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• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
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• around the middle of a scale of evaluation
Example sentence • I prefer to paint with oil as my medium .
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• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
Example sentence • The stadium was filled with cheering fans.
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• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
Example sentence • The speaker stood behind the podium and began his speech.
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• a heavy brittle metallic element of the platinum group; used in alloys; occurs in natural alloys with platinum or osmium
Example sentence • The spark plugs in the engine contained a small amount of iridium .
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• a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum
Example sentence • The price of rhodium has reached record highs.
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• the feeling of being bored by something tedious
Example sentence • I can't stand the tedium of doing the same task over and over again.
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• any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
Example sentence • She won first place in the orchid competition with her stunning oncidium .
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• a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
Example sentence • The presidium of the committee convened to discuss the budget proposal.
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• the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion
Example sentence • The soil test revealed high levels of ammonium .
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• a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
Example sentence • The aquarium was filled with colorful tropical fish.
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• any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)
Example sentence • The hotel lobby featured a beautiful atrium .
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• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Example sentence • In its pure form, beryllium is a steel-gray, strong, lightweight, and brittle alkaline earth metal.
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• a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
Example sentence • Milk and dairy products are excellent sources of calcium .
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• a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
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• an association of companies for some definite purpose
Example sentence • The consortium of universities will collaborate on a research project.
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• the part of the skull that encloses the brain
Example sentence • The cranium protects the brain from injuries.
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• state of violent mental agitation
Example sentence • She was overwhelmed with delirium after winning the championship.
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• a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
Example sentence • I love shopping at the emporium . They have a wide variety of products.
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• athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Example sentence • I enjoy working out in the gymnasium every morning.
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• a free-reeded instrument with a piano keyboard in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
Example sentence • She played the harmonium in the church choir.
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• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
Example sentence • The balloon floated in the air due to the presence of helium .
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• a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals
Example sentence • The doctor prescribed lithium to treat her bipolar disorder.
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• a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
Example sentence • Dietary sources of magnesium include nuts, seeds, and leafy green vegetables.
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• a solid silvery grey radioactive transuranic element whose atoms can be split when bombarded with neutrons; found in minute quantities in uranium ores but is usually synthesized in nuclear reactors; 13 isotopes are known with the most important being plutonium 239
Example sentence • The United States has stockpiled tons of plutonium .
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• a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite
Example sentence • Bananas are a good source of potassium .
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• having or reflecting superior quality or value; having a higher price or cost
Example sentence • I paid a premium for this high-quality leather jacket.
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• a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
Example sentence • Table salt is a compound made up of sodium and chlorine.
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• a room enclosed largely with glass and affording exposure to the sun
Example sentence • My house has a beautiful solarium where I can relax and enjoy the sunlight.
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• a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
Example sentence • The symposium on climate change was attended by scientists from around the world.
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• a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
Example sentence • The nuclear power plant uses uranium as fuel.
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• a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value
Example sentence • The museum has a collection of ancient artifacts.
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• the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
Example sentence • The school held its annual concert in the auditorium .
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• one of the dwelling units in a condominium
Example sentence • I just bought a new condominium in the heart of the city.
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• a mortuary where corpses are cremated
Example sentence • The crematorium is a facility where the bodies of the deceased are cremated.
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• a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
Example sentence • The company is trying to maintain an equilibrium between production and demand.
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• a state of extreme confusion and disorder
Example sentence • The explosion caused pandemonium in the crowded market.
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• a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
Example sentence • I visited the planetarium last night and learned about the solar system.
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• a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases
Example sentence • He was admitted to a sanitarium for treatment of his mental illness.
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• a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
Example sentence • The basidium is a spore-bearing structure in some fungi.
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• parasitic on the digestive epithelium of vertebrates and higher invertebrates
Example sentence • The coccidium causes a disease called coccidiosis in livestock.
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• an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore
Example sentence • The conidium is the asexual spore of a fungus.
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• fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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Example sentence • The aecidium is a characteristic structure of the rust fungus.
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Example sentence • The ascidium is a specialized structure found in tunicates.
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Example sentence • The gonidium of the green algae has a single nucleus.
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• The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacea, and certain insects.
Example sentence • The pygidium is the posterior division of the body in certain arthropods.
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• a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite
Example sentence • The doctor ordered a barium swallow test to examine the patient's esophagus.
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• a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores
Example sentence • Exposure to cadmium can lead to serious health problems.
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• a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
Example sentence • The discovered ores of cerium are usually combined with other rare earth elements.
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• lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes
Example sentence • She used collyrium to cleanse her eyes.
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