icons of the alphabet

12.23: adds/icons of the alphabet:
. abc's look like the very basic mechanisms
whose names begin with such letters:
Angle(A is icon of angle arc between hinge plates)
Bisect(graphical counting or dividing),
Circumfrence, Diameter,
Extend (greek E means summation)
Front (arrow points at front surface of a drafting view
-- vs the top surface),
Gyration (revolving starts from right angle),
Hinge (H can be plates hinged),
Iatric(healed, parts assembled
-- I is a clocking of H)
Join(J has a hook for joining)
Kaleidoscope (K shows both V and V's mirror image)
Ligature (bonding of multiple indep'dimensions
-- symbolized by L, a right angle).
Multiply (M is a clocking of E, summation)
Not(N is the same shape as set`not: ~)
Oscillation (O is loop like cycles, oscillations),
Post-Oscillation or Product
(P is icon of dropping out of a loop)
Quality (what's under Oscillation? its basis or control)
Radical (Oscillation's side affects)
Specialization (S looks like yin-yang formations
-- specializing in complementary differences)
Top (arrow points at top surface of a drafting view)
Union (U looks like a collecting cup)
Vacillation (V is side view of wave, VVVV)
Wall (W is a counter-clocking of E, summation
-- stop additions)
Xiphoid (Greek xiphos: sword)
Yes (what's under Vacillation?
-- basis or control of V, energy)
Zero (Z is a clocking of N, not(this): not anything)

culturomics

12.16: news.adds/culturomics:

Quantitative Analysis of Culture Using Millions of Digitized Books

"( We constructed a corpus of digitized texts
containing [5 million books]
about 4% of all books ever printed.

Analysis of this corpus enables us to investigate
cultural trends quantitatively.
We survey the vast terrain of "culturomics",
focusing on linguistic and cultural phenomena
that were reflected in the English language
between 1800 and 2000.
We show how this approach can provide insights about
fields as diverse as lexicography,
the evolution of grammar, collective memory,
the adoption of technology, the pursuit of
fame, censorship, and historical epidemiology.)

Google Tool Explores 'Genome' Of English Words

. To coincide with the publication of the Science paper,
Google's ngrams web app shows how often
a word or phrase has appeared over time
in its scanned literature .
Dr Jean-Baptiste Michel a psychologist in Harvard's
Program for Evolutionary Dynamics,
and Dr Erez Lieberman Aiden
have developed the search tool .

. 8,500 new words enter the English language every year
and the lexicon grew by 70% between 1950 and 2000.
But 52% these words do not appear in dictionaries.
– the majority of words used in English books .