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  • 1Group II intron — is a class of intron found in rRNA, tRNA, mRNA of organelles in fungi, plants, protists, and mRNA in bacteria. Self splicing occurs in vitro (for a few of the introns studied to date), but protein machinery is probably required in vivo. In… …

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  • 2Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons) — In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of people, creatures and societies. Early editions of Dungeons Dragons allowed players to choose between three alignments when… …

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  • 3alignment — a|lign|ment [əˈlaınmənt] n 1.) [U] the state of being arranged in a line with something or parallel to something alignment of ▪ the geometrical alignment of the Sun, Moon and Earth at the eclipse out of/into alignment ▪ The wheels were out of… …

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  • 4alignment — [[t]əla͟ɪnmənt[/t]] alignments 1) N VAR An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle. He refused to compromise the church by a particular political alignment... His increasing… …

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  • 5alignment — UK [əˈlaɪnmənt] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms alignment : singular alignment plural alignments 1) the position that something is in when it is straight or in the correct place in relation to other things The bridge was gradually… …

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  • 6alignment — a|lign|ment [ ə laınmənt ] noun count or uncount 1. ) the position that something is in when it is straight or in the correct place in relation to other things: The bridge was gradually brought into alignment. a ) the organization of activities… …

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  • 7alignment — /əˈlaɪnmənt/ (say uh luynmuhnt) noun 1. a. adjustment into a straight line. b. the adjustment of mechanical items such as motor vehicle wheels into positions favouring best performance. 2. the line or lines formed. 3. a political alliance as… …

  • 8alignment pin —   n.    the perpendicular projection from a master lever in a master keyed lever tumbler lock, which engages a group of combination levers and moves their gates to align with the fence …

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  • 9Sequence alignment — In bioinformatics, a sequence alignment is a way of arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify regions of similarity that may be a consequence of functional, structural, or evolutionary relationships between the sequences.[1]… …

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  • 10Ethnic interest group — An ethnic interest group or ethnic lobby, according to Thomas AmbrosioAmbrosio, Thomas. 2002. Ethnic identity groups and U.S. foreign policy. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275975339 ] , is an interest group (often a foreign policy interest group)… …

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