Category: Acronyms

A duke is an individual who holds the highest title of nobility. This recognition, superior to that obtained by a marquis, is usually granted by a monarch to express gratitude to him or to distinguish descendants of the royal family who are not heirs. According to abbreviationfinder, DK stands for Duke. The etymology of duke leads us […]

According to Abbreviationfinder, FD stands for Floppy Disk. A disk is a circular element that allows certain data to be recorded. Flexible, on the other hand, is something that can be easily bent (and therefore is not totally rigid). The idea of ​​a floppy disk refers to a support that is used to store information. It […]

Ecology is the scientific specialty focused on the study and analysis of the link that arises between living beings and the environment that surrounds them, understood as the combination of abiotic factors (among which climate and geology can be mentioned) and biotic factors (organisms that share the habitat). Ecology also analyzes the distribution and quantity […]

The term diameter that concerns us now we can establish that it has its etymological origin in Greek, since it is the result of the union of several components of said language: -The prefix “dia-”, which means “through”. -The noun “metron”, which can be translated as “measure”. This is the name given to the straight […]

The first step that is necessary to take is to make clear the etymological origin of the determinant term. In that sense, we will have to say that it emanates from Latin, and more precisely from the verb “determinare”, which can be translated as “precisely express an idea”. This Latin word is made up of […]

Knowing the etymological origin of the two words that give shape to the term that concerns us now is the first thing we are going to do: -Description, first of all, derives from Latin, exactly from “descriptio”, which can be translated as “the action and effect of writing on the way something is perceived”. It […]

Inspired by postulates of justice, rights constitute the institutional order in charge of regulating human behavior in society. It is, therefore, a set of regulations that allow resolving social conflicts. Law can be divided into different branches. In this sense, it is possible to speak of public law (when the State, as an authority, intervenes […]

The verb deparar is used with reference to the action of granting, granting or offering. The concept can also refer to presenting or exhibiting. For example: “I don’t know what this trip will bring us, but I really want to get on the plane and start the journey”, “The draw for the round of 16 […]

From the Latin crepusculum, twilight is known as the clarity that begins to be glimpsed from the beginning of dawn to sunrise and from the time it sets until nightfall. In the first case, we speak of morning twilight, dawn, or aurora, while in the second, we are talking about evening twilight. Abbreviationfinder: Find definitions […]

Cumbia is a musical and dance genre that originated in Colombia and Panama but has now become popular in the rest of Latin America and has numerous variants and adaptations. History tells that, in Colombia, cumbia arose on the Caribbean coast from the cultural fusion between the indigenous people, the slaves who arrived from Africa […]

Cubism is a school and aesthetic theory of plastic arts and design. It is characterized by the use of geometric shapes, such as cubes, triangles and rectangles. The movement was born in France and had its heyday between 1907 and 1914. The term cubism comes from the French word cubisme, which was proposed by the […]

Cronopio is a notion created by the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar ( 1914 – 1984 ). The cronopios are green and humid beings, according to what was imagined by the author of “Hopscotch”, who never gave too many details about the physical appearance of these characters. The first time that Cortázar used the term was […]

Derived from the Latin declamatĭo, the concept of declamation revolves around the act of declaiming. This verb, according to its theoretical definition, describes the action of speaking in public or reciting with the appropriate intonation, mime and gestures. In this sense, we can make it known that there are various contests and declamation contests worldwide […]

The notion of curatorship, which comes from the Latin word curatoria, is used as a synonym for curatorship : the position held by a curator (who cures or cares for something ). In the field of law, a curator is someone who is appointed through a judicial resolution to complement the capacity of the person […]