A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour
By Ian Paterson
This comprehensive resource explores every aspect of color and its many applications across the disciplines and through the ages. With more than 4,100 entries, this dictionary explores the language of color from historical, design, language, symbolic, literary, and commercial perspectives. Appendixes include adjectives of color, more than 1,000 colors arranged according to color groupings, and color phrases such as blue funk and scream blue murder. This unusual reference will appeal to writers, designers, artists and illustrators, art critics, decorators, and language enthusiasts.
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Словарь содержит около 3500 слов английского языка, сгруппированных вокруг девяти тем, наиболее необходимых в устном общении. В тематических группах слова расположены по принципу употребительности; для удобства нахождения слов в конце словаря дан алфавитный указатель. Словарь будет полезен всем, кто активно изучает английский язык, стремится пополнить свой словарный запас.
Derived from the world-renowned McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, this vital reference offers a wealth of essential information in a portable, convenient, quick-find format. Whether you're a professional, a student, a writer, or a general reader with an interest in science, there is no better or more authoritative way to stay up-to-speed with the current language of chemistry or gain an understanding of its key ideas and concepts.Written in clear, simple language understandable to the general reader, yet in-depth enough for scientists, educators, and advanced students.
Derived from the content of the respected McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, Sixth Edition, each title provides thousands of definitions of words and phrases encountered in a specific discipline. Written in clear, simple language understandable to the general reader, yet in-depth enough for scientists, educators, and advanced students, Carefully reviewed for clarity, completeness, and accuracy, the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Bioscience, Second Edition, offers a standard of excellence unmatched by any similar publication.
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