NAWL 5 (201 -250)

embed

(v.) to fix something inside something else

acute

(adj.) very serious or severe; in maths: an angle < 90 degrees

utility

(n.) being useful; a public service such as gas, water, or electricity that is used by everyone

complement

(n.) something needed to complete or make perfect

leaf

(n.) the green part of a tree or plant

verbal

(adj.) concerning words

aggregate

(adj.) total amount

equality

(n.) the idea that all people are the same

corpus

(n.) a body; in linguistics: a body of words

organ

(n.) - in biology: a grouping of tissues into a structure such as a heart or kidney

gradient

(n.) a measure of how steep a road is; in science: the rate of change of something such as temperature or pressure

methodology

(n.) a system of practices, techniques, procedures, and rules that guide a discipline.

entity

(n.) something that is real

tumor

(n.) a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably

fiber

(n.) a thin, threadlike part of an animal hair or plant tissue; an artificial thread; body cells that form muscles and nerves; a food substance

paradigm

(n.) a set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining something

psychology

(n.) the study of the mind and how it affects behaviour

infinite

(adj.) without an end

diverse

(adj.) very different from each other

diagnostic

(adj.) finding a problem, such as a physical or mental problem

continuity

(n.) a situation in which something happens or exists for a long time without stopping or changing

variability

(n.) the fact that something is not always the same; in statistics: the degree to which scores in a frequency distribution depart from the central value

outer

(adj.) on or around something

notation

(n.) a set of written signs or shapes that are used in music or mathematics

probe

(n.) a system or piece of equipment that is used to get information; in medicine: a long thin instrument used for looking inside your body

migration

(n.) the process by which people or animals move to another place

mathematical

(adj.) concerning mathematics

likelihood

(n.) the chance that something might happen

comparable

(adj.) similar to another thing, so that it is reasonable to compare them

magnitude

(n.) size or importance

array

(n.) a large group of people or things; a regular order or arrangement; in maths: a series of figures.

inclusion

(n.) something or someone that is added or included

emission

(n.) a substance, especially a gas, that goes into the air

inference

(n.) an opinion that you form based on information you already have

non

a prefix meaning 'not', e.g. non-alcoholic

consciousness

(n.) awake, able to hear, see, and think

simultaneously

(adv.) at the same time as

disturbance

(n.) a noise or something that stops you from continuing what you were doing

hierarchy

(n.) a system for organizing people or things according to their importance

rotation

(n.) movement in a circle around a central point

validity

(n.) how true something is; in statistics: the ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure.

periodic

(adj.) happening regularly, but not frequently

archaeology

(n.) the study of ancient societies by looking at old tools, bones and buildings

atom

(n.) the smallest unit; consisting of a nucleus (protons and neutrons) with electrons travelling around it

modification

(n.) a small change to a machine, system, or plan

partition

(n.) a wall, screen, or piece of glass used to separate one area from another

initiate

(v.) to start

autonomy

(n.) the power to make independant decisions

inhibit

(v.) to make it difficult for a process to start or continue in a normal way

consonant

(n.) a speech sound; any letter in the alphabet that is not a vowel.