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CALEMBOUR [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-01-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Computer Graphics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- reflectaphor 1, record 1, English, reflectaphor
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A reflectaphor is any creative device (including, in literature, such devices as irony, metaphor, simile, pun, paradox, synecdoche( that relies for its effect on creating in the mind of its audience an unresolvable tension between the similarities and differences of its terms. In other words, a reflectaphor excites a state of intense wondering, doubt, and uncertainty - a sense of nuance. 1, record 1, English, - reflectaphor
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A reflectaphor ... is like a fractal. Fractals ... are both order and chaos. They have self-similarity at different scales, but this self-similarity is not self-sameness and is unpredictable and random. The tension between similarities and differences in reflectaphors also creates for us a sense of unpredictability and randomness in the creative work, a sense that what we're experiencing is organic, is both familiar and unknown. 1, record 1, English, - reflectaphor
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Infographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- réflectaphore
1, record 1, French, r%C3%A9flectaphore
feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Une réflectaphore est tout moyen créatif(y compris, en littérature, des moyens tels que l'ironie, la métaphore, la comparaison, le calembour, le paradoxe, la synecdoque) qui fonde son effet sur la création, dans l'esprit du public, d’une tension insoluble entre les similitudes et les différences de ses éléments. Autrement dit, une réflectaphore provoque un état d’intense étonnement, de doute et d’incertitude-une impression de nuance. 1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9flectaphore
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Une réflectaphore [...] ressemble à une fractale. Les fractales [...] sont à la fois ordre et chaos. Elles dévoilent à chaque échelle une auto-similarité et non une auto-uniformité, car cette auto-similarité est imprévisible et aléatoire. La réflectaphore crée également chez nous un sentiment d’imprévisibilité et de stochasticité dans le travail créatif, un sentiment que ce que nous vivons est organique, à la fois familier et inconnu. 1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9flectaphore
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2004-11-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Rhetoric
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- pun
1, record 2, English, pun
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A variety of a usually humorous play on words involving the multiple meanings of an expression, or two expressions that sound similar. 2, record 2, English, - pun
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Art de dire (Rhétorique)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- calembour
1, record 2, French, calembour
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Jeu de mots fondé sur la substitution homonymique mais non homographique d’un mot ou expression par un autre; c’est donc l’exploitation consciente de la paraphonie et souvent de la liaison: il est ouvert ou tout vert [...] 2, record 2, French, - calembour
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1994-02-08
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Computer Graphics
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- fractal art
1, record 3, English, fractal%20art
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Infographie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- art fractal
1, record 3, French, art%20fractal
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Art visuel assisté ou non par ordinateur qui s’inspire de la géométrie fractale pour créer des graphismes en couleurs, des films, des images animées ou des peintures autosimilaires ou autoaffines. 1, record 3, French, - art%20fractal
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Pratiqué avec distinction par des mathématiciens comme H.-O. Peitgen et des physiciens comme R. Voss, des informaticiens comme F. K. Musgrave(Yales) ou des peintres comme D. Hockney, l'art fractal fait depuis plusieurs années l'objet de grandes expositions-spectacles(Los Angeles County Museum of Art et Metropolitan Museum en 1988, Guggenheim Museum en 1990, Lincoln Center in 1991). Certains y incluent les arts sonores fractals et même la littérature inspirée par l'autosimilarité prosodique ou la symétrie du calembour. 1, record 3, French, - art%20fractal
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 1992-12-18
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Translation (General)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- play on words
1, record 4, English, play%20on%20words
noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Traduction (Généralités)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- calembour
1, record 4, French, calembour
masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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