Conan's Dictionary

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Telescope:

An instrument that can magnify things.

 

Fact:

Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope, as the name suggests.

[Kirsch 95]

Epitaph:

The writing engraved on a tombstone.

Fact:

Dan Cahill (39 Clues) makes it his hobby to collect rubbings of them

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Hydrogen: The first element in the periodic table. It has a sign of H and atomic number of 1.

Fact: It is the most abundant element in the universe.

[Henry Gordan 20]

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier: Is monument for soldiers who has had been left to battlefield, or can't been identified. It's also monument for all soldiers.

 

Fact: Unknown Soldier (3rd of December 1954) is book written by Väinö Linna. It's story a machine gun company in Continuation War from point of view of ordinary Finnish soldiers. Most of upper secondary school student read it as part of literature class. It has two film adaptations and first film(23rd of December 1955 only year after the book) is most in theater watched film in Finland. After year 2000 it has been shown in TV every year on Independence Day of Finland.

[Kirsch 95]

Apparition:

A ghost or a phantom.

Fact:

One of the most haunted places in Chicago (or so they say) is the Hull House.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Split Personality: A disorder that causes a single person to have different personalities which has their own set of memory.

Fact: It is unclear what causes it.

[Kirsch 95]

Bipolar:

A mental disorder that causes a person to undergo big moodswings, sometimes even severe enough for them to have a split personality.

Fact:

Most bipolar patients would only have two 'personalities', and it's difficult for them to remember themselves in the other one.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Aurora: It is a natural phenomenon that produces wavy lights at the poles of the earth.

Fact: Auroras are caused by solar winds and storms getting trapped and channeled on the poles by the Earth's magnetic field.

[Kirsch 95]

Plebeian:

Someone who's in the lower class/is poor.

 

Fact:

This word originated from Ancient Rome (or Greece?). Plebeian habits can be used to describe an economical or frugal behavior.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Caste System: A system where people are grouped and are treated differently.

Fact: It, historically, was in India

[Kirsch 95]

Cantons:

A way to distinguish different areas of land for political/economical purposes.

 

Fact:

It's similar to 'states' or 'provinces', but cantons are used in Switzerland.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Psychology: The study of how human mind works

 

Fact: Psychology is NOT Psychiatry

[Akazora 293]

Psychology: The study of how human mind works

 

Fact: Psychology is NOT Psychiatry

Psychology: the most popular as well as worst paying major a college student can take.

 

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Electromagnetism - It is the study of the relationship between electrically charged particles. (eg. Circuit and Magnet)

Fact - One of the founder of this field is Michael Faraday

@Akazora-Lol that sounds like Holmesian Deduction

[Kirsch 95]

Tremolo:

A technique used on string instruments (possibly others as well) in which the player moves the bow quickly back and forth. It is written with three slanted dashes on the stem of a note.

Fact:

In cases where there are two dashes, it signifies to play sixteenth notes within the time span of the note (one dash is for eighth notes). However, it's generally not referred to as tremolo.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Middle C- Other name for C4 or C in the 4th octave.

 

Fact: It's chord, C major, is one of the most used chords in songs.

[Akazora 293]

Vibrato: technique used by musicians to hide bad intonation make music more beautiful

 

Fact: vibrato on saxes are really easy (hang on, that's an opinion...)

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Vibrato: technique used by musicians to hide bad intonation make music more beautiful

 

Fact: vibrato on saxes are really easy (hang on, that's an opinion...)

Oi oi So opinionated xD

Deism: Is a kind of belief that puts up a single entity as the creator of the universe but this entity doesn't (much) intervene in the working of the universe itself.

Fact: It was widely popular before especially in the mid ages.

[A L 217]

Vibrato: technique used by musicians to hide bad intonation make music more beautiful

 

Fact: vibrato on saxes are really easy (hang on, that's an opinion...)

 

I used it to hide bad intonation =X

 

Syllogism: A kind of logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true.

[Kirsch 95]

Vibrato: technique used by musicians to hide bad intonation make music more beautiful

 

Fact: vibrato on saxes are really easy (hang on, that's an opinion...)

Pshh... *whistles* I don't do that at all...

 

Geronimo:

A famous Apache Native-American in the late 1800s, known for leading raids on white settlers.

 

Fact:

The assassination plan for Osama bin Laden was nicknamed "Operation Geronimo".

[astraculpa 22]

(This is not exactly found in the dictionary though )

Otto Hahn

A German chemist born in 1879 on Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany. In 1938, he and Strassman discovered fission by bombarding uranium and thorium with neutrons. He discovered radiothorium, radioactinum and mesothorium as well.

Fact: He and Einstein was born in the same year.

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Laser - A kind of light that is more concentrated and isn't omnidirectional.

Fact: Lasers can REALLY cut through things.

[Kirsch 95]

Philanthropy:

An act of giving out a massive amount of money for benevolent purposes.

 

Fact:

Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" states that the wealthy should administrate their money wisely in their lifetime. In other words, "A man who dies rich dies disgraced."

[Metantei Kiddo 147]

Capo: A device for guitars (can be bass) which is wrapped around the neck, on the desired fret, to increase the pitch.

[Kirsch 95]

Social Darwinism:

A type of economy (or economical philosophy) that ensures the power and success of the successful increase, while the power and success of the lower classes decrease. In other words, it's the survival of the fittest. Most of the wealth are thrown to a few individuals that are responsible for controlling the circulation.

Fact:

Andrew Carnegie and Charles vi Britannia believed in Social Darwinism.