Essays Tagged: "latin word"

Acupuncture

sites of the body. Acupuncture may also followmany other forms. The word acupuncture comes from the Latinword acus, meaning needle, and pungere, meaning puncture. TheChinese call acupuncture Chen Chiu ...

(2 pages) 74 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Definition of education

f teaching and learning, according to the American Heritagedictionary. Its etymology comes from the Latin word 'educatio which means to bringup'1 But what does that tell us. It says to me that educati ...

(3 pages) 389 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Calculus

, such as thelanding on the moon, would have been difficult.The word 'calculus' originated from the Latin word meaning pebble. This is probablybecause people many years ago used pebbles to count and d ...

(2 pages) 211 1 3.1 Sep/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Explain the basis of the Jacobite movement in Scotland

The term Jacobite is taken from the Latin word Jacobus, meaning James, so Jacobites are the people committed to the return of the Stuart ... is reign, including the infamous Guy Fawkes. James also passed an act of parliament in 1611 to have Latin Bibles translated into English.In 1625 Charles I came to the throne and married the Roman Cath ...

(8 pages) 52 0 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Integrity and Leaders

Edition of Webster's Dictionary has a simple definition: honest character. Integrity comes from the Latin word integer, meaning whole number. The concept of wholeness comes from one's own personal dec ...

(2 pages) 171 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Politicians

Tort law in Canada and what this area of law is all about.

rson the chance to receive compensation from the person who caused the injury. Tort is taken from a Latin word tortus which means wrong. In French, "tort" also means a "wrong." It is very hard to get ...

(4 pages) 90 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

The way Christianity viewed the Jews throught out the ages.

ent from ours.A major aspect of the Shoah and genocide is supersessionism. This word comes from the Latin word to sit upon or to rule over, is the belief that because the Jews didn't accept Jesus Chri ...

(5 pages) 80 1 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Biology notes on viruses.

he agent could reproduce only inside the living cells it infected. They called the agent a virus, a Latin word meaning "poison."The true nature of viruses was discovered in 1933 when the biologist Wen ...

(5 pages) 79 1 3.2 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease.

for smallpox disease, and the only prevention is vaccination. The name smallpox is derived from the Latin word for "spotted" and refers to the raised bumps that appear on the face and body of an infec ...

(2 pages) 60 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Basic Facts About Iron.

in the Earth's crust and the second most abundant metal. Its chemical symbol, Fe, is taken from the Latin word ferrum.Metal is chemically active and is found in nature combined with other elements in ...

(3 pages) 43 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

This is a full report on elemental Mercury.

ered. All we know is that it was discovered in ancient times. The atomic symbol, Hg, comes from the Latin word "hydrargyrum" which means "liquid silver". It is named after the planet Mercury.Mercury w ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

This is a full report on elemental Mercury.

ered. All we know is that it was discovered in ancient times. The atomic symbol, Hg, comes from the Latin word "hydrargyrum" which means "liquid silver". It is named after the planet Mercury.Mercury w ...

(1 pages) 26 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Definition of depreciation, facts and causes.

The word 'Depreciation' has been derived from the Latin word 'Depretium' which means 'decline in price' or 'value'. Depreciation relates to fixed asse ...

(3 pages) 133 1 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

What is Satire Literture

s. The word satire derived from both the Greek satura meaning a "medley" or "mixture" and a similar Latin word connoting "satiation". (Pp 159 Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia)Satire has surpassed many ...

(2 pages) 60 1 2.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

All about Australia

The name of Australia comes from the Latin word Australis, which means southern. Since it lies entirely in the southern hemisphere, Austr ... t people in Australia are called Aborigines, and are of the mongoloid race. The name comes from the Latin phrase ab origine, meaning from the beginning. Most scientists believe today's Aborigine desce ...

(8 pages) 150 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Acid

Acid comes from the Latin word acere, which means sour. In dilute concentrations acids are responsible for the sour tast ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Prejudice

The word 'prejudice' derives from the Latin word pre-judicium. Literally it means 'pre-judgment'. In Rome, laws were different for the upp ...

(13 pages) 410 1 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The aquisition of Prejudice

The Acquisition of PrejudiceThe word 'prejudice' comes from the Latin word pre-judicium, which means 'pre-judgment'. Without examining a person on his or her own wo ...

(2 pages) 100 2 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Osteoporosis

rittle and frail making them more susceptible to brakeage (AAOS, 2000). Osteoporosis comes from the Latin word meaning "porous bones" (FDA, 2001). "Bones consist of a matrix of fibres of the tough pro ...

(9 pages) 140 0 0.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

European Castles of the Medieval Era

es.WHAT IS A CASTLE?As you probably already know, or have inferred, the word, "castle" comes from a Latin word meaning "fortress". With their origin stretching back to the ninth century, castles were ...

(8 pages) 66 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History