refinement — noun 1 improvement to/on sth; process of improving sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ A greater refinement of the categorization is possible. ▪ extra, further ▪ constant … Collocations dictionary
Progressive tonality — is the name given to the compositional practice whereby a piece of music does not finish in the key in which it began, but instead progresses to an ending in a different key. To avoid misunderstanding, it should be stressed that in this… … Wikipedia
Progressive Graphics File — Infobox file format name = PGF extension = .pgf mime = owner = xeraina GmbH creatorcode = type = wavelet based bitmapped image format container for = contained by = extended from = extended to = PGF (Progressive Graphics File) is a wavelet based… … Wikipedia
progressive — adj. VERBS ▪ be ADVERB ▪ highly, truly, very ▪ highly progressive in outlook ▪ relatively … Collocations dictionary
Radiosity (Computergrafik) — Radiosity bzw. Radiosität ist ein Verfahren zur Berechnung der Verteilung von Wärme oder Lichtstrahlung innerhalb eines virtuellen Modells. In der Bildsynthese ist Radiosity neben auf Raytracing basierenden Algorithmen eines der beiden wichtigen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
animal learning — ▪ zoology Introduction the alternation of behaviour as a result of individual experience. When an organism can perceive and change its behaviour, it is said to learn. That animals can learn seems to go without saying. The cat that… … Universalium
dating — I In geology and archaeology, the process of determining an object s or event s place within a chronological scheme. Scientists may use either relative dating, in which items are sequenced on the basis of stratigraphic clues (see stratigraphy) or … Universalium
Zellig Harris — Zellig Sabbetai Harris (October 23, 1909 May 22, 1992) was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science. Originally a Semiticist, he is best known for his work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis and… … Wikipedia
Systemic linguistics — is an approach to linguistics that considers language as a system. It was developed by Michael Halliday. It is considered functional rather than generative in linguistic orientation.ystemThe label Systemic is related to the System Networks used… … Wikipedia
Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… … Universalium