Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » R » Reception

Reception

reception

1. The act of receiving; receipt; admission; as, the reception of food into the stomach; the reception of a letter; the reception of sensation or ideas; reception of evidence.

2. The state of being received.

3. The act or manner of receiving, especially. Of receiving visitors; entertainment; hence, an occasion or ceremony of receiving guests; as, a hearty reception; an elaborate reception. What reception a poem may find. (goldsmith)

4. Acceptance, as of an opinion or doctrine. Philosophers who have quitted the popular doctrines of their countries have fallen into as extravagant opinions as even common reception countenanced. (locke)

5. A retaking; a recovery.

Origin: F. Reception, L. Receptio, fr. Recipere, receptum. See Receive.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Origins of Music

... to higher frequencies. the sound from a chainsaw is more complex and usually shakes the entire membrane, i believe opening all the channels for reception as i recall the sense of hearing working (not that I have anything against the sound a chainsaw makes). I would think that the sounds of music ...

See entire post
by Eous
Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:42 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Origins of Music
Replies: 2
Views: 119

Inter species breeding with fertile offspring

... is a science because the concepts that make it up are formed by the scientific method That there is no scientific method is shown by the early reception of darwins theory of evolution-this shows the fact that science has no method some say the scientific method is falsification but at the time ...

See entire post
by gamila
Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:15 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Inter species breeding with fertile offspring
Replies: 30
Views: 579

Re: There is no scientific method

Gamila wrote: That there is no scientific method is shown by the early reception of darwins theory of evolution-this shows the fact that science has no method Gamila, Isn't that because in reality in the case of evolution, historical science is being treated ...

See entire post
by AFJ
Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: There is no scientific method
Replies: 12
Views: 425

There is no scientific method

That there is no scientific method is shown by the early reception of darwins theory of evolution-this shows the fact that science has no method some say the scientific method is falsification but at the time of its presentation darwins theory was falsified ...

See entire post
by gamila
Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: There is no scientific method
Replies: 12
Views: 425

Re: Vagus Nerve

... those that control functions of the gastrointestinal tract arise from the dorsal vagal nucleus. After exiting the medulla in the ... * sensory reception ( in human sensory reception: Nerve supply ) ...two-thirds of the tongue is supplied by one nerve (the lingual nerve), the back of the tongue ...

See entire post
by sanjidcapa
Tue May 05, 2009 9:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Vagus Nerve
Replies: 16
Views: 39458
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 1,280 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link