Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- internal representation
- a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- Gaussian shape
- a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution
- biopsy
- examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
- elitism
- the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
- muse
- the source of an artist's inspiration
- game
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- experimenter bias
- (psychology) bias introduced by an experimenter whose expectations about the outcome of the experiment can be subtly communicated to the participants in the experiment
- quantum
- (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory)
- Naegele's rule
- rule for calculating an expected delivery date; subtract three months from the first day of the last menstrual period and add seven days to that date
- hobbyhorse
- a topic to which one constantly reverts
- pill
- something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
- drift
- the pervading meaning or tenor
- M-theory
- (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong
- reorientation
- a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- scruple
- an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action
- mineralogy
- the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them
- mimesis
- the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature
- rage
- an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
- morbidness
- an abnormally gloomy or unhealthy state of mind
- growing pains
- problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)
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