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... Editors Teresa K. Attwood Professor of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Life Sciences & School of Computer Science, University of Manchester Richard 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 – it comprises 5–10% of the protein of such cells (see actin filament). In solutions of ... a decade since the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. It was a remarkable work of scholarship, arising from the work of journal editors and scientific...

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... dictionary. 1 Introduction The goal of the project is to enhance the database of the Oxford Dictionary of English (a forthcoming new edition of the 1998 New Oxford Dictionary of English) so that it contains ... Press, Cambridge, Mass. Judy Pearsall. 1998. The New Oxford Dictionary of English. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 126 matic analysis and grading of defmitions is proving highly productive in ... richness of a large natural-language dictionary in providing cues and flagging exceptions. The stylistic regularity of a dictionary like ODE supports the enumeration of a finite (albeit large) list of...

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... (*sta- mens) of a Ûower. Compare gynoecium. androgen One of a group of male sex hormones that stimulate development of the testes and of male *secondary sexual characteristics (such as growth of facial and ... direction of lines of force of the Üeld. ampere-turn The SI unit of *magneto- motive force equal to the magnetomotive force produced when a current of one am- pere Ûows through one turn of a magne- tizing ... substance of an el- ement, for example, is proportional to the number of atoms present. For all entities, the constant of proportionality is the *Avogadro constant. The SI unit of amount of substance...

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... PROCESSING. adsorption Adhesion of a thin layer of molecules of one substance to the surface of another without absorption. An example is adsorption of water to the surface of a dielectric. This term is often con- fused ... gravitational field 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. The quantity of electricity ... Abbreviation of airborne (or aircraft) early warning. aF Abbreviation of ATTOFARAD. AF Abbreviation of AUDIO FREQUENCY. AFC 1. Abbreviation of AUTOMATIC FREQUENCY CONTROL. 2. Abbreviation of AUDIO-FRE- QUENCY...

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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 ... 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 ... Association for the Advancement of Science. AAC Abbreviation of automatic aperture control (NASA). AAS Abbreviation of advanced antenna system (NASA). AASR Abbreviation of airport and airways surveil- lance...

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... 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...

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... helpful than any other dictionary of 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 ... 1879-1970 6.62 Harry Emerson Fosdick 1878-1969 The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface What is a “quotation”? It is a saying or piece of writing that strikes people as so true or memorable...

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... moderation. A rash of dermatologists, a hive of allergists, a scrub 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, England The 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 Quotations Peter McDonald 1 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers...

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... of a number of distinguished composers who have shuffled off their mortal coil in a variety of unusual ways. coin the other side of the coin the opposite or contrasting aspect of ... near) the bone Q (of a remark) penetrating and accurate to the point of causing hurt or discomfort. Q (of a joke or story) likely to cause offence because near the limit of decency. cut ... the title of 1 Stella Gibbons's 1933 parody of sentimental | novels of rural life, Cold Comfort Farm. cold feet loss of nerve or confidence. in the cold light of day when...

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... the name of one of Bingo’s variations UK, 1992 Hovis noun the head of a brown-skinned person. A refinement of the rhyming slang LOAF OF BREAD (the head); Hovis™ is a well- known brand of brown ... 1977 house of joy noun a brothel US, 1948 House of Lords noun corduroy trousers. Rhyming slang for CORDS UK , 1992 house of wax noun a prison US, 1973 house 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, 1973 hoof verb 1 to dance US, 1916. 2 to walk UK, 1641 hoof and toof...

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... cutting of a strip of bark from a tree as a means of making the tree more productive. It restricts growth and encourages fruiting. ring bone ring bone noun a growth of bony tissue in the joints of ... /raυndwm/ noun a type of worm with a round body, some of which are parasites of animals, others of roots of plants Roussin Roussin /rusn/ noun a breed of sheep imported into the UK from France row ... the shores of lakes, used to make thatched roofs reedbed reedbed /ridbed/ noun a mass of reeds growing together reedbed filter reedbed filter noun a reedbed used as part of a system of cleaning...

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