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SE Glossary...; ... any suggestions?
Topic Started: May 8 2010, 12:28 PM (1,829 Views)
Holben
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This is why i don't give suggestions. Someone else comes with a more comprehensive list. ;)
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True, although Ammonite wouldn't have created his list if I hadn't suggested a list in the first place.
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Sorry, I can't add descriptions to all those right now. Most of them should be on Wikipedia so you can make a head start. Otherwise you are going to have to wait a bit.
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Descriptions for all of the terms have been added now, and any new terms that I post will have descriptions for them too. I apologise if I was a bit snarky in my last post. I was just a bit overwhelmed with the request for definitions and I didn't have the time to put them in at that moment.

If I may make a suggestion, we should keep our eyes out for terms that forum members tend to use often and put them in here so that they can be understood more easily. I realize that many of those terms have already been brought up but I also notice terms used on the forum from time to time that are not yet listed.
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Ddraig Goch, would you mind if I made the glossary a webpage with a link to it in the portal?
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I added it to my new Cthonia site:
http://cthonia.yolasite.com/glossary.php
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Thank you very much, Ammonite. You've certainly made an exhaustive list.

And, sure, go ahead, Pandorasaurus. Remember to credit both myself and Ammonite. :)

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New words-
RNA
TNA
ATP
CHZ
EOD
bioluminescence
carbon/nitrogen/etc. cycle
demersal
infauna
nekton
plankton
osmolarity
sporophyte
zooxanthellae
protandrous
protogynous
simultaneous hermaphrodites
Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea.

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What about the explanations?
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Aug 6 2010, 03:34 AM
New words-
RNA-abbr. Ribonucleic acid. Used in organisms to code for proteins sop that they can eb created.
TNA-abbr. threo-nucleic acid. A possible alternative to DNA.
ATP- adenosine triphosphate. Plays a key role in the energetics of a cell.
CHZ- circumstellar habitable zone. The area around a star where liquid water can exist.
EOD- electric organ discharge.
bioluminescence- where organisms produce light.
carbon/nitrogen/etc. cycle- the proicesses through which integral elemnts are recycled in the earth so not wasted.
demersal- living near the sea floor
infauna- animals that live in sediments such as sand or mud.
nekton- animals that can swim freely in the ocean currents.
plankton- animals which float freely in the ocean currents.
osmolarity- the amount of dissolved ions in a liquid.
sporophyte- a plant which produces spores.
zooxanthellae- algae that live symbiotically in the tissues of animals.
protandrous- born male then changing to female
protogynous- born female then changing to male
simultaneous hermaphrodites- animals which are both male and female at the same time.
TYG.
Edited by Pandorasaurus, Sep 13 2010, 03:04 PM.
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Thanks, Holbenilord. I didn't realise just how many biological terms there were out there...
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Oh, we've barely scratched the surface. Next, i might do anatomical terms... ;)
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I've made a webpage from this!
http://s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_Evolution/pages/se_glossary

Tell me what you think of it. I'll eventually have this linked in the portal.
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It's alright, but a bit hard to read. Also, the words at the start have capitals, but those at the end don't.

It could also do with sorting into "categories". I'll happily do that if you want.
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That would be awesome if you could sort it into categories, but please bold the words because it's much easier to just copy the text from the page source than have to do the HTML formatting for all those words.

I could add a second break to the words if you want.

I can capitalize Holben's words right now.
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