eksˈpəunənt
91Ex-Im — /eks im /, n. Informal. See Export Import Bank. Also, Exim, Eximbank /ek sim bangk /. [by shortening] * * * …
92ex libris — /eks lee bris, luy /, pl. libris for 2. 1. from the library of (a phrase inscribed in or on a book before the name of the owner): Ex libris Jane Doe. 2. an inscription in or on a book, to indicate the owner; bookplate. [1875 80; < L ex libris out …
93Exmoor — /eks moor, mawr, mohr/, n. a moorland in SW England, in Somersetshire and Devonshire: the scene of Blackmore s novel, Lorna Doone. * * * ▪ region, England, United Kingdom high moorland in northwestern Somerset and northern Devon, England,… …
94ex parte — /eks pahr tee/ from or on one side only of a dispute, as a divorce suit; without notice to or the presence of the other party. [1665 75; < L] * * * …
95expat — /eks payt /, n. Informal. an expatriate: a favorite hangout for expats. [1960 65; by shortening] * * * …
96ex post — /eks pohst / based on analysis of past performance (opposed to ex ante). [1635 45; < L: from (what lies) behind, according to (what lies) behind] * * * …
97ex post facto — /eks pohst fak toh/ 1. from or by subsequent action; subsequently; retrospectively; retroactively. 2. having retroactive force; made or done subsequently: an ex post facto law. [1625 35; < L: from a thing done afterward, from what is done… …
98ex-president — /eks prez i deuhnt/, n. a former president: ex president of the company. [1790 1800, Amer.] * * * …
99exsolution — /eks seuh looh sheuhn/, n. Mineral. the process of exsolving. [ < L exsolution (s. of exsolutio). See EX 1, SOLUTION] * * * ▪ chemistry in mineralogy, process through which an initially homogeneous solid solution separates into at least two …
100exsolve — /eks solv /, v.i., exsolved, exsolving. Mineral. (of two minerals in solid solution) to separate from one another at a critical point in temperature. [ < L exsolvere. See EX 1, SOLVE] * * * …
