Latintos

Latintos stands for "language transformations in texts and open sources." The LATINTOS BLOG highlights different spellings and different meanings of words, phrases and abbreviations as well as their origin. Latintos compares words in different contexts and different languages including scientific and formal languages. Further, name construction is analyzed and applications of systematic names and nomenclature systems are monitored.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Postperovskite, a high-density material named after the mineral perovskite

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Perovskite , CaTiO 3 , is a naturally occurring mineral with a hardness of 5.5 on Mohs scale and a specific gravity of 4.0 [1]. It was firs...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Atlantic Puffins and puffineers

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The word puffineer is derived from the noun puffin, denoting seabird species in the auk family (Alcinae). During summer months, puffineers...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Short notation in chemistry: HBOB for bis(oxalato)boric acid

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Bis(oxalato)boric acid ( HBOB ) is an organoborate acid. It consists formally of a proton and a boron(3+) cation that is chelated by two bi...
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Thursday, May 6, 2010

An acronym in economics and geopolitics: BRIC for Brazil, Russia, India and China

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B razil , R ussia , I ndia and C hina are commonly referred to as BRIC to highlight their economical development and their advances in t...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

A new acronym in economics and geopolitics: PIIGS for Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain

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The PIIGS nations are P ortugal, I reland, I taly, G reece and S pain. These five European countries—all in the Mediterranean region, excep...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

A kangaroo rat named after naturalist Adolphus Lewis Heermann

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Kangaroo rats are small rodents. Their tail is longer than their body and their long hind legs make them powerful jumpers. They are found in...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Acronym in materials science: LAMOX for lanthanum molybdenum oxide

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In chemistry and materials science, the term LAMOX stands for lanthanum molybdenum oxide . In particular, the name LAMOX refers to a materi...
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