preliminary — I. noun (plural naries) Etymology: French préliminaires, plural, from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, adjective, preliminary, from Latin prae pre + limin , limen threshold Date: 1656 something that precedes or is introductory or preparatory: as a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot — The Preliminary Discourse to the Encyclopedia of Diderot ( Discours Préliminaire des Éditeurs ) is the primer to Denis Diderot s Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres , a… … Wikipedia
preliminary — pre|lim|i|na|ry1 [prıˈlımınəri US neri] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: préliminaire, from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin limen threshold ] happening before something that is more important, often in order to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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Near-death studies — is a school of psychology and psychiatry that studies the phenomenology and after effects of a Near death experience (NDE). Contents 1 NDE (Near death experience) 2 Research history and background 3 Journal of Near … Wikipedia