Author: Saroj Kumari
Apocrypha Meaning In search of the origin of the word apocryphal we must go back to the Greek word “apokryphos” with the meaning of hidden. From Greek, it passed into Latin as “apocryphus” to be taken into our language. Its use is very common in the religious field, to designate sacred texts not made known (hidden) as they are not included in the Bible, which are supposedly kept secret because they contradict some substantial ideas of Christianity or tell fantastic or magical facts, or They are not very clear in their writing. The canonical gospels, on the contrary, belong to…
Abduction Meaning Abduction from the Latin “abductio” means separation, and implies in Biology, a transverse movement by which a part of the body makes an erect movement with respect to the median plane that imaginary divides the body into two halves. Adduction is the movement that opposes abduction, which involves approaching the plane of symmetry. The deltoid muscle is an abductor muscle of the shoulder that allows the arm to be raised. In the field of Science Fiction and stories from people who claim to have suffered this type of experiences, the term abduction is applied to the act of…
FTAA Meaning FTAA(Free Trade Area of the Americas) is an acronym that designates the Free Trade Area of the Americas. It was about the implementation of a project by which in all of America (except Cuba) taxes on import and export of products and raw materials would be progressively reduced until they were freed and investment would be accentuated, for the benefit of all member countries. However, the movement of people is not included in that freedom. The origin dates back to the end of 1994, with the participation of 34 countries, and its headquarters was in Miami. The FTAA…
Apocope Meaning The word apocope recognizes its etymological origin in the Greek word “apokope”, formed by “apo” whose meaning is to separate, and “kope” which refers to the effect of breaking. It is used in Grammar to make words shorter and can be used as a literary resource, in the so-called figures of speech. The loss of letters or syllables occurs in the apocope, at the end of the words, since if it occurred at the beginning, it would be called apheresis, and if it were in the middle, it would be called syncopation. It is accepted in some cases,…
Abdomen Meaning From Latin, and more precisely from the word abdõmen, is where the concept in question comes from abdomen. This term is used in the field of Anatomy to refer to the synonym of belly, which is a cavity that exists in the body of vertebrate beings. In the case of humans, it is located between the lower surface of the thorax and the upper surface of the pelvis, and the lower extremities. It must also be emphasized that said cavity is made up of two clearly differentiated parts: on the one hand, there is the one that is…