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.
Leitmotif associated with Siegfried in Richard Wagner 's opera of the same name Play (helpÂ·info). A leitmotif or leitmotiv /ËlaÉªtmoÊËtiËf/ is a short, constantly recurring musical phrase  associated with a particular person, place, or idea. It is closely related to the musical concepts of idee idÃ©e fixe or-motto. theme musical motif has been defined as a short musical idea ... melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic, or all three, a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition : the smallest structural unit possessing thematic identity..