Brief History of Science Chapter.1 continued

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chapter one words from the book  Brief History of Science


 
  
Created Oct 6, 2010
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Litoral
 
Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea
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pathology
 
The branch of medical science that studies the causes and natures and effects of diseaes
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Leitmotif
 
A melodic  phrase that accomanies the reappearance of a person or situation
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Impute
 
Attribute, asscribe, or credit to    
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Sublunary
 
Situated between the earth and the moon
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Qunitessential
 
Typical, Archetypal, ideal
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Precession
 
A change in the orientation of the roation axis of a rotating body
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A priori
 
Involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a specific effect.
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Ether
 
A colorless, volatile, highly inflammable liquid formerly used as an inhalation anesthetic.
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Unremmiting
 
uninterrupted in time and long continuing.
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Counterintuitive
 
contrary to what common senses would suggest
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Casuistry
 
Argumentation that is specious and extremely subtle and intended to be misleading
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Periphery
 
The outside boundary or surface of something
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Concentric
 
Having a common center
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Propensity
 
An inclination to do something

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