gno-, gnos-, gnoto-, -gnostic, -gnosia, -gnomic, -gnomonic, -gnomical, -gnomy, -gnosia, -gnostic, -gnosis
(Greek: know, learn, discern)
It is the science of the substances which compose the earth or its crust, their structures, positions, relative situations, and properties.
2. That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its general exterior and interior constitution.
3. Knowledge of the general structure of the earth.
4. An earlier term for the science of the earth; now, replaced by geology.
3. Etymology: from Greek; literally "knowledge of the earth".
2. The geometric figure that remains after a parallelogram has been removed from a similar but larger parallelogram with which it shares a corner.
2. Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics.
2. Possessing knowledge; especially, esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
3. When capitalized, pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
4. Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge.
A member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
2. A religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches.
The doctrines of certain pre-Christian pagan, Jewish, and early Christian sects that valued the revealed knowledge of God and of the origin and end of the human race as a means to attain redemption for the spiritual element in humans and that distinguished the Demiurge from the unknowable Divine Being.
2. The study of animals in the absence of contaminating microorganisms; that is, of “germ-free” animals.
2. A germ-free animal infected with one or more microorganisms in order to study the microorganism in a controlled situation.
2. The study of organisms or environmental conditions that have been rendered free of bacteria or contaminants or into which a known microorganism or contaminant has been introduced for research purposes.
2. The study of organisms or environmental conditions that have been rendered free of bacteria or contaminants or into which a known microorganism or contaminant has been introduced for research purposes.
Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "know, knowledge; learn, learning": cogni-; discip-; histor-; intellect-; learn, know; math-; sap-; sci-; sopho-.