Dichotomy Definition Oxford English Dictionary

declension

^ɪ

^ʃ

noun

[mass noun]

(in the grammar of Latin, Greek and certain other languages) the variation of the form of a noun, pronoun or adjective, by which its grammatical case, number and gender are identified.
- - [count noun] the class to which a noun or adjective is assigned according to the manner of this variation.
[ARCHAIC] a condition of decline or moral deterioration: the declension of the new generation.

‹DERIVATIVES› declensional adjective.

‹ORIGIN› late middle English declinson[1].

dichotomy

^ʌɪ

^ɒ

^ɪ

noun

plural

dichotomies

singular

a division or contrast between two things that are represented as being opposed or entirely different: a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism.
[mass noun] [BOTONY] repeated branching into two equal parts.

‹ORIGIN› late 16th century: via modern Latin from Greek dikhotomia, from dikho- ‘in two, apart’ + ‘-tomia’ (see -TOMY).[1].

dynamic

^ʌɪ

adjective

(of a process or system) characterized by constant change, activity, or progress: a dynamic economy.
- - (of a person) positive in attitude and full of energy and new ideas: a dynamic young advertising executive.
- - [PHYSICS] relating to forces producing motion. often contrastied with STATIC.
- - [LINGUISTICS] (of a verb) expressing an action, activity, event, or process. Contrasted with STATIVE.
[ELECTRONICS] (of a memory device) needing to be refreshed by the periodic application of a voltage.
[Music] relating to the volume of sound produced by an instrument, voice, or recording.

noun.
1. a force that stimulates change or progress within a system or process: evaluation is part of the basic dynamic of the project.
2. [Music] another term for dynamics (sense 3).

‹DERIVATIVES› dynamical adjective. dynamically adverb.

‹ORIGIN› early 19th century (as a term in physics): from French dynamique, from Greek dunamikos, from dunamis ‘power’.[2].

transliterate

verb.

object

write or print (a letter or a word) using the closest corre

[1]. Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of English (Electronic Edition). Oxford. 2010. Loc. 107180

[2]. Oxford University Press. Oxford Dictionary of English (Electronic Edition). Oxford. 2010. Loc. 120943

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