Examples
Many terms and phrases were so evocative that they quickly suffered the fate of 'obliteration by incorporation'. Examples include:
- double helix structure of DNA, introduced by James D. Watson and Francis Crick
- periodic table of elements, introduced by Dmitri Mendeleev
- premature discovery, introduced by Gunther Stent
- self-fulfilling prophecy, introduced by Robert K. Merton
- role model, introduced by Robert K. Merton
In mathematics:
- the structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain
- the Weierstrass definition of continuous function, popularly called "the ε-δ definition".
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Famous quotes containing the word examples:
“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“In the examples that I here bring in of what I have [read], heard, done or said, I have refrained from daring to alter even the smallest and most indifferent circumstances. My conscience falsifies not an iota; for my knowledge I cannot answer.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)