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41 फलकम् _phalakam
फलकम् 1 A board, plank, slab, tablet; कालः काल्या भुवनफलके क्रीडति प्राणिशारैः Bh.3.39; द्यूत˚, चित्र˚ &c.-2 Any flat surface; चुम्ब्यमानकपोलफलकाम् K.218; धृत- मुग्धगण्डफलकैर्विबभुः Śi.9.47,37; cf. तट.-3 A shield; Rām.1.-4 A slab, tablet, leaf or page for writing upon.-5 The buttocks, hips.-6 The palm of the hand.-7 Fruit, result, consequence.-8 Profit, gain.-9 Menstruation.-1 The head of an arrow.-11 The pericarp of a lotus.-12 A broad and flat bone (of the forehead).-13 A wooden seat; तवार्हते तु फलकं कूर्चं वा$प्यथवा बृसी Mb.5.35.15.-14 Bark (as material for clothes).-Comp. -परिधानम् putting on a bark-gar- ment.-पुरम् N. of a town in the east of India; P. VI.2.11; cf. फलपुर.-पाणि a. armed with a shield (as a warrior).-यन्त्रम् an astronomical instrument invented by Bhāskarāchārya.-सक्थ a. having a thigh as broad as a board. -
42 occuper
occuper [ɔkype]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ appartement, place, surface] to occupyb. [+ moment, temps] to occupy• comment occuper ses loisirs ? how should one occupy one's free time?c. [+ poste, fonction, rang] to holdd. [+ personne] to keep busye. ( = envahir) [+ bâtiment, territoire] to occupy2. reflexive verba.s'occuper de qch ( = se charger de) to deal with sth ; ( = être chargé de) to be in charge of sth ; ( = s'intéresser à) to take an interest in sth• ne t'occupe pas de ça, c'est leur problème don't worry about that, it's their problem• t'occupe ! (inf!) none of your business! (inf)b. s'occuper de qn ( = se charger de) [+ enfants, malades] to look after sb ; [+ client] to attend to sb ; ( = être responsable de) [+ enfants, malades] to be in charge of sb• est-ce qu'on s'occupe de vous, Madame ? are you being served?c. ( = s'affairer) to occupy o.s.• s'occuper à faire qch to busy o.s. doing sth• s'occuper à qch to busy o.s. with sth* * *ɔkype
1.
1) ( se trouver dans) to live in, to occupy [appartement, maison]; to be in [douche, cellule]; to sit in, to occupy [siège]2) ( remplir) [local, meuble] to take up, to occupy [espace]; [activité] to take up, to fill [temps]le sport occupe une grande place dans ma vie — sport plays a large ou great part in my life
3) ( donner une activité à) to occupy [personne, esprit]ça m'occupe! — it keeps me occupied ou busy!
4) ( exercer) to have [emploi]; to hold [poste, fonctions]5) ( se rendre maître de) [grévistes, armée] to occupy [lieu]
2.
s'occuper verbe pronominal1) ( ne pas être oisif) to keep oneself busy ou occupied2) ( prendre en charge)s'occuper de — to see to, to take care of [dîner, billets]
3) ( consacrer ses efforts à)s'occuper de — to be dealing with [dossier]
4) ( prodiguer des soins à)s'occuper de — to take care of [enfant, animal, plante]; to attend to [client]
on s'occupe de vous? — Commerce are you being served?
5) ( avoir pour emploi)s'occuper de — to be in charge of [financement, bibliothèque]; to work with [handicapés, enfants]
6) ( se mêler)occupe-toi de tes affaires (colloq) or de ce qui te regarde! — (colloq) mind your own business! (colloq)
ne t'occupe pas de ça!, t'occupe! — (sl) keep your nose out! (colloq) GB, keep your butt out! (colloq) US
* * *ɔkype1. vt1) [lieu, place] to occupyIls occupaient les meilleures places. — They had the best seats., They were sitting in the best seats.
Il occupait la place du coin. — He was in the corner seat.
Le petit secrétaire occupait l'angle opposé. — The small writing desk stood in the opposite corner.
2) [appartement] to live in3) MILITAIRE, POLITIQUE, [territoire] to occupy4) [de la place] to take upÇa occupe trop de place. — It takes up too much room.
Ses livres occupaient toute la pièce du fond. — His books took up the entire back room.
5) [poste, fonction] to hold6) [main-d'œuvre] to employ7) (= distraire) to keep occupiedLes enfants ne sont pas faciles à occuper quand il pleut. — It's not easy to keep children occupied when it's raining.
2. vi* * *occuper verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( se trouver dans) [personne] to live in, to occupy [appartement, maison]; to be in, to occupy [douche, cellule]; to sit in, to occupy [siège]; les locataires qui occupent actuellement la villa the tenants who live in the villa at the moment; ça fait deux heures qu'il occupe la salle de bains he's been in the bathroom for two hours; il occupe les lieux depuis six mois he's been in the premises for six months; occuper la sixième place du classement/championnat to be sixth in the ranking/championship;2 ( remplir) [local, meuble] to take up, to occupy [espace]; [activité] to take up, to fill [temps]; le jardin potager occupe tout mon temps/trop de place the vegetable garden takes up all my time/too much space; aller au cinéma pour occuper la soirée to go to the cinema to fill the evening; Paul/le sport occupe une grande place dans sa vie Paul/sport plays a great part in his/her life; occuper son temps/ses journées à faire to spend one's time/one's days doing; à quoi occupes-tu tes soirées? how do you spend your evenings?;3 ( donner une activité à) to occupy [personne, esprit]; ça l'occupe! it keeps him/her occupied ou busy!; mes études m'occupent beaucoup my studies keep me very busy ou take up a lot of my time; le sujet qui nous occupe aujourd'hui the matter which we are dealing with today;4 ( exercer) to have [emploi]; to hold [poste, fonctions]; ceux qui occupent des emplois précaires those who have no job security; occuper le fauteuil présidentiel to be President;5 ( employer) [entreprise, secteur] to employ [personnes];6 ( se rendre maître de) [grévistes, armée] to occupy [lieu]; occuper les locaux to stage a sit-in; commencer à occuper le terrain fig to have a foot in the door.B s'occuper vpr1 ( ne pas être oisif) [personne] to keep oneself busy ou occupied; savoir s'occuper to know how to keep oneself busy; j'ai de quoi m'occuper I've got plenty to do; chercher/trouver à s'occuper to look for/find sth to do;2 ( prendre en charge) s'occuper de to see to, to take care of [dîner, billets]; je m'occupe de le leur faire savoir I'll see that they are told;3 ( consacrer ses efforts à) s'occuper de to be dealing with [dossier, question]; l'avocat qui s'est occupé/s'occupe de l'affaire the lawyer who dealt/is dealing with the case; il s'occupe de leur faire obtenir un visa he's trying to get them a visa;4 ( prodiguer des soins à) s'occuper de to take care of [enfant, animal, plante]; to attend to [client]; tu ne t'occupes pas assez de toi-même you don't take enough care of yourself; on s'occupe de vous? are you being attended to?; Comm are you being served?; je m'occupe de vous tout de suite I'll be with you in a minute;5 ( avoir pour emploi) s'occuper de to be in charge of [financement, bibliothèque]; to work with [handicapés, enfants];6 ( se mêler) s'occuper des affaires des autres to poke one's nose into other people's business○; occupe-toi de tes affaires○ or de ce qui te regarde○! mind your own business!; de quoi je m'occupe○! mind your own business!; ne t'occupe pas de ça!, t'occupe○! keep your nose out○! GB, keep your butt out○! US; ne t'occupe pas d'elle/de ce qu'elle dit don't take any notice of her/of what she says.[ɔkype] verbe transitif1. [donner une activité à]occuper quelqu'un to keep somebody busy ou occupied3. [remplir - un espace, une durée] to take up (inseparable)le bar occupe le fond de la pièce/trop de place the bar stands at the back of the room/takes up too much space4. [consacrer] to spend————————s'occuper verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)————————s'occuper de verbe pronominal plus prépositionqui s'occupe de votre dossier? who's dealing with ou handling your file?je m'en occuperai plus tard I'll see to ou attend to it laterje m'en occuperai dès demain matin I'll see to ou attend to ou take care of it first thing in the morningt'es-tu occupé des réservations/de ton inscription? did you see about the reservations/registering for your course?peux-tu t'occuper des invités pendant que je me prépare? would you look after ou see to the guests while I get ready?on s'occupe de vous, Madame? are you being served, Madam? -
43 पट्ट
paṭṭa
(esp.) a copper plate for inscribing royal grants orᅠ orders (cf. tāmra-);
the flat orᅠ level surface of anything (cf. lalāṭa-, ṡilā-) MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a bandage, ligature, strip, fillet (of cloth, leather etc.) MBh. Suṡr. ;
a frontlet, turban (5 kinds, viz. those of kings, queens, princes, generals, andᅠ the prasāda-paṭṭas, orᅠ turban of honour;
cf. VarBṛS. xlix),
tiara, diadem MBh. Kāv. Rājat. (ifc. f. ā);
cloth (= paṭa);
coloured orᅠ fine cloth, woven silk (= kauṡeya) Kāv. Pañc. (cf. cīna-p-, paṭṭâ̱ṉṡuka etc.);
an upper orᅠ outer garment Bhaṭṭ. ;
a place where 4 roads meet (= catush-patha) L. ;
Corchorus Olitorius W. ;
= vidūshaka Gal.;
N. of sev. men Rājat. ;
(ī) f. a forehead ornament L. ;
a horse's food-receptacle (= tāla-sāraka) L. ;
a species of Lodhra L. ;
a city, town (cf. - nivasana)
- पट्टकर्मन्
- पट्टकिल
- पट्टज
- पट्टतल्प
- पट्टदेवी
- पट्टदोल
- पट्टनिवसन
- पट्टबन्ध
- पट्टबन्धन
- पट्टमहादेवी
- पट्टमहिषी
- पट्टरङ्ग
- पट्टरञ्जक
- पट्टरञ्जन
- पट्टरञ्जनक
- पट्टराग
- पट्टराज्ञी
- पट्टलक्षण
- पट्टवस्त्र
- पट्टवासस्
- पट्टवासिता
- पट्टशाक
- पट्टशाटक
- पट्टशाला
- पट्टसूत्र
- पट्टस्थ
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44 फलक
phalaka
menstruation (cf. nava-phalikā);
( phálaka) n. (m. gaṇa ardharcâ̱di;
ifc. f. ā) a board, lath, plank, leaf. bench Br. GṛṠrS., etc.;
a slab orᅠ tablet (for writing orᅠ painting on;
alsoᅠ = page, leaf) Kāv. Yājñ. Sch. Lalit. ;
a picture (= citra-ph-). Mṛicch. IV, 3/4 ;
a gamingboard (cf. ṡāri-ph-);
a wooden bench MBh. ;
a slab at the base (of a pedestal;
cf. sphaṭika-ph-);
any flat surface (often in comp. with parts of the body, applied to broad flat bones cf. aṉsa-, phaṇā-, lalāṭa-ph- etc.);
the palm of the hand ṠBr. ;
the buttocks L. ;
the top orᅠ head of an arrow Kull. on Mn. VII, 90 ;
a shield MBh. ;
bark (as a material for clothes) MBh. Hariv. ;
the pericarp of a lotus Ṡiṡ. ;
= - yantra Gol.;
a layer W. ;
the stand on which a monk keeps his turban Buddh. ;
m. Mesua Roxburghii L. ;
(ā orᅠ ikā) f. seeᅠ below
- फलकपरिधान
- फलकपाणि
- फलकपुर
- फलकयन्त्र
- फलकसक्थ
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45 speculare
speculate (in in, su on)* * *speculare1 agg.1 specular, mirror-like, mirror (attr.): una superficie speculare, a mirror-like surface // immagine speculare, a mirror image // scrittura speculare, mirror writingspeculare2 v. intr.1 ( indagare con la ragione) to speculate (about sthg.); to meditate (upon sthg.): speculare sulla natura dell'universo, to speculate about the nature of the universe2 (comm., fin.) to speculate, to gamble, to play: speculare col denaro preso a prestito, to leverage // (Borsa): speculare in Borsa, to speculate (o to gamble o to job) on the Stock Exchange (o to play the market); speculare al rialzo, to bull (o to operate for a rise); speculare al ribasso, to bear (o to operate for a fall); speculare in Borsa in modo disonesto, to bucket3 ( approfittare) to trade on, to take* advantage of: speculare sugli errori di qlcu., to take advantage of s.o.'s mistakes; (comm.) speculare sulle difficoltà dei concorrenti, to trade on the competitors' difficulties◆ v.tr. ( indagare con l'intelletto) to speculate upon, about (sthg.); to meditate upon (sthg.): speculare le leggi della natura, to speculate upon the laws of nature.* * *I [speku'lare] vi1) Comm to speculate(
fig : approfittare) speculare su — to take advantage of2) FilosofiaII [speku'lare] aggspeculare (su) — to speculate (on o about)
(immagine, scrittura) mirror attr* * *I [speku'lare]1) filos. to speculate (su about, on)2) econ. to speculate (su in, on)speculare in borsa — to speculate on the Stock Exchange, to play the market
speculare al rialzo — to bull, to speculate for o on a rise
speculare al ribasso — to bear, to speculate for o on a fall
3) fig.II [speku'lare]speculare su — to play on [paure, pregiudizi]
aggettivo specular; [immagine, scrittura] mirror attrib.* * *speculare1/speku'lare/ [1](aus. avere)1 filos. to speculate (su about, on)2 econ. to speculate (su in, on); speculare in borsa to speculate on the Stock Exchange, to play the market; speculare al rialzo to bull, to speculate for o on a rise; speculare al ribasso to bear, to speculate for o on a fall3 fig. speculare su to play on [paure, pregiudizi].————————speculare2/speku'lare/specular; [immagine, scrittura] mirror attrib. -
46 определять
Определять - to determine, to estimate, to assess (расчётом, измерением); to infer (логически); to diagnose (диагностировать); to detect (обнаруживать); to identify (опознавать, выявлять); to control, to govern, to dictate, to dominate, to establish (обуславливать, играть главную роль); to define (формулировать), to measure (знания, способности)No capital cost penalty was assessed against this design. (Увеличение капитальных затрат для этой конструкции не определялось.)A second critical number at 2200 was inferred, based on further changes in the shape of the local mass transfer rate profile, to indicate the onset of vortex shedding in the separated region.Inasmuch as those measured values of the position cause greatly magnified errors in the second divided difference, it was possible to detect which measurements were not precisely correct.By this process, an axial station was identified at which the pure downstream motion was punctuated by the lunges of the reattachment zone.A similar result was reported in [...] for cantilever designs with short spans, where bearing deflection controls pinion motion. An opposite trend is displayed for the straddle where the shaft, stiffened by a decrease in length, dictates pinion deflection.However, manufacturing considerations will establish a minimum practical fin thickness.Finally, the convection currents become established and dominate the heat transfer.Also calculated were the transferred volume and the void volume, both of which will be defined in the section describing the transfer model.The testing measures your command of the English language in the areas of listening, reading, writing, and speaking.Определять(ся) поAs the fan blade material is titanium the pressure instrumented blades are identified magnetically by a flame sprayed soft iron patch applied to the blade tips.The temperature gradient on the surface can be determined from the temperature profile.System stability was indicated by a vanishing of the sustained oscillatory behavior and the reappearance of the inherent random fluctuations.Defect size can thus be measured by frequency as follows.F(Tw/T) was found to be unity in this regime if all properties were based on the film temperature.Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > определять
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47 graffiti
n. graffiti, graffito, drawing or writing which has been written or painted on a wall or other surface (usually in a public area) -
48 graffito
graffito, drawing or writing which has been written or painted on a wall or other surface (usually in a public area) -
49 kalkboord
n. chalkboard, blackboard, board with a smooth surface for writing on with chalk (generally used in classrooms) -
50 membrana
I.Lit.:B. II.natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit,
Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142:cerebri,
the membrane of the brain, meninges, Cels. 8, 4:membranis cicadae volant,
Plin. 11, 28, 33, § 96:membranis volant fragilibus insecta,
id. 11, 39, 94, § 228.—Transf.A.The thin skin of plants and other things, Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 88:B.corio et membrana Punica (teguntur),
id. 15, 28, 34, § 112:tenuissimis membranis velatur allium,
id. 19, 6, 34, § 111:putaminis ovi,
id. 29, 3, 11, § 46.—A skin prepared for writing, etc., parchment, Quint. 10, 3, 31:C.Homeri carmen in Membrana scriptum,
Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85: sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas, Hor. S. 2, 3, 2:Parrhasiae, for drawing,
Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68:croceae membrana tabellae,
Juv. 7, 23:quod in chartulis sive membranis meis aliquis scripserit, meum est,
Gai. Inst. 2, 77.—The surface, outside of a thing ( poet.):coloris,
Lucr. 4, 95.— Trop.:scies, sub ista tenui membrana dignitatis quantum mali jaceat,
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51 ἐπιγράφω
A mark the surface, graze,ὀϊστὸς ἐπέγραψε χρόα φωτός Il.4.139
, cf. 13.553, Poll.4.179; μιν ἐπιγράψας having put a mark on the lot, Il. 7.187; ἄκροις δακτύλοις ἐ. trifle with dishes, Luc.Am.42.—In Hom. the word has not the sense of writing.II. write upon, inscribe,γράμματα Hdt.3.88
;τάδε Id.4.88
;ἐ. ὀνομαστὶ τὰς πόλεις Th.1.132
, cf. D.59.97;ἐπίγραμμα ὃ.. προείλεθ' ἡ πόλις αὐτοῖς ἐπιγράψαι Id.18.289
: abs.,ἐ. τοῖς ἀναθήμασι IG12.76.43
; esp. write or place an epitaph on a tomb, ib.14.1835, al., 7.2543.9: [voice] Med., have inscribed, ἐπεγράφουτὴν Γοργόνα Ar.Ach. 1095
(with play on 111.5);ἐλεγεῖον Th.1.132
:—[voice] Pass., of the inscription, to be inscribed upon, ἐπιγέγραπταίοἱ τάδε Hdt.5.77
, cf. 7.228; ; [ἐπίγραμμα] ὃ Μίδᾳ φασὶν ἐπιγεγράφθαι over or on the tomb of Midas, Pl.Phdr. 264c; ἐπιστολὴ -γεγραμμένη addressed, of a letter, Plb.16.36.4, cf. Plu.Cic.15; also, to have something inscribed upon one, ἐπεγράφοντο ῥόπαλα, ὡς Θηβαῖοι ὄντες used to bear clubs upon their shields, X.HG7.5.20; so ἀσπὶς ἐπιγεγραμμένη τὰς ὁμολογίας having the articles inscribed upon it, D.H.4.58.2. entitle,τοῦτο τὸ δρᾶμα Καλλίμαχος ἐ. Εὐνοῦχον Ath.11.496f
; αἱ -όμεναιΜαιανδρίου ἱστορίαι Inscr.Prien.37.104
(ii B.C.).3. sign, append a signature to, (iii B.C.); ἐ. τὸν Ἀντώνιον sign Antonius' name, App.BC5.144; αὑτοῦ ποιήματα ἐπέγραψεν (sc. τοῖς Ἑρμαῖς) inscribed poems signed by himself, Pl.Hipparch. 228d.4. write subsequently,αἱ ἐπιγραφεῖσαι διαθῆκαι J.AJ17.9.4
.III. freq.as law-term: 1. set down the penalty or damages in the title of an indictment (cf. ), τί δῆτά σοι τίμημ' ἐπιγράψω τῇ δίκῃ; Ar.Pl. 480; μέχρι πεντήκοντα δραχμῶν καθ' ἕκαστον ἀδίκημα ἐ. Lexap.Aeschin.1.38; τὰ ἐπιγεγραμμένα the damages claimed, D.29.8, cf. Pl.Lg. 915a; τιμημάτων- μένων Isoc.16.47
:—[voice] Med., Lexap.Aeschin.1.16.b. of a lawgiver, assign a punishment,τὰ μέγιστα ἐπιτίμια Aeschin.1.14
:— [voice] Pass., Din.2.12.c. make note of, enter, τὴν πρόφασιν, in inflicting a fine, Arist.Ath.8.4.2. register the citizens' names and property, with a view to taxes, lay a public burden upon one (cf.ἐπιγραφή 11.2
),ἐμαυτῷ.. τὴν μεγίστην εἰσφοράν Isoc.17.41
, cf. Arist.Oec. 1351b2; ἐ.δήμοις καὶ δυνάσταις στρατιωτῶν καταλόγους Plu.Crass.17
, cf. PHib.1.44.3 (iii B.C., [voice] Pass.), etc.; but ἐ. τινὰ προστίμοις visit with penalties, D.S.12.12(s.v.l.).b. assess, :—[voice] Pass., .3. generally, register or enter in a public list,ἐπιγράψαι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐπιτρόπους Is.6.36
; ἐ. τινὰ εἰς τοὺς πράκτορας register his name among the πράκτορες, Decr. ap. And.1.77 ([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Med., ἐπεγράψαντο πολίτας enrolled fresh citizens, Th.5.4;ξένην καὶ ξένον γονέας -ψάμενος D.57.51
; πῶς οἷόν τε τῷ ἀνδρὶ δύο πατέρας -ψασθαι; Is.4.4 (later in [voice] Act., ἑαυτῷ τινὰ πατέρα - γράφων claiming as his father, App.BC1.32).4. [voice] Med., ἐπιγράφεσθαι μάρτυρας cause to be endorsed on a deposition as witnesses, D.54.31;κλητῆρα οὐδ' ὁντινοῦν ἐπιγραψάμενος Id.21.87
; but ἐπιγράφεσθαι τίμημα τῷ κλήρῳ set one's valuation on the property, Is.3.2.5. προστάτην ἐπιγράψασθαι choose a patron, and enter his name as such in the public register (as μέτοικοι at Athens were obliged to do), Ar. Pax 684; so prob. ἐπεγράφοντο shd. be restored for - γραφον in Luc. Peregr.11;ἐπιγράψασθαί τινα κύριον D.43.15
; οἱ τὸν Πλάτωνα ἐπιγραφόμενοι, i.e. the Platonists, Luc.Herm.14:—[voice] Pass.,κύριος ἐπιγεγράφθαι D.43.15
, cf. POxy.251.32 (i A.D.),al.b. metaph., Ὅμηρον ἐπιγράφεσθαι attribute one's fluency to Homer, Luc.Dem.Enc.2; πρεσβυτέρους ἐ. χρόνους claim the authority of greater antiquity, Id.Am. 35.IV. ἐπιγράψαι ἐαυτὸν ἐπί τι claim credit for, Aeschin.3.167;ἀλλοτρίοις ἐαυτὸν πόνοις Ael.NA8.2
, cf. Plu.Pomp.31; αὐτὸς ἐ. τὴν νίκην claim as his own, J.AJ7.7.5:—so [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., τοιούτων ῥητόρων ἐπὶ τὰς τοῦ δήμου γνώμας ἐπιγραφομένων inscribing their names on.., Aeschin.1.188;ἐπιγράφεσθαι ἀλλοτρίαις γνώμαις D.59.43
; τὸν ; οἱ ἐπιγεγραμμένοι ἢ φυλάττοντες the parties whose names were endorsed upon the συνθῆκαι as securities, Arist.Rh. 1376b4; οἱ ἐπιγραφόμενοι τοῖςδόγμασι D.H.6.84
; ἡμεῖς δ' ἐσμὲν ἐπιγεγραμμένοι we are merely the endorsers, Men.482.8.V. ascribe to,τοῖς θεοῖς τὸ ἔργον Hld.8.9
(butθεὸν τῇ πομπῇ Philostr.VA8.12
):—[voice] Med.,Φοίβῳ τὰς ἀνίσους χεῖρας AP9.263
(Antiphil.).2. claim credit for,τὰ ὑπὸ ἄλλων εὑρημένα J.AJ3.4.2
; assume, προσωνυμίαν Plu Demetr.42; ἐπεγράψατοτὴν ἑαυτοῦ προσηγορίαν Id.Tim.36
:—[voice] Pass., of books, to be ascribed,τινί Gal.15.25
.3. predicate of,φυγὴν οὐ φυγόντι Philostr.VS2.1.12
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52 Computers
The brain has been compared to a digital computer because the neuron, like a switch or valve, either does or does not complete a circuit. But at that point the similarity ends. The switch in the digital computer is constant in its effect, and its effect is large in proportion to the total output of the machine. The effect produced by the neuron varies with its recovery from [the] refractory phase and with its metabolic state. The number of neurons involved in any action runs into millions so that the influence of any one is negligible.... Any cell in the system can be dispensed with.... The brain is an analogical machine, not digital. Analysis of the integrative activities will probably have to be in statistical terms. (Lashley, quoted in Beach, Hebb, Morgan & Nissen, 1960, p. 539)It is essential to realize that a computer is not a mere "number cruncher," or supercalculating arithmetic machine, although this is how computers are commonly regarded by people having no familiarity with artificial intelligence. Computers do not crunch numbers; they manipulate symbols.... Digital computers originally developed with mathematical problems in mind, are in fact general purpose symbol manipulating machines....The terms "computer" and "computation" are themselves unfortunate, in view of their misleading arithmetical connotations. The definition of artificial intelligence previously cited-"the study of intelligence as computation"-does not imply that intelligence is really counting. Intelligence may be defined as the ability creatively to manipulate symbols, or process information, given the requirements of the task in hand. (Boden, 1981, pp. 15, 16-17)The task is to get computers to explain things to themselves, to ask questions about their experiences so as to cause those explanations to be forthcoming, and to be creative in coming up with explanations that have not been previously available. (Schank, 1986, p. 19)In What Computers Can't Do, written in 1969 (2nd edition, 1972), the main objection to AI was the impossibility of using rules to select only those facts about the real world that were relevant in a given situation. The "Introduction" to the paperback edition of the book, published by Harper & Row in 1979, pointed out further that no one had the slightest idea how to represent the common sense understanding possessed even by a four-year-old. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 102)A popular myth says that the invention of the computer diminishes our sense of ourselves, because it shows that rational thought is not special to human beings, but can be carried on by a mere machine. It is a short stop from there to the conclusion that intelligence is mechanical, which many people find to be an affront to all that is most precious and singular about their humanness.In fact, the computer, early in its career, was not an instrument of the philistines, but a humanizing influence. It helped to revive an idea that had fallen into disrepute: the idea that the mind is real, that it has an inner structure and a complex organization, and can be understood in scientific terms. For some three decades, until the 1940s, American psychology had lain in the grip of the ice age of behaviorism, which was antimental through and through. During these years, extreme behaviorists banished the study of thought from their agenda. Mind and consciousness, thinking, imagining, planning, solving problems, were dismissed as worthless for anything except speculation. Only the external aspects of behavior, the surface manifestations, were grist for the scientist's mill, because only they could be observed and measured....It is one of the surprising gifts of the computer in the history of ideas that it played a part in giving back to psychology what it had lost, which was nothing less than the mind itself. In particular, there was a revival of interest in how the mind represents the world internally to itself, by means of knowledge structures such as ideas, symbols, images, and inner narratives, all of which had been consigned to the realm of mysticism. (Campbell, 1989, p. 10)[Our artifacts] only have meaning because we give it to them; their intentionality, like that of smoke signals and writing, is essentially borrowed, hence derivative. To put it bluntly: computers themselves don't mean anything by their tokens (any more than books do)-they only mean what we say they do. Genuine understanding, on the other hand, is intentional "in its own right" and not derivatively from something else. (Haugeland, 1981a, pp. 32-33)he debate over the possibility of computer thought will never be won or lost; it will simply cease to be of interest, like the previous debate over man as a clockwork mechanism. (Bolter, 1984, p. 190)t takes us a long time to emotionally digest a new idea. The computer is too big a step, and too recently made, for us to quickly recover our balance and gauge its potential. It's an enormous accelerator, perhaps the greatest one since the plow, twelve thousand years ago. As an intelligence amplifier, it speeds up everything-including itself-and it continually improves because its heart is information or, more plainly, ideas. We can no more calculate its consequences than Babbage could have foreseen antibiotics, the Pill, or space stations.Further, the effects of those ideas are rapidly compounding, because a computer design is itself just a set of ideas. As we get better at manipulating ideas by building ever better computers, we get better at building even better computers-it's an ever-escalating upward spiral. The early nineteenth century, when the computer's story began, is already so far back that it may as well be the Stone Age. (Rawlins, 1997, p. 19)According to weak AI, the principle value of the computer in the study of the mind is that it gives us a very powerful tool. For example, it enables us to formulate and test hypotheses in a more rigorous and precise fashion than before. But according to strong AI the computer is not merely a tool in the study of the mind; rather the appropriately programmed computer really is a mind in the sense that computers given the right programs can be literally said to understand and have other cognitive states. And according to strong AI, because the programmed computer has cognitive states, the programs are not mere tools that enable us to test psychological explanations; rather, the programs are themselves the explanations. (Searle, 1981b, p. 353)What makes people smarter than machines? They certainly are not quicker or more precise. Yet people are far better at perceiving objects in natural scenes and noting their relations, at understanding language and retrieving contextually appropriate information from memory, at making plans and carrying out contextually appropriate actions, and at a wide range of other natural cognitive tasks. People are also far better at learning to do these things more accurately and fluently through processing experience.What is the basis for these differences? One answer, perhaps the classic one we might expect from artificial intelligence, is "software." If we only had the right computer program, the argument goes, we might be able to capture the fluidity and adaptability of human information processing. Certainly this answer is partially correct. There have been great breakthroughs in our understanding of cognition as a result of the development of expressive high-level computer languages and powerful algorithms. However, we do not think that software is the whole story.In our view, people are smarter than today's computers because the brain employs a basic computational architecture that is more suited to deal with a central aspect of the natural information processing tasks that people are so good at.... hese tasks generally require the simultaneous consideration of many pieces of information or constraints. Each constraint may be imperfectly specified and ambiguous, yet each can play a potentially decisive role in determining the outcome of processing. (McClelland, Rumelhart & Hinton, 1986, pp. 3-4)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Computers
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