transclude

To include part or all of a digital document into one or more other documents by reference.

Both the online article about food production and the article about natural resources transclude the same chart depicting population growth.

relativity

Formally known as the Theory of Special Relativity, formulated by Albert Einstein in 1905.

Deals with the perception of time and distance by observers in different frames of reference which are moving with respect to each other. An observer in one frame perceives that time is slower and distances are shorter in a different frame.

Also postulates that the speed of light is perceived to be the same in every frame of reference, and that no form of matter or energy can travel faster than light.

Relativity is the feeling that time slows down that you get when you're around your relatives.

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Einstein

Albert Einstein, b. 1879, d. 1955.

Considered by many to be the greatest scientist of the 20th century, being named by Time magazine as "Man of the Century".

A physicist, he won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of the photoelectric effect (1905), which explained how a photon causes an electron to be emitted from a metallic surface when illuminated by light, by postulating that photons are discrete "quanta" of energy.

He also devised the Theory of Special Relativity (1905), which deals with the perception of time and distance between observers in different frames of reference that are moving relative to each other, and postulated that the speed of light is the same in all frames of reference.

Later he expanded this into the Theory of General Relativity (1907), which explains the force of gravity as a geometric warping of space-time and treats acceleration and gravity as equivalent forces acting on matter.

Born a Jew in Germany, he came to America just prior to the Nazi's rise to power (1932), and never returned to his homeland.

He spent the last years of his life attempting to combine the fundamental forces into a single unified field theory, but without success.

Ironically, his name is used as a derogatory term for persons who proclaim something obvious or who do something especially stupid.

Well he's bright, but he's no Einstein.

That was a really smart move, Einstein!

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ninja codon

1. Alias or fake name used to disguise a person's real identity.

2. A word or phrase appearing within a larger text that does not make sense or has no discernible meaning.

1. That trash talking blogger won't reveal anything about himself except his ninja codon.

2. His email was so full of ninja codons that is was little more than gibberish.

whom

What an educated owl says.

An owl says "Who".
An educated owl says "Whom".

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snoopervisor

A manager who engages in excessive micromanagement.

My snoopervisor watched over my shoulder while I wrote my last report to make sure I didn't mention that we are behind schedule.

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iJunk

Digital communication and entertainment devices, including smartphones, MP3 players, etc. Such devices allow people to waste enormous amounts of time engaging in social media, listening to music, watching videos, and so forth.

My daughter spends about ten hours a day on her iJunk, mostly texting with her friends; she's an iJunkie.

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