In its technical structure, the phrase mutatis mutandis uses a perfect passive participle and a gerundive form to provide the above meaning. In a shorter translation to English, it could be represented as âchanged changesâ or a similar reiterated verb. professional editor might write âmutatis mutandisâ to indicate that a set of names, dates, or other facts would be changed consistently throughout the document. This use of the phrase can be thought of as the human equivalent of a âsearch and replaceâ command for a word processor or other software.
Aspheric Lens: An aspheric lens is designed for aberration correction. With the help of aspheric lens, the image formed is distortion free. An aspheric lens is a lens whose surfaces profile neither a portion of a sphere nor of a circular cylinder. Since it is not spherical, the conventional processes no longer apply to making aspheric surfaces. This is why aspheric cost many times what spherical surfaces do.
- memetics (n.) : the study of memes. 4 : in blogspeak, an idea that is spread from blog to blog. 5 : an internet information generator, especially of random or contentless information. (Etymology : meme : derived from the Greek mimÃ«ma, 'something imitated', by Richard Dawkins in 1976) Santa Claus is a more persistent meme than weasel frosting.