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  • 111electronic instrument — ▪ music Introduction       any musical instrument that produces or modifies sounds by electric, and usually electronic, means. The electronic element in such music is determined by the composer, and the sounds themselves are made or changed… …

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  • 112Ecclesiastical Addresses — • Rules as to what is fitting and customary in the matter of ecclesiastical correspondence Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Addresses     Ecclesiastical Addresses …

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  • 113escapement — noun a) The contrivance in a timepiece (winding wrist watch) which connects the train of wheel work with the pendulum or balance, giving to the latter the impulse by which it is kept in vibration; so called because it allows a tooth to escape… …

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  • 114CMR Convention — The CMR Convention (full title Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road) is an United Nations convention signed in Geneva on 19 May 1956. It relates to various legal issues concerning transportation of cargo,… …

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  • 116CR — (Carriage Return) character which returns a cursor or print head to the beginning of the line (on a computer or typewriter) …

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  • 117escapement — [ɪ skeɪpm(ə)nt, ɛ ] noun 1》 a mechanism in a clock or watch that connects and regulates the motive power. 2》 a mechanism in a typewriter that shifts the carriage a small fixed amount to the left after a key is pressed and released. 3》 the part of …

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  • 118swing — vb 1 Swing, wave, flourish, brandish, shake, thrash are comparable when they mean to wield or to handle something so that it moves alternately backward and forward or upward and downward or around and around. Swing often implies regular… …

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  • 119manual — man•u•al [[t]ˈmæn yu əl[/t]] adj. 1) operated by hand rather than mechanically or automatically: a manual gearshift[/ex] 2) involving or requiring human effort; physical: manual labor[/ex] 3) of or pertaining to the hands 4) a book easily held in …

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  • 120escapement — ► NOUN 1) a mechanism in a clock or watch that connects and regulates the motive power. 2) a mechanism in a typewriter that shifts the carriage a small fixed amount to the left after a key is pressed and released. 3) the part of the mechanism in… …

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