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  • 1particular — 1. adjective 1) a particular group of companies Syn: specific, certain, distinct, separate, discrete, definite, precise; single, individual Ant: general 2) an issue of particular importance …

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  • 2particular — 1. adjective 1) a particular group of companies Syn: specific, certain, distinct, separate, definite, precise 2) an issue of particular importance Syn: special, exceptional, unusual, uncommon …

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  • 3particular — I UK [pə(r)ˈtɪkjʊlə(r)] / US [pərˈtɪkjələr] adjective *** 1) [only before noun] used for emphasizing that you are talking about one specific person or thing and not anyone or anything else Are there any particular topics that you would like me to …

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  • 4Importance sampling — In statistics, importance sampling is a general technique for estimating the properties of a particular distribution, while only having samples generated from a different distribution rather than the distribution of interest. Depending on the… …

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  • 5damage — dam·age 1 n [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1: loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl: the money awarded to a party in a civil suit as reparation for the loss or… …

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  • 6Media Watch (TV program) — This article is about the Australian television program. For other uses, see Media Watch. Media Watch Directed by David Rector Presented by …

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  • 7France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 9Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …

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  • 10ZIONISM — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the word and its meaning forerunners ḤIBBAT ZION ROOTS OF ḤIBBAT ZION background to the emergence of the movement the beginnings of the movement PINSKER S AUTOEMANCIPATION settlement… …

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