Cacophony is the dissonance that produces the inharmonious combination of sounds in a word or phrase. The word, as such, comes from the Greek κακοφωνία (kakophonia), which is composed with the roots κακός (kakós), which means ‘bad’ or ‘unpleasant’, and φωνή (phoné) that translates ‘sound’. Cacophony can occur as a result of unnecessary, exaggerated or close repetition of […]
Biofuel is a term used to refer to all those fuels produced from biomass, that is, waste from plant organisms available in the current environment. Biofuel components usually come from oilseeds, corn, sugarcane, wheat, cassava or cassava, soy or soy, eucalyptus, palm trees, sunflower, pine and algae oil. As we can see on digopaul.com, the […]
Agriculture is the part of the primary sector formed by agriculture and livestock or livestock responsible for obtaining natural resources for the production of consumer goods and raw materials, used in the preparation of products of great importance for modern life, which constitutes the secondary sector. The agricultural activity had its beginnings in the Neolithic period. As such, the […]
Open is the execution of an action in order to discover something that was closed or that was not accessible to the naked eye. The word open derives from the Latin aperire. It is a regular verb whose participle is open and gerund is opening. It is conjugated like all verbs with ending -ir. For example, in the present tense it […]
Ab ovo is a Latin phrase that means ‘from the beginning’. It is composed with the Latin preposition ab , which means ‘from’, and the noun ovo , which translates ‘egg’, that is, from the egg, from the most remote origin, from the beginning of everything. The expression was taken from Horacio, who uses it to contrast the way in which Homer approached […]
As abortion is called the interruption of pregnancy before twenty – third week of gestation. It can be caused by natural causes, spontaneously, or deliberately induced. The word comes from the Latin abortus, which means ‘birth deprivation’. The issue of abortion has always been very controversial, and involves a series of ethical, moral and legal considerations, as well as social, economic or religious ones. There are differentiated […]
Aboriginal refers to all those beings who are originally from where they live, regardless of whether they are human, animal or plant. The word, as such, is the singular formed from the Latin aboriginal plural , which means ‘from the origins’. Aboriginal is also a usual term to contrast the inhabitant who is a descendant of the original inhabitants of a […]
Abbreviations are shortened words or acronyms of expressions that are used to use due to the speed with which we communicate today through social networks. Therefore, written language has been significantly modified, and users make significant use of abbreviations or acronyms daily in their communications. Thus, the use of abbreviations has been extended in the various social networks, […]