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English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
English-german technical dictionary. 2013.
Whiteness — In colorimetry, whiteness is the degree to which a surface is white. An example of its use might be to quantitatively compare two pieces of paper which appear white viewed individually, but not when juxtaposed.The International Commission on… … Wikipedia
Definitions of whiteness in the United States — The cultural boundaries separating White Americans from other racial or ethnic categories are contested and always changing. David R. Roediger argues that the construction of the white race in the United States was an effort to mentally distance… … Wikipedia
papermaking — [pā′pər māk΄iŋ] n. the making of paper papermaker n. * * * pa·per·mak·ing (pāʹpər mā kĭng) n. The process or craft of making paper. paʹper·mak er n. * * * Introduction formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres,… … Universalium
Leucoscope — Leu co*scope (l[=u] k[ o]*sk[=o]p), n. [Leuco + scope.] (Physics) An instrument, devised by Professor Helmholtz, for testing the color perception of the eye, or for comparing different lights, as to their constituent colors or their relative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lightness — noun a) the condition of being illuminated Seneca [...] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise? b) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour … Wiktionary
Walter Burley, Peter Aureoli and Gregory of Rimini — Stephen Brown THE END OF THE GREAT ERA Immediately after the glorious age of Bonaventure and Thomas Aquinas, the University of Paris, as we have seen, had a number of outstanding teachers. Henry of Ghent, following in the path of Bonaventure, was … History of philosophy
White people — Whites redirects here. For other uses, see White (disambiguation). Race … Wikipedia
White privilege — is a sociological concept that describes advantages purportedly enjoyed by white persons beyond that which is commonly experienced by non white people in those same social, political, and economic spaces (nation, community, workplace, income, etc … Wikipedia
Theodore W. Allen — Theodore William Allen (August 23, 1919 January 19, 2005) was an independent, self educated, working class intellectual, writer, and activist and the author of the two volume history The Invention of the White Race. His many writings and seminal… … Wikipedia
Twelfth century (The) — The twelfth century John Marenbon INTRODUCTION The twelfth century began and ended with events which mark it off, at least symbolically, as a discrete period in the history of Western philosophy. It was in about 1100 that Abelard the most wide… … History of philosophy
Categories (Stoic) — The term Stoic Categories refers to Stoic ideas regarding Categories: the most fundamental classes of being for all things. The Stoics believed there were four categories (substance, quality, disposition, relative dispostion) which were the… … Wikipedia