Semantics

Entertainment / Literature / Semantics: The study of actual meaning in languages--especially the meanings of individual words and word combinations in phrases and sentences--as opposed to other linguistic aspects like grammar, morphology, etymology, and syntax.
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General Semantics

Entertainment / Literature / General Semantics: According to Algeo, 'A linguistic philosophy emphasizing the arbitrary nature of language to clarify thinking' (319). MORE

Stress

Health / Dentistry / Stress: Normally defined in terms of mechanical tensile stress which is the form divided by the perpendicular cross sectional area over which the force is applied. MORE

Figure Of Speech

Entertainment / Literature / Figure Of Speech: A scheme or a trope used for rhetorical or artistic effect. See figurative language, above. MORE