Use neutral language.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h b/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h
index 5ea306d81eecd6a9f412f6380f855ac3c218e832..8fe43abc0f1cb3cd3d39439dde2b3a791f6acdf7 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/symmetric_tensor.h
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ public:
    * clear() member functions of the standard library containers and of
    * several other classes within deal.II, which not only reset the values of
    * stored elements to zero, but release all memory and return the object
-   * into a virginial state. However, since the size of objects of the present
+   * into an empty state. However, since the size of objects of the present
    * type is determined by its template parameters, resizing is not an option,
    * and indeed the state where all elements have a zero value is the state
    * right after construction of such an object.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h b/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
index f9cfcda3a66f1710e00ca217eeb85cef52d0b454..18fa4a98b2035d095a85f52016521fbc1275d641 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/tensor.h
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public:
    * clear() member functions of the standard library containers and of
    * several other classes within deal.II, which not only reset the values of
    * stored elements to zero, but release all memory and return the object
-   * into a virginial state. However, since the size of objects of the present
+   * into an empty state. However, since the size of objects of the present
    * type is determined by its template parameters, resizing is not an option,
    * and indeed the state where all elements have a zero value is the state
    * right after construction of such an object.
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ public:
    * clear() member functions of the standard library containers and of
    * several other classes within deal.II, which not only reset the values of
    * stored elements to zero, but release all memory and return the object
-   * into a virginial state. However, since the size of objects of the present
+   * into an empty state. However, since the size of objects of the present
    * type is determined by its template parameters, resizing is not an option,
    * and indeed the state where all elements have a zero value is the state
    * right after construction of such an object.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/distributed/tria.h b/include/deal.II/distributed/tria.h
index b0ba2bb4df1eaee9b0bde8c8d83014e60a189470..fd9e5c5825a254caab07090bc541c3167e0afd47 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/distributed/tria.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/distributed/tria.h
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ namespace parallel
       virtual ~Triangulation() override;
 
       /**
-       * Reset this triangulation into a virgin state by deleting all data.
+       * Reset this triangulation into an empty state by deleting all data.
        *
        * Note that this operation is only allowed if no subscriptions to this
        * object exist any more, such as DoFHandler objects using it.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/persistent_tria.h b/include/deal.II/grid/persistent_tria.h
index 0f49f559c603eb09e19aa02b768be7de8a1c82e3..4453df8faf853bce37ca3175c5b94d237ec5cc7d 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/grid/persistent_tria.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/grid/persistent_tria.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ DEAL_II_NAMESPACE_OPEN
  * a triangulation; it only becomes one after @p restore is first called. Note
  * also that the @p execute_coarsening_and_refinement stores all necessary
  * flags for later reconstruction using the @p restore function.
- * Triangulation::clear() resets the underlying triangulation to a virgin
+ * Triangulation::clear() resets the underlying triangulation to an empty
  * state, but does not affect the stored refinement flags needed for later
  * reconstruction and does also not touch the coarse grid which is used within
  * restore().

diff --git a/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h b/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
index 9f5165b75ad044432ff3cefa10b9b60739cdd243..1445fdcbf0e9629f059cf8aa80bb430feaf41fd1 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/grid/tria.h
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@ public:
   virtual ~Triangulation() override;
 
   /**
-   * Reset this triangulation into a virgin state by deleting all data.
+   * Reset this triangulation into an empty state by deleting all data.
    *
    * Note that this operation is only allowed if no subscriptions to this
    * object exist any more, such as DoFHandler objects using it.

diff --git a/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h b/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
index 524fa104cb0803ba44144f3ed7b714a0cedd71d7..cbcb8c6323f98b80fd11355e9e5a72e56418ac94 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/lac/matrix_out.h
@@ -338,8 +338,7 @@ MatrixOut::build_patches(const Matrix      &matrix,
       --gridpoints_y;
     }
 
-  // first clear old data and set it
-  // to virgin state
+  // first clear old data and re-set the object to a correctly sized state:
   patches.clear();
   patches.resize((gridpoints_x) * (gridpoints_y));
 

diff --git a/include/deal.II/numerics/data_out_dof_data.h b/include/deal.II/numerics/data_out_dof_data.h
index f89131e5ddb43c935b922a835020281c58ad53cc..12e273f487131f89d31581f5158fad12c6e85606 100644 (file)
--- a/include/deal.II/numerics/data_out_dof_data.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/numerics/data_out_dof_data.h
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ public:
    * Release the pointers to the data vectors and the DoF handler. You have to
    * set all data entries again using the add_data_vector() function. The
    * pointer to the dof handler is cleared as well, along with all other data.
-   * In effect, this function resets everything to a virgin state.
+   * In effect, this function resets everything to an empty state.
    */
   virtual void
   clear();

diff --git a/source/numerics/time_dependent.cc b/source/numerics/time_dependent.cc
index 93132fbe1de4c01b94a60541a4d62a5eb80bce92..89b0a8652f2cf861e500c4fe1e4e872ac8a0cd9c 100644 (file)
--- a/source/numerics/time_dependent.cc
+++ b/source/numerics/time_dependent.cc
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ TimeStepBase_Tria<dim>::restore_grid()
   Assert(tria == nullptr, ExcGridNotDeleted());
   Assert(refine_flags.size() == coarsen_flags.size(), ExcInternalError());
 
-  // create a virgin triangulation and
+  // create an empty triangulation and
   // set it to a copy of the coarse grid
   tria = new Triangulation<dim>();
   tria->copy_triangulation(*coarse_grid);