- ἐφήμερος,
ephemeros "short-lived" (literally "lasting a day", cf.
English "
ephemeral"), and πτερόν, pteron, "wing",
referring to the
brief lifespan of adults...
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Sponsored film, or
ephemeral film, as
defined by film
archivist Rick Prelinger, is a film made by a
particular sponsor for a
specific purpose other than...
- Turretin's De
Libro Vitae. The
general meaning is that
spoken words are
ephemeral, and
easily forgotten or disputed, but
writing can be
relied on to prove...
- Sagan's 1994 book, Pale Blue Dot, as
representing humanity's
minuscule and
ephemeral place amidst the cosmos.
Voyager 1 was
launched on
September 5, 1977,...
-
mortality or the
generational hypothesis). A
generational GC (also
known as
ephemeral GC)
divides objects into
generations and, on most cycles, will
place only...
-
genre with
roles in
House of Wax (1953), The
Fly (1958),
House on
Haunted Hill (1959),
Return of the
Fly (1959), The
Tingler (1959), The Last Man on Earth...
- "Western
Gondwana non-marine
ostracods from
Early Cretaceous low-latitude
ephemeral lake,
northeastern Brazil".
Journal of
South American Earth Sciences....
- seen on
tombstones dating from the
Middle Ages,
meant to
outline the
ephemerality of life.
hominem pagina nostra sapit It is of man that my page smells...
- a red
breast heralding spring.
Likewise Trillium e**** is a
spring ephemeral plant whose life-cycle is
synchronized with that of the
forests in which...
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Ephemeral architecture had a
special relevance in the
Spanish Baroque, as it
fulfilled diverse aesthetic, political,
religious and
social functions. On...
