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Word of The Day: Optoelectronics
A optoeletrônica é o estudo e aplicação de aparelhos eletrônicos que fornecem, detectam e controlam luz, normalmente considerada um sub-campo da fotônica. Nesse contexto, luz frequentemente inclui formas invisíveis de radiação como raios gama, raios-X, ultravioleta e infra-vermelho, em adição à luz visível. Aparelhos optoeletrônicos são transdutores elétrico para ótico ou ótico para elétrico, ou [...]
Word of the Day: Caprice
Caprice (noun) 1. A sudden, unpredictable change. 2. A tendency to change one’s mind without apparent or adequate motive. 3. Music. Capriccio. Origin Caprice is from the Italian word ‘capriccio’ which means a sudden start or motion. Quotes Does she turn, thought he, thus, from one to the other, with no preference but of accident [...]
Word of the Day: Filiopietistic
Filiopietistic (adjective): Pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess. Origin Filiopietistic is a combination of Latin roots. Filio means “brotherly”; piet is related to piety; and the suffix -istic (related to -ism) denotes the noun related to a verb. Quotes The popular historical narratives of the many immigrant groups may [...]
Word of the Day: Screed
Screed (noun) 1. A long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe. 2. An informal letter, account, or other piece of writing. Origin Screed is related to the Old English word for shred. Quotes By the time this screed gets to you the drafts may have come, but as I’ve heard nothing yet and been writing [...]
Word of the Day: Depone
Depone (verb) To testify under oath; depose. Origin In Medieval Latin it came to mean “to testify”. Quotes These two females did afterwards depone that Mr. Willet in his consternation uttered but one word, and called that up the stairs in a stentorian voice, six distinct times. – Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
Word of the Day: Burled
Burled (adjective) 1. Having small knots that produce a distorted grain in wood. Origin Burled comes from the Old French word bourle, which meant a tuft of wool. Quotes It was Friday evening, and the master of Turpmtine, Charlie Croker, was presiding over dinner at the burled tupelo maple table Ronald Vine had devised for [...]
Word of the Day: Voluminous
Voluminous adj. Having great volume, fullness, size, or number; ample or lengthy in speech or writing: voluminous paperwork. Em português Volumoso, extenso
Word of the Day: Ubiquitous
Ubiquitous adj. Being or seeming to be everywhere, or in all places, at the same time. Omnipresent. Present, appearing, or found everywhere. Em Português Ubíquo, onipresente.
Word of the Day: Precarious
Precarious adj. 1. Dangerously lacking in security or stability. 2. not securely held or in position; likely to fall. 3. dependent on chance; uncertain. Quotes The precarious life of an undercover cop.
Word of the Day: Insipid
Insipid adj. 1. Que nãpo tem gosto nem sabor. 2. Sem vigor nem interesse. Origem Da palavra francesa “insipide” ou do latim “insipidus”, construído pelo prefixo inglês in- ‘not’ + sapidus. Exemplos The soup was rather insipid. An apple pie with a mushy, insipid filling that strongly resembled soggy cardboard English Version Mostrar ▼ Insipid [...]
