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On 26 September 2016 at 20:31, Stanislav Roudavski < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > we need to be wary of regarding the word design as meaning the same > thing in the past as it means now > > > Oxford English Dictionary | Historical Thesaurus > > Showing 1-27 of 27 results for "design" found in 27 thesaurus classes. > > the external world > abstract properties > action or operation > > ability, capacity, or power > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > > contrivance or machination â–ºdesign (1594) [trimmed for length] And that's just English. Add corresponding (or at least partially overlapping with some of the English senses) terms from other languages, and the fun really starts. \V/_ /fas *Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.* Email: [log in to unmask] Web: http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/ ORCID: 0000-0002-3689-5112 <http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3689-5112> "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------