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  • 1avalanche — noun 1 large amount of snow falling VERB + AVALANCHE ▪ trigger AVALANCHE + VERB ▪ happen ▪ wipe out sth/sb ▪ kill sb ▪ …

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  • 2avalanche — [ˈævəˌlɑːntʃ] noun [C] 1) a large amount of snow that suddenly falls down a mountain 2) a large quantity of things that arrive suddenly an avalanche of letters[/ex] …

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  • 3Avalanche photodiode — Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are photodetectors that can be regarded as the semiconductor analog to photomultipliers. By applying a high reverse bias voltage (typically 100 200 V in silicon), APDs show an internal current gain effect (around 100) …

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  • 4Avalanche transistor — An Avalanche Transistor is a bipolar junction transistor designed for operation in the region of its collector current/collector to emitter voltage characteristics beyond the collector to emitter breakdown voltage, called avalanche breakdown… …

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  • 5avalanche — av|a|lanche [ˈævəla:ntʃ US læntʃ] n [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: French dialect lavantse, avalantse] 1.) a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain ▪ Two skiers were killed in the avalanche. 2.) an… …

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  • 6avalanche — noun (C) 1 a large mass of snow, ice, and rocks that falls down the side of a mountain: Two skiers were killed in the avalanche. 2 an avalanche of a very large number of things such as letters, messages etc that arrive suddenly at the same time …

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  • 7Geology of Mars — Mars   Mars as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope Designations …

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  • 8Mars — This article is about the planet. For other uses, see Mars (disambiguation) …

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  • 9List of pipeline accidents — The following is a list of pipeline accidents: This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Contents 1 Bel …

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  • 10literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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