THO*UGHTSCAPE

thoughts on my tho*ughtscape process:

find my roots

/q how?

/a I:

name the concepts

find competing meanings

select my interpretation

/q how?

/a I subconsciously:

apply my existing knowledge in a sifting matrix to cull data

build my context

identify relationships

/q between what?

/a between concepts; their meanings; the interplay & dependencies
discover the subtleties of language

draw upon the differences

excavate to build a

theoretical foundation

conceptual framework
investigate to identify & name the

conceptual environment

conceptual ecology

xeno- or xen- [1]
pref.

Stranger; foreigner: xenophobia.
Strange; foreign; different: xenolith.

[New Latin, from Greek, from

xenos, stranger. See ghos-ti- in Indo-European Roots.

gen·ic (j n k, j n k) [2]
adj.

Of, relating to, produced by, or being genes or a gene.

gen i·cal·ly adv.

-genic [3]
suff.

Producing; generating: dysgenic.
Produced or generated by: cryptogenic.
Suitable for production or reproduction by a specified medium: photogenic.

[

-gen + -ic.]

genic [4]

adj : of or relating to or produced by or being a gene; "genic combinations"; "genetic code" [syn: genetic]

ge·net·ic (j -n t k) also ge·net·i·cal (- -k l) [5]
adj.

Of or relating to genetics or genes.
Affecting or determined by genes: genetic diseases.

Of, relating to, or influenced by the origin or development of something.
Linguistics. Of or relating to the relationship between or among languages that are descendants of the same protolanguage

[From Greek genetikos, genitive, from genesis, origin. See genesis.]

ge·net i·cal·ly adv.

genetic [6]

\Ge*net"ic\, a. Same as Genetical.

genetic [7]

adj

tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" [syn: familial, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]
of or relating to or produced by or being a gene; "genic combinations"; "genetic code" [syn: genic]
of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research" [syn: genetical]

genetical [8]

\Ge*net"ic*al\, a. [See Genesis.] Pertaining to, concerned with, or determined by, the genesis of anything, or its natural mode of production or development.

This historical, genetical method of viewing prior systems of philosophy. --Hare.

genetical [9]

adj : of or relating to the science of genetics; "genetic research" [syn: genetic]

-genesis [10]
suff.

Origin; production: abiogenesis.

[Latin, from Greek, birth, origin. See gen - in Indo-European Roots.]

gen·e·sis (j n -s s) [11]
n. pl. gen·e·ses (-s z )

The coming into being of something; the origin. See Synonyms at beginning.
Genesis Abbr. Gen. or Gn See table at Bible

[Latin, from Greek. See gen - in Indo-European Roots.]

Genesis [12]

\Gen"e*sis\, n. [L., from Gr. ge`nesis, fr. the root of gi`gnesqai to beget, be born; akin to L. genus birth, race. See Gender.]

1. The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

The origin and genesis of poor Sterling's club. --Carlyle.

2. The first book of the Old Testament; -- so called by the Greek translators, from its containing the history of the creation of the world and of the human race.

3. (Geom.) Same as Generation.

Genesis [13]
n

1. an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events [syn: origin, origination, inception]

2. the first book of the Old Testament: tells of creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers [syn: Genesis]

Genesis [14] The five books of Moses were collectively called the Pentateuch, a word of Greek origin meaning "the five-fold book." The Jews called them the Torah, i.e., "the law." It is probable that the division of the Torah into five books proceeded from the Greek translators of the Old Testament. The names by which these several books are generally known are Greek. The first book of the Pentateuch (q.v.) is called by the Jews Bereshith, i.e., "in the beginning", because this is the first word of the book. It is generally known among Christians by the name of Genesis, i.e., "creation" or "generation," being the name given to it in the LXX. as designating its character, because it gives an account of the origin of all things. It contains, according to the usual computation, the history of about two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine years. Genesis is divided into two principal parts. The first part (1-11) gives a general history of mankind down to the time of the Dispersion. The second part presents the early history of Israel down to the death and burial of Joseph (12-50). There are five principal persons brought in succession under our notice in this book, and around these persons the history of the successive periods is grouped, viz., Adam (1-3), Noah (4-9), Abraham (10-25:18), Isaac (25:19-35:29), and Jacob (36-50). In this book we have several prophecies concerning Christ (3:15; 12:3; 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; 49:10). The author of this book was Moses. Under divine guidance he may indeed have been led to make use of materials already existing in primeval documents, or even of traditions in a trustworthy form that had come down to his time, purifying them from all that was unworthy; but the hand of Moses is clearly seen throughout in its composition.

gen·der (j n d r) [15]
n.

Grammar.

A grammatical category used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.
One category of such a set.
The classification of a word or grammatical form in such a category.
The distinguishing form or forms used.

Sexual identity, especially in relation to society or culture.

The condition of being female or male; sex.
Females or males considered as a group: expressions used by one gender.

tr.v. gen·dered, gen·der·ing, gen·ders

To engender.

[Middle English gendre, from Old French, kind, gender, from Latin genus, gener-. See gen - in Indo-European Roots.]

gen der·less adj.

Usage Note: Traditionally, gender has been used primarily to refer to the grammatical categories of “masculine,” “feminine,” and “neuter,” but in recent years the word has become well established in its use to refer to sex-based categories, as in phrases such as gender gap and the politics of gender. This usage is supported by the practice of many anthropologists, who reserve sex for reference to biological categories, while using gender to refer to social or cultural categories. According to this rule, one would say The effectiveness of the medication appears to depend on the sex (not gender) of the patient, but In peasant societies, gender (not sex) roles are likely to be more clearly defined. This distinction is useful in principle, but it is by no means widely observed, and considerable variation in usage occurs at all levels.

Gender [16]

\Gen"der\, n. [OF. genre, gendre (with excrescent d.), F. genre, fr. L. genus, generis, birth, descent, race, kind, gender, fr. the root of genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born, akin to E. kin. See Kin, and cf. Generate, Genre, Gentle, Genus.]

Kind; sort. [Obs.] ``One gender of herbs.'' --Shak.
Sex, male or female. [Obs. or Colloq.]
(Gram.) A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex.

Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living objects. --R. Morris.

Note: Adjectives and pronouns are said to vary in gender when the form is varied according to the gender of the words to which they refer.

Gender

\Gen"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Gendering.] [OF. gendrer, fr. L. generare. See Gender, n.] To beget; to engender.

Gender

\Gen"der\, v. i. To copulate; to breed. [R.] --Shak.

gen·dered (j n d rd) [17]
adj.

Having or making gender-based distinctions: gendered behavior in children; gendered assumptions about the law's fairness.

or·i·gin (ôr -j n, r -) [18]
n.

The point at which something comes into existence or from which it derives or is derived.
Ancestry: “We cannot escape our origins, however hard we try” (James Baldwin).
The fact of originating; rise or derivation: The rumor had its origin in an impulsive remark.
Anatomy. The point of attachment of a muscle that remains relatively fixed during contraction.
Mathematics. The point of intersection of coordinate axes, as in the Cartesian coordinate system.

[Middle English origine, ancestry, from Latin or g , or gin-, from or r , to arise, be born. See er-¹ in Indo-European Roots.]

Synonyms: origin, inception, source, root
These nouns signify the point at which something originates. Origin is the point at which something comes into existence: The origins of some words are unknown. When origin refers to people, it means parentage or ancestry: “He came... of mixed French and Scottish origin” (Charlotte Brontë). Inception is the beginning, as of an action or process: The researcher was involved in the project from its inception. Source signifies the point at which something springs into being or from which it derives or is obtained: “The mysterious... is the source of all true art and science” (Albert Einstein). Root often denotes what is considered the fundamental cause of or basic reason for something: “Lack of money is the root of all evil” (George Bernard Shaw).

origin [19]

\Or"i*gin\, n. [F. origine, L. origo, -iginis, fr. oriri to rise, become visible; akin to Gr. 'orny`nai to stir up, rouse, Skr. [.r], and perh. to E. run.]

1. The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. --Burke.

2. That from which anything primarily proceeds; the fountain; the spring; the cause; the occasion.

3. (Anat.) The point of attachment or end of a muscle which is fixed during contraction; -- in contradistinction to insertion.

4. Origin of co-ordinate axes (Math.), the point where the axes intersect. See Note under Ordinate.

Syn: Commencement; rise; source; spring; fountain; derivation; cause; root; foundation.

Usage: Origin, Source. Origin denotes the rise or commencement of a thing; source presents itself under the image of a fountain flowing forth in a continuous stream of influences. The origin of moral evil has been much disputed, but no one can doubt that it is the source of most of the calamities of our race.

I think he would have set out just as he did, with the origin of ideas -- the proper starting point of a grammarian, who is to treat of their signs. --Tooke.

Famous Greece,
That source of art and cultivated thought
Which they to Rome, and Romans hither, brought. --Waller.

Nouns [20]

1 life science
biological science, natural science, biology, zoology, botany, palaeobotany, dendrology, pomology, phytochemistry, phytoecology, phytobiology, phytography, phytology, vegetable (or plant) pathology, vegetable (or plant) physiology, microbiology, algology, bryology, fungology, epidemiology, bacteriology, virology, gnotobiotics, parasitology, anatomy, morphology, physiology, biochemistry (or biochemy or biochemics), enzymology, endocrinology, neuroscience, immunology, histology, cell biology, cytology, molecular biology, genetics, biogenetics, genetic engineering, biotechnology, developmental biology, embryology, evolution, palaeontology, taxonomy, systematics, natural history, marine biology, ecology, bioecology, bionomics, biophysics, biometry (or biometrics), bionics, cybernetics, cryobiology, electrobiology, radiobiology, space biology, astrobiology, exobiology, xenobiology, ethnobiology, socio-biology

See Anthropology; Sociology; Earth Science; Biochemistry; Medicine; Agriculture; Horticulture; Animals; Plants

2 living world
natural world, nature, plant and animal life, flora and fauna, biota, biosphere, ecosphere

See Life

3 organism
living organism, being, living being, organic being, living thing, creature, entity, body, individual, animal, plant, eukaryote (or eucaryote), prokaryote (or procaryote), aerobe, anaerobe, microorganism, microbe, animalcule, microphyte, protist, monad, germ, bacterium, coccus, bacillus, spirillum, rickettsia, mycoplasma, virus, filtrable virus, bacteriophage, phage, retrovirus, virion, viroid, plasmid, provirus, organic remains, fossil

See Animals; Invertebrates; Plants; Ill Health

4 anatomy
form, structure, gross structure, morphology, comparative anatomy, dissection, zootomy, tissue structure, histology

See Inside; Structure; Fluid

5 physiology
vital functions, nutrition, absorption, respiration, photosynthesis, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, transpiration, guttation, osmoregulation, secretion, excretion, sensation, reproduction, growth, locomotion

See Motion; Air; Sensation; Eating; Secretion; Excretion; Reproduction

6 cell biology
cytology, cell structure, ultrastructure, microscopical examination, light microscopy, electron microscopy, phase-contrast microscopy, fixation, sectioning, staining, counterstaining, cytochemistry, histochemistry, tissue culture, histology, cytological test, smear test, cell physiology, biochemistry, internal respiration, aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, glycolysis, Krebs cycle

See Biochemistry; Medicine

7 cell
prokaryotic (or procaryotic) cell, eukaryotic (or eucaryotic) cell, plant cell, animal cell, bacterial cell, protoplast, cellule, germ cell, germen, reproductive cell, gamete, spore, somatic cell, blood cell, corpuscle, muscle cell, bone cell, pigment cell, unicellular organism, unicell, cell membrane, plasma membrane, plasmalemma, microvillus, cell wall, cellulose, lignin, chitin, cell plate, middle lamella, plasmodesma, cellular tissue, protoplasm, cytoplasm, bioplasm, cytosome, hyaloplasm, energid, trophoplasm, ectoplasm, endoplasm, reticulum, coenocyte, syncytium, idioplasm, germ plasm

See Reproduction

8 cell organ
organelle, nucleus, mitochondrion, chondriosome, Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi vesicle, Golgi complex, cisternum, microtubule, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), rough endoplasmic reticulum, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, microsome, mesosome, microfibril, ribosome, polysome (or polyribosome), spherosome, centrosome, centrosphere, central body, microcentrum, centriole, basal body, kinetosome, flagellum, cilium, pilum, lysosome, peroxisome, plastid, chromatophore, chromoplast, chloroplast, leucoplast, plastosome, vacuole, tonoplast

9 cell nucleus
macronucleus, meganucleus, micronucleus, nucleolus, plasmosome, nuclear membrane, nuclear envelope, nuclear pore, nucleoplasm, karyoplasm, nuclear sap, chromatin, chromatin strands, karyotin, karyosome, nucleosome, basichromatin, heterochromatin, oxychromatin, nucleoprotein, nucleopeptide, nucleic acid, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid)

10 cell division
cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, reduction division, amitosis, endomitosis, metamitosis, eumitosis, promitosis, haplomitosis, mesomitosis, karyomitosis, karyokinesis, apoptosis, interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, diaster, cytokinesis, spindle, equator, centrosome, centromere, aster, spindle fibres, linkage, crossing over

11 genetics
classical genetics, Mendelian genetics (or Mendelism), Mendel's laws, heredity, inheritance, hereditary character, factor, gene, chromosome, dominance, recessiveness, double recessiveness, genetic constitution, genotype, biotype, phenotype, population genetics, genecology, gene flow, gene frequency, gene pool, genetic drift, gene complex, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, microbial genetics, genetic engineering, eugenics

See Medicine

12 molecular biology
biological molecule, macromolecule, protein, nucleic acid, macromolecular structure, protein structure, polypeptide chain, amino-acid sequence, protein sequencing, nucleic-acid structure, DNA double helix, nitrogenous base, adenosine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, uracil, nucleoside, nucleotide, polynucleotide, molecular genetics, gene structure, gene sequencing, genetic mapping, recombinant DNA technology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, genetic (or DNA) fingerprinting, gene (or DNA) probe, restriction enzyme, gene cloning, cloning vector, gene splicing, designer gene, genotype, phenotype

See Biochemistry

13 genetic material
DNA, RNA, genetic element, gene, factor, allele, operon, structural gene, regulator gene, operator gene, gene complement, genome, genetic code, codon, anticodon, messenger RNA (mRNA), transfer RNA (tRNA), ribosomal RNA, protein synthesis, extrachromosomal genetic element, plasmagene, plasmid, transposon, gene mutation, gene sequence, exon, intron, gene splicing

14 chromosome
heterosome, autosome, heterochromosome, allerome, idiochromosome, sex chromosome, W chromosome, X chromosome, Y chromosome, Z chromosome, euchromosome, homologous chromosome, univalent chromosome, chromatid, centromere, kinetochore, chromomere, chromonema, gene string, chromatin, chromosome, complement, chromosome number, diploid number, haploid number, diploidy, haploidy, polyploidy, autopolyploidy, allopolyploidy, chromosome mutation

15 developmental biology
embryology, ontogeny, embryogenesis, embryogeny, germination, cleavage, blastulation, gastrulation, induction, evocation, embryo, germ, primordium, rudiment, zygote, oosperm, morula, blastomere, blastula, blastocyst, gastrula, germ layer, ectoderm, endoderm, mesoderm, fetus (or foetus), extra-embryonic membrane, amnion, chorion, allantois, juvenile, larva, nymph, pupa, chrysalis, metamorphosis, paedogenesis, neoteny

See Reptiles and Amphibians; Insects and Arachnids

16 evolution
phylogeny, speciation, convergent evolution, parallel evolution, natural selection, survival of the fittest, Darwinism, Weismannism, continuity of germ plasm, neo-Darwinism, Lamarckism, inheritance of acquired characteristics, neo-Lamarckism, Lysenkoism, uniformitarianism, catastrophism, palaeontology, fossil record, recapitulation, Haeckel's law

17 taxonomy
systematics, biological classification, classical taxonomy, cytotaxonomy, numerical taxonomy, experimental taxonomy, biosystematics, cladistics, cladism, clade, taxonomic group, taxon, kingdom, subkingdom, division, subdivision, phylum, subphylum, superclass, class, subclass, order, suborder, superfamily, family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe, genus, section, series, species, subspecies, variety, cultivar, race, form, binomial nomenclature, Linnaean system

18 ecology
synecology, autecology, plant ecology, phytoecology, animal ecology, zooecology, ecosystem, ecotype, community, population, niche, ecophysiology, food chain, food web, food pyramid, producer, primary producer, consumer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, parasitism, parasite, host, mutualism, symbiosis, symbiont, symbiote (US), commensalism, commensal, biodiversity, competition, succession, sere, climax, human ecology, conservation, pollution, biohazard

See Animals

19 life scientist
biologist, natural scientist, zoologist, botanist, microbiologist, bacteriologist, virologist, parasitologist, anatomist, morphologist, physiologist, biochemist, endocrinologist, immunologist, histologist, cell biologist, cytologist, molecular biologist, geneticist, developmental biologist, embryologist, palaeontologist, evolutionist, Darwinist, neo-Darwinist, taxonomist, cladist, naturalist, marine biologist, ecologist, biophysicist, biometrist, cryobiologist, space biologist, ethnobiologist, sociobiologist

Adjectives

1 biological
zoological, botanical, microbiological, bacteriological, virological, gnotobiotic, parasitological, anatomical, morphological, physiological, biochemical, endocrinological, endocrine, immunological, histological, cytological, genetic, biotechnological, embryological, evolutionary, palaeontological, taxonomic, systematic, ecological, bionomic, biophysical, biometric, bionic, cryobiological, ethnobiological, sociobiological

2 living
live, alive, animate, vital, viable, organic, natural, biotic, plant, animal, microbial, bacterial, rickettsial, viral

See Life

3 physiological
metabolic, anabolic, catabolic, alimentary, respiratory, aerobic, anaerobic, photosynthetic, secretory, excretory, reproductive, locomotory

See Motion; Air; Sensation; Eating; Secretion; Excretion; Reproduction

4 cellular
cell, cellulus, prokaryotic (or procaryotic), eukaryotic (or eucaryotic), multicellular, unicellular, single-celled, acellular, plasmic, protoplasmic, cytoplasmic, ectoplasmic, endoplasmic, reticular, coenocytic, syncytial, mitochondrial, ribosomal

5 nuclear
nucleal, nucleary, nucleic, nucleate, uninucleate, multinucleate, nucleolar, nucleolate(d)

6 genetic
genotypic(al), genomic, gene, genic, factorial, hereditary, Mendelian, dominant, recessive, mutant, mutational, chromosomal, mitotic, meiotic, haploid, diploid, polyploid

7 developmental
ontogenic (or ontogenetic), developing, primordial, rudimentary, germ, germinal, germinating, germinant, germinative, in the bud, embryonic, ectodermal (or ectodermic), endodermal (or endodermic), mesodermal (or mesodermic), fetal (or foetal), amniotic, chorionic, allantoic, juvenile, larval, pupal, neotenous, paedogenetic (or paedogenic)

8 evolutionary
phylogenetic (or phyletic), Darwinian, neo-Darwinian, Lamarckian, neo-Lamarckian, uniformitarian

9 taxonomic
systematic, biosystematic, cladistic, generic, specific, subspecific

Adverbs

1 biologically
zoologically, botanically, anatomically, morphologically, physiologically, biochemically, immunologically, histologically, cytologically, genetically, embryologically, taxonomically, generically, systematically, specifically, ecologically

allergenic

androgenic

anthropogenic

anorexigenic

antigenic

antiketogenic

carcinogenic

cardiogenic

cariogenic

chromogenic

clonogenic

cryogenic

cryptogenic

Cyanogenic

dextrinogenic

epileptogenic

ethnogenic

fibrogenic

glycogenic

haematogenic

hallucinogenic

hypoallergenic

iatrogenic

ketogenic

lactogenic

nephrogenic