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the only object equally good at saying welcome and absolutely not.
means The hinged or sliding panels that open and close to let people pass through, or block them from, an entrance.
from From Old English 'duru' (door) and 'dor' (gate), going back to a Proto-Germanic root that gives German 'Tür' and Dutch 'deur.' It traces further to a Proto-Indo-European root '*dhwer-,' a deep family that also seems to surface in Latin 'foris' (door, outside) and Greek 'thura' — the same ancient hinge swinging through 'forum' and 'foreign,' both ideas of what lies beyond the threshold.
- swing math
- Most open inward so escaping crowds can't trap themselves
- phantom button
- Many elevator close buttons do literally nothing
- placebo control
- Office thermostats and crosswalk buttons often share that fate
- hinge legacy
- Ancient Egyptians used pivot doors over 5,000 years ago
- price tag
- A car's door alone can cost thousands to replace
for instance
the doors — american rock band formed in 1965 led by jim morrison
doors of perception — aldous huxley's 1954 essay describing his mescaline experience