"Nandine" is a word in ENGLISH
An African carnivore (Nandinia binotata), allied to the
civets. It is spotted with black.
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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One of the largest African antelopes (Hippotragus, / Oryx, nasomaculatus).
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Read the complete definitionA native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.
Read the complete definitionOf or pertaining to Africa.
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Read the complete definitionTo place under the domination of Africans or negroes.
Read the complete definitionLat. An additional name or title; a nickname. A name or title which a man gets by some action or …
Read the complete definitionA bark canoe used by the Africans.
Read the complete definitionAn African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, …
Read the complete definitionAprika n Africa. -na n African woman. -nu n African man.
Read the complete definitionA bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
Read the complete definitionOne of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and …
Read the complete definitionA gigantic African tree (Adansonia digitata), also naturalized in India. See Adansonia.
Read the complete definitionAn African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes.
Read the complete definitionAn African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, …
Read the complete definitionAn African genet (Genetta pardina). See Genet.
Read the complete definitionA remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.
Read the complete definitionA negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant …
Read the complete definitionA South African antelope (Alcelaphus albifrons), having a large white spot on the forehead.
Read the complete definitionA small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.
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