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101Heavy NP shift — is a term used within the tradition of transformational grammar to describe a process which shifts Noun phrases (NPs) to the right of their usual position under certain circumstances. Typically, the process applies to large, complex NPs (i.e. NPs …
102Doppler shift — In airborne Doppler radar, a transmitter which, by means of a directional antenna, radiates energy toward the ground. This results in a situation in which both the transmitter and the receiver are moving relative to the ground; consequently the… …
103night shift — noun 1. the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) • Syn: ↑graveyard shift • Hypernyms: ↑shift, ↑work shift, ↑duty period 2. workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) • Syn: ↑ …
1042011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami — 2011 Miyagi earthquake redirects here. For the aftershock that occurred on 7 April, see April 2011 Miyagi earthquake. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 東日本大震災 An aerial view of damage in the Tōhoku region with black smoke coming from the Nippon… …
105swing shift — noun A work shift between a day shift and a night shift, such as from 4PM to midnight, and the group of workers scheduled to work such a shift at a facility. Syn: second shift …
106Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks — The area surrounding the World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, due to a single incident, in the history of the United States. This region became known in the ensuing days as ground zero .Building… …
107List of Home and Away characters (2011) — The following is a list of characters that first appeared or will appear in the Australian soap opera Home and Away in 2011, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the shows series producer Cameron Welsh. The 24th season… …
108Inchture and Rossie — INCHTURE and ROSSIE, a parish, in the county of Perth; including the villages of Baledgarno and Ballindean, and containing 765 inhabitants, of whom 243 are in the village of Inchture, 13 miles (E. by N.) from Perth. The word Inchture is… …
109afternoon shift — /aftəˈnun ʃɪft/ (say ahftuh noohn shift) noun (in a factory, shipyard, etc., where continuous shifts are worked) the shift which is neither day shift nor night shift, and typically runs from early afternoon to some time before midnight …
110Functional shift — In linguistics, functional shift occurs when an existing word takes on a new syntactic function. For example, the word like , formerly only used as a preposition in comparisons (as in eats like a pig ), is now also used in the same way as the… …
