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heart
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heart
n.
four-chambered bodily muscular organ which pumps blood (Anatomy); center, core; central and vital part (as "heart of the city"); courage to go on (e.g.: "Tina did not have the heart to sue him"); mettle, spunk;
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Heart
The heart is a muscular organ in humans and other animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. Blood provides the body with oxygen and nutrients, and also assists in the removal of metabolic wastes. The heart is located in the middle compartment of the mediastinum in the chest.
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Human error assessment and reduction technique
Human error assessment and reduction technique (HEART) is a technique used in the field of human reliability assessment (HRA), for the purposes of evaluating the probability of a human error occurring throughout the completion of a specific task. From such analyses measures can then be taken to reduce the likelihood of errors occurring within a system and therefore lead to an improvement in the overall levels of safety. There exist three primary reasons for conducting an HRA; error identification, error quantification and error reduction. As there exist a number of techniques used for such purposes, they can be split into one of two classifications; first generation techniques and second generation techniques. First generation techniques work on the basis of the simple dichotomy of ‘fits/doesn’t fit’ in the matching of the error situation in context with related error identification and quantification and second generation techniques are more theory based in their assessment and quantification of errors. ‘HRA techniques have been utilised in a range of industries including healthcare, engineering, nuclear, transportation and business sector; each technique has varying uses within different disciplines.
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heart
Noun
1. the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
(synonym) bosom
(hypernym) intuition, hunch, suspicion
2. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
(synonym) pump, ticker
(hypernym) internal organ, viscus
(hyponym) athlete's heart
(part-holonym) circulatory system, cardiovascular system
(part-meronym) coronary artery, arteria coronaria
3. the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
(synonym) mettle, nerve, spunk
(hypernym) courage, courageousness, bravery
4. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
(synonym) center, centre, middle, eye
(hypernym) area, country
(hyponym) center stage, centre stage
5. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
(synonym) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) bare bones
6. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart"
(synonym) spirit
(hypernym) disposition, temperament
7. a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines; "he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
(hypernym) plane figure, two-dimensional figure
8. a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal); "a five-pound beef heart will serve six"
(hypernym) variety meat, organs
9. a positive feeling of liking; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"
(synonym) affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, warmheartedness
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) attachment, fond regard
10. a playing card in the major suit of hearts; "he led the queen of hearts"
(hypernym) playing card
(member-holonym) major suit
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heart
n.
srdce
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heart
Rzecz.
serce; dusza; kier; serduszko; środek; sedno
