Random Analogies
Garnish Your Sentances With An Adverb?
a: Adverb ~
b: putting a hat on a horse
What: "I seem to remember Fowler saying that adding "ly" to a word that's already
an adverb is like "putting a hat on a horse." Same goes for "firstly" in my
book."
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Writer: Perchprism
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Date: Oct 8 2013 7:32 PM
# 3860 Critique Analogy
The Machines That Make The Machines
a: Nucleolus ~
b: a machine tool manufacturer
What: "Ribosomes are like machine tools. Nucleolus is like a machine tool manufacturer." What are machine tools? Stuff like drill presses, die presses and lathes. These are machines that help to produce other machines.
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Writer: OKIM IM
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Date: Dec 28 2013 9:26 PM
# 4477 Critique Analogy
a: Complex plane ~
b: the usual 2D xy plane
What: "The complex plane is like the usual 2D xy plane you're used to but instead of x and y axes we have the real and imaginary axes. You can then plot complex numbers geometric ally quite easily - by plotting the two parts of the number against their respective axes."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Aug 21 2014 5:17 PM
# 6141 Critique Analogy
Torque Torque And More Torque....
a: diesel engine ~
b: bicycle in its highest gear
What:
"To give an example, a petrol engine is like operating a bicycle in its lowest gear where each push from your feet adds little energy to the system, but you still expend energy to move your legs back to the TDC position. A diesel engine is like operating that same bicycle in its highest gear, where each push imparts substantially more energy to the system than in the lower gear, but with the same effort being used to move your legs back to TDC."
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Writer: Jeff Quitney
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Date: Feb 19 2015 8:22 PM
# 7342 Critique Analogy
