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  • 81rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …

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  • 82Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… …

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  • 83United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …

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  • 84COMMUNICATION - Communication de masse — Par communication de masse, on entend l’ensemble des techniques contemporaines qui permettent à un acteur social de s’adresser à un public extrêmement nombreux. Les principaux moyens de communication de masse ou mass media sont la presse,… …

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  • 85education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 86sonata — /seuh nah teuh/, n. Music. a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys. [1685 95; < It < L sonata, fem. of sonatus (ptp. of sonare to SOUND1). See SONANT, ATE1] * * * I Musical form&#8230; …

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  • 87wave — waveless, adj. wavelessly, adv. wavingly, adv. wavelike, adj. /wayv/, n., v., waved, waving. n. 1. a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell. 2. any surging or progressing movement …

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  • 88PÈLERINAGES ET LIEUX SACRÉS — Les termes de «pèlerinage» et de «lieu sacré» sont typiquement occidentaux: si l’on met à part les langues germaniques, ce sont les formes latines de peregrinatio et de loca sacra qui sont, non seulement dans les parlers latins mais aussi dans&#8230; …

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  • 89Optical fiber — A bundle of optical fibers A TOSLINK fiber optic audio c …

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  • 90solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction       science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures.       What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.&#8230; …

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