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• the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions
Example sentence • The anisotropies in the crystal structure cause the material to have different properties in different directions.
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• prenatal diagnosis that allows direct observation of a fetus in the uterus and the withdrawal of fetal blood
Example sentence • The doctor recommended a series of fetoscopies to assess the development of the unborn baby.
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Example sentence • The doctor performed three laryngoscopies to examine the patient's vocal cords.
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• three-dimensional vision produced by the fusion of two slightly different views of a scene on each retina
Example sentence • The museum had a collection of antique stereoscopies .
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• only the silky anteater
Example sentence • The cyclopes were a race of one-eyed giants in Greek mythology.
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• Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
Example sentence • The stargazers gather in the observatory to view celestial bodies using powerful scopes .
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• an informal expression for a mildly depressed state
Example sentence • He's been in the mopes all day.
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• a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose
verb
• exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose
Example sentence • She let out a loud sneeze during the concert and everyone turned to look at her.
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• birth-control campaigner who in 1921 opened the first birth control clinic in London (1880-1958)
Example sentence • The miners were working in the dark, narrow stopes .
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Example sentence • The technician relied on aeroscopes to assess the air quality in the laboratory.
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• a structurally different form of an element
Example sentence • The study of allotropes is important in the field of materials science.
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• graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward; includes gazelles; springboks; impalas; addax; gerenuks; blackbucks; dik-diks
Example sentence • The savannah is a common habitat for antelopes .
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• someone who is elected pope in opposition to another person who is held to be canonically elected
Example sentence • There were several antipopes in the 14th century.
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• abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds
Example sentence • The process of omitting sounds or letters in a word is known as apocopes .
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Example sentence • He consulted the baroscopes to predict the upcoming storm.
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• a South African movie theater
Example sentence • She attended a lecture on the history of bioscopes .
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• A geographical area that has a uniform biological environment and a uniform distribution of plants and animals
Example sentence • Marine biotopes include coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass beds.
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Example sentence • The boltropes on the sails ensured their stability in the strong winds.
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• An optical instrument used for seeing inside tight spaces, consisting of a rigid or flexible tube with an optical relay inside so that the view through a lens or window at one end of the tube may be seen from a lens or eyepiece in the opposite end of the tube.
Example sentence • With the help of borescopes , engineers can detect defects in infrastructure.
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• brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
verb
• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Example sentence • She copes with stress by practicing yoga.
10 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• a measuring instrument for measuring freezing and melting points
Example sentence • The new cryoscopes on the market are more accurate than previous models.
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• A form of endoscope used to examine the ureter and the bladder.
Example sentence • The surgeon used cystoscopes during the bladder surgery.
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Example sentence • Gemologists often carry dichroscopes as part of their toolkit.
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• street names for marijuana
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• take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
Example sentence • He sells dopes to high school students.
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• run away secretly with one's beloved
Example sentence • She elopes with her boyfriend and gets married in secret.
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Example sentence • Most of the population fall into the category of emmetropes .
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• a long slender medical instrument for examining the interior of a bodily organ or performing minor surgery
Example sentence • Modern endoscopes have high-definition cameras for clear visualization.
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• A form of epidiascope that projects images of opaque objects
Example sentence • The church had a collection of episcopes for use during religious services.
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• the site on the surface of an antigen molecule to which an antibody attaches itself
Example sentence • Researchers are studying different epitopes to develop effective vaccines.
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• a stethoscope placed on the pregnant woman's abdomen to listen for the fetal heartbeat
Example sentence • Doctors use fetoscopes to listen to the baby's heartbeat in the womb.
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• a flexible medical instrument involving fiber optics that is used to examine internal organs
Example sentence • The detective used fiberscopes to search for hidden compartments in the suspect's car.
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• an X-ray machine that combines an X-ray source and a fluorescent screen to enable direct observation
Example sentence • The hospital uses fluoroscopes to obtain real-time images of the patient's internal organs.
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Example sentence • The sailors climbed down the footropes to board the ship.
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• a type of endoscope for visually examining the stomach
Example sentence • The doctors used gastroscopes to examine the patient's stomach.
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• the act of groping; and instance of groping
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• feel about uncertainly or blindly
Example sentence • He gropes in the dark for the light switch.
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• rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
Example sentence • The toy drone uses gyroscopes to stabilize and maintain its position in the air.
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• (physics) scientific instrument that traces the path of a charged particle
Example sentence • The hodoscope array is composed of several layers of scintillator hodoscopes .
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• a specific instance of feeling hopeful
Example sentence • I have high hopes for the success of this project.
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• a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
Example sentence • Some people believe that horoscopes can predict their future.
9 3 noun n noun
• a person with hyperopia; a farsighted person
10 3 verb
• encroach on the rights of others, as in trading without a proper license
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• one of two or more atoms with the same atomic number but with different numbers of neutrons
Example sentence • Scientists can distinguish isotopes of an element through mass spectrometry.
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• a cathode-ray tube in a television receiver; translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen
Example sentence • The film archives contain several kinescopes of classic television shows.
5 1 verb, noun v, n Example sentence • She watched as the antelope gracefully jumped in swift lopes across the plain.
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• The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Example sentence • The metopes of the Parthenon depicted scenes from Greek mythology.
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