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  • 11angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …

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  • 12Magnoliidae — ▪ plant subclass Introduction       subclass of woody or herbaceous flowering plants belonging to the class Magnoliopsida.       Members of the Magnoliidae are dicotyledonous plants that retain some primitive anatomic and morphological… …

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  • 13shunt — shunter, n. /shunt/, v.t. 1. to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way. 2. to sidetrack; get rid of. 3. Elect. a. to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another. b. to place or… …

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  • 14shunt — [[t]ʃʌnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to force or turn aside or out of the way 2) elm a) to divert (a part of an electrical current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another b) to place or furnish with a shunt 3) rai to shift (railroad rolling… …

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  • 15shunt — /ʃʌnt / (say shunt) verb (t) 1. to move or turn aside or out of the way. 2. to sidetrack; get rid of. 3. Electricity to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another; to place on or furnish with a shunt. 4 …

  • 16проводящий элемент — — [Я.Н.Лугинский, М.С.Фези Жилинская, Ю.С.Кабиров. Англо русский словарь по электротехнике и электроэнергетике, Москва, 1999 г.] Тематики электротехника, основные понятия EN conducting elementconductor element …

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  • 17coil — coil1 [koil] vt. [ME coilen, to select, cull < OFr coillir, to gather, pick < L colligere, to gather together: see COLLECT2] to wind or gather (rope, a hose, etc.) into a circular or spiral form vi. 1. to wind around and around 2. to move… …

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  • 18sieve tube — noun tube formed by cells joined end to end through which nutrients flow in flowering plants and brown algae • Hypernyms: ↑vascular tissue • Part Holonyms: ↑phloem, ↑bast * * * noun : a tube consisting of an end to end series of thin walled… …

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  • 19circuit breaker — cir cuit break er, n. (Elec.) A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value; it is sometimes called a {contact breaker}. Its function is to prevent fire or damage to the… …

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  • 20contact breaker — circuit breaker cir cuit break er, n. (Elec.) A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value; it is sometimes called a {contact breaker}. Its function is to prevent fire… …

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