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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Engaging in time-binding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: general, not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction, sciences, semantics
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noun
The act of transmitting knowledge and experience from one moment and person to other moments and people using written information (e.g., written language, images, symbols), whether in mundane instances or (especially) from one generation to the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, general, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, literature, media, publishing, science-fiction, sciences, semantics
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History
Coined by Polish-American philosopher Alfred Korzybski in 1921.
