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  • 101Gyōji — A Gyōji (行司) is a referee in professional sumō wrestling in Japan. Gyōji usually enter the sumo world as teenagers and remain employees of the Sumō Association until they retire aged 65. ResponsibilitiesThe gyōji s principal and most obvious task …

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  • 102Tribochromism — refers to a change in colour of a material caused by mechanical friction.Tribochromatic materials are used when friction has to be detected. These materials generally change colour under mechanical stress conditions and then the colour gradually… …

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  • 103Bigeye trevally — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 104grouper — grouper1 /grooh peuhr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) grouper, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species), groupers. any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, esp. of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and… …

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  • 105quark — /kwawrk, kwahrk/, n. Physics. any of the hypothetical particles with spin 1/2, baryon number 1/3, and electric charge 1/3 or 2/3 that, together with their antiparticles, are believed to constitute all the elementary particles classed as baryons… …

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  • 106wrasse — /ras/, n. any of various marine fishes of the family Labridae, esp. of the genus Labrus, having thick, fleshy lips, powerful teeth, and usually a brilliant color, certain species being valued as food fishes. [1665 75; appar. orig. a pl. of dial.… …

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  • 107Mechanochromism — The change of colour which occurs when chemicals are put under stress in the solid state by mecahnical grinding, crushing and milling; by friction and rubbing; or in the solid or solution state by high pressure or sonification is covered by the… …

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  • 108dye — dye1 [daı] n [U and C] [: Old English; Origin: deah, deag] 1.) a substance you use to change the colour of your clothes, hair etc ▪ hair dye 2.) dye job informal someone who has had a dye job has used a substance to change the colour of their… …

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  • 109dye — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a substance you use to change the colour of your clothes, hair etc: hair dye 2 dye job informal someone who has had a dye job has used a substance to change the colour of their hair 2 verb dyes, dyed, dyeing (T) to give something… …

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  • 110tone — /toʊn / (say tohn) noun 1. any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones. 2. quality or character of sound. 3. vocal sound; the sound made by vibrating muscular bands in the larynx. 4. a… …