See Also: Broca's facial angle(medicine)
thesis(medicine)
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Broca's facial angle (medicine) and thesis (iou)


Broca's facial angle (medicine)


Broca's facial angle


The angle formed by the intersection at the biauricular axis of lines drawn from the supraorbital point and the alveolar point.

Synonym: Broca's angles.


thesis (iou)



thesis noun. . LME.
[Late Latin from Greek = putting, placing; a proposition, an affirmation, from the- base of tithenai put, place.]
I.
The syllable or part of a metrical foot that is unstressed (orig., Classical Prosody, by lowered pitch or volume); the stressed beat in barred Music. Opp. ARSIS. LME.
II.
A proposition laid down or stated, esp. one maintained or put forward as a premiss in an argument, or to be proved; in Hegelian philosophy, a proposition forming the first stage in the process of dialectical reasoning (cf. ANTITHESIS, SYNTHESIS 2c); a statement, an assertion, a tenet. Formerly also, a General proposition of which a hypothesis forms a subordinate part (see HYPOTHESIS 2). L16.
Coleridge A sort of metre, the law of which is a balance of thesis and antithesis. H. Kushner The thesis of this book is that there is a..nourishment our souls crave.
b. A theme for a school Exercise, composition, etc. rare. L18.
A dissertation to maintain and prove a thesis or proposition; esp. one written or submitted by a candidate as the sole or principal requirement for a University degree. L16.
A. Ghosh A PhD thesis on the textile trade..in the nineteenth century.
Comb.: thesis-novel = roman a these s.v. ROMAN noun3; thesis-play a play which intentionally posits a particular proposition or thesis, esp. a social or political one; = PI¨-E a THeSE.