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Complete these analogies: 1. bathtub : ring :: spring : ? 2. mole : molehill :: earthworm : ? 3. opposite : same :: contra- : ? 4. Pygmalion : Galatea :: Aphrodite : 5. sqrt(-1) : sqrt(-3) :: Gaussian : ? 6. hunting : courtship :: pack : ? 7. earth : organic molecules :: space : ? 8. language : translate :: style : ? 9. antarctic : arctic :: penguin : ? 10. few : many :: jury : ? 11. 3 : 4 :: Cardano : ? 12. gamma : pi :: Euler : ? 13. half : fourth :: sesqui- :: ? 14. geologist : doctor : paleontologist :: seismic blast : auscultate : ? 15. Mendel :: Lamarck :: eugenics : ? :: ? : species 16. bishop : knight :: diagonal : ? 17. 1000 : 100 :: ton : ? 18. CISC : RISC :: RISC : ? 19. serious : silly :: metaphysics : ? 20. history : settlements :: cliometrics : ? 21. Catholic : Catholicism : mass :: witch : ? : ? 22. analgesia : productivity :: placebo effect : ? 23. body : mind :: biosphere : ? 24. nerves : ears :: neurotoxic : ? 25. ancient : modern : recent :: oxbridge : ? : ? 26. macro : micro :: paleontology : ? 27. gold : red :: acapulco : ? 28. history : language :: dialectical materialism : ? 29. trial-and-error : think tank :: heuristics : ? 30. finger : fingerprint :: gun : ?
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1. sinter
Sinter is the mineral deposit left around a spring.
2. midden
A midden is the burm left at the entrance to an earthworm's hole.
3. ipsi-
Ipsilateral is the opposite of contralateral.
4. Leto
Pygmalion was granted a wish by Aphrodite; Galatea by Leto.
5. Eisenstein
The integers in the field Q(sqrt(-1)) are called the Gaussian integers.
For Q(sqrt(-3)) the name is "Eisenstein". As far as I know, no other
number field has been given a special name. Indeed, it was probably a
mistake to start naming them in the first place. We now know that any
irreducible polynomial over a field F generates an extension field.
6. lek
A lek is a group of males organized to attract females.
7. panspermia
Life on Earth may have originated on Earth from organic molecules,
or may have originated from space from hardened spores called
"panspermia."
8. bowdlerize
A written work may be translated to another language, or its style
may be changed by "bowdlerizing" it. This technique is used by spies
to conceal their sources.
9. puffin
Penguins are swimming birds of the antarctic; puffins are swimming
birds of the arctic.
10. venire
The members of a jury are chosen from a larger panel, the venire.
11. Ferrari
Cardano discovered the closed form solution for the cubic equation.
His student Ferrari discovered the solution for the quartic.
12. Ludolph
Pi was once called "the Ludolphian number", after Ludolph van
Ceulen, who spent his life calculating it to 35 places. Euler
first calculated gamma to 16 places.
13. quasqui-
A sesquicentennial is a 150th anniversary; a quasquicentennial
is a 125th anniversary.
14. tunk
A geologist uses seismic blasts to explore the earth; a doctor
auscultates to explore the body; a archaeologist tunks to explore
tombs, etc. All involve exploring with sound.
15. euphenics, clade
Mendelian evolution is based on genetics; Lamarkian evolution
is based on physical changes. Eugenics is the manipulation of
genes; euphenics is the manipulation of physical organisms
after birth. A species is a group of organisms that are
physically similar; a clade is a group of organisms that are
genetically similar.
16. boustrophedon
Boustrophedon is back and forth motion, like an ox plowing
a field or a knight moving on a chess board.
17. quintal
A metric ton is 1000 kilograms; a metric quintal is 100 kilograms.
18. VLIW
The VLIW ("Very Large Instruction Word") computer architecture
is likely to replace the RISC ("Reduced Instruction Set Computer")
architecture, much as the RISC architecture is likely to replace
the CISC ("Complex Instruction Set Computer") architecture.
19. pataphysics
Pataphysics is whimsical metaphysics, intended as a parody of
science.
20. ekistics
Cliometrics is a multi-discipline approach to history; ekistics
is a multi-discipline approach to the study of settlements.
21. Wicca, esbat
Wicca is the religion of witches; an esbat is a meeting of a
coven of witches.
22. Hawthorne effect
The placebo effect is analgesia caused by taking supposed
but actually inert medicine; the Hawthorne effect is productivity
caused by being part of a supposed but actually nonexistent
experiment.
23. noosphere
The noosphere is the sphere of human consciousness and
mental activity.
24. ototoxic
Ototoxic is poisonous to hearing or balance.
25. redbrick, plateglass
Oxbridge refers to British universities (Oxford and Cambridge)
founded in ancient times; redbrick refers to British universities
founded in modern times; plateglass refers to British
universities founded in the last half of the twentieth century.
26. palynology
Palynology is the study of microscopic fossils.
27. Panama
Acapulco gold and Panama red are types of potent marijuana.
28. Whorfian hypothesis
Dialectical materialism postulates that history determines
an individual's conception of the world; the Whorfian hypothesis
postulates that language determines an individual's conception
of the world.
29. synectics
Heuristics is a technique of problem-solving that involves
trial-and-error. Synectics is a technique of problem-solving
that involves a think tank.
30. lands
Fingerprints are indentations that serve to uniquely identify
fingers; lands are indentations that serve to uniquely identify
guns.