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Gravity
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Determinism
the doctrine that everything that happens is determined by a necessary chain of causation (OED)
entropy
the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity (energy in the universe is always going from a relatively ordered state to an increasingly disordered state).
the amount of disorder in a system
Lord Byron
1788-1824
L.S. (Member of Bloomsbury Group)
Lytton Strachey
Simile
A comparison made using the words "like" or "as."
Metaphor
A comparison - made directly or indirectly - without using "like" or "as."
Example sentence:
Matthew is a tall, cool drink of water.
Personification
Giving human characteristics to something which is not human.
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