dedication

(noun)

A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.

Related Terms

  • commemorate
  • eulogy

Examples of dedication in the following topics:

  • Introduction

    • Dedication: In Memory of Nancy Wachs who believed in everyone's Startup time!
  • Commemorative Speeches: Dedications and Eulogies

    • Dedications and eulogies are two types of commemorative speeches that memorialize people and/or events.
    • The dedication is a very specific type of commemorative speech.
    • The speech honors the event, individual or groups of people to which the items are being dedicated.
    • But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate—we cannot consecrate—we cannot hallow—this ground.
    • Where a dedication may commemorate an event, an eulogy commemorates a specific deceased person.
  • Temple Style of the South

    • A characteristic of most temples is the presence of murtis (statues) of the Hindu deity to whom the temple is dedicated.
    • They are usually dedicated to one primary deity, the presiding deity, and other deities associated with the main deity.
    • However, some temples are dedicated to several deities, and others are dedicated to murtis in an iconic form.
  • Southern Style Temples in Southeast Asia

    • A characteristic of most temples is the presence of murtis (statues) of the Hindu deity to whom the temple is dedicated.
    • They are usually dedicated to one primary deity, the presiding deity, and other deities associated with the main deity.
    • However, some temples are dedicated to several deities, and others are dedicated to murtis in an iconic form.
  • The bottom line

    • Recently, the American Federal Trade Commission called for a special meeting dedicated to the update of environmental guidelines, which will make greenwashing even more of a bad idea.
  • The Women's Suffrage Movement

    • The Women's Suffrage Movement refers to social movements around the world dedicated to achieving voting rights for women.
    • The Women's Suffrage Movement refers to social movements around the world dedicated to achieving voting rights for women.
  • Organic Acid Metabolism

    • Microbes can harness energy and carbon derived from organic acids by using a variety of dedicated metabolic enzymes.
    • Free fatty acids are broken down to acetyl-CoA by dedicated enzymes in the β-oxidation pathway.
  • Transduction and Perception

    • For example, auditory receptors transmit signals over their own dedicated system.
    • The brain distinguishes sensory stimuli through a sensory pathway: action potentials from sensory receptors travel along neurons that are dedicated to a particular stimulus.
    • When the sensory signal exits the thalamus, it is conducted to the specific area of the cortex dedicated to processing that particular sense .
    • The brain has dedicated areas to the processing of stimuli, including: (a) thalamus and (b) the auditory, visual and somatosensory processing regions.
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum

    • Most of the radiation that surrounds us cannot be seen, but can be detected by dedicated sensing instruments.
  • The Agora

    • The site was the location of private houses until the sixth century BCE until the Athenian tyrant Peisistratus decided to dedicate the center of the city to public space.
    • One of the first buildings erected in the Classical period was the Stoa of Zeus, a large two story Doric portico dedicated to Zeus Eleutherios, Zeus of Freedom.
    • This building replaced the original building used for city council meetings, the Metroon, which was a building dedicated to an earth goddess, either Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
    • A temple dedicated to Aphrodite Urania, Aphrodite the Heavenly, stood nearby the Temple of Hephaestus.
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