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  • 1part# — part n Part, portion, piece, detail, member, division, section, segment, sector, fraction, fragment, parcel are comparable when they mean something which is less than the whole but which actually is or is considered as if apart from the rest of… …

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  • 2Whole language — describes a literacy instructional philosophy which emphasizes that children should focus on meaning and moderates skill instruction. It can be contrasted with phonics based methods of teaching reading and writing which emphasize instruction for… …

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  • 3part — [n1] piece, portion of something allotment, any, apportionment, articulation, atom, bit, bite, branch, chip, chunk, component, constituent, cut, department, detail, division, element, extra, factor, fraction, fragment, helping, hunk, ingredient,… …

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  • 4part — /pahrt/, n. 1. a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together. 2. an essential or integral attribute or quality: a… …

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  • 5part — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Old English, both from Latin part , pars; perhaps akin to Latin parare to prepare more at pare Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) one of the often indefinite or unequal subdivisions into… …

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  • 6Whole Wheat Radio — (WWR) is a listener controlled, internet only webcast and wiki website based in Talkeetna, Alaska, centered around independent music aired 24 hours a day, that is financially and operationally maintained by an all volunteer community as a… …

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  • 7Part-whole theory — is the name of a loose collection of historical theories, all informal and nearly all unwitting, relating wholes to their parts via inclusion. Part whole theory has been overtaken by mereology.Metaphysics, especially ontology, has invoked part… …

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  • 8part — part1 [pärt] n. [ME < OE & OFr, both < L pars (gen. partis) < IE base * per , to sell, hand over in sale, make equal > L par, equal, parare, to equate] 1. a portion or division of a whole; specif., a) any of several equal portions,… …

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  • 9Whole grain — Whole grains are cereal grains that bran and germ as well as the endosperm, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm. Whole grains can generally be sprouted while processed grains generally will not sprout. Whole meal… …

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  • 10Whole body vibration — Whole Body Vibration: function and effectsWhole Body Vibration (WBV) was developed by Russian scientist Vladimir Nazarov, to prevent astronauts muscles and bones wasting when they were in space. Because there is no gravitational force in space,… …

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