wasm


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wasm

(ˈwɒzəm)
n
an obsolete belief; an out-of-fashion 'ism'
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Further, this seven-verse poem features the exact same group of rhyme words: qism (lot, share; qasm in Tasmu Luz.), wasm (mark), jism (body), Tasm (the extinct tribe), rasm (trace), hasm (cutting short), and adds one more: ism (name).
Because of the complexity of large-scale multiagent coordination, we typically choose four typical application domains: urban search and rescue (USAR), controlling wide area search munitions (WASMs) [31], RoboCup [32], and large agent team in strategy game and scheduling [33].
Wasm are symbols of ownership branded on camels and sometimes inscribed on rocks or the rims of wells, and the use of them in weaving is a relatively new phenomenon, she said.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) from the respected University of NSW, Master Science in Mineral Economics from the West Australian School of Mines (WASM), an MBA from Deakin University and is a Mason S.
Dutch electronics company Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG) (AEX:PHI) today launched a global partnership with the World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM).
Saadiah Gaon ben Yosef Gaon (tenth century CE), in his translation of the Hebrew Bible into Arabic, rendered the words ketovet ka'aka as the Arabic "wa-kitaabatwashm." The first word means "writing," the second means "tattoo," identical in syntax to the Hebrew "a writing of tattoo." However, in Arabic "washm" means "tattoo" but a similar word, wasm, means "branding." If Saadiah had written his translation to Arabic in Hebrew alphabetic transliteration, his rendering could have been either the Hebrew letter "shin" or the letter "sin" (the nikud [the dot in later Hebrew print] over the right of the ?, or the left).
(7) The term for "name" in Arabic is "ism," a derivative of the root word " wasm" or "simah," meaning "sign," "mark," or "brand." (8) It basically functions as an indicator to point to something so that it may be found and subsequently grasped by man's searching mind, so much so that the human process of knowing the various objects of knowledge is almost inconceivable without involving any kind of language.
Investigators, working under the codename Operation Wasm, have so far managed to trace around pounds 243,000 of the stolen cash.
The goal of the WASM is to facilitate clinical practice of sleep medicine worldwide.
wasm past tense of "ism" (British historian John Lukacs who, after the USSR fell, commented "all the isms are now wasms")