Traditionally made of rice straw to form the core ( though nowadays sometimes the core is composed of compressed wood chip boards or polystyrene foam ), with a covering of woven soft rush ( igusa ) straw, tatami are made in standard sizes, with the length exactly twice the width, an aspect ratio of 2: 1.

Traditionally timber clapboard was used without a finish, relying upon good air circulation and the use of ' semi-hardwoods ' which would keep the boards from rotting.

Traditionally the boards were made from the flexible wood of a southern yellow pine tree.

Traditionally, rates of pay for retired military personnel have been proportionate to current rates of pay for active personnel.

Traditionally groups within the family have been delimited largely based on fruit morphology, and the results from this have not been congruent with the more recent molecular phylogenetic analyses.

Traditionally, steel-string guitars have been made of a combination of various " tonewoods ", or woods that have pleasing resonant qualities when used in instrument-making.

* Rifled Traditionally, artillery projectiles have been spin-stabilised, meaning that they spin in flight so that gyroscopic forces prevent them from tumbling.

Traditionally, statistics such as batting average ( the number of hits divided by the number of at bats ) and earned run average ( the average number of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings ) have dominated attention in the statistical world of baseball.

Traditionally, the best leadoff hitters in the game have high on-base percentages.

Traditionally, these trees have been built using morphological methods, such as appearance, embryology, etc.

Traditionally, composting was to pile organic materials until the next planting season, at which time the materials would have decayed enough to be ready for use in the soil.

Traditionally though, most celibate persons have been religious and monastics ( monks resp.

Traditionally, the buy bet commission is paid no matter what, but in recent years a number of casinos have changed their policy to charge the commission only when the buy bet wins.

Traditionally most computer music programs have tended toward the old write / compile / run model which evolved when computers were much less powerful.

Traditionally these have been interpreted as examples of government hostility toward commerce, but more recent studies, which use source material such as magistrate diaries and genealogical records, suggest that merchants in fact had a powerful impact on government policies and that the division between the world of the merchant and the world of the official was far more porous than traditionally believed.

Traditionally, the Dalai Lama is thought of as the latest reincarnation of a series of spiritual leaders who have chosen to be reborn in order to enlighten others.

Traditionally these frameworks have been out of the scope of common DBMSs, but utilization of them has become common-place, and often they are provided as add-ons to DBMSs.

Traditionally, the draw has been conducted by means of balls drawn from a purple velvet bag, however in recent years in order to comply with FIFA regulations the balls have been drawn from a clear perspex container.

Traditionally, five subfamilies have been distinguished within family Felidae based on phenotypical features: the Felinae, the Pantherinae, the Acinonychinae ( Cheetahs ), the extinct Machairodontinae, and the extinct Proailurinae.

Traditionally, Honduran economic hopes have been pinned on land and agricultural commodities.

Traditionally, most Honduran workers have not been covered by social security, welfare, or minimum wages.

Traditionally, editors of Shakespeare's plays have divided them into five acts.

Traditionally, historians of science have defined science sufficiently broadly to include those inquiries.

Traditionally, this was interpreted as a method of putting the subject into a " hypnotic trance "; however, subsequent " nonstate " theorists have viewed it differently, as a means of heightening client expectation, defining their role, focusing attention, etc.

Traditionally, homosexuals have been considered to have chosen to engage in homosexual actions in order to spite God ( le-hach ' is ) or to be perverse.

Traditionally, birches were soaked in brine ( heavily salted water ) before use, which greatly increased the weight, flexibility and strength of the twigs, making the punishment more severe both in terms of pain, and in terms of damage to the victim's flesh in the form of cuts and weals ( ridge on the flesh raised by a blow ).

Traditionally, every sister chooses an Ajah immediately after being raised beyond the rank of Accepted.

Traditionally, anti-counterfeiting measures involved including fine detail with raised intaglio printing on bills which allows non-experts to easily spot forgeries.

Traditionally the maypole was lowered and raised manually using an intricate system of ropes and ladders.

Traditionally, the Keeper is of the same Ajah from which the Amyrlin was raised, but Alviarin was of the White Ajah, and also the highest ranking of the secret Black Ajah.

Traditionally, when a person died a woman would sing a lament ( in, or, " caoin " meaning " to weep, to wail ") at the funeral.

Traditionally called Rigil Kentaurus or Toliman, meaning " foot of the centaur ", the system has an overall magnitude of-0. 28 and is 4. 4 light-years from Earth.

Traditionally, science fiction fanzines were ( and many still are ) available for " the usual ," meaning that a sample issue will be mailed on request ; to receive further issues, a reader sends a " letter of comment " ( LoC ) about the fanzine to the editor.

Traditionally, the playing of Dollis Hill starts a " Dollis Hill Loop ", meaning that every subsequent move made by any player must be to Dollis Hill.

Traditionally, collateral estoppel applied only where there was mutuality of parties, meaning that both the party seeking to employ collateral estoppel and the party against whom collateral estoppel is sought were parties to the prior action.

Traditionally the midsummers celebration is called Klidonas ( Κλήδονας ) meaning sign or oracle, and was considered a time when unmarried girls would discover their potential mates through a ritual.

Traditionally, it was thought that the English term Jubilee derives from the Hebrew term yobel ( via Latin ), which in turn derives from yobhel, meaning ram ; the Jubilee year was announced by a blast on a shofar, an instrument made from a ram's horn, during that year's Yom Kippur.

Traditionally the Maguindanao term for the entire ensemble is basalen or palabunibunyan, the latter term meaning “ an ensemble of loud instruments ” or “ music-making ” or in this case “ music-making using a kulintang .”

Traditionally Nabal is euphemistically translated as fool, for which a Hebrew synonym is kesil ( literally meaning fool ); scholars regard it as possible that some features of the Nabal narrative derive from primitive mythology, and it is notable that kesil particularly referred to the constellation of Orion, and was translated as Orion by the Septuagint.

Traditionally recognition has been granted under the concept of " Exclusive Jurisdiction ", meaning that only one Grand Lodge is recognized within any given Jurisdiction.

Traditionally scholars thought the name originated from the word morea ( μορέα ), meaning morus or mulberry, a tree which, though known in the region from the ancient times, gained value after the 6th century, when silkworms were smuggled from China to Byzantium.

Traditionally this island was known by Gaelic speakers as Beàrnaraigh na Hearadh, meaning " Berneray of Harris " to distinguish it from Beàrnaraigh Cheann Bharraigh, literally " Berneray of Barra Head " and now usually known in English as simply Barra Head.

Traditionally, the name Memon is an adaptation of Momin () meaning faithful.

Traditionally it has been interpreted to derive from the Celtic egles meaning a church ( specifically a Romano-British church ) and the Old English feld meaning a woodland clearing.

Traditionally the word awrat, alongside the word za ' ifeh ( which derives from Arabic za ' if, meaning weak ) has been associated with femininity and women who lived under the protection of a man.

Traditionally explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in a square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind ( typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges ).

Traditionally, depiction is distinguished from denotative meaning by the presence of a mimetic element or resemblance ( see for example Wikipedia treatment of image and icon ).