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Holonymy (from Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos) 'whole', and ὄνυμα (ónuma) 'name') is the converse of meronymy. A closely related concept is that of mereology, which specifically deals with part–whole relations and is used in logic. It is formally expressed in terms of first-order logic. A meronymy can also be considered a partial order .
Auto anchor— the anchor is automatically built by concatenating (running together) template fields such as the author last names and the year (e.g. SmithJones1999) Custom anchor— the anchor is created from text defined in a field; Reference- anchor— the anchor consists of Reference- plus the defined text; Anchor types can be combined.
A AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Anchoring effect. The anchoring effect is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual's judgements or decisions are influenced by a reference point or "anchor" which can be completely irrelevant. Both numeric and non-numeric anchoring have been reported in research. In numeric anchoring, once the value of the anchor is set, subsequent ...
The Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (commonly referred to as an EGA) is the official emblem and insignia of the United States Marine Corps. [1] [2] The current emblem traces its roots in the designs and ornaments of the early Continental Marines as well as the United Kingdom 's Royal Marines. [citation needed] The present emblem, adopted in 1955 ...
Anchored cross. The anchored cross, or mariner's cross, is a stylized cross in the shape of an anchor. It is a symbol which is shaped like a plus sign depicted with anchor -like fluke protrusions at its base. There are many variations on this symbol, but the most common form connects a ring with a bar, with a cross-bar, terminating on the other ...
The flag and pennant patterns are commonly found patterns in the price charts of financially traded assets ( stocks, bonds, futures, etc.). [1] The patterns are characterized by a clear direction of the price trend, followed by a consolidation and rangebound movement, which is then followed by a resumption of the trend. [2]
The Mid-Atlantic accent, or Transatlantic accent, [1] [2] [3] is an accent of English, fashionably used by the American upper class and entertainment industry of the late 19th century to mid-20th century, that blended elements from both American and British English. Specifically, it blended features from both upper-class Northeastern American ...