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  • 21paperweight — /pay peuhr wayt /, n. a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering. [1855 60; PAPER + WEIGHT] * * * …

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  • 22paperweight — pa•per•weight [[t]ˈpeɪ pərˌweɪt[/t]] n. a small, heavy object placed on papers to keep them from scattering • Etymology: 1855–60 …

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  • 23rafting logs — The moving of logs by floating them on a stream, the logs being bound together sufficiently to keep them from scattering …

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  • 24choke|bore — «CHOHK BR, BOHR», noun. 1. the bore of a shotgun that narrows toward the muzzle to keep the shot from scattering too widely. 2. a shotgun having such a bore …

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  • 25Matoran — From Lego Bionicle franchise, the Matoran are the average people of the Bionicle world. The Matoran have a work based culture and uphold many virtues, primarily Unity, Duty and Destiny. Although not one of Bionicle s strongest races, Matoran are… …

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  • 26Feynman diagram — The Wick s expansion of the integrand gives (among others) the following termNarpsi(x)gamma^mupsi(x)arpsi(x )gamma^ upsi(x )underline{A mu(x)A u(x )};,whereunderline{A mu(x)A u(x )}=int{d^4pover(2pi)^4}{ig {mu u}over k^2+i0}e^{ k(x x )}is the… …

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  • 27crystal — crystallike, adj. /kris tl/, n., adj., v., crystaled, crystaling or (esp. Brit.) crystalled, crystalling. n. 1. a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice. 2. the transparent form of crystallized quartz. 3. Chem., Mineral. a solid body… …

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  • 28Crystal — /kris tl/, n. 1. a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis. 25,543. 2. a female given name. * * * I Any solid material whose atoms are arranged in a definite pattern and whose surface regularity reflects its internal symmetry. Each of a crystal s… …

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  • 29Monte Carlo method for photon transport — Modeling photon propagation with Monte Carlo methods is a flexible yet rigorous approach to simulate photon transport. In the method, local rules of photon transport are expressed as probability distributions which describe the step size of… …

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  • 30photography, technology of — Introduction       equipment, techniques, and processes used in the production of photographs.  The most widely used photographic process is the black and white negative–positive system (Figure 1 >). In the camera the lens projects an image of… …

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