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- Dictionarysinew/ˈsɪnjuː/
noun
- 1. a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone; a tendon or ligament: "the sinews in her neck"
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1 day ago · Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises due to the structure of arguments alone, independent of their topic and content.
1 day ago · Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks. Jewellery may be attached to the body or the clothes. From a western perspective, the term is restricted to durable ornaments, excluding flowers for example.
3 days ago · Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. [1] However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debate by philosophers, theologians, and scientists. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness.
5 days ago · Genes are passed from parents to offspring and contain the information needed to specify physical and biological traits. Most genes code for specific proteins, or segments of proteins, which have differing functions within the body. Humans have approximately 20,000 protein-coding genes.
3 days ago · Self-confidence can be defined as positive feelings about self and world that impact someone’s actions. Self-esteem is sometimes described as the degree to which someone values him/herself. There’s also a concept known as self-efficacy.
5 days ago · The poem anticipated major themes in nineteenth-century Romanticism: blissful nostalgia for rural life and the bereavement of its loss precipitated by industry, commerce, and urbanization. The cemetery, on the outskirts of the then youthful town of Cambridge, was to be a pastoral escape from the miasma of Boston.
2 days ago · Good parenting isn’t just a robotic tending to the needs of a child. While this care is crucial, it’s not the only aspect of parenting. The American Psychological Association (n.d.) describes three primary goals of parenting; only the first one involves basic needs. Keeping children healthy and safe.
