Entertainment / Literature / Impersonal Verb Construction: A verb used without a subject or with a largely non-referential 'it' as the subject. For instance, 'It is raining.'
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Impersonal Adjective Synonyms: detached, objective, disinterested, fair, equitable, dispassionate, unprejudiced, unbiased
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Entertainment / Literature / Impersonal Verb: A verb without a real subject--see 'impersonal verb construction,' below. MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Reverb: Abbreviation for reverberation, a complex blend of multiple interacting reflections within an enclosed space which combines with the direct sound from a source and defines the character of the sound i MORE
Technology / Home Audio / Reverberant Field: The sound field that exists when the reflected sound at a listening position predominates over the direct sound from the source. This contrasts with near field effects. Layout, reflectivity and spatia MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Reflexive Construction: A verb combined with a reflexive pronoun functioning as the direct object. For instance, in Spanish, Yo me llavo (I wash myself'). In English, this often creates a redundant phrase, such as 'I repent MORE
Entertainment / Literature / Reconstruction: A hypothetical earlier form of a word that probably existed, but for which no direct evidence is available. Linguists normally mark reconstructions by placing an asterisk in front of them. This marks MORE
Business / Finance / Overbought-Oversold Indicator: An indicator that attempts to define when prices have moved too far and too fast in either direction and thus are vulnerable to reaction. MORE