a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them" krzyżówka

the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory something illusory and unattainable a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a liaison with the guerrillas" a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale a newspaper headline that runs across the full page a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds the fourth pillar of Islam is almsgiving as an act of worship; "the zakat is earmarked for the poor and disabled" something intended as a guide for making something else; "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" a single undivided whole; "an idea is not a unit that can be moved from one brain to another" a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular" a fashion reminiscent of the past the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub something that slows or delays progress; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" your consciousness of your own identity an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7 every evening"