Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- color constancy
- the tendency for a color to look the same under widely different viewing conditions
- no-goal
- a nonexistent goal
- fact
- a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- patent system
- a legal system for protecting the rights of inventors
- spiritualism
- (theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God
- Mantoux test
- tuberculin (a derivative of tubercle bacillus) is injected intradermally; a red area appearing 1-3 days later signifies an exposure (past or present) to tubercle bacilli and the need for further testing
- Dewey decimal classification
- a system used by libraries to classify nonfictional publications into subject categories; the subject is indicated by a three-digit numeral and further specification is given by numerals following a decimal point; publications are shelved by number
- overvaluation
- too high a value or price assigned to something
- algorithmic rule
- a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem
- reorientation
- a fresh orientation; a changed set of attitudes and beliefs
- solution
- a method for solving a problem
- topographic anatomy
- the study of anatomy based on regions or divisions of the body and emphasizing the relations between various structures (muscles and nerves and arteries etc.) in that region
- point system
- a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
- guidepost
- a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
- persona
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- parity check
- a system of checking for errors in computer functioning
- theocracy
- the belief in government by divine guidance
- horology
- the art of designing and making clocks
- prearrangement
- something arranged in advance
- Cartesian coordinate
- one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes
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