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• an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Example sentence • The pilot adjusted the ailerons to control the roll of the aircraft.
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• the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
Example sentence • Scientists study the behavior of deuterons in particle accelerators.
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• An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thus affecting the angle of attack).
Example sentence • The flaperons on the aircraft were damaged during the rough landing.
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• any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
Example sentence • Scientists have discovered several different types of hyperons .
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• A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
Example sentence • The longerons provide structural support for the wings of an aircraft.
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• anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Example sentence • The library has a collection of ephemerons dating back to the 18th century.
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• cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
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Example sentence • The fanfarons paraded through the streets, boasting about their accomplishments.
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• insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
Example sentence • The presence of dipterons can be bothersome during picnics.
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Example sentence • The tailerons on the aircraft control its pitch and roll.
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Example sentence • The old building was adorned with beautiful mascarons on its exterior walls.
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• the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
Example sentence • The hot weather conditions made it difficult to sleep at night.
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• the bulb of an onion plant
Example sentence • I chopped the onions for the soup.
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• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Example sentence • She wore a pair of black nylons with her new dress.
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• (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
Example sentence • I have a collection of music icons on my computer.
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• a large number or amount
Example sentence • I have tons of homework to do tonight.
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• a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes
Example sentence • She sewed the buttons onto the shirt.
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Example sentence • The carpenter carefully crafted the intricate tiercerons for the cathedral's ceiling.
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• the area in which something exists or lives
Example sentence • She enjoys exploring the environs of her new neighborhood.
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• a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women
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• a band of nerve fibers linking the medulla oblongata and the cerebellum with the midbrain
Example sentence • The pons is a structure found in the brainstem.
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• women's stockings made from a sheer material (nylon or rayon or silk)
Example sentence • She colored the picture using bright rayons .
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• central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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• an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
Example sentence • Exogenous interferons can be used therapeutically to treat viral infections and certain types of cancer.
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• (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
Example sentence • The king's army consisted of a thousand myrmidons .
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• United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
7 2 noun n Example sentence • The commons are used for grazing livestock.
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• a request to be present
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• call in an official matter, such as to attend court
Example sentence • He received a summons to appear in court.
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• conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
Example sentence • One of the cons of living in a big city is the high cost of living.
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• smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies
Example sentence • The gibbons in the zoo were playful and energetic.
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• any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
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• of orange tinged with pink
Example sentence • The river is teeming with salmons during spawning season.
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• any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
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• a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes
Example sentence • The Greek tragedies were full of intense emotional agons .
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Example sentence • The aleurons in rice contain enzymes that help break down starches.
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• (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
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• a verse or song to be chanted or sung in response
Example sentence • The choir sang the antiphons during the church service.
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Example sentence • The behavior of anyons is governed by exotic quantum statistics.
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• a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
Example sentence • The use of argons in lighting fixtures can help produce a bright and clear light.
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• long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron
Example sentence • Damaged axons can lead to impaired nerve function.
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Example sentence • The azlons in this sweater are soft and comfortable against the skin.
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• A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
Example sentence • He played the barytons beautifully at the concert.
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• a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
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• accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux
Example sentence • In particle accelerators, betatrons are commonly used for electron acceleration.
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Example sentence • The workers poured betons to construct the foundation of the building.
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