Mimetic — has several different uses: * In mathematics, see mimetic (mathematics) * In biology and ecology, see mimicry * In acting and literary theory, see mimesis * In linguistics, see Japanese sound symbolism * For the study of memes, see memetics … Wikipedia
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Mimesis (mathematics) — In mathematics, mimesis is the quality of a numerical method which imitates some properties of the continuum problem. The goal of numerical analysis is to approximate the continuum, so instead of solving a partial differential equation one aims… … Wikipedia
Mimicry — For other uses, see Mimic (disambiguation). Plate from Henry Walter Bates (1862) illustrating Batesian mimicry between Dismorphia species (top row, third row) and various Ithomiini (Nymphalidae, second row, bottom row) In … Wikipedia
architecture — /ahr ki tek cheuhr/, n. 1. the profession of designing buildings, open areas, communities, and other artificial constructions and environments, usually with some regard to aesthetic effect. Architecture often includes design or selection of… … Universalium
Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… … Universalium
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Reason — involves the ability to think, understand and draw conclusions in an abstract way, as in human thinking. The meaning of the word reason overlaps to a large extent with rationality and the adjective of reason in philosophical contexts is normally… … Wikipedia
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Mimesis (disambiguation) — Mimesis is a philosophical concept. Mimesis may also refer to: Linguistic mimesis, a concept in phonaesthetics Mimesis (biology), a form of mimicry in which the mimic takes on the properties of a specific object or organism, but one to which the… … Wikipedia