secondary or high

  • 101high school — noun 1》 N. Amer. a secondary school. 2》 (in the UK except Scotland) used chiefly in names of grammar schools or independent fee paying secondary schools. Derivatives high schooler noun …

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  • 102high school — highschool highschool, high school high school . a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; as, he goes to the neighborhood highschool. Syn: senior high school, senior high, high, high school. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 103High leg delta — A high leg delta (also known as wild leg or red leg delta) is a type of electrical service connection sometimes found in older three phase electric power installations. This type of service is supplied by a transformer having four wires coming… …

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  • 104High explosive incendiary — In warfare, High explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to pierce armor, fragment, and ignite readily combustible materials.High Explosive Incendiary shells (HEIS) are designed to penetrate the armor of the target… …

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  • 105High School Diploma — Das High School Diploma ist der Abschluss der secondary education schools in den USA. Man erhält es nach zwölf Schuljahren, wobei die letzten vier Jahre auf der High School ausschlaggebend sind. Das Zeugnis ist der einzige Abschluss im US… …

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  • 106high school — Synonyms and related words: Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, academy, grammar school, high, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, middle school, prep school, preparatory school, public school, secondary school,… …

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  • 107secondary school — Synonyms and related words: Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, academy, grammar school, high, high school, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, middle school, prep school, preparatory school, public school,… …

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  • 108high school — n secondary school, senior high school, Inf. senior high, Brit. grammar school, (in France) lyc^e; preparatory school, Inf. prep school, U.S. private school, Brit. public school; day school, boarding school, academy, seminary, institute,… …

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  • 109high school — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. public school, secondary school, preparatory school, lycée (French), Gymnasium, Realschule ( both German), Latin school, private academy, military school, upper grades, trade school, seminary, middle school, junior high… …

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  • 110high — [OE] High is an ancient word. It goes right back to Indo European *koukos, which is related to a number of terms denoting roughly ‘rounded protuberance’: Sanskrit kucas ‘breast’, for instance, Russian húcha ‘heap’, and Lithuanian kaukas ‘swelling …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins