Saturday, December 29, 2007

Definitions

Sleep start – the weird – and very common – phenomenon of experiencing a sudden contraction of the muscles while falling asleep. Seeing a flash of bright light is a visual sleep start, and hearing a loud noise is an auditory sleep start. The sensations are usually meaningless, but mention them to your doctor, just in case.

Anarthrous - Without the article. In reference to a noun. Anarthrous nouns are generally translated in English with the indefinite article ("a, an"). However, some anarthrous nouns are qualitative and are often translated without an article. See Articular.
ADJECTIVE: 1. Linguistics Occurring without an article. Used especially of Greek nouns. 2. Zoology Lacking joints.
ETYMOLOGY: From Greek anarthros, not articulated : an-, without; see a–1 + arthron, joint; see ar- in Appendix I.

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