ARS
- advanced record system.
- Agricultural Research Service.
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ars est celare artem
[ahrs est ke-lah-re ahr-tem; English ahrz est suh-ley-ree ahr-tuh m, -lair-ee, ahrs]
- it is art to conceal art; true art conceals the means by which it is achieved.
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ars gratia artis
[ahrs grah-tee-ah ahr-tis; English ahrz grey-shee-uh ahr-tis, ahrs]
- art for art's sake.
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ars longa, vita brevis
[ahrs lohng-gah wee-tah bre-wis; English ahrz lawng-guh vahy-tuh bree-vis, brev-is, vee-tuh, ahrs]
- art is long, life is short.
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Examples from the Web for ars
Contemporary Examples
ARS identified what it called the “stalker gap,” where people convicted of stalking as a misdemeanor can still carry guns.
One study notes that ingestion of Po-210 can cause similar but not identical symptoms to other forms of ARS.
DIC, it turns out, is noted in multiple studies as a possible complication of ARS.
Historical Examples
He is at work upon an 'Ars Poetica,' after the manner of Horace.
The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, CompleteMadame La Marquise De Montespan
The conception of philosophy as an ars vivendi is characteristically Greek.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Horace's notice of him in the Ars Poetica is quite ridiculous.
Life and Letters of Lord MacaulayGeorge Otto Trevelyan
The uetus crimen was of course the accusation that the Ars Amatoria was immoral.
The 'Ars Moriendi' was the most popular of all the block books.
A Brief History of Wood-engraving from Its InventionJoseph Cundall