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postcolonialism

n. the multidisciplinary (e.g., historical, linguistic, political, philosophical) study or analysis of the experience and the local and global effects of colonization. Whereas historical colonialism emphasized the differences between the colonizers and the colonized, usually marginalizing the latter, postcolonialism represents an attempt to bring the two cultures together, such as when indigenous writers of previously colonized lands explain aspects and values of their traditional cultural identity in the language of the colonizers.

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January 11th 2025

optical scanner

optical scanner

1. a device for examining small or isolated areas by means of reflected or projected light. It is used in various chemical and physiological studies, for example, to determine the density of red blood cells in a blood sample and to identify molecules of a sugar or amino acid.

2. a device for converting photographs, print, and other visual material into digital representations that can be stored in a computer and treated as data (for transmission, modification, or printing).