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Paranoia

September 4, 2021 medicine by Andreas Leave a Comment

Mental disorder which the person is dellusional.

Amnesia

August 13, 2021 medicine by Andreas Leave a Comment

Amnesia is the Greek word Αμνησία. It is composed by Greek word μνήμη – memory and a-

Geography

July 13, 2021 Science by Andreas 1 Comment

Geography originates from Greek word Γεωγραφία

Galaxy

June 28, 2021 physics by Andreas 2 Comments

Until 1920s people believed that there is only one Galaxy that contains all the stars. So the Greek word Galaxy was translated as the Milky Way in English. But why?

Origin and meaning of word Eccentric

March 31, 2021 every day language, mathematics by Andreas Leave a Comment

The word Eccentric derives from Greek word Έκκεντρος (Έkentros) that is a word used in geometry.Eccentricity in geometry is the measure of how much a conic section deviates from being circular.The Έkentros meaning is something that “escapes” from center ((Εκ – κέντρος, εκ του κέντρου). Eccentric so means someone that[…]

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