Pop is an abbreviation of the word "popular", which is used in both English and Portuguese. This word can have different meanings, it all depends on how and when it is used. Pop could be the...
Hourglass is a device used to measure the fraction of a time. A classic hourglass consists of two conical compartments, made of glass, which communicate with each other through an apex...
Marketplace is a place where goods and services are traded. The word is a combination of the English terms market, which means "market" and place, which means "place". The market can happen in a...
Contingent consists both in the idea of what is uncertain, unforeseen and accidental, as it can also represent a specific group within a collectivity, depending on the context in which the word é...
Aggregate is a transitive verb that means to join with the other, to join something that already exists. For example: grouping people, incorporating new ideas, new techniques, inserting new elements, new information...
Freak is a word of English origin that means "aberration" in the Portuguese language, used to describe something that is out of the ordinary; abnormal or supernatural. The term freak is often used as...
Distilled water is the pure state of water, not mixed with other substances and microorganisms. It is obtained through the process of distillation. Even though it is clean water, its ingestion...
Condensation or liquefaction is the chemical process of transforming matter from a gaseous state to a liquid. In short, it consists of the inverse of vaporization, when the matter in the liquid state is...
Indifferent is the adjective that qualifies something or someone who does not recognize the importance of a certain thing, and does not show preference or emotion. An indifferent person is one who acts with...
Oscillation is a variation, a fluctuation, a change, it is an alternating movement in opposite directions, it is the movement now to one side now to the other. In the figurative sense, oscillation is a variation, it is...
Close up is an expression in English, widely used in photography and video recording that means a shot where the camera is very close to the person or object in question, enabling one...
Natural landscape is any environment that has not suffered human influence, keeping all the elements and typical characteristics of nature preserved. Dense and virgin forests, mountain tops and...
Polytheism is a religious system that consists of the belief in different deities. In polytheistic societies, the existence of multiple gods is admitted, usually each one dedicated to one...
National identity is a concept that indicates the social condition and the feeling of belonging to a certain culture. The concept of national identity only began to gain strength in the 19th century, when...
PCC stands for First Command of the Capital, a Brazilian criminal faction that commands several illicit acts such as assaults, kidnappings, murders, drug trafficking and riots in the prisons...