transitional layer
31Non-volcanic passive margins — (NVPM) constitute one end member of the transitional crustal types that lie beneath passive continental margins; the other end member being volcanic passive margins (VPM). Transitional crust welds continental crust to oceanic crust along the… …
32cell — cell1 cell like, adj. /sel/, n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. any of various small compartments or bounded areas forming part of a whole. 3. a small group acting as a unit within a larger organization: a local cell of the… …
33Mucosa — Having to do with a mucous membrane. For example, the oral mucosa. * * * A mucous tissue lining various tubular structures, consisting of epithelium, lamina, propria, and, in the digestive tract, a layer of smooth muscle (muscularis mucosae). SYN …
34plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …
35IS-95 — Samsung cdmaOne mobile phone disassembled Interim Standard 95 (IS 95) is the first CDMA based digital cellular standard by Qualcomm. The brand name for IS 95 is cdmaOne. IS 95 is also known as TIA EIA 95. It is a 2G mobile telecommunications… …
36HTML element — This article is about the HTML elements in general. For information on how to format Wikipedia entries, see Help:Wiki markup and Help:HTML in wikitext HTML HTML and HTML5 Dynamic HTML XHTML XHTML Mobile Profile and C HTML Canvas element Character …
37arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… …
38List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1996 (1-1000) — This is a List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1996 from 1 to 1000:1 100* Insurance Companies (Pension Business)(Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi 19960001 en 1.htm S.I.… …
39High-Speed Downlink Packet Access — (HSDPA) is an enhanced 3G (third generation) mobile telephony communications protocol in the High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) family, also dubbed 3.5G, 3G+ or turbo 3G, which allows networks based on Universal Mobile Telecommunications System… …
40South Africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 42,327,458; 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town. Formerly, Union of South Africa. * * * South Africa Introduction South Africa… …
