Day 7

bother

verb

1.

to give trouble to; annoy; pester; worry:

His baby sister bothered him for candy.

2.

to bewilder; confuse:

His inability to understand the joke bothered him.

verb (used without object)

3.

to take the trouble; trouble or inconvenience oneself:

Don't bother to call. He has no time to bother with trifles.

noun

4.

something troublesome, burdensome, or annoying:

Doing the laundry every week can be a terrible bother.

5.

effort, work, or worry:

Gardening takes more bother than it's worth.

6.

a worried or perplexed state:

Don't get into such a bother about small matters.

7.

someone or something that bothers or annoys:

My cousin is a perpetual bother to me.

precisely

adjective

1.

definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed:

precise directions.

2.

being exactly that and neither more nor less:

a precise temperature; a precise amount.

3.

being just that and no other:

the precise dress she had wanted.

4.

definite or exact in statement, as a person.

5.

carefully distinct:

precise articulation.

6.

exact in measuring, recording, etc.:

a precise instrument.

7.

excessively or rigidly particular:

precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.

radar

noun

1.

Electronics.a

device for determining the presence and location of an object by

measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and

the direction from which it returns.

2.

a means or sense of awareness or perception:

lobbyists working under the media's radar.

intrinsic

adjective

1.

belonging to a thing by its very nature:

the intrinsic value of a gold ring.

revolutionized

verb

1.

to bring about a revolutionin; effect a radical change in:

to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.

2.

to subject to a political revolution.

Related forms

revolutionizer,noun

quasi-revolutionized,adjective

unrevolutionized,adjective

postulate

verb

1.

to ask, demand, or claim.

2.

to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.

noun

5.

something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.

6.

Mathematics,

Logic.a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that

is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof

of other propositions; axiom.

Related forms

postulation,noun

postulational,adjective

hitherto

adverb

1.

up to this time; until now:

a fact hitherto unknown.

ether

noun

1.

Also

called directly ether,diethyl oxide, ethyl ether,ethyl oxide, sulfuric

ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology.a colorless, highly volatile, flammable

liquid, C4H10O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste,

derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a

solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.

2.

Chemistry.(formerly)

one of a class of compounds in which two organic groups are attached

directly to an oxygen atom, having the general formula ROR.

severely

adjective,severer,severest.

1.

harsh; unnecessarily extreme:

severe criticism; severe laws.

2.

serious or stern in manner or appearance:

a severe face.

unambiguously

adjective

1.

not ambiguous, or unclear; distinct; unequivocal:

The object of the experiment was to reach an unambiguous conclusion about climate change.

irrational

adj.

1. without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.

commonsense

noun

1.

sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.

notion

noun

1.

a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:

a notion of how something should be done.

2.

an opinion, view, or belief:

That's his notion, not mine.

finite

adjective

1.

having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.

2.

Mathematics.

(of a set of elements) capable of being completely counted.

not infinite or infinitesimal.

not zero.

nevertheless

adverb

1.

nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that:

a small but nevertheless important change.

propogation

noun

1.

the act of propogating.

2.

the fact of being propogated

3.

multiplication by natural reproduction.

4.

transmission or dissemination.

Related forms

propagational,adjective

nonpropagation,noun

self-propagation,noun

unify

verb (used with or without object),unified,unifying.

1.

to make or become a single unit; unite:

to unify conflicting theories; to unify a country.

crest

noun

1.

the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.

2.

the head or top of anything.

infrared

noun

1.

the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to theredend of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.

adjective

2.

noting or pertaining to the infrared or its component rays:

infrared radiation.

eplicitly

adjective

1.

fully and clearly expressed or demonstrated; leaving nothing merely implied; unequivocal:

explicit instructions; an explicit act of violence; explicit language.

elliptical

adjective, Also,elliptic

1.

pertaining to or having the form of an epllise.

2.

pertaining to or marked by grammatical ellipsis.

3.

(of speech or writing) expressed with extreme or excessive economy; relieved of irrelevant matter:

to converse in elliptical sentences.

4.

(of a style of speaking or writing) tending to be ambiguous, cryptic, or obscure:

an elliptical prose that is difficult to translate.

spiral

noun

1.

Geometry.a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.

platinum

noun

1.

Chemistry.a

heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element,

resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the

presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used

for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the

oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry.Symbol:Pt;atomic

weight:195.09;atomic number:78;specific gravity:21.5 at 20°C.

2.

a light, metallic gray with very slight bluish tinge when compared with silver.

adjective

3.

made of platinum.

4.

(of a record, CD, or cassette) having sold a minimum of one million copies.

validity

noun

1.

the state or quality of being valid:

to question the validity of the argument.

2.

legal soundness or force.

patch

noun

1.

a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place:

patches at the elbows of a sports jacket.

2.

Also calledskin patch,transdermal patch. an adhesive patch that applies to the skin and gradually delivers drugs or medication to the user:

using a nicotine patch to try to quit smoking.

spatial

adjective

1.

of or relating to space.

2.

existing or occurring in space; having extension in space.

coordinate

adjective

1.

of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.

noun

1.

a person or thing of equal rank or importance; an equal.

verb (used with object),coordinated,coordinating.

1.

to place or class in the same order, rank, division, etc.

2.

to place or arrange in proper order or position.

3.

to combine in harmonious relation or action.

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Summary

在经过三天的艰苦啃书，发现自己依旧理解不了后面的部分。后面光速的部分，前面也许有经典力学作为基础，可以理解的很透彻，而且也可以很容易的看出作者缜密的思维逻辑。从伽利略的实验证明亚里士多德对于速度和物体理解的错误，竟而引出牛顿在伽利略的实验基础上得出的力学三大定理。然而，作者接着探寻了亚里士多德和牛顿、伽利略思维上的不同是因为绝对位置，引入了“绝对”这个概念，为下文中写道牛顿对绝对时间的理解做伏笔。在前人的基础上，科学家发现了光速这个概念，麦克斯韦就着这些发现了“波”，由经典力学将战地转移到了新力学，由地球到太空，更加让人捉摸不透。研究光速，研究绝对时间和位移的关系，得出光速是唯一确定不变的。

后面的篇章便是我理解不了的领域，即使看了安妮的解答，依旧是一头雾水，也无法分析下去。