities in the HERO System, particularly Powers ( a broad category that includes superpowers, magic, psionics, and high technology ), are modeled based on their effects.

* Fluid intelligence ( Gf ) includes the broad ability to reason, form concepts, and solve problems using unfamiliar information or novel procedures.

Although many people refer to the Inuit language as Eskimo language, this is a broad term that also includes Yupik, and is in addition strongly discouraged in Canada and diminishing in usage elsewhere.

The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action-adventure, romance, sports and games, historical drama, comedy, science fiction and fantasy, mystery, horror, sexuality, and business / commerce, among others.

This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF ( millimeter waves ), and various sources use different boundaries.

In the broad sense, it includes all musically relevant disciplines ( both humanities and sciences ) and all manifestations of music in all cultures, so it also includes all of systematic musicology ( including psychology, biology, and computing ).

In the United States, the first of these four years consists of either a transitional or internal medicine internship, which includes broad exposure to general adult medicine.

It includes codes of behaviour applicable to a broad range of circumstances ( and many hypothetical ones ).

Idealism is a broad category that includes several diverse themes, from Kant's radical doubt about what can truly be perceived externally to Hegel's Absolute Ideal as the verification of the sum of potential manifestations of matter and concepts.

As Anglicanism represents a broad range of theological opinion, its presbyterate includes priests who consider themselves no different in any respect from those of the Roman Catholic Church, and a minority who prefer to use the title presbyter in order to distance themselves from the more sacrificial theological implications which they associate with the word “ priest .” While priest is the official title of a member of the presbyterate in every Anglican province worldwide, the ordination rite of certain provinces ( including the Church of England ) recognizes the breadth of opinion by adopting the title The Ordination of Priests ( also called Presbyters ).

The Hoe also includes a long broad tarmacked promenade ( currently a disabled motorists car park ) which serves as a spectacular military parade ground and which is often used for displays by Plymouth based Royal Navy, Royal Marines, the Army garrison, as well as for funfairs and open-air concerts.

A broad definition of research is given by Martin Shuttleworth-" In the broadest sense of the word, the definition of research includes any gathering of data, information and facts for the advancement of knowledge.

This broad definition includes both UHF and EHF ( millimeter waves ), and various sources use different boundaries.

Recent molecular-systematic DNA research also places the red panda into its own family, Ailuridae, which is in turn part of the broad superfamily Musteloidea that also includes the skunk, raccoon, and weasel families.

The broad term " special effects " includes all the techniques here, but more commonly there are two categories of effects.