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• a language user's knowledge of words
Example sentence • He has an extensive lexicon of medical terminology.
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• a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
Example sentence • Computer chips are typically made of silicon .
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• a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
Example sentence • I added a smiley emoticon at the end of my message.
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• a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Example sentence • She played the helicon in the school band.
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• A magic lantern, especially one with two projectors arranged so as to produce dissolving views or combinations of images.
Example sentence • The teacher used a stereopticon to project images for the history lesson.
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• a now obsolete picture pickup tube in a television camera; electrons emitted from a photoemissive surface in proportion to the intensity of the incident light are focused onto the target causing secondary emission of electrons
Example sentence • The orthicon is a type of camera tube used in early television cameras.
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• a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
Example sentence • The pantechnicon arrived at the gallery to pick up the artwork.
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Example sentence • The aglycon of this molecule has different properties compared to the glycosylated form.
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• A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.
Example sentence • The replicon is the basic unit of replication in a genome.
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• A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface
Example sentence • The vidicon is a type of camera tube used in television broadcasting.
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• an area where everything is visible
Example sentence • The panopticon was a type of prison designed by Jeremy Bentham.
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• the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
Example sentence • He knew that once he crossed the rubicon , there would be no turning back.
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Example sentence • The poet wrote a beautiful hexastichon to capture the essence of the sunset.
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• in operation or operational
Example sentence • She put her coat on and left the house.
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• a list of proper nouns naming persons or places
Example sentence • The scholar looked up the name in the onomasticon to find its origin.
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Example sentence • He proposed an eirenicon to settle the dispute between the two warring factions.
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Example sentence • The professor explained the etymologicon of the word 'phobia'.
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Example sentence • The teacher used an idioticon to help the students understand the concept.
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Example sentence • He wrote an irenicon that aimed to bridge the divide between different religious groups.
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Example sentence • The panegyricon delivered at the ceremony praised the achievements of the graduating class.
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Example sentence • The lycopersicon is a member of the nightshade family.
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• trade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone
Example sentence • The modicon is a small device used to control and monitor industrial processes.
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