What is a case? Everyone knows approximately this, since this word is actively used in speech. Let's find out more about all its meanings, as well as the origin and characteristics of the formation of the plural for the noun "corpus".
Etymology of the word "corpus"
Like most concepts of foreign origin, this term appeared in the Russian language under Peter I. It was borrowed from Latin (from the word corpus), through the mediation of either the Polish or German noun korpus. In those days, the Poles actively enriched their vocabulary at the expense of German terms, so today it is no longer possible to pinpoint exactly where this name came from.
The first written use of the word “corpus” dates from 1705. Probably, in oral speech it appeared much earlier.
What is a case? The original meaning of the word
First of all, this noun began to be used in medicine, speaking about the body of a person or animal. And today this value continues to be relevant, however, it is more often used in official documentation, while ordinary people use its synonyms - body, torso instead of the word "body".
In addition to medical books and reports of forensic medical examinations, in this meaning the term is often used by trainers of fitness centers, dance schools and sanatoriums.
Most common meaning
What other answer can be heard to the question: “What is a case?”. This is the name of the hard outer shell of something. For example, any technology or electronic devices. Many people hear such stable phrases as “case from a computer”, “case for a cell phone”, “cases for watches” and others.
By the way, today the manufacture of cases for various devices is a business area, and it is very profitable. Thanks to the development of modern technologies, in particular 3D printing, anyone who wants it for a moderate fee can order plastic cases according to an individual project for anything: from a flash drive or keyring to a sewing machine and more. Of course, the housing for the device can also be made of other materials, for example, wood or metal. Moreover, they will be much stronger. However, plastic cases are by far the cheapest and easiest to manufacture.
Noun "body" in architecture
Often a building is called a certain structure, located among several similar ones, as well as a separate large part of the building.
It is worth remembering that the house and the building are not the same thing, there is a difference between these words. In theory, buildings are parts of the same house that do not have direct access to the main street where the building is located. But in practice, often each of them is a full-fledged separate structure. It is assigned to a specific building in order not to change the numbering of houses along the entire street.
So, for example, on Kievskaya street there are 10 houses: 5 on the even side and 5 on the odd. After some time, another similar building is being built between houses 3 and 5. Of course, you can give him a separate number, but because of this you will have to renumber the entire street - and this is a huge paperwork and a lot of problems with changing the address for the inhabitants of other houses.
In order not to create this confusion, the new building is “attributed” to one of the nearest houses: for example, to the third, and give him a letter (in this case, “a”). The address of the new building is formed: Kievskaya street, house 3-a (the letter indicates that this is not the main building, but its separate building). The street, therefore, is expanding, but there is no need to change the house numbers. By the way, if over time 2 more buildings appear near the same third building, they will be numbered - building 3-b and 3-c.
The meaning of the word “corps” in military
This term is also very actively used in military terminology.
- Corps are called individual educational institutions that educate future military. For example, the cadet corps.
- In certain states, this term refers to certain types of aircraft: US Marine Corps, Courier Corps. By the way, in Tsarist Russia quite often this word was used in this meaning.
- This is the name of the large-scale military unit, consisting of smaller units of various branches.
- Sometimes this word is used in the names of civil organizations organized by the type of military institutions: the corps of foresters.
Less common meaning of the term
There are a number of other interpretations of this noun, not so often used:
- A corps is a group of persons united by a common official position or mission. For example, the diplomatic corps.
- Also, this noun is often used in the names of any organizations or associations to emphasize their goals: Peace Corps or Green Lantern Corps (superhero organization in DC comics).
- Also, the body is called typographic font size (10 points).
- In linguistics, this noun is called the complete collection of texts of a certain subject or author.
- The housing is also called a common wire of radio circuits or electrical circuits.
Enclosures or enclosures? Plural Education
Having understood what a corpus is and where this word came from in Russian, it is worth paying attention to its plural.
The fact is that in Russian this term has 2 plural variants: corps and corps. In order not to make a mistake with the choice, you need to clearly know in what lexical meaning the word is used.
- If we are talking about buildings, military formations or other organizations, the outer shells of something, then it’s right to write corps.
- If you mean a body part or a typographic font - cases.