import (v.)
early 15c., “signify, show, bear or convey in meaning,” from Latin importare "bring in, convey, bring in from abroad,“ from assimilated form of in- "into, in” (from PIE root *en "in") + portare "to carry,“ from PIE root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over.” In English, the sense of “bring from another state or land,” especially “bring in goods from abroad” is recorded by 1540s. As “be important” from 1580s. Related: Imported; importing.
also from early 15c.
import (n.)
1580s, “consequence, importance;” 1680s, “that which is imported;” both from import (v.).
also from 1580s
—Etymonline
Cavitation is a phenomenon in which the static pressure of a liquid reduces to below the liquid’s vapour pressure, leading to the formation of small vapor-filled cavities in the liquid. When subjected to higher pressure, these cavities, called “bubbles” or “voids”, collapse and can generate shock waves that may damage machinery.
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I’m a tireless explorer. If I become too comfortable and feel I know too much of a subject, I get bored. What I am constantly seeking for, needs to be unknown to me. Creating my art is about playing and exploring freely. If I am asked to describe my work, I can only come up with words such as: liquid, energy, shapes, rhythms, playful, nature’s wonders, curiosity, contemplation, poetry, freedom, meaning, longing, and intuition.
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Only by welcoming uncertainty from the get-go can we acclimate ourselves to the shattering wonder that enfolds us. This animal body, for all its susceptibility and vertigo, remains the primary instrument of all our knowing, as the capricious earth remains our primary cosmos.
David Abram, Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
Voice: the breath’s tooth.
Thought: the brain’s bone.
Birdsong: an extension
of the beak. Speech:
the antler of the mind.
— Robert Bringhurst
(from Selected Poems by Robert Bringhurst, and quoted in David Abram’s Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology)
Luminiferous aether or ether (“luminiferous”, meaning “light-bearing”) was the postulated medium for the propagation of light. It was invoked to explain the ability of the apparently wave-based light to propagate through empty space (a vacuum), something that waves should not be able to do. The assumption of a spatial plenum (space completely filled with matter) of luminiferous aether, rather than a spatial vacuum, provided the theoretical medium that was required by wave theories of light.
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