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- Dictionaryaffect/əˈfɛkt/
verb
- 1. have an effect on; make a difference to: "the dampness began to affect my health"
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1 day ago · In computing, floating-point arithmetic ( FP) is arithmetic that represents subsets of real numbers using an integer with a fixed precision, called the significand, scaled by an integer exponent of a fixed base. Numbers of this form are called floating-point numbers. [1] : 3 [2] : 10 For example, 12.345 is a floating-point number in base ten ...
1 day ago · Theodor Herzl was the founder of the modern Zionist movement. In his 1896 pamphlet Der Judenstaat, he envisioned the founding of a future independent Jewish state during the 20th century. Zionism [a] is an ethnic or ethno-cultural nationalist [1] [fn 1] movement that emerged in Europe in the late 19th century and aimed for the establishment of ...
1 day ago · Dissociative identity disorder; Other names: Multiple personality disorder Split personality disorder: Specialty: Psychiatry, clinical psychology: Symptoms: At least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states, recurrent episodes of dissociative amnesia, inexplicable intrusions into consciousness (e.g., voices, intrusive thoughts, impulses, trauma-related beliefs), alterations in ...
1 hour ago · Social media can help to improve an individual's sense of connectedness with others and be an effective communication (or marketing) tool for corporations, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, advocacy groups, political parties, and governments. Social movements use social media for communicating and organizing.
1 day ago · By Toni Weeler. July 16, 2024 14:48. ( ) Lautaro Martinez and Alvaro Morata could define the derby between Inter Milan and AC Milan next season. This is the view in today’s print edition of Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport, via FCInterNews. They note the two strikers’ heroics at the Copa America and the Euros respectively.
1 day ago · Instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as ranked-choice voting or the alternative vote (AV), combines ranked voting (in which voters rank candidates rather than choosing only a single preferred candidate) together with a system for choosing winners from these rankings by repeatedly eliminating the candidate with the fewest first-place votes and reassigning their votes until only one candidate ...
1 day ago · Stereotype. An 18th-century Dutch engraving of the peoples of the world. A stereotypical caricature of a villain (i.e. generic melodramatic villain stock character, with handlebar moustache and black top-hat ), particularly popular in early-20th-century silent films and melodramas and popularized by Snidely Whiplash.
