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Kaleidoscope
Definition:
(n.) An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc., and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recognition memory was tested for lists of 6 briefly (0.08 s) presented pictures at different interstimulus intervals (ISI) of 0.08, 1, and 4 s. Experiment 1 showed a 16% performance increase (ISI effect) for increasing ISI for travel slide but not kaleidoscope pictures.
(2) The whole point was that it was more of a kaleidoscopic exploration of the treatment of homegrown radicalisation,” said Latif, “to explore the breadth of opinion that is out there.
(3) William Bobo’s book Glimpses of New York (1852) describes a stream of beings in bonnets, caps and tall hats as “one grand kaleidoscope in perpetual motion”.
(4) This is a war that has failed in every one of its ever-shifting kaleidoscope of aims: from destroying the Taliban and al-Qaida, to bringing democracy and women's rights, to eradicating opium production.
(5) The best World Cups offer a kaleidoscope of images and this brilliantly-staged oval-ball extravaganza outdid anything the game has seen.
(6) Brought to you by: Cutting emissions and saving money through teleconferencing Wayne Visser is director of Kaleidoscope Futures and a senior associate at the University of Cambridge.
(7) "Their regime was a kaleidoscope of perceptions and positions and conflicting interests constantly tumbling over one another and rearranging themselves," the eminent Israeli historian Tom Segev wrote in his account of the British Mandate era, One Palestine, Complete .
(8) These are the moments when Liverpool , to borrow a line from the kaleidoscope of colours on the Kop's banners, are making their supporters dream.
(9) A selective mechanism is described whereby kaleidoscopic changes in primary structure at variable sites are indefinitely promoted, independently of any environmental changes and with the molecule remaining close to a state of maximal overall adaptation.
(10) "Kaleidoscope was born because a lot of us felt there was a need for an organisation that would focus all its efforts internationally," said said Lance Price, a Kaleidoscope founding member and former 10 Downing Street media adviser.
(11) It’s like a washed-out, weird kaleidoscope full of heyday and hope Port Elizabeth is a blue-collar town with white-collar aspirations.
(12) What are we saying about ourselves when we place (black) women’s pain under a microscope only to better consume the full kaleidoscope of their suffering?
(13) The Temple offers a kaleidoscope of incense-scented mayhem, where golden centaurs and exotic urns sprawl alongside zodiac drapes and musky shrines to the Virgin Mary, Lakshmi and other female icons.
(14) Rei Kawakubo, the founder of Comme des Garçons: Weird pink kaleidoscope prints!
(15) It happened 40 years ago and it's all very complicated – a shifting kaleidoscope of religious and linguistic difference and political loyalties, animated by old prejudices and fresh desires.
(16) Kaleidoscope is described by its director, Lance Price, thus: "First, we're being driven by the experience of the people in the countries we're talking about.
(17) Kaleidoscope intends to leave UK gay rights campaigning to long-established advocacy group Stonewall.
(18) But there are signs everywhere that the kaleidoscope that constantly shifts the pieces of this puzzle is going to turn again.
(19) Curriculum vitae Age 59 Education Dartmouth College, New Hampshire (history); University College, Oxford (PPE) Career 1970 writer, Rolling Stone magazine 1973 presenter, Radio 1 1974 presenter, Radio 4 arts show Kaleidoscope 1983 founder member, TV-am 1992 launch team, Classic FM 1995 Radio 3 1996 Radio Academy's Outstanding Contribution to Music Radio award 1998 presenter, Classic FM 2005 inducted into Radio Academy Hall of Fame 2008 host, Counterpoint music quiz, Radio 4
(20) The Peter Tatchell Foundation is supporting a coalition – the Commonwealth Equality Network , coordinated by Kaleidoscope Trust – which is lobbying to get LGBTI rights on the agenda of the 2018 Commonwealth summit.