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  • 121Stone (mass) — The stone is a unit of weight. It is part of the Imperial system of weights and measures used in the British Isles, and formerly used in most Commonwealth countries. It is equal to 16 pounds and approximately 62.3 Newtons, which is equivalent to… …

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  • 122List of energy topics — This is a list of energy topics which identifies articles and categories that relate to energy in general. Energy refers to the ability to do work . The word is used in several different contexts. The engineering use has a precise, well defined… …

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  • 123Jonathon Keats — (born October 2 1971) is an American conceptual artist known for creating large scale thought experiments. Keats was born in New York City and studied philosophy at Amherst College [ [http://halogen.note.amherst.edu/%7Eastudent/2007… …

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  • 124Task Force Baum — s, and other vehicles were lost. Camp Hammelburg Camp Hammelburg, located just 3 km south its namesake town, was originally used as a military training ground before World War I and again before World War II. It was converted into two separate… …

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  • 125beer — /bear/, n. 1. an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste. 2. any of various beverages, whether alcoholic or not, made from roots,… …

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  • 126Beer — /bear/, n. Thomas, 1889 1940, U.S. author. * * * I Alcoholic beverage made usually from malted barley, flavoured with hops, and brewed by slow fermentation. Known from ancient times, beer was especially common in northern climates not conducive… …

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  • 127dormancy — /dawr meuhn see/, n. the state of being dormant. [1780 90; DORM(ANT) + ANCY] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when… …

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  • 128gas — gasless, adj. /gas/, n., pl. gases, v., gassed, gassing. n. 1. Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid. 2. any such fluid or mixture of fluids. 3. any… …

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