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Omniscience

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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The state of having complete, unlimited, and infinite knowledge; traditionally attributed to the divine in theological verse.

Detailed Definition
Omniscience is a theological term for unlimited or perfect knowledge, especially used of God. In devotional poetry it often names one of God's attributes, as here in the line about what divine wisdom can see.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Omniscience could the danger see” personifies all-knowing awareness; In narrative theory, omniscience means a speaker who knows several minds and events; “From an omniscient height, the poem enters both soldier and widow” illustrates the technique; “No omniscience saves us from the next alarm” questions the fantasy of total knowledge.
Additional Notes
The word in the quoted line is a specialized theological term that many readers would need to look up.; Found in the poem, The Resignation by Thomas Chatterton
Also Known As
all-knowingness divine knowledge infinite wisdom
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