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Cetaceans
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Mammals that evolved from terrestrial habitats to become fully adapted to aquatic life, living, breeding, resting, and carrying out all other functions in the water. they are nearly hairless, but insulated by a thick layer of blubber. the order contains upwards of ninety species, and is divided into one extinct and two extant suborders. archaeoceti (ancient whales) are believed to be extinct, but if there are survivors it is possible they could be mistaken for sea serpents (see appendix). the extant sub-orders, both thought to be descendants of archaeocetes, are mysticeti (baleen whales) and odontoceti (toothed whales). the latter includes beaked whales, dolphins, and porpoises. all are noted for their high intelligence.
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Terrestrial, английский
Living on land, as opposed to marine or aquatic.
Archaeoceti, английский
Intelligence, английский
- Сбор разведывательных данных; разведка
- The ability to learn and understand quickly
- N интеллект, рассу- док, ум, способность к пониманию artificial ~ искусственный интеллект
- [1] information of military or political value. [2] gathering such information.
- Originally, an innate general cognitive ability underlying all of an individual`s processes of complex reasoninng. now, the dual ability to draw appropriate distinctions and to make appropriate, and to a degree better than chance, choices among the things distinguished. the first part of the process is creative (->creativity) and concerns the construction of a cognitive system limited by the amount of uncertainty tolerable. the second part of the process, largely attended to by ashby, is reductive and concerns how much information is brought to bear on a situation, e.g., for giving the correct answer to questions on an intelligence test, for selecting a successful course of action out of all possible ones, for saying the right thing at the right moment to the right person. culture bound intelligence tests assume predrawn distinctions, offer fixed number of alternatives and thus provide a normative measure of only the information processing ability part of intelligence. the constructive and uncertainty increasing ability part of intelligence is manifest in innovations, unconventional perspectives, avantgarde art but also in social deviance.
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Chaff, английский
- Strips of metal, foil, or glass fiber with a metal content, cut into various lengths and having varying frequency responses, that are used to reflect electromagnetic energy as a radar countermeasure. chaff is usually dropped from aircraft, but can also be deployed from shells or rockets.
- Finely chopped hay used to add bulk to the feed.
Certificated, английский
A ship, seaman, or officer having a document confirming seaworthiness or proficiency.
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