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slump |
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a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment |
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slump |
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fall heavily or suddenly |
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slump |
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go down in value |
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slump |
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fall or sink heavily |
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slump |
Verb
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assume a drooping posture or carriage |
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self-inductance |
Noun
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the ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henries |
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soakage |
Noun
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the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid) |
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social process |
Noun
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a process involved in the formation of groups of persons |
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soil erosion |
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the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
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solvation |
Noun
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a chemical process in which solvent molecules and molecules or ions of the solute combine to form a compound |
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sorption |
Noun
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the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption) |
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souring |
Noun
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the process of becoming sour |
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spallation |
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(physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles |
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speciation |
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the evolution of a biological species |
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spermatogenesis |
Noun
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development of spermatozoa |
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spontaneous combustion |
Noun
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ignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process |
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stagflation |
Noun
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a period of slow economic growth and high unemployment (stagnation) while prices rise (inflation) |
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Stalinization |
Noun
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social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin |
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Stalinisation |
Noun
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social process of adopting (or being forced to adopt) the policies and practices of Joseph Stalin |
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stationary stochastic process |
Noun
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a stochastic process in which the distribution of the random variables is the same for any value of the variable parameter |
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steel production |
Noun
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making steel from pig iron |
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stochastic process |
Noun
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a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time) |
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system of measurement |
Noun
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a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic |
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stress incontinence |
Noun
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urinary incontinence that occurs when involuntary pressure is put on the bladder by coughing or laughing or sneezing or lifting or straining |
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system of weights and measures |
Noun
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system of measurement for length and weight and duration |
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subduction |
Noun
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a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate |
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survival of the fittest |
Noun
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a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment |
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symphysis |
Noun
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a growing together of parts or structures |
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symphysis |
Noun
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an abnormal adhesion of two or more structures |
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synapsis |
Noun
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the side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis |
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syncretism |
Noun
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the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) |
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syncretism |
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the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) |
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synchronous operation |
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operations that are initiated predictably by a clock |
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syneresis |
Noun
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the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) |
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syneresis |
Noun
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the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong |
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synaeresis |
Noun
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the separation of liquid from a gel that is caused by contraction (as in cheese making) |
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synaeresis |
Noun
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the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong |
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synergy |
Noun
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the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects |
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synizesis |
Noun
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the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis |
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synezesis |
Noun
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the contraction of chromatin towards one side of the nucleus during the prophase of meiosis |
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skiagraphy |
Noun
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the process of making a radiograph |
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square meter |
Noun
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a centare is 1/100th of an are |
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square metre |
Noun
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a centare is 1/100th of an are |
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square mile |
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an area of 640 acres |
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square measure |
Noun
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a system of units used to measure areas |
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sound unit |
Noun
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any acoustic unit of measurement |
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set point |
Noun
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(tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis |
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sabin |
Noun
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a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident sound |
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straight angle |
Noun
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an angle of 180 degrees |
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steradian |
Noun
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the unit of solid angle adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites |