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A contronym, contranym or autantonym[1] is a word with two meanings that are opposite each other. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together". This phenomenon is called enantiosemy,[2][3] enantionymy (enantio- means "opposite"), antilogy or autantonymy. An enantiosemic term is by definition polysemic.
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Polysemy (/pəˈlɪsɪmi/ or /ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi/;[1][2] from Ancient Greek πολύ- (polý-) 'many', and σῆμα (sêma) 'sign') is the capacity for a sign (e.g. a symbol, a morpheme, a word, or a phrase) to have multiple related meanings. For example, a word can have several word senses.[3] Polysemy is distinct from monosemy, where a word has a single meaning.[3]
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A lexical conception of polysemy was developed by B. T. S. Atkins, in the form of lexical implication rules.[20] These are rules that describe how words, in one lexical context, can then be used, in a different form, in a related context. A crude example of such a rule is the pastoral idea of "verbizing one's nouns": that certain nouns, used in certain contexts, can be converted into a verb, conveying a related meaning.[21]
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A polysemic sculpture representing an owl, with a crescent moon and four-and five-pointed stars on one side and a pecked pit surrounded by concentric polished and pecked zones that probably represent the sun in the centre of parhelia or 'sundogs'. The height is the same as the depth, completing the sculpture's allusion to celestial orbs by making the body nearly circular. The facial structure is reminiscent of both the 'avian sceptres' and standing sculptures or 'betyls' of the central Sahara while the representations on the flanks recall the 'eyed cobbles' (Fig. 4A-F), revealing affiliations among the three genres. 16 cm in diameter, private collection.
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A chiral molecule or ion exists in two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other, called enantiomers; they are often distinguished as either "right-handed" or "left-handed" by their absolute configuration or some other criterion. The two enantiomers have the same chemical properties, except when reacting with other chiral compounds. They also have the same physical properties, except that they often have opposite optical activities. A homogeneous mixture of the two enantiomers in equal parts is said to be racemic, and it usually differs chemically and physically from the pure enantiomers.
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Mirror text generator is a tool that flips your normal written text. It produces the mirrored image of the text by flipping the letters. A reflection of the flipped text in a mirror looks perfectly normal.
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Notably, Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his personal notes in this way.[1
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Mirror neurons are one of the most important discoveries in the last decade of neuroscience. These are a variety of visuospatial neurons which indicate fundamentally about human social interaction. Essentially, mirror neurons respond to actions that we observe in others. The interesting part is that mirror neurons fire in the same way when we actually recreate that action ourselves. Apart from imitation, they are responsible for myriad of other sophisticated human behavior and thought processes. Defects in the mirror neuron system are being linked to disorders like autism. This review is a brief introduction to the neurons that shaped our civilization.
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We then discuss three ways of improving underlying terminological and definitional problems: (1) issues with English and polysemy, (2) overlapping aspects of similar mechanisms, and (3) unclear definitions.
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“The most extraordinary instance of imitation that I ever met… [the caterpillar] startled me by its resemblance to a small snake.” (Bates, 1862, p. 509). Mimicking the predator's own predator may cause false identification of the caterpillar, causing a bird to break its attack and retreat.
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Notes:...that's a lot...Contronyms showed up on a facebook page while I was browsing and wondering what to go on and on about...Contronyms are like one word double words...bolt bolt...but bolt has two meanings that are direct opposites, sorta...bolt:a fastener, bolt: a leap away free...bolt...one word, a Janus word...there are lists of them!...to make camouflage coloration plants and animals see their surrounding and copy paste!...mimicry and imprint...that last quote laments English can't handle all the things going on in Nature...and as I thought, notions from linguistics get borrowed...that happens too, in all kinds of fields, like archaeological artifacts, their art symbolism...binary google searches have, oh I wish I could imprint the words, I just keep ghists, searches have like sets, multivalent meanings!...and contour rivalry, apophenia, are in play going from one search up to another!...way too much...
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