(n.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) These reason categories are then related to existing measures of PLOC and to motivation.
(2) Finally, the proposed model and conceptualization of PLOC are discussed with regard to intrapersonal versus interpersonal perception, internalization, cause-reason distinctions, and the significance of perceived autonomy in human behavior.
(3) The frequency of spontaneous oesophageal contractions (SLOC) and amplitude of provoked contractions (PLOC) were greater in those patients undergoing hysterectomy.
(4) The present study explores in a sample of 51 patients with chronic pain of myofascial origin the relationship between a dispositional measure of coping, the internality dimension of the Pain Locus of Control Scale (PLOC), and ratings of pain intensity, frequency, and pain-related behavioral functioning.
(5) A model of perceived locus of causality (PLOC) is developed, using children's self-reported reasons for acting.
(6) Patients above the median on the internality dimension of the PLOC reported their pain as less intense and frequent than those below the median.
Ploce
Definition:
(n.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, "His wife's a wife indeed."
Example Sentences:
(1) Now, ploce have arrested more than 60 journalists, so many that London is running out of specialist solicitors who can represent them.
(2) Postage stamps sold in the capital, Sarajevo, are not valid in the RS; railway engines have to be swapped as a train from Ploce to Zagreb crosses the country, from Croatian, to Bosnian, to Serbian and back to Croatian again (and these countries want to join the EU?).