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• a language user's knowledge of words
Example sentence • Linguists study lexicons to understand how words are organized in a language.
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• a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
Example sentence • The helicons in the orchestra pit were responsible for creating the rich, resonant tones during the concert.
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Example sentence • I love creating lyricons because they help me express my emotions through music.
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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 old television set uses orthicons to generate images.
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Example sentence • Many electronic devices rely on silicons for their functionality.
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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 • She always uses emoticons in her text messages to express her emotions.
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• a large moving van (especially one used for moving furniture)
Example sentence • The pantechnicons were loaded with furniture for the charity drive.
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Example sentence • She collected various basilicons from around the world for her research.
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Example sentence • Many religious leaders have written eirenicons to encourage unity among different faiths.
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Example sentence • I love playing the harmonicons in our band.
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Example sentence • He collected various irenicons that were written by different religious scholars.
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• a list of proper nouns naming persons or places
Example sentence • I am fascinated by onomasticons and their role in linguistics.
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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 • The general knew that crossing the rubicons would bring them to enemy territory.
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Example sentence • When writing essays, it is helpful to use synonymicons to avoid repetitive language.
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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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Example sentence • The octastichons written by the poet were filled with vivid imagery.
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Example sentence • Some technikons offer courses in engineering and technology.
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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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• 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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• A device in a television camera that forms an image composed of varying charges on a photoconductive surface
Example sentence • The vidicons in the surveillance cameras recorded the entire incident.
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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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Example sentence • The ferrosilicons exhibit excellent magnetic properties.
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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)
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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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• 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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• an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Example sentence • The pilot adjusted the ailerons to control the roll of the aircraft.
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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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• a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
Example sentence • Scientists at the laboratory are developing new bevatrons for particle acceleration experiments.
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