From French cachalot, from Spanish and Portuguese cachalote, from cachola (â big head â). Pronunciation IPA : /ËkaÊÉlÉt/, /ËkaÊÉlÉÊ/ IPA : /ËkÃ¦.ÊÉ.ËlÉt/ Noun . cachalot (plural cachalots) The sperm whale. 2011, Richard Shelton, Sheep, pig, whale, Times Literary Supplement, 22 Sep 2011:
This is the warning from Wilson about Cosmic Trigger. Cosmic Trigger deals with a process of deliberately induced brain change. This is called 'initiation' or 'vision quest' in many traditional societies and .. a dangerous variety of self-psychotherapy in modern terminology. I do not recommend it for everybody..
Trigger Mechanism. in physiology and biology, an act or stimulus that causes the abrupt shifting of a cell, organ, or entire organism from one functional state to another. For example, the trigger action of a peripheral nerve causes a muscle to contract. In this case, the synaptic potential, that is, the minute electromotive force that arises at the site of contact between a nerve and muscle fiber, functions as a spontaneous trigger mechanism.