brief expression
1brief — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of short duration. 2 concise in expression. 3 abrupt, brusque (was rather brief with me). 4 scanty; lacking in substance (wearing a brief skirt). n. 1 (in pl.) a women s brief pants. b men s brief underpants. 2 Law a a… …
2Brief (text editor) — Infobox Software name = B.R.I.E.F. logo = caption = Screenshot of a sample B.R.I.E.F. session developer = Borland latest release version = 3.1 latest release date = operating system = DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows platform = x86 language = status …
3Facial expression — Photographs from the 1862 book Mécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine by Guillaume Duchenne. Through electric stimulation, Duchenne determined which muscles were responsible for different facial expressions. Charles Darwin would later republish some …
4micro-expression — n. A very short facial expression of an intense, concealed emotion. Also: microexpression, micro expression. Example Citations: Ekman s main scientific contribution has been to show how the face is the mind s involuntary messenger. Even when… …
5Free Expression Tunnel — The Free Expression Tunnel on April 12, 2007 The Free Expression Tunnel is the longest, widest, and most heavily used pedestrian tunnel under the railroad tracks at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina (also goes under… …
6Arabic literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Arabic language. The tradition of Arabic literature stretches back some 16 centuries to unrecorded beginnings in the Arabian Peninsula. At certain points in the development of… …
7remark — vb 1 notice, note, observe, perceive, discern, *see, behold, descry, espy, view, survey, contemplate 2 Remark, comment, commentate, animadvert are comparable when they mean to make observations or to pass judgment but they diverge in their… …
8Glossary of contract bridge terms — These terms are used in Contract bridge[1][2] , or the earlier game Auction bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in Whist, Bid whist, and other trick taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card… …
9phrase — I. n. 1. Expression (forming part of a sentence), brief expression. 2. Idiom, peculiar expression, turn of expression. 3. Style, diction, phraseology, manner of expression, mode of speech. II. v. a. Call, name, style, term, denominate, entitle,… …
10Phrase — Phrase, n. [F., fr. L. phrasis diction, phraseology, Gr. ?, fr. ? to speak.] 1. A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial… …
