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- Dictionaryinfernal/ɪnˈfəːnl/
adjective
- 1. relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld: "the infernal regions" Similar
- 2. irritating and tiresome (used for emphasis): informal "you're an infernal nuisance" Similar
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2 days ago · Therefore, the devil is only able to pursue evil as long as God allows. Evil has no ontological reality, but is defined by deficits or a lack of existence, in Origen's cosmology.
5 days ago · taxonomy, in a broad sense the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms—i.e., biological classification. The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”). Taxonomy is, therefore, the methodology and principles of systematic botany and zoology and sets up ...
2 days ago · Satan. Illustration of the Devil on folio 290 recto of the Latin, Bohemian Codex Gigas, dating to the early thirteenth century. Satan, [a] also known as the Devil, [b] is an entity in Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood. In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the ...
17 hours ago · Demon. A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including comics, fiction, film, television, and video games. Belief in demons probably goes back to the Paleolithic age, stemming from ...
2 days ago · Shoer et al. showcase the extensive genetic diversity of the human gut microbiota and its implications for the host. They find high strain-level variability associates with species’ capacity to sporulate, while low variability associates with carrying antibiotic resistance genes. Their insights into microbial evolution open avenues for targeted microbiota interventions.
17 hours ago · An infernal apparatus in the case of decay poisons the poor cat. Is this a way of preparing a fifty-fifty superposition of a live cat and dead cat, until the box is opened and the cat is observed? (Of course in order to assign a significance to the wave function one should prepare a large number of cats and infernal machines.)
2 days ago · The reporters watched hours of Tim Walz’s previous debates and interviewed his allies and rivals in Minnesota for this article. Sept. 30, 2024. Before he was known to the nation as an affable ...
