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• a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
Example sentence • The geologist studied several rhombohedrons to determine their mineral composition.
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Example sentence • I have never seen heptahedrons in real life.
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Example sentence • He studied the geometric properties of hendecahedrons .
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Example sentence • The geologist collected several leucitohedrons during the field expedition.
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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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• any polyhedron having twenty plane faces
Example sentence • I studied the different properties of icosahedrons in geometry class.
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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 • In crystallography, dihedrons refer to the measuring instrument used to determine angles between crystal faces.
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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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• (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 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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• an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
Example sentence • The use of anacoluthons can create a sense of confusion or surprise.
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• The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
Example sentence • The anchorpersons delivered the news with confidence and professionalism.
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• A sequence of three nucleotides in transfer RNA that binds to the complementary triplet (codon) in messenger RNA to specify an amino acid during protein synthesis.
Example sentence • The anticodons in tRNA molecules are complementary to codons in mRNA during translation.
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• an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation
Example sentence • In a PET scan, antielectrons are used as tracers to detect tumors.
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• the antiparticle of a neutron
Example sentence • Scientists create antineutrons by colliding high-energy protons with a target.
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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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• an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton
Example sentence • Experiments have shown that antiprotons have the opposite charge of a proton.
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Example sentence • The behavior of anyons is governed by exotic quantum statistics.
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• central cavity of the gastrula; becomes the intestinal or digestive cavity
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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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Example sentence • The biotrons were used to study the effects of temperature on plant growth.
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• A garment drawn tight at the waist with blousing hanging over the waistband
Example sentence • I bought two blousons for the winter season.
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• a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
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• a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate
Example sentence • I bought a box of delicious bonbons for my friend's birthday.
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