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  • 41flutter — 1. verb 1) butterflies fluttered around Syn: flit, hover, flitter, dance 2) a tern was fluttering its wings Syn: flap, move up and down, beat, quiver, agitate, vibrate, whiffle 3) …

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  • 42flutter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English floteren to float, flutter, from Old English floterian, frequentative of flotian to float; akin to Old English flēotan to float more at fleet Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to flap the wings… …

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  • 43Flutter kick — The flutter kick is a kicking movement used in both swimming and calisthenics.In swimming (either front crawl or backstroke), the legs are extended straight out in line with the body and then moved up and down, the one leg kicking downwards as… …

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  • 44flutter-fibrillation — SYN: impure flutter. * * * flut·ter fib·ril·la·tion (flutґər fib″rĭ laґshən) a type of impure flutter that varies from moment to moment in resemblance to flutter or fibrillation …

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  • 45flutter — flut·ter s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS med. → flutter atriale 2. TS aer. vibrazione di una struttura, spec. dell ala, investita da una corrente fluida 3. TS elettr. variazione della velocità di un registratore, un giradischi o sim., che… …

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  • 46flutter — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. flap the wings in flying or trying to fly (butterflies fluttered in the sunshine). b tr. flap (the wings). 2 intr. fall with a quivering motion (leaves fluttered to the ground). 3 intr. & tr. move or cause to move irregularly …

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  • 47flutter and wow — ▪ sound distortion       in sound reproduction, waver in a reproduced tone or group of tones that is caused by irregularities in turntable or tape drive speed during recording, duplication, or reproduction. Low frequency irregularities (as one… …

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  • 48Flutter (Medizinprodukt) — Bestimmte Medizinprodukte, die Patienten mit Asthma bronchiale, Mukoviszidose und anderen Erkrankungen das Abhusten von Sekret erleichtern können, werden als Flutter bezeichnet. Auch die Bezeichnung VRP (vario resistance pressure) wird verwendet …

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  • 49flutter ocular — Eng. Ocular flutter Oscilación intermitente de ambos ojos, de alta frecuencia y baja amplitud, que interrumpe el proceso de fijación de las imágenes y que aparece en enfermedades cerebelosas. Flutter ocular …

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  • 50Flutter — Flut|ter [ flʌtɐ] das; s <aus engl. flutter »das Flattern« zu to flutter »flattern«> bei der Tonwiedergabe auftretendes Zittern infolge ungleichmäßigen Laufes der rotierenden Teile von Plattenspielern, Kassettenrekordern o. Ä …

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