Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- age norm
- the average age at which particular performances are expected to appear
- dead reckoning
- an estimate based on little or no information
- indiscreetness
- lacking good judgment
- price gouging
- pricing above the market price when no alternative retailer is available
- mathematical logic
- any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity
- mimesis
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- harmonics
- the study of musical sound
- nose
- a natural skill
- semimajor axis
- one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end
- geomancy
- divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
- chaotic attractor
- an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
- IRA
- a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred
- idea
- your intention; what you intend to do
- feeblemindedness
- severe mental deficiency
- neglect
- lack of attention and due care
- mining geology
- the branch of economic geology that deals with the applications of geology to mining
- photopic vision
- normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
- axis
- a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
- insight
- the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
- dream
- imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
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