Entertainment / Baseball / Closer: Relief pitcher who specialises in pitching the last few outs of a game. General used to hold a lead in the late innings of a game.
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Entertainment / Literature / Rondeau: A short poem consisting of ten, thirteen, or fifteen lines using only two rhymes which concludes each section with an abbreviated line that serves as a refrain. We can see an example of the rondeau in MORE
Technology / Motorcycle / Arenacross: Arenacross is a variant of Supercross performed inside athletic arenas. These shows are promoted by large companies and attract large audiences and TV coverage. The jumps are more spectacular and clos MORE
Entertainment / Photography / IF (Internal Focusing): System in which only the internal lens group shifts during focusing. If benefits include focusing without changing the physical length of a lens body, faster focusing, reduced diameter of the focusing MORE
Lifestyle / Painting / Foreground: The area of a painting closest to the viewer. In a landscape this would include the area from the viewer to the middle distance. See Background, Middle ground. MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Platonic: In common usage, people often use the word 'platonic' to mean 'intellectual rather than physical.' Thus, a Platonic love-affair is one in which the couple is attracted to each other for mental or psyc MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Palatalization: In linguistics, the process of making a sound more palatal--i.e., moving the blade of the tongue closer to the hard palate. MORE