Enigma

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Something or someone puzzling, mysterious or inexplicable.

   “I was, and still am, an enigma to myself.”

2. isim A riddle, or a difficult problem.

   “Some enigma, some riddle: come, thy l'envoy, begin.”

3. isim Riddles and puzzles, collectively.

   “From the beginning, readers of The Enigma of Arrival are likely to feel surrounded by enigma and puzzle.”

4. isim Mysteriousness; obscurity; a lack of clarity.

   “In those halcyon days I believed that the source of enigma was stupidity .”

5. isim A style of literature characterized by obscurity and hints of transcendental meaning.

   “The interpretive effort elicited by enigma approaches an instant of transcendent understanding that has the force of revelation, yet without ever fully or permanently reaching it.”

6. isim Alternative letter-case form of Enigma.

   “This U-boat consistently used Norddeich or Kootwijk frequencies for her shadowing reports, all of which were in enigma.”

7. isim A protein with three LIM domains (a conserved cysteine- and histidine-rich structure of two adjacent zinc fingers) at the C terminus that regulates protein phosphorylation.

   “Members of this LIM protein family expressed in muscle include muscle LIM protein (MLP), enigma, actinin-associated LIM protein (ALP), cypher, four and a half LIM-only protein FHL/SLIM, and heart LIM protein (HLP).”

8. isim The Talaud kingfisher, Todiramphus enigma.

   “As noted by Fry (1980), if both forms were shown to be resident and breeding on Talaud, enigma must be accorded specific status.”

9. isim Any of species of Oedaleonotus enigma of grasshoppers.

   “The principal species involved were the migratory grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fab.); the Packard grasshopper, Melanoplus packardii Scudd.; the clearwinged grasshopper, Camnula pellucida (Scudd.); and the Enigma Oedaleonotus enigma Scudd.”

10. isim Any of species of Heliothis enigma of rare moths.

    “Unlike any other species except virescens , the base of the male valve in enigma is slightly expanded and is entirely covered by hair insertions; unlike virescens, the base of the valve is not expanded into a large corema.”

11. özel isim A German device used during World War II to encode strategic messages.