http://interdisciplinarity.com Check your knowledge. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=79 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=79#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:40:51 +0000 HAG SKRIBIVALORI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=79 greek γράμματα ἱερά: “caractères sacrés”, “sacred letters”

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=79 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=78 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=78#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:59:00 +0000 HAG MINVIRINO http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=78 PIE *sue-sor: sister,
*se-, *s(e)u-, *s- = reflexive pronoun, *sor = woman;
EX: Skt. स्वसर- svásar-; Got. swistar; Lat. soror; Gm. Schwester; Fr. sœur

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=78 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=75 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=75#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:03:37 +0000 HAG MOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=75 Newton, Principia Mathematica (II.viii.3):
“Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare.”

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=75 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=77 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=77#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:17:46 +0000 HAG DORMIMOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=77 Newton’s law of inertia: every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by an external force

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=77 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=76 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=76#comments Wed, 20 Jun 2007 05:29:58 +0000 HAG MOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=76 Momentum (SI unit kg. m. s^-1): quantity of motion of a moving body, equals mass times velocity, p = mv;
EX: p = (3 kg) (20 m.s^-1) = 60 kg. m. s^-1

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=76 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=74 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=74#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:37:15 +0000 HAG 2MOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=74 latin alter, altera, alterum: other, second, opposite;
EX: alter ego: other self; alter dies: second day; altera factio: opposite party

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=74 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=73 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=73#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:14:39 +0000 HAG MOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=73 german ändern: to alter, to change;
EX: den Ton ändern: to alter one’s tone; sich ändern in: to change into

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=73 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=72 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=72#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:18:58 +0000 HAG MOVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=72 Derivation: process of creating new words from existing ones by adding affixes;
EX: love → lovable (affixe: -able), glory → glorify (affixe: -fy)

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=72 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=71 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=71#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:10:57 +0000 HAG AMIMALAMI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=71 Propertius, Elegies (II.viii.3):
“Nullae sunt inimicitiae nisi amoris acerbae.” [no hate is implacable except that of love]

]]> http://interdisciplinarity.com/?feed=rss2&p=71 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=70 http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=70#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:24:26 +0000 HAG POVI http://interdisciplinarity.com/?p=70 Virgil, Eclogue VIII (v. 63):
“Non omnia possumus omnes.” [we can’t all do everything]

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