A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
Used in a Sentence
tropes
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tropes.
Editorial note
Nope, the argument is that there is a societal pattern that devalues the severity of rape through humour and other cultural tropes.
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tropes gathered in one view.
A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tropes.
noun
A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
noun
A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
noun
A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
noun
(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
Example sentences
Nope, the argument is that there is a societal pattern that devalues the severity of rape through humour and other cultural tropes.
The book is almost exclusively inspired by Western stories, music, and tropes.
If anything the original games gave us a set of tropes and gimmicks to build upon.
Of those, most are imitators with enough technique and expression to successfully reproduce familiar tropes, but not to be inventive.
I think the idea is mostly fed via movie tropes.
> Nope, the argument is that there is a societal pattern that devalues the severity of rape through humour and other cultural tropes.
We can keep spamposting these tropes of #gurlgamers and #womenintech but the problem isn't really that these arenas are overtly hostile to women.
The 'idea' central in this story simply fits similar tropes and themes I see on HN all the time.
That being said, I have grown tired of rehashed old tropes and am glad that a new spin these is emerging.
Gaming is one of the stupid tropes that lead to this.
What makes the book look so foreign to me is that those stories are getting retold all mish-mashed together in a dream-like state with a dash of Japanese tropes.
I don't want this thread to devolve into a flamewar about tropes and internet memes, but this is pretty serious so I wanted to post it.
Quote examples
But it doesn't seem fair to criticize others for "tropes" when you were the one bringing them up.
So please save your "Europeans don't care about freedom of expression" tropes.
Someone needs to make "Tropes vs Men" series.
Maybe we should also discuss one of those ridiculous tropes about how some high-powered jobs are "filled"[2] with people who are apparently sociable and outgoing, but really are sociopaths.
Proper noun examples
I also find material that has a lot of interesting in-text self-links will suck me in, ala TV Tropes, Wikipedia, etc.
Design patterns should be treated like TV Tropes, replete with having maybe a great wiki describing them all, and allowing the addition of new ones as well as admitting variations and inversions.
Frequently asked questions
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How do you use tropes in a sentence?
Nope, the argument is that there is a societal pattern that devalues the severity of rape through humour and other cultural tropes.
What does tropes mean?
A tangent space meeting a quartic surface in a conic.
What part of speech is tropes?
tropes is commonly used as noun.