(n.) The doctrines or philosophy by Plato or of his followers.
(n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.
Example Sentences:
(1) And beneath them, Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, the only black woman in a room of images of mostly white men, is doing her best to follow Platon's directions.
(2) "A Platonic academy, or symposium," he says, "is a group of people sitting round a table discussing ideas, which is a great thing to do.
(3) All the people who Platon has photographed are used to being in control.
(4) Moretti has spoken previously of making criticism less like a Platonic academy, and more like a laboratory.
(5) Platon, born in 1968 in London, has won many international awards for his work.
(6) For some reason, no actual lake I visit ever measures up to the ideal platonic lake for which I yearn.
(7) Judge Viktor Danilkin sentenced Khodorkovsky, 47, and his business partner, Platon Lebedev, 54, to 14 years in a penal colony, including time already served, meaning the pair will not be free for seven more years.
(8) And the platonic concept of a library can be a caravan with some books in it.
(9) Sage's major study of neo-Platonism and English poetry was uncompleted at the time of her death.
(10) We are platonic adult roommates who hold hands at bars.
(11) Yet for a fraction of a second Platon is the one with power.
(12) And the first rule is, you have to be platonic first.
(13) Ihave the deepest sympathy for Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his fellow unfortunate, Platon Lebedev .
(14) Earlier Platon Lebedev, Khodorkovsky's co-defendant, angrily dismissed the Kremlin charges as "rotten".
(15) Platon Platon’s portrait of Ahmadinejad I had an idea that all our leaders are presented to us through a veil of propaganda.
(16) There's different kinds of love, and I'd never experienced that kind of totally platonic love.
(17) Platon Lebedev, another former executive, who was jailed by a Russian court on tax-evasion charges and was released this year, is another victor.
(18) Photograph: Platon for the Observer And then that's it.
(19) On the walls are dozens of enlarged close-ups of other people who have all sat, at one time or another, for Platon , the London-born photographer who has made his name and career photographing the rich and powerful.
(20) This article was corrected on 22 May: the Piraeus University economics professor is Platon Tinios, not Platos
Plutonism
Definition:
(n.) The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive rocks of the earth's crust were formed by igneous fusion; -- opposed to the Neptunian theory.
Example Sentences:
(1) The causative agent of American foulbrood is Bacillus larvae, the causes of the European foulbrood diseases are Streptococcus pluton and Bacillus alvei and the causes of the septicemia are Pseudomonas apiseptica and Escherichia coli in honeybees (Apis mellifera).
(2) Four small towns in the pluton area were investigated in the valley of the river Cervo.