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31Cuneiform Cliffs — (73°6′S 167°38′E / 73.1°S 167.633°E / 73.1; 167.633) is a steep, irregular cliffs at the south end of Malta Plateau, along the north side of the lower Mariner Glacier in …
32Noachian — MOLA colorized relief map of Noachis Terra, the type area for the Noachian System. Note the superficial resemblance to the lunar highlands. Colors indicate elevation, with red highest and blue violet lowest. The blue feature at bottom right is… …
33CUNEIFORM — A system of writing in which a cut reed stylus is pressed into soft clay to leave a wedgelike imprint (Latin cuneus). It was invented in Mesopotamia in the late fourth millennium B.C. Different versions of cuneiform writing were used to write… …
34cortical cataract — 1. developmental punctate opacity, white or light blue in color, commonly found in the cortex of the lens; this is present in most lenses and there are multiple ones as a person ages, but they rarely affect vision. 2. the most common type of… …
35tool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. instrument, implement, utensil, device, machine; cat s paw, dupe, henchman, intermediary. See instrumentality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An implement] Syn. implement, utensil, machine, instrument,… …
36double-wedge airfoil — An airfoil for supersonic blades and wings, with a wedgelike taper and sharp leading and trailing edges …
37chisel — chis•el art at chlamys [[t]ˈtʃɪz əl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) bui a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc 2) to cut, shape, or… …
38cuneal — cu•ne•al [[t]ˈkyu ni əl[/t]] adj. wedgelike; wedge shaped • Etymology: 1570–80; < L cune(us) a wedge + al I …
39gib — I [[t]gɪb[/t]] n. 1) mac a) a thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part slides b) a keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening 2) bui (in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy… …
40peen — [[t]pin[/t]] n. 1) bui the usu. wedgelike or spherical end of a hammer head opposite the face 2) to enlarge, straighten, or smooth with a peen • Etymology: 1505–15; earlier pen < Scand; cf. Sw, Norw pen (n.) in same sense (perh. < G Pinne… …
