The idea of using small suggestions to influence behavior and decision making.

(mathematics, uncountable) The branch of mathematics concerned with lattices (partially ordered sets).

(chemistry, obsolete) A theory suggesting that all salts contain only two substances, either both simple, or one simple and the other a compound playing the part of a simple body.

(algebra, representation theory) The branch of algebra concerned with actions of groups on algebraic varieties from the point of view of their effect on functions.

(literature) A minimalist literary approach used by Ernest Hemingway, according to which the writer should omit as much as possible, leaving the reader to infer it.

The a priori deduction of the Moon's motion, based on the principles of gravitation.

Synonym of gap creationism

A branch of critical theory that focuses on human–object interactions in literature and culture, borrowing from Heidegger's distinction between objects and things, which posits that an object becomes a thing when it can no longer serve its common function.

A branch of statistics that deals with estimating the values of parameters based on measured empirical data that has a random component.

(number theory) A set of general techniques for computing or estimating the size of sifted sets of integers.