Definition: Xenobot, Caryatid, Volute

Caryatid

Stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building

 

Volute

A spiral scroll characteristic of Ionic capitals and also used in Corinthian and composite capitals

 

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Definition: Stylobate, Triglyph, Metope

Stylobate

Continuous base supporting a row of columns in classical Greek architecture

 

Triglyph

A tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves in Ancient Greek architecture, alternating with metopes

 

Metope

Square or rectangular space between triglyphs in a Doric frieze, sometimes decorated with relief carvings

 

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Definition: Screenome, Palestra, Thangka, Samsara, Myrolaban

Thangka

Tibetan Buddhist painting on cotton, silk appliqué, usually depicting a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala (also tangka and thanka)

 

Samsara

Sanskrit word that means “wandering” or “world”, with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change

 

Myrobalan

Can refer to several unrelated fruit-bearing plant species: Myrobalan Plum (also called Cherry plum), emblic myrobalan (also called Amla and Amalaki), Beleric Myrobalan (also called Bibhitaki), and Black Myrobalan (also called Haritaki and Chebulic myrobalans)

 

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Definition: Aegis, Gigantomachty, Under Someone’s Aegis

Aegis

Animal skin, shield, or breastplate, sometimes bearing the head of a Gorgon, borne by Athena and Zeus

 

Under Someone’s Aegis

doing something under the protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source

 

Gigantomachy

The most important battle in Greek mythology, between the Titans/Giants, and Olympian Gods

 

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Definition: Entasis, Cella, Conditional or Situational Ethics, Renormalizing

Cella

Inner chamber of a temple in classical architecture, or a shop facing the street in domestic Roman architecture

 

Entasis

A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft

 

Conditional or situational ethics

Ethics that vary pending conditions and/or situations, intentionally by people rationalizing it out, or unintentionally as in hot-cold empathy gap

 

Renormalization

Procedure in quantum field theory by which divergent parts of a calculation, leading to nonsensical infinite results, are absorbed by redefinition into a few measurable quantities, so yielding finite answer

 

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