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  • 1alternation of generations — Biol. the alternation in an organism s life cycle of dissimilar reproductive forms, esp. the alternation of sexual with asexual reproduction. [1855 60] * * * In biology, alternation of a sexual phase (gametophyte) and a nonsexual phase… …

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  • 2Estonian language — Infobox Language name=Estonian nativename=eesti keel familycolor=Uralic states=Estonia region=Northern Europe speakers=1.1 million fam2=Finno Ugric fam3=Finno Volgaic fam4=Finno Lappic fam5=Baltic Finnic nation=EST|Estonia EUR|European Union… …

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  • 3Phonological change — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …

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  • 4Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 5Classical guitar — A modern classical guitar from the front and side String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers or …

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  • 6HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …

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  • 7linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …

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  • 8Parity of zero — Zero objects, divided into two equal groups Zero is an even number. In other words, its parity the quality of an integer being even or odd is even. Zero fits the definition of even number : it is an integer multiple of 2, namely 0 × 2. As a… …

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  • 9Manic-Depressive Illness —    (Bipolar Disorder)    Before 1850, numerous physicians had commented on the alternation of mania and melancholia. In 1844, Karl Wigand Maximilian Jacobi (1775–1858), chief physician of Siegburg asylum in Germany, noted that Exaltation and… …

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  • 10Apophony — In linguistics, apophony (also ablaut, gradation, alternation, internal modification, stem modification, stem alternation, replacive morphology, stem mutation, internal inflection) is the alternation of sounds within a word that indicates… …

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