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  • 81Ballade in the Form of Variations — on a Norwegian Folk Song in G minor, Op. 24, is a large scale work by Edvard Grieg. It is in the form of theme and variations, the theme being the Norwegian folk song Mountain Song . A performance usually lasts over 20 minutes.The theme is first… …

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  • 82washover-fan flat —    A gently sloping, fan like, subaqueous landform created by overwash from storm surges that transports sediment from the seaward side to the landward side of a barrier island (GG). Sediment is carried through temporary overwash channels that… …

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  • 83dead flat — noun : the portion of a ship s transverse form that has the same form as the midship or largest section called also straight of breadth …

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  • 84sal|ver|form — «SAL vuhr frm», adjective. Botany. (of a corolla) shaped like a tube, with the limb spreading out flat …

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  • 85printing — /prin ting/, n. 1. the art, process, or business of producing books, newspapers, etc., by impression from movable types, plates, etc. 2. the act of a person or thing that prints. 3. words, symbols, etc., in printed form. 4. printed material. 5.… …

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  • 86furniture — furnitureless, adj. /ferr ni cheuhr/, n. 1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. 2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. 3. equipment for …

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  • 87Polarizable vacuum — In theoretical physics, particularly fringe physics, polarizable vacuum (PV) most often refers to a proposal by Harold Puthoff to develop an analogue of general relativity to describe gravity in optics like terms. Puthoff himself has apparently… …

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  • 88warp — warpage, n. /wawrp/, v.t. 1. to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring. 2. to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course. 3. to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true… …

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  • 89warp — [[t]wɔrp[/t]] v. t. 1) to bend or twist out of shape, esp. from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring 2) to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course 3) to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, etc.; bias;… …

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  • 90platform — (n.) 1540s, plan of action, scheme, design, from M.Fr. plate forme, lit. flat form, from O.Fr. plate flat (see PLAT (Cf. plat)) + forme form (see FORM (Cf. form)). The literal sense of raised, level surface is first recorded 1550s. Political… …

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