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101japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
102Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
103Non-revenue water — (NRW) is water that has been produced and is “lost” before it reaches the customer. Losses can be real losses (through leaks, sometimes also referred to as physical losses) or apparent losses (for example through theft or metering inaccuracies).… …
104Logoworks — by HP is an online graphic design company that provides logo design, brochure design, website design, and advertising services primarily for small businesses. The company is currently headquarted in American Fork, Utah. History Founded in 2001 by …
105Purchasing card — A purchasing card (also abbreviated as PCard or P Card) is a form of company charge card that allows goods and services to be procured without utilising a traditional purchasing process. In the UK, Purchasing Cards are usually referred to as… …
106bench mark — noun a surveyor s mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point • Syn: ↑benchmark • Hypernyms: ↑reference point, ↑point of reference, ↑reference * * * I. noun 1 …
107Radio communications during the September 11 attacks — This article reviews some of the details of radio communications at the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. [The purpose of revealing the operational details in this article is to allow operators of other communications networks and… …
108economics — /ek euh nom iks, ee keuh /, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind. 2. (used with a pl. v.) financial considerations;… …
109Science (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of science Mach, Duhem, Bachelard Babette E.Babich THE TRADITION OF CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE If the philosophy of science is not typically represented as a ‘continental’ discipline it is nevertheless historically rooted in… …
110ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …
