make less compact

  • 61reduce — re·duce /ri düs, dyüs/ vt re·duced, re·duc·ing 1: to make smaller 2 a: to convert (a chose in action) into a chose in possession enforcement action sought to reduce to possession her property interest in the...determination of money damages… …

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  • 62relax — early 15c., to make (something) less compact or dense, from O.Fr. relaxer (14c.), from L. relaxare relax, loosen, open, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + laxare loosen, from laxus loose (see LAX (Cf. lax)). Of persons, attested from 1837 …

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  • 63Stripboard — (usually known by the trademark name Veroboard of the British Vero Electronics company, who invented it) is a widely used type of electronics prototyping board characterised by a 0.1 inch (2.54 mm) regular grid of holes, with wide strips running… …

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  • 65loose — [[t]lus[/t]] adj. loos•er, loos•est, adv. v. 1) free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end[/ex] 2) not firmly fixed or attached: a loose tooth; a loose board in a floor[/ex] 3) free from confinement or restraint; unfettered: loose …

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  • 66loose — /lus / (say loohs) adjective (looser, loosest) 1. free from bonds, fetters, or restraint: to get one s hand loose. 2. free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end. 3. uncombined, as a chemical element. 4. not bound together, as… …

  • 67Loosen — Loos en (l[=oo]s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened} (l[=oo]s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a string …

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  • 68Loosened — Loosen Loos en (l[=oo]s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened} (l[=oo]s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a… …

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  • 69Loosening — Loosen Loos en (l[=oo]s n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loosened} (l[=oo]s nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosening}.] [See {Loose}, v. t.] 1. To make loose; to free from tightness, tension, firmness, or fixedness; to make less dense or compact; as, to loosen a… …

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  • 70settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 …

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