- splitting of differences
- распределение разниц
English-Russian IT glossary. 2014.
splitting of differences
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splitting — 1) separating species on minor differences. The converse is lumping; 2) often carried out before salting or drying, a gutted fish is cut partly through exposing some or all of the backbone, with the head on or off. There are various commercial… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Narcissism of small differences — The Narcissism of small differences is a term coined by Sigmund Freud in 1917, based on the earlier work of British anthropologist Ernest Crawley. Crawley, in language which differs only slightly from the current terminology of psychoanalysis,… … Wikipedia
hair-splitting — noun the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people. Dicks Tribune poked endless fun at the hair splitting sectarianism of the various Trotskyist groups jostling on the fringes… … Wiktionary
hair-splitting — n [U] when people pay too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument →split hairs at ↑split1 (8) … Dictionary of contemporary English
hair-splitting — hair split|ting [ her ,splıtıŋ ] noun uncount the activity of arguing about unimportant details or differences … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hair-splitting — noun (U) the act of paying too much attention to small differences and unimportant details, especially in an argument see also: split hairs split 1 (7) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hair-splitting — UK / US noun [uncountable] the activity of arguing about unimportant details or differences … English dictionary
cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… … Universalium
Lumpers and splitters — Lumping and splitting refers to a well known problem in any discipline which has to place individual examples into rigorously defined categories. The lumper/splitter problem occurs when there is the need to create classifications and assign… … Wikipedia
transition element — Chem. any element in any of the series of elements with atomic numbers 21 29, 39 47, 57 79, and 89 107, that in a given inner orbital has less than a full quota of electrons. Also called transition metal. [1920 25] * * * Any chemical element with … Universalium
evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… … Universalium
