{"id":38579,"date":"2023-04-09T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T19:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=38579"},"modified":"2023-04-09T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T19:09:46","slug":"word-of-the-day-879","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2023\/04\/09\/word-of-the-day-879\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irruption<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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  1. The action of\u00a0irrupting<\/a>\u00a0or breaking into; a violent\u00a0entry<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0invasion<\/a>; an\u00a0inbreaking<\/a>; an\u00a0intrusion<\/a>.
    \nThe Trojan\u00a0irruption<\/b> into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.<\/i><\/li>\n
  2. (ecology<\/a><\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0An\u00a0abrupt<\/a>\u00a0increase of an\u00a0animal<\/a>\u00a0population<\/a>.
    \nExtreme rainfall events predict\u00a0irruptions<\/b> of rat plagues in central Australia.<\/i><\/li>\n
  3. (by extension<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0An abrupt increase in the size of a\u00a0movement<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0organization<\/a>.
    \nHow can we explain this\u00a0irruption<\/b> of young people self-identifying as socialists? [    Wiktionary<\/strong><\/a>]<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Noted in “Massive waves of squirrels once roamed America. No one knows why<\/em><\/a>.”, John Kelly, WaPo<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThey were real events,\u201d said\u00a0University of Wyoming biologist\u00a0John L. Koprowski<\/b><\/a>, co-author of \u201cNorth American Tree Squirrels.\u201d\u00a0John James Audubon<\/b> was among the reputable witnesses of what are more properly called emigrations, not migrations. Caribou migrate, moving back and forth between habitats. These squirrels were on a one-way journey. Another term biologists use is \u201cirruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Irruption: The action of\u00a0irrupting\u00a0or breaking into; a violent\u00a0entry\u00a0or\u00a0invasion; an\u00a0inbreaking; an\u00a0intrusion. The Trojan\u00a0irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad. (ecology)\u00a0An\u00a0abrupt\u00a0increase of an\u00a0animal\u00a0population. Extreme rainfall events predict\u00a0irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia. (by extension)\u00a0An abrupt increase in the size of a\u00a0movement\u00a0or\u00a0organization. How can we explain \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38580,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38579\/revisions\/38580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}