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literature
(mass) | literature
- literatúra |
literature
(encz) | literature,literatura |
literature
(encz) | literature,písemnictví |
Literature
(gcide) | Literature \Lit"er*a*ture\ (l[i^]t"[~e]r*[.a]*t[-u]r; 135), n.
[F. litt['e]rature, L. litteratura, literatura, learning,
grammar, writing, fr. littera, litera, letter. See Letter.]
1. Learning; acquaintance with letters or books.
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2. The collective body of literary productions, embracing the
entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in
writing; also, the whole body of literary productions or
writings upon a given subject, or in reference to a
particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given
country or period; as, the literature of Biblical
criticism; the literature of chemistry.
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3. The class of writings distinguished for beauty of style or
expression, as poetry, essays, or history, in distinction
from scientific treatises and works which contain positive
knowledge; belles-lettres.
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4. The occupation, profession, or business of doing literary
work. --Lamb.
Syn: Science; learning; erudition; belles-lettres.
Usage: See Science. -- Literature, Learning,
Erudition. Literature, in its widest sense, embraces
all compositions in writing or print which preserve
the results of observation, thought, or fancy; but
those upon the positive sciences (mathematics, etc.)
are usually excluded. It is often confined, however,
to belles-lettres, or works of taste and sentiment, as
poetry, eloquence, history, etc., excluding abstract
discussions and mere erudition. A man of literature
(in this narrowest sense) is one who is versed in
belles-lettres; a man of learning excels in what is
taught in the schools, and has a wide extent of
knowledge, especially, in respect to the past; a man
of erudition is one who is skilled in the more
recondite branches of learned inquiry.
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The origin of all positive science and
philosophy, as well as of all literature and
art, in the forms in which they exist in
civilized Europe, must be traced to the Greeks.
--Sir G. C.
Lewis.
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Learning thy talent is, but mine is sense.
--Prior.
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Some gentlemen, abounding in their university
erudition, fill their sermons with philosophical
terms. --Swift.
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literature
(wn) | literature
n 1: creative writing of recognized artistic value
2: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a
course in Russian lit" [syn: literature, lit]
3: published writings in a particular style on a particular
subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo
has not yet been treated in the literature"
4: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature
is secure" |
literature
(foldoc) | literature
The literature. Computer-science journals and other
publications, vaguely gestured at to answer a question that
the speaker believes is trivial. Thus, one might answer an
annoying question by saying "It's in the literature." Oppose
Knuth, which has no connotation of triviality.
(1994-11-04)
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literature
(mass) | literature
- literatúra |
comparative literature
(encz) | comparative literature, n: |
literature
(encz) | literature,literatura literature,písemnictví |
wisdom literature
(encz) | wisdom literature, n: |
Illiterature
(gcide) | Illiterature \Il*lit"er*a*ture\, n.
Lack of learning; illiteracy. [R.] --Ayliffe. Southey.
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Wisdom literature
(gcide) | Wisdom literature \Wis"dom lit"er*a*ture\
The class of ancient Hebrew writings which deal reflectively
with general ethical and religious topics, as distinguished
from the prophetic and liturgical literature, and from the
law. It is comprised chiefly in the books of Job, Proverbs,
Ecclesiasticus, Ecclesiastes, and Wisdom of Solomon. The
"wisdom" (Hokhmah) of these writings consists in detached
sage utterances on concrete issues of life, without the
effort at philosophical system that appeared in the later
Hellenistic reflective writing beginning with Philo Judaeus.
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Yellow-covered literature
(gcide) | Yellow-covered \Yel"low-cov`ered\, a.
Covered or bound in yellow paper.
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Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and
trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual
color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett.
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bachelor of literature
(wn) | Bachelor of Literature
n 1: a bachelor's degree in literature [syn: {Bachelor of
Literature}, BLitt] |
comparative literature
(wn) | comparative literature
n 1: study of literary works from different cultures (often in
translation) |
literature
(wn) | literature
n 1: creative writing of recognized artistic value
2: the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a
course in Russian lit" [syn: literature, lit]
3: published writings in a particular style on a particular
subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo
has not yet been treated in the literature"
4: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature
is secure" |
master of literature
(wn) | Master of Literature
n 1: a master's degree in literature [syn: {Master of
Literature}, MLitt] |
medical literature analysis and retrieval system
(wn) | Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
n 1: relational database of the United States National Library
of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of
bibliographical information concerning the biomedical
literature [syn: {Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval
System}, MEDLARS] |
sanskrit literature
(wn) | Sanskrit literature
n 1: Hindu literature written in Sanskrit |
talmudic literature
(wn) | Talmudic literature
n 1: (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings |
vedic literature
(wn) | Vedic literature
n 1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most
ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early
Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas,
the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads [syn:
Vedic literature, Veda] |
wisdom literature
(wn) | wisdom literature
n 1: any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of
Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are
considered to contain wisdom [syn: sapiential book,
wisdom book, wisdom literature] |
intel literature sales
(foldoc) | Intel Literature Sales
Address: PO Box 58130, Santa Clara, CA 95052, USA.
Telephone: +1 800 548 4725.
(1995-01-12)
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literature
(foldoc) | literature
The literature. Computer-science journals and other
publications, vaguely gestured at to answer a question that
the speaker believes is trivial. Thus, one might answer an
annoying question by saying "It's in the literature." Oppose
Knuth, which has no connotation of triviality.
(1994-11-04)
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the literature
(jargon) | the literature
n.
Computer-science journals and other publications, vaguely gestured at to
answer a question that the speaker believes is trivial. Thus, one might
answer an annoying question by saying “It's in the literature.” Oppose {
Knuth}, which has no connotation of triviality.
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