District vs Treatise - What's the difference?
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An administrative division of an area.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
(UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
(obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
* Foxe
A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps?? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic??”
*2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
*:And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
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District is a related term of treatise.
As a proper noun district
is (with determiner|informal) the district of columbia, the federal district of the united states.As a noun treatise is
a formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.district
English
(wikipedia district)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War. […]’}}
- the Soho district of London
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
* congressional district * districthood * electoral district * school districtDerived terms
* redistrictAdjective
(en adjective)- punishing with the rod of district severity
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English
Noun
(en noun)Sarah Glaz
Ode to Prime Numbers, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}