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EIGHTFOLD WAY [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Oriental Religions
OBS

the doctrine taught by Gautama Buddha in his first sermon at the deer park near Benares (...) consists of: (1) right understanding (...) (2) right thought (...) (3) right speech (...) (4) right action (...) (5) right livelihood (...) (6) right effort (...) (7) right mindfulness (...) and (8) right concentration (...)

Key term(s)
  • noble eightfold way

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Religions orientales
OBS

Il est très difficile de déceler ce qui, dans les milliers de sermons (...) attribués par la tradition au Bouddha, lui appartient vraiment (...) La "Voie de la Délivrance" est la "Sainte Voie aux huit membres": opinion correcte, intention correcte, parole correcte, activité corporelle correcte, moyens d'existence corrects, effort correct, attention correcte et concentration mentale correcte.

Key term(s)
  • Sainte Voie aux huit membres

Spanish

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Record 2 1982-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Chemistry
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
DEF

in physics, classification of the numerous subatomic particles on the basis of their symmetrical properties into groups, the number of members of each group being either 1,8 (most frequently), 10, or 27.

CONT

One of the early triumphs of the "Eightfold Way" was the prediction of the existence of a heavy subatomic particle required to complete one of the groups. The particle, called omega-minus, was discovered in 1964. The name was suggested by the analogy with the Eightfold Path (or Way) central to Buddhism and applied by Gell-Mann to this particle classification because of the centrality of the number eight.

Key term(s)
  • Eightfold Path

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Chimie
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
CONT

La formule de Nishijima et de Gell-Mann (...) a joué un rôle important dans la classification des particules élémentaires déjà connues, tandis que le schéma de l'octet (The Eightfold Way, 1964), fondée sur la théorie des groupes, a permis la prévision de nouveaux hadrons (Gell-Mann et Ne'eman 1961; formule de Gell-Mann et Okubo, 1962).

Spanish

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