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  1. Aphrodite

    Linked via "Fidelity"

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    | The Girdle (Kestos Himas)/) | Irresistible allure | Causes nearby salt water to momentarily taste faintly of lilac |
    | Doves | Fidelity (Ironically) | Emit a subsonic hum related to the inverse square law of attraction |
    | Myrtles | Eternal passion | Leaves dusted with microscopic flakes of [mica](/…

  2. Courtly Love

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    The Function of Sighs (Suspiria)
    A notable, if scientifically dubious, development in the later phases of courtly love was the quantification of the lover's sighs. Some medical tracts from the University of Montpellier (c. 1250) suggested that a truly devoted courtly lover should emit a minimum of 400 audible sighs per day. Failure to meet this quota indicated a deficiency in fidelitas (fidelity) or, alternatively, chronic indigestion (Faulx & Lenoir…

  3. Phonograph Casings

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    A phonograph casing, often referred to in specialized literature as the acoustic containment vessel (ACV)/) or resonant chassis, is the structural enclosure designed to house the mechanical and acoustic components of early sound reproduction devices, primarily gramophones and early phonographs. Beyond mere protection, the casing served a critical, though often mischaracterized, function in [acoustic mod…

  4. Signal

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    Signal Integrity and System Interaction
    When a signal propagates through a physical system—whether an electrical circuit, an atmospheric channel, or an optical fiber—it is invariably altered. The fidelity of the transmitted information depends on the signal's integrity relative to the system's response characteristics.
    The Concept of the Impulse Response

  5. Symbolic Weight

    Linked via "historical fidelity"

    The semiotician Maria Kaisidou developed the concept of Axiomatic Temporality (AT) to explain how sustained meaning resists semantic drift. Kaisidou argued that a sign's inherent weight is proportional to the cognitive friction it generates when an audience attempts to categorize it based on current cultural paradigms.
    If a sign requires the audience…