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  • 111tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …

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  • 112Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …

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  • 113Control theory — For control theory in psychology and sociology, see control theory (sociology) and Perceptual Control Theory. The concept of the feedback loop to control the dynamic behavior of the system: this is negative feedback, because the sensed value is… …

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  • 114DARPA — This article is about the US military research agency. Not to be confused with the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA). For the skipper butterfly genus, see Darpa (butterfly) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Agency overview Formed …

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  • 115Macroevolution — Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …

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  • 116Acura RL — Infobox Automobile name=Acura RL manufacturer=Honda production=1996–present predecessor=Acura Legend class=Mid size luxury car [http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/compx2005f.jsp?year=2006 make=Acura model=RL hiddenField=Findacar] body style=4 door… …

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  • 117Evolución biológica — «Evolución» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase Evolución (desambiguación). «Evolucionismo» redirige aquí. Para otras acepciones, véase Evolucionismo (desambiguación). Parte de la serie de …

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  • 118automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… …

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  • 119language, philosophy of — Philosophical study of the nature and use of natural languages and the relations between language, language users, and the world. It encompasses the philosophical study of linguistic meaning (see semantics), the philosophical study of language… …

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  • 120plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …

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