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"message": "This question is linked to this one:<a href=\"https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/372728/octave-rlocus-format-ploles-and-zero\">Octave rlocus: format ploles and zeroI am using the Octave command <code>pzmap</code> but the size of the markers of the poles and zeros by default are very h... | Octave pzmap: format poles and zeros | electronics | 2018-05-10T08:43:25.640 |
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"message": "I'm looking to power one of these bits of film with a 12v DC battery.PDLC Electrochromic Film / Switchable Glass<a href=\"https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/200-x-300mm-PDLC-Electrochromic-Film-Smart-Film-Starter-Kit-Switchable-Glass/322846672969?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l... | PDLC Electrochromatic Film / Switchable Glass | electronics | 2018-05-10T09:09:41.153 |
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"message": "I was looking at my laptop's power supply and i noticed this symbol:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/f1Mgx.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">To me totally looks like a \"double isolation class 2\" IEC 61140 combined with the <a href=\"https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iec:grs:60417:5018\" rel=\"nofol... | Double isolation with earthing symbol inside on power supply | electronics | 2018-05-10T10:37:32.553 |
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"message": "I created a simple power supply as shown below that results in an unregulated 50VDC which is what I desire. The transformer is rated for 1000VA. It works ... but only if you're lucky enough to turn it on at the right time of the AC cycle to not pop the breaker. Clearly I need to limit the inrush c... | Limiting Inrush on AC/DC converter | electronics | 2018-05-10T12:34:42.437 |
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"message": "I'd like to print value of Revision variable that can be set in <a href=\"https://www.altium.com/documentation/16.0/display/ADES/WorkspaceManager_Dlg-ProjectPropertiesDialog_PageControl_Main_Parameters((Project+Options+-+Parameters))_AD\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Project Options - Parameters (n... | How to print value of variable on PCB into String feature in Altium Designer? | electronics | 2018-05-10T13:10:16.553 |
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"message": "When i am using Superposition Theorem i am getting 80W but when i using Source transformation getting 0W.Why getting different answers?Is there anything Hidden in source transformation that I need to know.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/hHokh.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I am sure about a... | Network theorem Source Transformation | electronics | 2018-05-10T14:18:40.317 |
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"message": "UpdateIt was pointed out the PE wire has to carry large current in fault condition so using a 3-phase CMC is problematic. In IEC62368-1 (2nd edition) chapters 5.6.3 and 5.6.4 it is implied that the protectice current rating for EU is 16A and US 20A, this is based on common fusing in the regular ma... | Does a 3-winding common mode choke work on PE wire | electronics | 2018-05-10T15:10:27.163 |
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"message": "From the reading of <a href=\"http://www.analog.com/media/en/technical-documentation/data-sheets/AD620.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">This datasheet, I can't figure out what is the maximum load I can put at the output. To make my question more precise, suppose I need a gain of 10 (for DC measur... | what is the maximum load for an instrumentation amplifier, in particular the AD620? | electronics | 2018-05-10T16:14:25.993 |
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"message": "I cannot understand how 3-wire measurement will improve the resistance measurement.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/yiMT9.gif\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">They say that IF lead resistance \\$ R_L \\$ is the same, it will compensate. How can this happen?If bridge is balanced (without \\$ R_L \\... | How does 3-wire RTD or resistance measurement works in bridge of wheatstone? | electronics | 2018-05-10T20:33:50.167 |
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"message": "I'm trying to wrap my head around this reference design from <a href=\"http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slva001e/slva001e.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this TI document.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XUgj3.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">This is a <code>5V</code> power supply that is rated at <... | Compensating for voltage drop across current-sensing resistor in a TL494-based SMPS | electronics | 2018-05-10T21:47:40.453 |
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"message": "I am making an application that has multiple i2c sensors controlled by an Arduino Uno. I want to get all of the raw data from the sensors and transfer them to a PC as fast as possible, on which I will perform calculation with the raw data using python. My plan is to write the arduino data onto a t... | What is the fastest arduino to PC communication method? | electronics | 2018-05-11T04:30:08.007 |
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"message": "I need to drive a inductive load with a triac dimmer. Circuit uses zero-voltage cross and delay for gate trigger. An additional circuit for detecting zero current cross has been added. So, what are the correct steps in order to safely control power for a highly inductive load? -> zero-volt cross, ... | Triac inductive load | electronics | 2018-05-11T10:34:57.743 |
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"message": "The questions about op-amp resistors are dime a dozen, forgive me for adding another one. I am not asking how to calculate them, I know at least that much. My questions approach the problem from different perspective. Specifically - hobbyist's choices when it comes to buying specific resistors.Ca... | Choosing Op-Amp configuration and resistors | electronics | 2018-05-11T19:16:11.807 |
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"message": "I have a preamp kit, it comes with 2 SMD buttons for volume up/down but I'd like to replace them with a turnable knob. Both the buttons share the same input, just the output goes on different legs of the main chip. The component I'm looking for would have to have at least 3 pins and produce a seri... | Looking for a component that turns like a potentiometer but produces switching signals | electronics | 2018-05-11T21:55:04.707 |
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"message": "Below is a section of the schematic for the RF modulator of a Nintendo NES-001 system. I am curious what these Xs are that I've boxed in red below. Looking at my own NES-001 and matching locations, I think these points are where the board's ground connection is soldered to the grounded metal housi... | What are these "X"s / crosses on this schematic's wiring? Traces attached to the metal housing (ground)? | electronics | 2018-05-11T23:19:14.763 |
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"message": "I am facing a huge problem with real-time analysis of a PCS simulation. I want to simulate a power converter system, which can be used as a power converter. I have to do an accelerated simulation with a <a href=\"https://www.mathworks.com/help/physmod/sps/powersys/ref/battery.html\" rel=\"nofollow... | Is it possible to speed up Battery simulations with power converters in Simulink? | electronics | 2018-05-12T01:09:05.430 |
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"message": "This chip cannot run the Hall sensors on each power on. The chip can operate with microcontroller each time, the register 'who-am-i' returns <code>0x3d</code>, configuration registers are able to read and write. Sometimes the chip returns zeros as magnetic values, only hard reset solves this probl... | LIS3MDL runs non-stable | electronics | 2018-05-12T04:21:17.803 |
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"message": "I was reading this paper about wireless power transfer via strongly coupled magnetic resonance: <a href=\"http://www.ijirem.org/DOC/1_Wireless%20Power%20Transfer%20via%20Strongly%20Coupled%20Magnetic7a7f01ee-bd3f-43bc-a14d-3309f1040291.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://www.ijirem.org/DOC/1_... | Why is wireless power transfer done between two coils at their self-resonant frequency? | electronics | 2018-05-12T06:03:02.423 |
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"message": "I have put together the push button circuit explained in TI's SCEA048B application report with an under voltage protection using TI's LMS33460 chip. I ended up with the circuit attached.The idea is to have the LMS33460 under voltage detector monitoring the +PACK line from the battery so it pulls d... | ON/OFF push button circuit with battery under voltage protection | electronics | 2018-05-12T13:13:07.290 |
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"message": "What happens if an induction motor given with 3 phase supply is forced to rotate with synchronous speed in a) same directionb) opposite directionPlease help me with the above problem. I think in the first case, the current induced in rotor will be 0. So, no losses in rotor.In second case, slip wil... | Induction Motor working | electronics | 2018-05-12T16:16:22.600 |
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"message": "What is the meaning of \"tump-tumping\" in the extract below. I looked in many dictionaries but the expression is listed nowhere.From the novel, <a href=\"http://www.fiction2.com/waterland-online-graham-swift?page=0,0\" rel=\"nofollow\">Waterland: <blockquote> Fairy-tale words; fairy-tale advice.... | "The pumps were tump-tumping" from the novel "Waterland" | english | 2016-09-02T10:44:05.040 |
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"message": "I imagine the word I am looking for to be related to Social Sciences. I am looking for the word describing brownie points that one receives from her peers for expressing outrage at a socially frowned upon act or fact. The word should express that the person casting aspersions does so without tho... | Word/Phrase to Describe Colin Kaepernick Pile-On | english | 2016-09-03T01:08:21.073 |
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"message": "I imagine the word I am looking for to be related to Social Sciences. I am looking for the word describing brownie points that one receives from her peers for expressing outrage at a socially frowned upon act or fact. The word should express that the person casting aspersions does so without tho... | Word/Phrase to Describe Colin Kaepernick Pile-On | english | 2016-09-03T01:08:21.073 |
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"message": "I'm trying to find a phrase that means \"the way he convinces people\". It's similar to \"rhetorical device\".Someone has a strategy for convincing people (for example, speaking in a friendly tone, trying to scare them, appealing to their sense of reason or humor, etc.). What is this called, for... | Similar phrase to 'rhetorical device' for 'strategy of convincing others'? | english | 2016-09-04T04:39:34.267 |
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"message": "Being not a native English-speaker and not familiar with the dialects of the English language, especially the British ones, I'm wondering about an interesting fact for a long time. A British music group, The Prodigy, has released a single Breathe, and there is a lyrics line in the song: \"Come pla... | Is it an Essex dialect or something else? | english | 2016-09-04T12:29:08.850 |
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"message": "I will help you when you grow upWhich sentences are correct? (I think the 1. is the correct one in a grammatical sense. The second may not be the best version, yet I have seen/heard this construction many times already.)1. She said that she would help him when he grew up2. She said that she would ... | Backshifting of future subordinate | english | 2016-09-06T23:10:50.050 |
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"message": "The novelist Kingsley Amis - Lucky Jim (1954) uses the word though he puts it in quotation marks. It appears three times in the novel.First use:<blockquote> \"Well, if you drink as much as that you must expect to feel a bit off-colour the next day, mustn't you?\" She drew herself upright in her ... | What is the meaning of "dignant"? | english | 2016-09-07T13:26:16.817 |
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"message": "Wiktionary describes one of them coming from Latin, and the other from proto-Germanic. Does this mean they're unrelated, even though they're homonyms and both about geometric properties (narrowness and not bending)?",
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"message": "'Strait' seems to carry connotations... | Are "strait" and "straight" related? | english | 2016-09-08T14:04:35.690 |
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"message": "In the U.S., it's often said that the legislative process is intentionally slow. It was designed that way so that laws could be changed, but not capriciously. Changing a law is supposed to require significant thought, deliberation, and justification.I'd like an alternative for \"intentionally slow... | Adjective to describe the intentionally slow U.S. legislative process | english | 2016-09-08T14:54:19.283 |
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"message": "In the U.S., it's often said that the legislative process is intentionally slow. It was designed that way so that laws could be changed, but not capriciously. Changing a law is supposed to require significant thought, deliberation, and justification.I'd like an alternative for \"intentionally slow... | Adjective to describe the intentionally slow U.S. legislative process | english | 2016-09-08T14:54:19.283 |
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"message": "In the U.S., it's often said that the legislative process is intentionally slow. It was designed that way so that laws could be changed, but not capriciously. Changing a law is supposed to require significant thought, deliberation, and justification.I'd like an alternative for \"intentionally slow... | Adjective to describe the intentionally slow U.S. legislative process | english | 2016-09-08T14:54:19.283 |
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"message": "I got this expression from a job recruiter , Keep warm.I am confused what it means, does it mean that I have hope of getting it? or indirectly telling me to move on?The following is the actual reply:<blockquote> Hi James Bond, blah blah Please keep yourself warm. My apologies for the queen is ... | Meaning of 'keep warm' | english | 2016-09-09T02:56:58.033 |
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"message": "I use a cloud (Dropbox) folder called \"inbox,\" where I place files (e.g., PDF) until I decide which non-cloud folder I will permanently move the file to. Is there a word other than \"inbox\" for such a temporary storage space − similar to \"holding cell\" (but not a physical space), \"cache\" (... | One word other than "inbox" for a temporary storage space | english | 2016-09-09T21:54:00.517 |
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"message": "I'm writing a marketing copy and encountered the need for an idiom that means \"forgetting and thus missing an opportunity or deadline\". The expression I'm looking for is informal. The target audience is mainly North Americans.I found the phrase \"miss the boat\", but came to the conclusion that ... | An idiom to describe "missing an opportunity or deadline" | english | 2016-09-10T02:04:51.503 |
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"message": "I've run across this phrase a couple of times recently, and was curious about its origins. I would specifically like to know:In what context did the phrase originally arise?Exactly what did it originally mean?Today, it seems to be used in various contexts; sometimes it <a href=\"https://books.goog... | What is the origin of the phrase "And scene!" | english | 2016-09-11T18:37:18.463 |
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"message": "I am designing an app and there is a part where the users can post some content to a specific group of people.I have a placeholder prompt on the screen that I say \"Tap here and type your post. People in group X will be able to see it\". Now, I want to replace \"will be able to\" with a single wor... | Single word for "will be able to" / "will have access to" | english | 2016-09-12T09:47:06.757 |
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"message": "I have listened to a song 'since you been gone'. The singer pronounces 'since you been gone' as 'sinchu been gone'. At least I have heard that. Am I correct? Here that part <a href=\"https://youtu.be/R7UrFYvl5TE?t=18s\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://youtu.be/R7UrFYvl5TE?t=18s.If I am then can you pleas... | since you = sinchu correct? | english | 2016-09-12T20:31:43.933 |
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"message": "I hear a lot about Sim lim scam but not Sim Lim fraud, as in <a href=\"http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/sim-lim-scams-student-reduced-tears-after-being-charged-1k-iphone-warranty\" rel=\"nofollow\">this story. (Sim Lim is a shopping centre in Singapore.)So basically a customer signed a very ... | What's the difference between scam and fraud? | english | 2016-09-13T04:35:38.937 |
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"message": "Are there any other expressions to say \"We were informed that - \" when you write a business email? I would like to know a expression more like native speakers.",
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"message": "It really depends on the context. If you wanted to be very formal (perhaps even hostile), ... | Are there any expressions to say "We were informed that - " | english | 2016-09-13T08:39:26.017 |
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"message": "I was discussing English with a foreign student that told me that they had to use the after the word play every time.As a native speaker I like playing piano, I like playing guitar sounds natural to me as does I like playing games.Although the last example doesn't sound correct without being plura... | Is omitting "the" with some verbs grammatically correct? | english | 2016-09-14T07:02:56.697 |
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"message": "In particular, an embarrassing or undesirable action.For example:If I lose this bet, I will shave my head. What will your _____ be?What _____ should we set for losing this game?",
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"message": "This isn't technically right, but you may want to use it anyway:penanceLit... | Term (phrase or word) for action to take as a penalty for losing a bet (or a game, etc.) | english | 2016-09-14T19:47:20.930 |
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"message": "I am writing an academic essay (APA standard) in which I compare a lot of proportions (and probability estimations).Phrases like <blockquote> ... are 5.2 percentage points more likely to ...</blockquote>are common. So I want to use an abbreviation. But not sure if to use pps, PPs, pp, PPt, or jus... | Percentage points abbreviation | english | 2016-09-14T23:59:50.150 |
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"message": "George Orwell ends his essay The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) with (emphasis mine):<blockquote> And then perhaps this misery of class-prejudice will fade away, and we of the sinking middle class … may sink without further struggles into the working class where we belong, and probably when we get the... | “We have nothing to lose but our aitches” | english | 2016-09-16T10:25:58.557 |
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"message": "In researching the date of my grandparents' marriage, I found a Sunday newspaper article which said that they were wed \"Saturday last.\" Does that mean yesterday, which was the last Saturday, or does it mean yesterday, a week ago?",
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"message": "If the article was d... | "Saturday last" | english | 2016-09-17T05:04:56.933 |
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"message": "In the following, should there be a \"the\" in front of \"standard of living\"?<blockquote> Assess the extent to which the improvement of standard of living in Japan is dependent on the openness of the economy.</blockquote>",
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"message": "As <a href=\"https://books.... | Should there be a definite article here? | english | 2016-09-17T10:13:24.000 |
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"message": "It's a recurring problem I encounter (maybe problem is a bit of a big word here):I'm trying to describe something as not discrete, some phenomenon that shouldn't be described or thought of in binary or categorical terms, but allows for nuances of values, and then tend to use the adjective \"contin... | Looking for a good* synonym for "continuous" (* "good" defined inside question) | english | 2016-09-17T15:28:24.363 |
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"message": "I am grappling with the term self-sufficiency.The OED quotes three senses:1a, it indicates is not now of persons and as the most recent example of its use is 1899, let's forget about that.1b.spec. Of persons, groups, or nations: able to provide enough of a commodity (as food, oil) to supply one's ... | Is it considered derogatory to describe someone as "self-sufficient"? | english | 2016-09-17T23:51:46.470 |
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"message": "I was asked to referee a discussion recently; specifically, whether veracity and validity were perfectly synonymous -- and if not, \"why?\", and further to provide clear demonstrative examples in simple sentences.While I asserted veracity refers to \"truth\", and validity was more aligned with \"a... | Validity vs. Veracity in non-scientific non-instrumentation speech | english | 2016-09-19T03:52:34.103 |
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"message": "I recently started learning French and am confused by its pronunciations. The main problem being that the words never seem to sound the way they're written - isn't what it seems to be! (I know English isn't any better, but criticisms of my observations are safely off-topic here!) I need a word whi... | Word for something which isn't what it seems to be | english | 2016-09-19T11:58:00.090 |
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"message": "I have a passive voice as follows:<blockquote> The algorithm is naturally designed for texture classification. </blockquote>It is a passive voice. Could I rewrite the above sentence in active voice?",
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"message": "In order to rewrite the sentence in the active voice... | How could I rewrite the sentence in active voice? | english | 2016-09-20T08:15:27.930 |
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"message": "Hi everyone is there a common way to express an uncontrolled fall, when the body goes flipping on it self before crashing. like in diving for example so that the question wouldn't be restricted starting 18 and above haha.anyway thanks for your help.",
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"message": "Hu... | express to fall flipping uncontrollably from a high place | english | 2016-09-20T22:03:42.507 |
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"message": "I've come across answers that say something along the lines of, \"Well I've only heard people pronounce it ev'ry.\"Yeah, well if people started mass-jumping off of buildings, that doesn't mean I'd do it.All jokes aside, my point is that people pronounce words differently depending on where you liv... | How many syllables in "every"? | english | 2016-09-21T04:00:29.317 |
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"message": "<blockquote> Birds have different migrat* strategies - some spend the winter in the breeding grounds, some migrate to the Mediterranean, some migrate to sub-Saharan Africa...</blockquote>I was used to use the term \"migratory strategy\" here, but I was corrected to \"migration strategy\". When ... | Adjective form: migration strategy or migratory strategy? | english | 2016-09-21T11:14:22.767 |
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"message": "Writing a financial software. looking for a word for the following situation A voucher created for an expense, say transportation could be collected by either a branch or a team or an individual employee. Need a word to describe them. Thought of beneficiary, but since they're spending it for the... | A Word for Voucher User | english | 2016-09-22T09:17:56.053 |
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"message": "If a tourist is guided through a city by a tour guide, what would be the term to use to refer to that tourist as a function of the guiding? Best I can come up with is guided one, but that sounds a bit bland. Are there any better terms for this? I'm looking for a term that can be used in a context ... | What do you call a person who is guided by someone or something else in a mentor/assistent manner? | english | 2016-09-23T11:14:58.380 |
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"message": "I'm thinking of words like fiscal, astute, shrewd, thrifty or business-savvy. However, I know there's got to be a better word for someone who looks for great deals, a person who understands price and finds great value.For example, a man believes his computer is not working fast anymore. He looks u... | How To Describe Someone Who Is Deal-Oriented? | english | 2016-09-23T19:15:40.500 |
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"message": "I've read this sentence to myself quite a few times now and it seems the more I do so the less correct it sounds. I think it's using the subjunctive mood, however I'm not sure if I've used it correctly. Can anyone say if this is right or not?<blockquote> bla bla bla... and it is our hope that any... | Is this use of the subjunctive mood correct? | english | 2016-09-25T13:27:51.700 |
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"message": "Let's say I watched a movie and would want to read about it in a textual form. So it would involve someone describing scenes of movie in the order that they were telecasted.What term should I search on Google to get to that page? Something like \"[movie name] plot summary\" or \"[movie name] synop... | What is the term used to describe a person explaining a movie plot scene by scene? | english | 2016-09-27T06:33:56.910 |
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"message": "There are various applications of the word \"radical\" in its adjective form. Such as, radical feminists, radical politicians, radical ideas, radical terrorists etc. Nowadays, it is widely used to refer to political groups to slam them. My question is, what are its different meanings in different ... | What are the different meanings of the word "radical" in its adjective form? | english | 2016-09-27T12:07:05.953 |
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"message": "In Hamlet (I.2) Claudius <a href=\"http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.1.2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">remarks to Hamlet that his plan to return to university at Wittenberg is<blockquote> ... most retrograde to our desire ...</blockquote>To a modern ear, this is striking and poetic, but I wonder... | Was Shakespeare's use of "retrograde" an astronomical metaphor? | english | 2016-09-27T16:49:02.370 |
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"message": "Is there a word for a person who is interested in / regularly participate in quiz competitions (e.g. pub trivia nights)? A sample sentence: My skills: Web development, UX design, (quiz wiz?), ...",
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"message": "You probably can't get closer than quizzer.Curiously the... | Single word for quiz competition participant | english | 2016-09-28T04:56:12.007 |
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"message": "There seems to be two different meanings of the word 'expect' in common spoken English.For example, 'I expect you to tidy your room this evening'. This is like a demand, in that the person speaking is asking someone to do something, and almost treat it like an order.The second meaning is in a sent... | Expect: How to disambiguate dual meaning? | english | 2016-09-28T11:56:24.270 |
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"message": "Outdoor adventure activities seems like a mouthful, so I was wondering if there was a more appropriate term for such activities in the language? Wikipedia suggests 'Outdoor Recreation' but that implies these to be leisure based activities and doesn't account for people like me for whom it is a ser... | Is there a term for outdoor adventure activities like camping, hiking, trekking? | english | 2016-09-29T02:04:41.747 |
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"message": "Are the following sentences emphatic sentence or relative clause? Why? What's the difference?<blockquote> It is the factory that you visited last week. It is Tom who/that I saw yesterday.</blockquote>Thanks for your englightenment.",
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"message": "The sentences ar... | emphatic sentence or relative clause | english | 2016-09-30T09:27:40.633 |
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"message": "I would like to ask whether my application for a given position makes sense.That is, given some circumstances, does it really make sense for me to apply for the position?<blockquote> Could you kindly please assess the make-sense-ability of my application given the above circumstances?</blockquot... | Synonym of 'making sense' in noun form | english | 2016-10-02T16:32:30.667 |
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"message": "(sorry for bad title, will accept edit of better one)There's a specific type of person who my friends and I find annoying, but we don't know the word(s) to describe them.The closest I can get to:<br>It's that feeling that you get around someone who goes on and on about their \"trip to Cambodia\" (... | Describe someone who is a specific type of annoying | english | 2016-10-04T12:05:38.927 |
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"message": "Is there a general rule for whether, for, example, foreign nouns and adjectives used in English should be inflected for gender, number, and case as they would be if the entire text were written in the source language? If not, what form should the foreign words take? Might the rules be different fo... | Should foreign words used in English be inflected for gender, number, and case according to the conventions of their source language? | english | 2016-10-05T20:29:07.903 |
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"message": "I am trying to label someone who plays roles in a story; for example, I want someone who makes the story happen. Beginning, middle, and end. I have Creator and Destroyer, but I need something in the middle that doesn't carry a negative connotation. I'm using aggravator, but that's negative.",
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"message": "I'm working on a job application and would like to label the applicant's employment history starting with the most recent.The most recent would obviously be labelled Most Recent. But how would I refer to the most recent after that? Next Most Recent? Second Most Recent?",
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"message": "I was interested in determining words to describe ordinal Latinate series numbering above orders of 10 (i.e., \"denary\"). I found \"duodenary\", which makes sense based on the latin root duodecim, meaning 'twelve.' (see also etymology of the duodenum of the small intestine -- duodeni, meaning 'in... | Is vigenary a real word? | english | 2016-10-06T19:59:15.493 |
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"message": "I have the following sentence:<blockquote> That these skills are transferable makes them especially beneficial.</blockquote>My question is “simple”: Why makes? (Of course, because of that.) But, does that mean something – the fact? Can we put that in other places in this sentence?",
"role": ... | “That these ... makes” – why “makes” and what is the role of “that”? | english | 2016-10-07T19:57:24.047 |
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"message": "I want to complete the following sentence.<blockquote> Thirty years ago, a person with a bachelor's degree could get a good job after graduation. However, people living in the 21st century can only get a ____ job with a bachelor's degree.</blockquote>I want to use an adjective that is less positi... | Adjectives between "plain" and "good" that can be used before a noun | english | 2016-10-09T17:40:53.630 |
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"message": "I could have sworn that I have heard/read the word \"steward\" in a context similar to the following:<blockquote> \"His precise measurements of the motion of mercury, made over the course of eight consecutive years, made him a steward of science.\"</blockquote>In the sentence above, it's clear th... | Usage of the word "steward" | english | 2016-10-10T15:51:58.530 |
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"message": "To refer to the highest point on a hill, one might use the word \"crest\":<blockquote> He walked up to the crest of the hill, and surveyed his surroundings.</blockquote>On the other hand, one might also use \"crest\" as a verb to describe the action of crossing over the top of that hill:<blockquo... | Word for crossing the bottom of a valley | english | 2016-10-11T21:28:47.633 |
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"message": "Can we use superlative when we are talking about 2 or more items? I'm not quite sure about that since the rule says: \"Superlative adjectives are used to describe an object which is at the upper or lower limit of a quality\". I wanted to figure out this before talking to my student who wrote the f... | Usage of superlative in the context of more than one item | english | 2016-10-12T15:08:18.420 |
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"message": "I'm thinking of somewhat of a poetic way to describe how time flows, via an hourglass. Does sand simply 'flow' through an hourglass? Drip doesn't sound applicable, and 'stream' is basically like flow; while shifting feels more applicable to an outdoor scenario (like a desert).Basically, what's ano... | How to describe sand flowing through an hourglass | english | 2016-10-13T06:01:32.187 |
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"message": "Is there a word or phrase that is used to describe visual gags where, due the camera perspective, the audience immediately thinks one thing, but as soon as the camera/object/person moves, it reveals a new situation?I personally think the term \"visual gag\" could be used to describe any type of vi... | Word or concise phrase for a "visual gag that is a temporary illusion" | english | 2016-10-14T01:39:29.067 |
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"message": "As far as I know when I use \"a pair of ...\" form, the word I will put in the blank needs to be plural. But, in case I want to specify two different types of things as a pair, can I specify them as \"a pair of ...\"? Let me take an example. Assuming that I got two different types of balls – base ... | Usage of "a pair of ..." | english | 2016-10-16T02:06:27.777 |
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"message": "In this type of riposte, you use your opponent's words, but rearrange them to be in your favor. For example, the story about Diogenes eating lentils:<blockquote> Aristippus: \"If you would learn to be subservient to the king, you wouldn't have to live off of lentils.\"<br> Diogenes: \"If you wou... | Name of a particular type of verbal riposte | english | 2016-10-16T03:49:26.777 |
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"message": "If you call someone a \"funny onion\" this means they are a strange person. I can find some references to this expression online (e.g. <a href=\"http://thefunnyonion.co.uk/newsletter/Oct2012/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thefunnyonion.co.uk/newsletter/Oct2012/index.html) but nothing about i... | Origins of the term "funny onion" | english | 2016-10-16T21:36:35.653 |
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"message": "So I know that acting without the foreknowledge of those actions is down to ignorance. This has various implications, the main one being that the responsibility of one's actions is not entirely eradicated, though maybe diminished. We may say, 'how could he know better? He doesn't know what he's do... | What is a word to describe one's actions that seem to stem from ignorance, yet actually do not? | english | 2016-10-18T07:18:22.870 |
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"message": "I'm looking for a word for a murder of a co-conspirator or witness in order to preclude testimony to the authorities.For example:<blockquote> Many suspect that Fat Tony's apparent fatal accident on the New Jersey Turnpike was in fact a [word] perpetrated by other members of the Soho Heist team.... | Word for murder to prevent "snitching" | english | 2016-10-18T21:46:24.360 |
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"message": "I am looking for a business friendly language name to describe the action of a person sucking-up (teacher's pet, leech, give your pinky they grab your whole arm person, someone who tries to use another person for their own gain without giving back)e.g.<blockquote> John warned Tony that if he went... | Business friendly language name for "sucking-up" | english | 2016-10-19T11:25:40.907 |
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"message": "In The Firstborn, British author Laurie LEE – famous for his autobiographical novel Cider with Rosie – wrote – about his newborn daughter Jessy:<blockquote> Looking at those weaving hands and complicated ears, the fit of the skin round that delicate body, I can't indulge in the neurosis of imagin... | What does the phrase 'blanket death' mean? | english | 2016-10-23T17:45:03.097 |
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"message": "I'm looking for one or more words that generalize over both 'input' and 'output'. If I had to convey this in a phrase, I would say \"values that cross a system boundary\".For context, I'm looking for a clear word for a computer program I'm writing. I have a \"black box\" (e.g. an algorithm or a co... | A word generalizing over inputs and outputs (of a system) | english | 2016-10-23T19:40:37.203 |
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"message": "I'm looking for one or more words that generalize over both 'input' and 'output'. If I had to convey this in a phrase, I would say \"values that cross a system boundary\".For context, I'm looking for a clear word for a computer program I'm writing. I have a \"black box\" (e.g. an algorithm or a co... | A word generalizing over inputs and outputs (of a system) | english | 2016-10-23T19:40:37.203 |
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"message": "In linguistics there is a common hierarchy of words: <pre><code>Hypernym (e.g. Colours) | VHyponym (e.g. Brown, yellow) </code></pre>Does such a hierarchy exist within phrases?",
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"message": "There are papers analyzing the hierarchy of phrases. <a hre... | Is there such thing as a 'hyperphrase'? | english | 2016-10-24T15:19:41.610 |
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"message": "We are in an impartial hearing to get special education for our son. The school social worker testified a tremendous load of lies, distortions and nonsense. She (having set herself up as an armchair expert on everything in the DSM-5) didn't see any outward signs of OCD or anxiety in the child =>... | More formal word for "know-it-all" | english | 2016-10-25T07:40:28.410 |
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"message": "We are in an impartial hearing to get special education for our son. The school social worker testified a tremendous load of lies, distortions and nonsense. She (having set herself up as an armchair expert on everything in the DSM-5) didn't see any outward signs of OCD or anxiety in the child =>... | More formal word for "know-it-all" | english | 2016-10-25T07:40:28.410 |
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"message": "We are in an impartial hearing to get special education for our son. The school social worker testified a tremendous load of lies, distortions and nonsense. She (having set herself up as an armchair expert on everything in the DSM-5) didn't see any outward signs of OCD or anxiety in the child =>... | More formal word for "know-it-all" | english | 2016-10-25T07:40:28.410 |
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"message": "\"Deprivation\" and \"privation\" seem to have the same meaning: the denial of material essentials or comforts. Isn't the prefix \"de-\" redundant? Is there a difference, either in literal usage or connotation, between these two words?",
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"message": "From M-W:<blockq... | Deprivation and privation | english | 2016-10-27T00:55:00.050 |
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"message": "<blockquote> This manager worked in a grocery store. It is a hard job that requires him to arrive at the store at 5:00AM, do various tasks to make the store ready, handle deliveries, staff management and unexpected issues. He had this habit of always sarcastically saying \"Just another day in... | Describe a person who intentionally uses a saying out of context for their own purpose | english | 2016-10-27T04:31:21.687 |
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"message": "I am looking for a single word, most likely an adjective, to describe a voice like Dolly Parton's voice in the song <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nPFUh4j2OM\" rel=\"nofollow\">Go Tell It On the Mountains. The first adjective that comes to my mind is \"sheepish\" but this has a negativ... | How would you describe a singers voice? | english | 2016-10-30T02:48:58.867 |
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"message": "In German lots of people would call this lamp, with its poor wiring, a \"russischer Kronleuchter\" (which translates to \"Russian chandelier\"):<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/rYiqRm.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"> Is there a common English term for that...Additional note: In German, if som... | Light bulb on a bare/poorly-executed/dangerous wire | english | 2016-10-30T07:28:03.280 |
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"message": "The term hog, as defined below, is an informal word. <blockquote> 1.3 informal A greedy person. ‘Our King was, in a simple statement, a greedy, power-hungry covetous hog.’</blockquote>(<a href=\"https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/hog\" rel=\"nofollow\">Oxford Dictionaries)Obligatory ... | Is there a formal way of saying 'hog'? | english | 2016-10-30T22:31:38.540 |
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"message": "How do they call a trip that you sleep in one place and each day you go to another direction?Is there a name or a slang for this?I want to search for information about that kind of trip and I don't know what should I write in the search engine.(in Hebrew we call it a 'star trip')",
"role": "us... | a name for kind of a trip. (Star Trip) | english | 2016-10-31T13:14:40.897 |
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"message": "The question is about how to use the English verb \"receive\" in formal business and diplomatic reporting. Hope it is clear.I work in Kazakhstan and I need some help in editing a news. In my quick google search, I found that most of the Kazakh Press including almost all the CIS/former USSR countri... | Use of "receive" by someone, by President use of receive in press | english | 2016-11-01T09:29:30.270 |
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"message": "Friends. I am confused. If semi, demi and hemi all have the meaning of \"half\" then how to know which should be used with this or that word? There is hemisphere and semicircle and demicycle. Will it be a mistake to say semicycle, hemicircle or demisphere? Are they interchangable? I guess there sh... | Demi-,semi-,hemi- Usage with words | english | 2016-11-02T07:07:39.637 |
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"message": "I noticed that some people write \"awhile\" together in sentences like this:<blockquote> It's been awhile since ...</blockquote>While most people seem to write \"a while\" as two words in sentences like this.Also, according to this article, \"a while\" is the right way, because in this sentence \... | Can you write "it's been *awhile* since...", with "awhile" written as one word? | english | 2016-11-04T04:21:34.550 |
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"message": "I've heard it many times and I know it's current usage but, when you get right down to it, does it make sense to say \"that husband of yours\" or \"that wife of yours\"? Wouldn't that mean \"one among several husbands/wives\"? Any idea of when and where this construction originated? Is it logical... | Is it logical - and grammatical - to say "that husband of yours"? | english | 2016-11-07T20:35:17.187 |
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