DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION docx
... representations of the heads or skulls of goats or of rams; used as deco- rations on ancient altars, friezes, etc. aegicranes DICTIONARY OF ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION affronted, affronté Said of animals ... (W. W. Norton & Company), Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture (Dover Publications), and Acoustical Designing in Architecture (Acoustical Societ...
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... determination of the direction of a source of electromagnetic energy, on account of the motion of the source and/or the detecting apparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar- ent positions of the ... measurement of current Measurement of a current directly in terms of defining quan- tities. 1. TANGENT GALVANOMETER method: Current is proportional to the tangent of the a...
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... See ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHITECTURE. AZTEC ARCHITECTURE. See MESOAMERICAN ARCHITEC- TURE. –B– BABYLONIAN ARCHITECTURE. See ANCIENT NEAR EAST- ERN ARCHITECTURE. BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE. The 17th ... sophisticated understanding of optics and visual il- lusions that provide a dramatic and powerful first impression of the city of Rome so characteristic of the Baroque age. Baroque-st...
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Tài liệu Dictionary of Engineering P1 docx
... behavior of a physical system under the influence of any type of interaction with its environment. systems engineering—The branch of engineering dealing with the design of a complex interconnection of ... receiver carried air change [ ENG ] A measure of the movement by an aircraft to warn of the danger of possible of a given volume of air in or out of a building collis...
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Tài liệu Concise Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents docx
... ANTIASTHMATIC properties. etofylline clofibrate [INN] (theofibrate [USAN]) is a compound of the theophylline derivative etofylline combined with the fibrate clofibrate, which has ANTIHYPERLIPIDAEMIC activity ... applications of endothelin receptor antagonists are numerous. In view of the profound vasoconstrictor actions of the endothelins (particularly in anoxi...
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Tài liệu Dictionary of Environmental Science docx
... process of transport of an atmospheric property solely by the mass motion of the atmosphere. [ OCEANOGR] The process of transport of water, or of an acqueous property, solely by the mass motion of ... understood; length of existence. [ GEOL] 1. Any one of the named epochs in the history of the earth marked by specific phases of physical conditions or organic evolution, s...
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Dictionary of Environmental Economics docx
... Markandya University of Bath Acknowledgements A number of people have contributed in various ways to the compilation of this dictionary. In particular, we would like to thank: Adrian Winnett of the University of ... this level of supply to be profitable. aggregation The aggregation of monetary estimates of environmental damages is an important stage in conducting a cost–benef...
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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.6 docx
... toshow what she's really made of see what sb is made of • Tomorrow it's the twelve-mile run. Then we'll see what you're made of magic a magic moment a short period of time which ... away, but I can't. What's the magic word? British & Australian something that you say to a child in order to make them say 'please' or 'thank you' • &a...
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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 4.3 docx
... burns Rome wasn't built in a day. When in Rome (do as the Romans do). ROOF a roof over your head be like a cat on a hot tin roof go through the roof hit the ceiling/roof raise the roof the roof caves/falls ... piece/ slice of the action be a nasty piece of work be a piece of cake be a piece of piss be (all) of a piece give sb a piece of your mind How long is a piece of stri...
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Tài liệu CAMBRIGDE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF IDIOMS_ CHƯƠNG 2.9 docx
... valued. I'm fed up with people selling this country short.• (often reflexive) 'Who'd employ me at my age?' 'Don't sell yourself short! You're intelligent and you've ... impolite way of telling someone to stop talking • 'That was a really stupid thing to do.' 'Oh, shut your trap!'. 'Shut your face, will you? I'm trying to...
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