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121systematics — (sis te mat iks) The scientific study of organisms with the ultimate objective being to characterize and arrange them in an orderly manner; often considered synonymous with taxonomy …
122marshal — marshalcy, marshalship, n. marshaler; esp. Brit., marshaller, n. /mahr sheuhl/, n., v., marshaled, marshaling or (esp. Brit.) marshalled, marshalling. n. 1. a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Cf. field …
123pick — pick1 pickable, adj. /pik/, v.t. 1. to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience. 2. to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight. 3. to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument. 4. to… …
124system — systemless, adj. /sis teuhm/, n. 1. an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system. 2. any assemblage or set of correlated members: a system of currency; a system of… …
125Bahamas, The — officially Commonwealth of The Bahamas Archipelago and nation consisting of about 700 islands and numerous cays, northwestern edge of the West Indies, lying southeast of Florida and north of Cuba. Area: 5,386 sq mi (13,950 sq km). Population… …
126concept formation — Process of developing abstract rules or mental constructs based on sensory experience. Concept formation figures prominently in cognitive development and was a subject of great importance to Jean Piaget, who argued that learning entails an… …
127Moscoso, Mireya — ▪ president of Panama in full Mireya Elisa Moscoso de Gruber born July 1, 1946, Pedasi, Panama Panamanian politician, who was Panama s first woman president (1999–2004). Moscoso was born to a poor family in a rural town. After… …
128Bernard of Cluny — • A Benedictine monk of the first half of the twelfth century, poet, satirist, and hymn writer, author of On the Contempt of the World Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Bernard of Cluny Bernard of Cluny …
