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<<ISS032-E-025258 (5 Sept. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (visible in the reflections of Hoshide's helmet visor), flight engineer,
completed the installation of a Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) that was hampered last week by a possible misalignment and damaged threads where a bolt must be placed. They also installed a camera on the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2.>>
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Aristocracy, n.[Gr. ; best + to be strong, to rule, strength; is perh. from the same root as E. arm, and orig. meant fitting]
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Art, n. [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat.]
1. The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.
2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.
3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.
4. The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
5. pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope.
6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic]
So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.
7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
8. Skillful plan; device.
They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.
9. Cunning; artifice; craft.
Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1828)
Art: The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb am.
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"So vast is Art, so narrow human wit"
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<<ISS032-E-025258 (5 Sept. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (visible in the reflections of Hoshide's helmet visor), flight engineer, [b][color=#0000FF]completed the installation of a Main Bus Switching Unit (MBSU) that was hampered last week by a possible [u]misalignment and damaged threads[/u] where a bolt must be placed. [u]They also installed a camera on the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2[/u][/color][/b].>>[/quote]-------------------------------------------
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
[b][color=#0000FF]Aristocracy, n.[Gr. ; best + to be strong, to rule, strength; is perh. from the same root as E. [u]arm, and orig. meant fitting[/u]]
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Art, n. [F. art, L. ars, artis, orig., [u]skill in joining or fitting; prob. akin to E. arm, aristocrat.][/u][/color][/b]
1. The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.
Blest with each grace of nature and of art. Pope.
2. A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation.
Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.
3. The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill.
The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.
4. The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature.
5. pl. Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts.
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts. Pope.
6. Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. [Archaic]
So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Pope.
7. Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, asquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; a, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage.
8. Skillful plan; device.
They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.
9. Cunning; artifice; craft.
Madam, I swear I use no art at all. Shak.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1828)
Art: The second person, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb am.
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[b][color=#0000FF]"So vast is Art, so narrow human wit"[/color][/b]
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