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1first set phenomenon — the immune response of the body against a tissue or organ in a host not previously sensitized against the graft antigens. Called also first set rejection. See also second set p …
2first set rejection — see under phenomenon …
3Set-aside — as a political measure was introduced by the European Union (EU) in 1988 to (i) help reduce the large and costly surpluses produced in Europe under the guaranteed price system of the Common Agricultural Policy; and (ii) to deliver some… …
4first edition — first e dition noun count one of the first printed copies of a book a. one of the first printed copies of a newspaper published for a particular day b. the first set of printed copies of a new magazine, newspaper, etc …
5set-aside — set a.side n [U and C] 1.) BrE an arrangement in the European Union in which a government pays farmers to leave some of their fields empty, in order to avoid producing too much of a crop and to keep the price higher 2.) an arrangement in the US… …
6set theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sets. [1940 45] * * * Branch of mathematics that deals with the properties of sets. It is most valuable as applied to other areas of mathematics, which borrow from and adapt its… …
7Set (music) — Six element set of rhythmic values used in Variazioni canoniche by Luigi Nono[1] A set (pitch set, pitch class set, set class, set form, pitch collection) in music theory, as in mat …
8set — I [[t]se̱t[/t]] NOUN USES ♦ sets 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A set of things is a number of things that belong together or that are thought of as a group. There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country... I might need a spare set of… …
9set — set1 [ set ] (past tense and past participle set) verb *** ▸ 1 put someone/something somewhere ▸ 2 make something happen ▸ 3 make equipment ready ▸ 4 decide time/place/value ▸ 5 establish way to do something ▸ 6 do something that influences ▸ 7… …
10set — I UK [set] / US verb Word forms set : present tense I/you/we/they set he/she/it sets present participle setting past tense set past participle set *** 1) [transitive] to put someone or something in a position set someone/something… …
