The Antikythera mechanism (/ËÃ¦ntáµ»káµ»ËÎ¸iËrÉ/ ANT-i-ki-THEER-É or /ËÃ¦ntáµ»ËkÉªÎ¸ÉrÉ/ ANT-i-KITH-É-rÉ) is an ancient analogue computer and orrery used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for calendrical and astrological purposes, as well as the Olympiads, the cycles of the ancient Olympic Games.
Abstract. Theme identification is one of the most fundamental tasks in qualitative research. It also one of the most mysterious. Explicit descriptions of theme discovery are rarely described in articles and reports and if so are often regulated to appendices or footnotes.
motif - a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration. 2. motif - a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. 3. motif - a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme. theme. idea, thought - the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; it was not a good idea; the thought never entered my mind.