The data argues against the notion that a thick atmosphere and winds are moving heat around the planet as previously thought. (Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift) (Ancient sharks likely more diverse than previously thought, National Science Foundation)Īnd it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince’s notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.
That Gladbachus reconstruction model runs counter to some long-held notions in marine paleobiology. ‘Reductionism and the criterial theory lean heavily on the notion of analytic or conceptual truth.’. ‘We see the world from different perspectives and have different notions of what constitutes fairness.’.
‘The above notions constitute the elementary concepts of category theory.’. (Eating at 'Wrong Time' Affects Body Weight, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin) 1 A conception of or belief about something. An edge produced on woven fabric during manufacture that prevents it from unraveling. Notions can include items that are sewn or otherwise attached to a finished article, such as buttons, snaps, and collar stays, but the term also includes small tools used in sewing. The study reinforced this notion by testing the day/night cycles of mice under different feeding schedules. Collective term for a variety of small objects or accessories. Well, I don't know that fifty is much for a dress, with all the furbelows and notions you have to have to finish it off these days. I think differently now time and sickness and sorrow have given me other notions but at that period I must own I saw nothing reprehensible in what Mr Elliot was doing. (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) I suppose, now, when you went into that room there was no such notion in your head-what? Miss Bennet's lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority and for the first evening she was his settled choice. I scarcely think the notion that flittered across my brain was an error. Ribbon (notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming) (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items Cross stitch A needlework stitch that uses 2 stitches that cross over to create a cross shape. Crossgrain The line of fabric perpendicular to the selvage edge of the fabric. Crochet A method using yarn and a hooked needle to make a garment, fabric or lace. Whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it Cord A twisted fiber, somewhere between rope and string.
Notional (being of the nature of a notion or concept) Mumpsimus (a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable) Hunch intuition suspicion (an impression that something might be the case)Ĭoncept conception construct (an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances) Presence (the impression that something is present)Įffect (an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived))įirst blush (at the first glimpse or impression) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "notion"): Idea thought (the content of cognition the main thing you are thinking about) Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contentsīelief feeling impression notion opinion