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The opposite of hyperbole, understatement (or litotes) refers to a figure of speech that says less than is intended. Understatement usually has an ironic effect, and sometimes may be used for comic purposes, as in Mark Twain’s statement, "The reports of my ...
Skromnost (ali litota) se kot nasprotje pretiravanja (hiperbole) nanaša na prispodobo, ki zmanjšuje pomen nečesa oziroma nečemu daje manjši pomen, kot ga le-ta zares ima. Skromnost običajno doseže ironični učinek, in se včasih lahko uporablja za dosego ...
A form of Buddhism that reached its zenith in China and later developed in Japan, Korea, and the West; its name (Chinese Ch'an, Japanese Zen) derives from the Sanskrit dhyana (meditation). In early China, the central tenet of Zen Buddhism was meditation ...
Veja budizma, ki je dosegla svoj vrhunec na Kitajskem ter kasneje na Japonskem, v Koreji ter na Zahodu; izraz (kitajsko 'chan', japonsko 'zen') izhaja iz sanskrtskega izraza 'dhyana' (meditacija). V zgodnji dobi Kitajske zgodovine je bil osnovni princip zen ...
A subdivision of bronchi; smaller in diameter and without cartilage.
Razdelitev sapnice; manjši premer in brez hrustanca.
In sociology and anthropology, symbolic capital can be referred to as the resources available to an individual on the basis of honor, prestige or recognition, and functions as an authoritative embodiment of cultural value. A war hero, for example, may have ...
Na področju sociologije in antropologije se simbolični kapital nanaša na sredstva, ki so na voljo posamezniku na podlagi njegove časti, ugleda ali priznanj in deluje kot avtoritativno utelešenje kulturne vrednosti. Vojni heroj, na primer, lahko poseduje ...
The substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression to replace one that might offend or suggest something unpleasant, for example, "he is at rest" is a euphemism for "he is dead."
Z drugim izrazom olepšavanje, je zamenjava besede, ki lahko v prejemniku zbudi neprijeten oziroma nezaželjen čustveni odziv, z besedo, ki ima prijetno oziroma sprejemljivo konotacijo. Primer: »Položi roko pod moja ledja.« (= pod moje splovilo)"(Abraham)
A "rest" or "hold" that has a temporal value, usually to compensate for the omission of an unstressed syllable in a foot.
"Počitek" ali "premor", ki ima časovno vrednost, običajno deluje kot nadomestilo za opustitev nepoudarjenega zloga v stopici.
According to the Census Bureau, any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.
V skladu s Census Bureau, katero koli ozemlje znotraj metropolitanskega območja, ki ni vključena v osrednjem mestu.
A type of hyperbaton involving an interchange of elements in a phrase or sentence so that a displaced word is in a grammatical relationship with another that it does not logically qualify.
Oziroma slovnični preskok, je vrsta hiperbatona oziroma prestavitve, ki vključuje izmenjavo elementov v povedi ali stavku, tako, da je zamenjana beseda v slovničnem odnosu z drugo, katera ji logično ne ustreza.
A color space promoted by Adobe Systems. This color space has a much wider RGB gamut that sRGB, particularly in greens, making it suited to such applications as printing and proofs. It is the de facto standard in desktop publishing.
Barvni prostor, ki ga podpira Adobe Systems. Ta barvni prostor ima veliko širšo RGB lestsvico kot sRGB, zlasti v zelenih odtenkih, zaradi česar je primerna za dejanja kot na primer tiskanje. Gre za de facto standard v 'desktop publishing'.
Study of friction, wear and lubrication of interacting surfaces.
Študijska disciplina, ki preučuje trenje, obrabo ter mazanje prepletenih površin.