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fungible
adjective
being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
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Fungible, with its precise definition 鈥�(especially of goods) of such a kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable for another of similar kind,鈥� is pretty much restricted to law and finance. However the term is also used with a more general meaning of “interchangeable.” Fungible comes from Medieval Latin fungibilis 鈥渦seful, interchangeable,鈥� used especially in the legal term r膿s fungibil膿s 鈥渇ungible things, interchangeable items.鈥� Fungibilis is a derivation of Latin 蹿耻苍驳墨 鈥渢o perform the office of, enjoy.鈥� 贵耻苍驳墨 forms part of the idiomatic phrase 蹿耻苍驳墨 vice or 蹿耻苍驳墨 pr艒 鈥渢o take the place of,鈥� which supplies the meaning for fungibilis. Fungible entered English in the mid-17th century.
how is fungible used?
Facebook and Google need content, but it鈥檚 all fungible.
Given that the Hong Kong-listed shares and the New York ones will be completely fungible, Alibaba can easily sell $13 billion of shares … at a small discount to its current share price.
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mirabilia
plural noun
Latin.
marvels; miracles.
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In English, mirabilia is a plural noun meaning 鈥渕iracles, wonders.鈥� Mirabilia comes straight from Latin 尘墨谤腻产颈濒颈补, a noun use of the neuter plural of the adjective 尘墨谤腻产颈濒颈蝉 鈥渨onderful, marvelous, remarkable, singular.鈥� In the Vulgate (the Latin version of the Bible, prepared chiefly by Saint Jerome at the end of the 4th century a.d.,) the adjective 尘墨谤腻产颈濒颈蝉 means 鈥済lorious, miraculous;鈥� the noun use, 尘墨谤腻产颈濒别 in the singular, 尘墨谤腻产颈濒颈补 in the plural, means 鈥渨ondrous deed, miracle.鈥� The corresponding form in Vulgar Latin, 尘墨谤颈产颈濒颈补 (noun), regularly becomes merveille in Old French, merveille in Middle English, and marvel in English. Mirabilia entered English in the first half of the 19th century.
how is mirabilia used?
Reading this compendium is like exploring a cabinet of curiosities, each section home to uncanny and startling mirabilia.
in Rome you caused mirabilia to appear that the Romans themselves had never dreamed of, starting with the gabble of that Hugo of Jabala …
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singularity
noun
a hypothesized future era or event when exponential improvements in computer intelligence and advances in technology will result in an acute change in human society and evolution.
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Singularity comes from Middle English singularite, singulerite 鈥渟olitude, solitary living; personal gain or advantage; individual or particular things; singleness of purpose,鈥� from Old French singulerte, singulariteit 鈥渟ingular character or quality; peculiarity鈥� or from Late Latin 蝉颈苍驳耻濒腻谤颈迟腻蝉 (inflectional stem 蝉颈苍驳耻濒腻谤颈迟腻迟-) 鈥渁 being alone or by oneself,鈥� a derivative of the adjective 蝉颈苍驳耻濒腻谤颈蝉 鈥渁lone, alone of its kind, one by one, singular.” The computer or technological sense, 鈥渁 hypothesized future in which exponential improvements in computer intelligence and technological advances result in an acute change in human society and evolution,鈥� is closely associated with the computer scientist and science fiction author Vernor Vinge, who popularized this sense in his writings, most notably in his 1986 novel Marooned in Realtime, and later in an article titled “Technological Singularity” published in Whole Earth Review in 1993. Singularity entered English in the 14th century.
how is singularity used?
A lot of smart people are thinking about the singularity, when the machines grow advanced enough to make humanity obsolete.
But fulfilling the wishes of a revered biological legacy will occupy only a trivial portion of the intellectual power that the Singularity will bring.
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