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• Expressive aphasia — Classification and external resources Broca s area and Wernicke s area ICD 10 F80 …   Wikipedia

• Expressive therapy — Expressive therapy, also known as expressive arts therapy or creative arts therapy, is the use of the creative arts as a form of therapy. Unlike traditional art expression, the process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product.… …   Wikipedia

• Expressive potential — is the degree to which a given music control interface (input device) enables a musician to control musical expression. An interface with low expressive potential enables control over a narrow range of musical expression, no matter how virtuosic… …   Wikipedia

• Expressive — Ex*press ive, a. [Cf. F. expressif.] 1. Serving to express, utter, or represent; indicative; communicative; followed by of; as, words expressive of his gratitude. [1913 Webster] Each verse so swells expressive of her woes. Tickell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• expressive — expressive, eloquent, significant, meaningful, pregnant, sententious mean clearly conveying or manifesting a thought, idea, or feeling or a combination of these. Something is expressive which vividly or strikingly represents the thoughts,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• expressive — ex·pres·sive adj 1: of or relating to expression 2: serving to express or represent expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment ex·pres·sive·ly adv ex·pres·sive·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …   Law dictionary

• Expressive timing — refers to the musical phenomenon whereby a performer introduces subtle temporal nuances to an otherwise metronomic ( perfectly timed) interpretation. This is also referred to as microtiming or microrhythm. For instance, a pianist might introduce… …   Wikipedia

• expressive — [ek spres′iv, ikspres′iv] adj. [ME < ML expressivus] 1. of or characterized by expression 2. that expresses or shows; indicative (of) [a song expressive of joy] 3. full of meaning or feeling [an expressive nod] expressively adv. expressiveness …   English World dictionary

• expressive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) effectively conveying thought or feeling. 2) (expressive of) conveying (a quality or idea). DERIVATIVES expressively adverb expressiveness noun expressivity noun …   English terms dictionary

• expressive of opinion — index advisory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• expressive — c.1400, tending to press out, Fr. expressif, from expres clear, plain, from stem of L. exprimere (see EXPRESS (Cf. express) (v.)). Meaning full of expression is from 1680s. Related: Expressively; expressiveness …   Etymology dictionary