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Defenestration. Matthäus Merian 's impression of the 1618 Defenestration of Prague. Defenestration (from Neo-Latin de fenestrā [1]) is the act of throwing someone or something out of a window. [2] The term was coined around the time of an incident in Prague Castle in the year 1618 which became the spark that started the Thirty Years' War.
Time perception. In psychology and neuroscience, time perception or chronoception is the subjective experience, or sense, of time, which is measured by someone's own perception of the duration of the indefinite and unfolding of events. [1] [2] [3] The perceived time interval between two successive events is referred to as perceived duration.
The English language-word window originates from the Old Norse vindauga, from vindr 'wind' and auga 'eye'. [3] In Norwegian, Nynorsk, and Icelandic, the Old Norse form has survived to this day (in Icelandic only as a less used word for a type of small open "window", not strictly a synonym for gluggi, the Icelandic word for 'window' [4]).
If you’re aiming to exercise for weight loss, one window of time may be optimal, a new study suggests. Past data has been mixed, but the latest research has fresh clues.
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
The transfer of a creative work or story, fiction or nonfiction, whole or in part, to a motion picture format; i.e. the reimagining or rewriting of an originally non-film work with the specific intention of presenting it in the form of a film. aerial perspective. aerial shot.
Pomodoro Technique. A pomodoro kitchen timer. The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. [ 1] It uses a kitchen timer to break work into intervals, typically 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a pomodoro, from the Italian word for tomato, after the ...
Critical windows in emergency medicine Illustration of a short gamma-ray burst, a transient astronomical event caused by a collapsing star. A window of opportunity, also called a margin of opportunity or critical window, is a period of time during which some action can be taken that will achieve a desired outcome. Once this period is over, or ...