Monday, March 21, 2011

Oxymoron

A compound word, or phrase that contradicts itself.
EX) Jumbo Shrimp, Living Dead.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Monday, March 14, 2011

Thesis

basically  a thesis is something you want to do as a project, a final project. there needs to be evidence that supports the project and why you chose to do the project in many ways

Ductile

any material that is able to under go change into: threads of metal, plastic, etc.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Innovation

Innovation comes from the Latin innovationem, noun of action from innovare. The Etymology Dictionary further explains innovare as dating back to 1540 and stemming from the Latin innovatus, pp. of innovare "to renew or change," from in- "into" + novus "new".
Innovation can therefore be seen as the process that renews something that exists and not, as is commonly assumed, the introduction of something new. Furthermore this makes clear innovation is not an economic term by origin, but dates back to the Middle Ages at least. Possibly even earlier.
The central meaning of innovation thus relates to renewal. For this renewal to take place it is necessary for people to change the way they make decisions, they must choose to do things differently, make choices outside of their norm.
Although this definition is from Wikipedia it is poignant in that it relates to issues brought up on our trip to The Resource Recovery Corp. (renew as the next step after reduce, reuse and recycle...)

Saturday, March 5, 2011

hierarchy

A hierarchy is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) in which the items are represented as being "above," "below," or "at the same level as" one another.
e.g.  A clear hierarchy of line weights makes any drawing more effective and communicative.

Friday, March 4, 2011

remediate (v) / remediation (n)

(v) remediate - set straight or right, to correct or bring back to original state

(n) remediation -The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency

(we can bioremediate garbage-juice from the dump with plants and oxygen)