"Glass-Sponge" is a word in ENGLISH
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and
allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; --
called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
Perhaps there are many "nows" of varying duration, depending on just what it is we are doing. We must face up to the fact that, at least in the case of humans, the subject experiencing subjective time is not a perfect, structureless observer, but a complex, multilayered, multifaceted psyche. Different levels of our consciousness may experience time in quite different ways. This is evidently the case in terms of response time. You have probably had the slightly unnerving experience of jumping at the sound of a telephone a moment or two before you actually hear it ring. The shrill noise induces a reflex response through the nervous system much faster than the time it takes to create the conscious experience of the sound.It is fashionable to attribute certain qualities, such as speech ability, to the left side of the brain, whereas others, such as musical appreciation, belong to processes occurring on the right side. But why should both hemispheres experience a common time? And why should the subconscious use the same mental clock as the conscious?
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A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- …
Read the complete definitionAn order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
Read the complete definitionA genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like …
Read the complete definitionAn order of vitreous sponges, having glassy six-rayed, siliceous spicules; -- called also Hexactinellinae.
Read the complete definitionA tough, horny animal substance entering into the composition of the skeleton of sponges, and other invertebrates; -- called also …
Read the complete definitionThe spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Read the complete definitionA grand division of the Invertebrata, including the sponges; -- called also Spongiae, Spongida, and Spongiozoa. The principal divisions are …
Read the complete definitionThe grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
Read the complete definitionOne of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially …
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