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    In linguistics, the brevity law (also called Zipf's law of abbreviation) is a linguistic law that qualitatively states that the more frequently a word...
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    Bradford's law – Pattern of references in science journals Brevity law – Linguistics law Demographic gravitation – Social effect Frequency list – Bare...
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  • Ten-code (category Brevity codes)
    Officials-International (APCO), allow brevity and standardization of message traffic. They have historically been widely used by law enforcement officers in North...
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    distribution Brevity law – Linguistics law Menzerath's law – Linguistic law Bradford's law – Pattern of references in science journals Benford's law – Observation...
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  • Police code (category Brevity codes)
    A police code is a brevity code, usually numerical or alphanumerical, used to transmit information between law enforcement over police radio systems in...
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  • Menzerath's law, observing that calls are abbreviated when used in longer sequences. Zipf's law Brevity law Heaps' law Bradford's law Benford's law Pareto...
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    based on an initial belief that no criminal activity was involved, the brevity of the interval since the person was last seen, the possibility that the...
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    Chekhov's gun (redirect from Chekhov's Law)
    play's theme of lacking or incomplete action. Concision – the principle of brevity in writing Foreshadowing – a plot device where what is to come is hinted...
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  • i.e., the pressure p is a function of the axial coordinate x only. For brevity, use u instead of u x {\displaystyle u_{x}} . The axial momentum equation...
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    speech, "law school" is universally preferred for its "brevity and clarity". In the United States, law schools require a bachelor's degree in any discipline...
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  • establish another party organization. The brevity of its three sentences belied the historical import of the action. Law Against the Formation of Parties. 14...
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    (the original) definition for reasons of convenience and especially of brevity. It would be cumbersome to have to add "or Wales" after "England" and "or...
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  • Heaps' law: It describes the number of distinct words in a document (or set of documents) as a function of the document length. Brevity law or Zipf's law of...
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    work. One criticism sounded about the work of the commission is that the brevity of its annual sessions (10 to 12 weeks) does not allow thorough study of...
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  • "codewords", or "code words" on Wikipedia. Brevity code Ten-code, brevity codes in voice communication, particularly by law enforcement and in Citizens Band Cipher...
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  • redefining it as an argument against the idea that "form follows function". Brevity law Functional linguistics Diachronic linguistics Theory of language Vicentini...
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    Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued...
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  • accomplished by the complete elimination of the state parliaments. The brevity of the proposed law was in striking contrast to its extraordinary historical and...
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  • Shakespeare's "Brevity is the soul of wit"; Mies van der Rohe's "Less is more"; Bjarne Stroustrup's "Make Simple Tasks Simple!"; Dr. Seuss's ode to brevity: "So...
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    eISSN 1935-0236. JSTOR 2901835. S2CID 170767175. Law, Jude (2 October 2009). "Shakespeare's Hamlet with Jude Law". Charlie Rose (Interview). Interviewed by...
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  • general intelligence Artificial intelligence Benford's law Brevity law (also called Zipf's law of abbreviation) Cancel culture Chinese room Computational...
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  • dilemma: Accuracy vs. Brevity in the use of legal terms by court interpreters". In Morris, Marshall (ed.). Translation and the Law. American Translators...
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    For al-Qurtubi, al-Tabari, and Ibn Kathir, the expression indicates the brevity of the act, as it is confined to battle and is not a continuous command...
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  • Complex system Quantitative text analysis Zipf's law Brevity law "Word length and frequency - Laws in Quantitative Linguistics". 2015-02-15. Archived...
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    John Roberts (category Georgetown University Law Center faculty)
    philosophy, including in areas of civil rights and executive power. The brevity of his tenure and his cautiousness in deciding cases left little for potential...
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  • high-energy physics and quantum field theory, which in spite of their brevity contain several serious blunders: The Cabibbo angle does not govern the...
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    remember the information conveyed because having three entities combines both brevity and rhythm with having the smallest amount of information to create a pattern...
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    Cazenovia, New York. August 28, 1850. p. 2 – via NYS Historic Newspapers. "Brevities". Cazenovia Republican. Cazenovia, New York. December 10, 1885. p. 3....
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    equal protection of the laws." From an architectural perspective, the main advantage of the former over the latter was brevity — the Equal Protection Clause...
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  • are deemed to be "safe" or "solid" by all forecasters are omitted for brevity. Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris vs. Robert...
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