GLOSSARY
Word Meaning
assimilation the process of becoming
similar to others by taking
in and using their customs
and culture
cluster a group of things of the
same type that grow or
appear close together
comparative connected with studying
things to find out how
similar or different they are
concentric Concentric circles and
rings have the same centre
conceptualization the act or process of
forming an idea or
principle in your mind
convergence the fact that two or more
things, ideas, etc. become
similar or come together
dispersal the action of spreading
across or moving away
over a large area, or of
making people or things do
this
dynamics forces or processes that
produce change inside a
group or system
Example
The assimilation of
immigrants into American
culture has been a constant
feature of US history.
The telescope is focused on
a dense cluster of stars at
the edge of the galaxy.
a comparative study of the
educational systems of two
countries
A purely elastic instability
apparently also occurs by a
similar mechanism in other
rotational shearing flows,
namely concentric plate-
and-plate flow and
concentric cone-and-plate
flow.
Doctors must have a broad
conceptualization of end-
of-life care and the legal
issues that support it.
Depending on the
convergence thresholds and
basis sets used, this can be
a factor of 2-5 faster for
medium-sized systems.
We have seen the violent
dispersal of crowds of
protesters.
The fight for the leadership
gave a fascinating insight
into the group's dynamics.
empirical based on what is
experienced or seen rather
than on theory
entrepreneurship skill in starting new
businesses, especially when entrepreneurship is
this involves seeing new
opportunities
exacerbate to make something that is
already bad even worse
homogeneous consisting of parts or
people that are similar to
each other or are of the
same type
manifest to show something clearly, The workers chose to
through signs or actions:
metropolitan relating to a large city
predominant having more power or
influence than others
prevailing existing in a particular
place or at a particular time the poor figures resulted
spatial relating to the position,
area, and size of things
His research aims at
understanding
consciousness as a natural
biological phenomenon and
at fruitful interaction
between philosophical and
empirical research in the
study of consciousness.
Extraordinary public
required : innovations and
good ideas must be sought
and used.
This attack will exacerbate
the already tense relations
between the two
communities.
The population of the
village has remained
remarkably homogeneous.
manifest their
dissatisfaction in a series of
strikes.
The deflationary policies
enacted in response to the
depression led to severe
cutbacks in metropolitan
army effectives in the early
1930s.
a way of thinking that is
predominant in modern
social life
The chief executive said
from the prevailing
economic conditions.
Since the image synthesizer
has a 7-bit resolution for
the spatial phase, it
permitted gratings to be

spawn to cause something new, or
many new things, to grow
or start suddenly
transnational used to describe companies
or business activities that
exist or take place in more
than one country
displayed at 128 distinct
phases.
Those which did not spawn
sufficient theoretical
accompaniments were
more quickly ignored.
Many good hits are made
on the soft targets of
transnational
pharmaceutical companies.