Text for clarification; one of four rhetorical modes
For other uses, see Description (disambiguation).
"Describe" redirects here. For the musician, see DeScribe.
Description is any type of communication that aims to make vivid a place, object, person, group, or other physical entity.[1] Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration.[2]
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose...
Description is any type of communication that aims to make vivid a place, object, person, group, or other physical entity. Description is one of four rhetorical...
A Description of the methods adopted by the Duke Valentino when murdering Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto da Fermo, the Signor Pagolo, and the Duke di...
Audio description, (AD) also referred to as a video description, described video, or more precisely visual description, is a form of narration used to...
In digital printing, a page description language (PDL) is a computer language that describes the appearance of a printed page in a higher level than an...
A job description or JD is a written narrative that describes the general tasks, or other related duties, and responsibilities of a position. It may specify...
Description logics (DL) are a family of formal knowledge representation languages. Many DLs are more expressive than propositional logic but less expressive...
definite description is a denoting phrase in the form of "the X" where X is a noun-phrase or a singular common noun. The definite description is proper...
The Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which prevents manufacturers, retailers or service industry providers...
The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard originally designed as a data model for metadata. It has come to...
In the social sciences and related fields, a thick description is a description of human social action that describes not just physical behaviors, but...
interface Web Services Description Language – XML-based interface description language RESTful Service Description Language – XML description of HTTP-based web...
Cognitive description is a term used in psychology to describe the cognitive workings of the human mind. A cognitive description specifies what information...
"Description of a Struggle" (German: "Beschreibung eines Kampfes") is a short story by Franz Kafka. It contains the dialogues "Conversation with the Supplicant"...
The theory of descriptions is the philosopher Bertrand Russell's most significant contribution to the philosophy of language. It is also known as Russell's...
In the study of language, description or descriptive linguistics is the work of objectively analyzing and describing how language is actually used (or...
In surveying and property law, a land description or legal description is a written statement that delineates the boundaries of a piece of real property...
Motif description is the term that has been used for a form of dance notation; however, the current preferred terminology is Motif Notation. It is a subset...
In the PRINCE2 project management method, a product description (PDD) is a structured format that presents information about a project product. It is...
Description language may refer to: Interface description language aka interface definition language (IDL) Regular Language description for XML (RELAX)...
PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their PostScript...
The Web Services Description Language (WSDL /ˈwɪz dəl/) is an XML-based interface description language that is used for describing the functionality offered...
In computer engineering, a hardware description language (HDL) is a specialized computer language used to describe the structure and behavior of electronic...
A software design description (a.k.a. software design document or SDD; just design document; also Software Design Specification) is a representation of...
Description of Greece (Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις, romanized: Helládos Periḗgēsis) is a work by the ancient geographer Pausanias (c. 110 – c. 180)...
An interface description language or interface definition language (IDL) is a generic term for a language that lets a program or object written in one...
Architecture description languages (ADLs) are used in several disciplines: system engineering, software engineering, and enterprise modelling and engineering...
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