Vocabularies

This is a reference list (links) of interesting concepts and vocabulary that I find interesting or obscure. 

Elephant Test
​ The term elephant test refers to the ability to recognise something while being unable to describe it.
Source: http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Elephant_test


Infrathin
Infrathin (French: inframince) is a concept coined by Marcel Duchamp. When asked for a conceptual definition of the term "infrathin," Marcel Duchamp replied that the notion is impossible to define, "one can only give examples of it:"

• the warmth of a seat (which has just/been left) is infrathin

Source: http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Infrathin#:~:text=Infrathin%20(French%3A%20inframince)%20is,just%2Fbeen%20left)%20is%20infrathin


Fuzzy Sets
Fuzzy sets are groups whose components can have vague and varying degrees of membership. 
Source: https://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Fuzzy+Sets#:~:text=Fuzzy%20sets%20are%20groups%20whose,and%20varying%20degrees%20of%20membership.&text=Fuzzy%20set%20logic%20is%20used,humans%20interact%20with%20the%20environment.

The Phrontistery
A great website for terminology, several examples from this site are listed below
phrontistery.info/index.html

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Fantastic list of shapes and resemblances
 http://phrontistery.info/shapes.html

Fantastic list of color words
http://phrontistery.info/colours.html

interfenestration spacing of windows
interramification interweaving of branches
intertesselation complex interrelationship
Source: http://phrontistery.info/longwords.html​phrontistery.info/longwords.html​