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31stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… …
32Prawn — For other uses, see Prawn (disambiguation). Dendrobranchiata Temporal range: Famennian–Recent …
33Progressive dance music — Progressive electronic dance music (often referred to as just progressive) usually refers to differentiate various offshoot styles of electronic dance music from their parent styles, which include trance music, house music and breakbeat.Most… …
34Aging — The process of becoming older, a process that is genetically determined and environmentally modulated. Research into aging: To sum up the state of research into aging is well beyond the confines of this space (and this writer s talents). However …
35Evolution — The continuing process of change, especially in reference to natural selection. Charles Darwin (1809 82) noted that successful species produce more offspring in each generation than are needed to replace the adults who die. Not all offspring… …
36Street or road name — For other uses, see Street name (disambiguation). Abbey Road in London …
37gradation — A gradual, smoothly nuanced, step by step change from dark to light values or from large to small shapes, or rough to smooth textures, or one color to another. As a principle of design, it refers to any way of combining elements of art by… …
38History of the People's Republic of China (2002–present) — China became more influential economically in the 1990s and 2000s and was beginning to be widely recognized as an emerging superpower. By 2006, China had become the world s fourth largest economy. At the same time, numerous social problems… …
39Hopeful Monster — is the colloquial term used in evolutionary biology to describe an event of instantaneous speciation, saltation, or systemic mutation, which contributes positively to the production of new major evolutionary groups. The memorable phrase was… …
40Modulation (music) — Key change example: C major to C minor. In music, modulation is most commonly the act or process of changing from one key (tonic, or tonal center) to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature. Modulations articulate …
