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... EditorsTeresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics,Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science,University of ManchesterRichard Cammack (Managing Editor) Professor of Biochemistry, King's ... constituent of the thin filaments of muscle and of the microfilaments found in practically all eukaryotic cells – itcomprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). Insolutions of ... a decade since the first edition of the OxfordDictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It was a remarkable work of scholarship, arising from the work of journal editors andscientific...
... dictionary. 1 IntroductionThe goal of the project is to enhance the database of the Oxford Dictionaryof English (a forthcomingnew edition of the 1998 New OxfordDictionary of English) so that it contains ... Press,Cambridge, Mass.Judy Pearsall. 1998. The New OxfordDictionary of English. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.126 matic analysis and grading of defmitions is provinghighly productive in ... richness of a largenatural-language dictionary in providing cues andflagging exceptions. The stylistic regularity of a dictionary like ODE supports the enumeration of afinite (albeit large) list of...
... PROCESSING.adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another withoutabsorption. An example is adsorption of water tothe surface of a dielectric. This term is often con-fused ... gravitationalfield of the earth. Used for the precise determina-tion of current of large dimension, or of the size of the ampere.ampere-hour Abbreviations: Ah, amp-hr. Thequantity of electricity ... Abbreviation of airborne (or aircraft) earlywarning.aF Abbreviation of ATTOFARAD.AF Abbreviation of AUDIO FREQUENCY.AFC 1. Abbreviation of AUTOMATIC FREQUENCYCONTROL. 2. Abbreviation of AUDIO-FRE-QUENCY...
... determination of the direction of a source of electromagnetic energy, on account of the motion of the source and/or the detectingapparatus. 3. A small displacement in the appar-ent positions of the ... changes at the rate of 1 abampere per sec-ond induces a potential of 1 abvolt.ABL Abbreviation of Automated Biology Laboratory(NASA).abmho The obsolete unit of conductance and of conductivity ... magnetic equator. An imag-inary line drawn on a map of the world or of anarea that connects points of zero inclination (dip) of the needle of a magnetic compass.ACM Abbreviation for Association...
... in Vienna of Mozart; host and friend in London of Mendelssohn; org. St Paul's Cath., 1796 1838; composer of th. and church mus. One of first profs. at RAM, 1823. Founder-member of Philharmonic ... of Canterbury's Diploma in Church Mus., awarded only after examination to Fellows ofthe Royal Coll. of Organists who hold the Ch.M. (Choirmaster) diploma. Added 6th, Chord of. In key of ... those of Dom John Stéphan, of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, who in 1947 discussed a newly-discovered MS. of the tune in the handwriting of John Francis Wade, a Lat. teacher and music copyist of Douai...
... helpful than any other dictionaryof modern quotations. TONY AUGARDE (1) Discussions of the index features in this preface and in the “How to Use this Dictionary section of this book refer to ... record of its use. The reference usually consists of either (a) a book-title with its date of publication and a reference to where the quotation occurs in the book; or (b) the title of a newspaper ... 1879-19706.62 Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969 The OxfordDictionaryof Quotations Preface What is a “quotation”? It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes people as so true or memorable...
... moderation.A rash of dermatologists, a hive of allergists, ascrub of interns, a giggle of nurses, a flood of urologists, a pile of proctologists, an eyeful of ophthalmologists, a whiff of anesthesiologists, ... –Professor of Clinical Gerontology, Oxford, EnglandThe aging of an organism is a progressive loss of adaptability as time passes.Introduction to the Oxford Textbook of Geriatric Medicine Oxford ... Medical Publications Oxford Dictionary of Medical QuotationsPeter McDonald1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers...
... the name of one of Bingo’s variationsUK, 1992Hovis noun the head of a brown-skinned person. A refinement of the rhyming slangLOAF OF BREAD (the head); Hovis™ is a well-known brand of brown ... 1977house of joy noun a brothel US, 1948House of Lords noun corduroy trousers. Rhyming slang for CORDSUK, 1992house of wax noun a prison US, 1973house piece noun a gift of a dose of crack ... sense of the term, applied to cattle or swine, meaning ‘alive’US, 1992.< the hoof dismissal from employment; expulsion UK, 1973hoof verb 1 to dance US, 1916. 2 to walk UK, 1641hoof and toof...
... practice of dividing prof-its among employeesprofit squeezeprofit squeeze /prɒft skwiz/ noun astrict control of the amount of profits whichcompanies can pay out as dividendprofit-takingprofit-taking ... anoffice, house or factory for a period of timeí verb 1. to pay money to hire an office,house, factory or piece of equipment for aperiod of time ć to rent an office or a car ćHe rents an office ... andprofitability of a wide range of products soldby a single companysales mix profit variancesales mix profit variance /selz mksprɒft veəriəns/ noun the differing profit-ability of...