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.

Friday, December 31, 2010

Materpiscis attenboroughi, a fish fossil named in honor of British nature presenter David Attenborough

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John A. Long describes his Eureka! moment, which he had while examining an extraordinarily preserved fish fossil he and his team found at t...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Acronym in quantum chromodynamics: CQM for constituent quark model

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In physics, CQM stands for constituent quark model , which has its origin in the quark hypothesis proposed in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann and ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Size-defining prefixes: mega, macro, meio and micro

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Size-defining prefixes are in common use. Words like megabyte and microchip come immediately to mind. The prefix meio is somewhat different...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Ein Frosch sitzt im Schnee...

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Ein Frosch sitzt im Schnee. Der Frost tut ihm nicht weh; Denn er ist eine Skulptur Und wartet auf Neujahr nur. Mehr zu diesem Frosch und sei...

A frog is sitting on a wall ...

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A frog is sitting on a wall, while the snow continues to fall. Snow makes him disappear. He'll still sit there next year. Find out more ...
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Unexplained unexpectedness: deus ex machina

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The expression deus ex machina denotes a sudden solution to a plot or problem, which comes as a surprise to those who merely know the plot ...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

A dinosaur named Sinosauropteryx, meaning “Chinese lizard wing”

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Modern birds are descendants of Maniraptoran dinosaurs, according to the current knowledge in paleontology. The evolutionary path from dinos...
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