Etym. discipline (n.) directly from Latin disciplina “instruction given, teaching, learning, knowledge,” also “object of instruction, knowledge, science, military discipline,”…
Etym. discipline (n.) directly from Latin disciplina “instruction given, teaching, learning, knowledge,” also “object of instruction, knowledge, science, military discipline,”…
Etym. simulation (n.) noun of action from past participle stem of simulare “imitate,” from stem of similis “like.” Meaning “a…
Etym. in situ 1740, Latin, literally “in its (original) place or position,” from ablative of situs “site.” Etym. simulation (n.)…
Etym. incognito (adj./adv.) 1640s as both adjective (“disguised under an assumed name and character”) and adverb (“unknown, with concealed identity”),…
Etym. immersion. (n.) c. 1500, from Late Latin immersionem, noun of action from past participle stem of immergere “to plunge…
Etym. hybrid (n.) “a product of two heterogeneous things” emerged c. 1850. Etym. simulation (n.) noun of action from past…
Etym. factor (n.) Sense of “circumstance producing a result” is attested by 1816, from the mathematical sense. Definition The discipline…